PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khuchtei Bokhchuud (ranked 862 p4p, 684 weight class) and Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 107 p4p, 87 weight class). Bokhchuud comes to the cage accompanied by ErgeSholee Biste Turda. Ryan Rodriguez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bokhchuud
vs
Rodriguez

168 cm
30
150
14 - 7 - 0

178 cm
30
160
18 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khuchtei Bokhchuud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bokhchuud closes the distance and clinches.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Bokhchuud has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bokhchuud throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Good exchange - Rodriguez coming out on top.

It looks like Khuchtei Bokhchuud has been cut.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rodriguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Bokhchuud rushes Rodriguez and presses him up against the cage.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bokhchuud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodriguez is defending well for now.
Our sources have told us that Bokhchuud has been working on his elbows in the gym.

Rodriguez manages to break the clinch.
Bokhchuud rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rodriguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bokhchuud looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Bokhchuud slips a straight right by Rodriguez.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Bokhchuud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rodriguez.
Bokhchuud tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rodriguez manages to circle out of the way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Rodriguez coming out on top.

Bokhchuud clinches.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rodriguez lands with a cross.
Bokhchuud defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.

Bokhchuud moves into range and clinches up with Rodriguez.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.
Bokhchuud keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bokhchuud takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Bokhchuud does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bokhchuud is looking to counter the offense by Rodriguez and move into the clinch.

Rodriguez gets tackled into the cage by Bokhchuud. Bokhchuud maintains the clinch.

Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bokhchuud tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rodriguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez wants to land a leg kick but Bokhchuud is out of range.
Bokhchuud moves out of range as Rodriguez strikes.
As Rodriguez tries to get set, Bokhchuud tries to push him back and clinch up but Rodriguez manages to avoid the attempt.
Rodriguez jabs Bokhchuud to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rodriguez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud misses with a head kick.
Bokhchuud misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez dodges the punch combination from Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses.
Rodriguez lands a lovely overhand right.
Rodriguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws the left hand but Bokhchuud avoids the punch easily.
Rodriguez throws a shot from downtown. Bokhchuud moves away and avoids it.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Bokhchuud sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rodriguez looks to land a left hand but Bokhchuud moved out of range nicely.
Bokhchuud seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bokhchuud is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
Bokhchuud doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez just misses with a punch to the body.
As Rodriguez tries to get set, Bokhchuud tries to push him back and clinch up but Rodriguez manages to avoid the attempt.
Rodriguez dodges the punch combination from Bokhchuud.
Rodriguez throws out a counter right but Bokhchuud avoids it with no problem.
Rodriguez works over Bokhchuud's head and body with a nice combination.
Bokhchuud staying out of range there.
Rodriguez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch up.
Bokhchuud throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rodriguez.
Bokhchuud tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bokhchuud has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bokhchuud throws an elbow but misses.
Bokhchuud working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud misses with a punch on the inside.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by Bokhchuud.

Bokhchuud moves into the clinch.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bokhchuud misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bokhchuud moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez looks to throw the jab but Bokhchuud is out of range.
Bokhchuud tries to counter by clinching up but Rodriguez breaks away and moves out of range.
Bokhchuud misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Rodriguez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khuchtei Bokhchuud's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rodriguez drops Bokhchuud with a beautiful combination! Bokhchuud stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rodriguez is looking for the KO!

Bokhchuud is rocked!
Bokhchuud moves out of range as Rodriguez strikes.
Bokhchuud is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rodriguez.
Oh Bokhchuud is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bokhchuud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bokhchuud is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bokhchuud seems to have got his legs back now.
Bokhchuud slips under a jab.
Rodriguez misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Rodriguez misses.
Ryan Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rodriguez misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bokhchuud gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Bokhchuud has double underhooks.
Rodriguez wants to break free but Bokhchuud has control.

Rodriguez manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Rodriguez misses.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Bokhchuud fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bokhchuud throws a right hand that Rodriguez ducks under and follows up with a left that Rodriguez also avoids with ease.
Bokhchuud tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodriguez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rodriguez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bokhchuud wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Bokhchuud gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Bokhchuud blocks it.
Bokhchuud is looking to counter the offense by Rodriguez and move into the clinch.
Bokhchuud doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bokhchuud is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Bokhchuud moved out of range.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bokhchuud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bokhchuud takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bokhchuud throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from Bokhchuud does no damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Bokhchuud blocks it.
Bokhchuud tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rodriguez manages to circle out of the way.
Bokhchuud slips under a jab.
A lazy body kick from Bokhchuud
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Khuchtei Bokhchuud's cut is getting worse.
Bokhchuud ducks under a wild hook from Rodriguez.
Bokhchuud wants to clinch up but Rodriguez keeps it at a distance.
As Bokhchuud backs off Rodriguez throws a huge counter combo but Bokhchuud manages to avoid it all.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rodriguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice side step and Rodriguez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Bokhchuud gets a clinch.
Rodriguez lands an uppercut.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Bokhchuud keeps him there for the moment.
Rodriguez is trying to push Bokhchuud away but Bokhchuud has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rodriguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud misses with the head strike.
Rodriguez wants to break free but Bokhchuud has control.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bokhchuud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez jabs Bokhchuud to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bokhchuud doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bokhchuud keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodriguez throws a poor cross that misses

and Bokhchuud counters by moving into the clinch.
Bokhchuud keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Rodriguez prevents a body shot from Bokhchuud.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses.
Bokhchuud is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

Bokhchuud drives through and clinches with Rodriguez against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bokhchuud misses with a body punch.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Bokhchuud is controlling him.

Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rodriguez lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rodriguez misses the jab.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Bokhchuud avoids it easily.
Rodriguez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut. Bokhchuud saw that one coming.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch but Rodriguez moves away
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch up.

Bokhchuud moves into the clinch.
Bokhchuud pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Khuchtei Bokhchuud's cut.
That's time! Bokhchuud's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bokhchuud tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Bokhchuud chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rodriguez can pounce on him.
Bokhchuud defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Rodriguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rodriguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez misses with a hook. Bokhchuud ducked under it nicely.
Bokhchuud tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bokhchuud drives through and clinches with Rodriguez against the cage.
Bokhchuud tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Rodriguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rodriguez! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bokhchuud moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Ryan Rodriguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rodriguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bokhchuud moves away.
Rodriguez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rodriguez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bokhchuud takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rodriguez stuns Bokhchuud with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Bokhchuud is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Bokhchuud.
Rodriguez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rodriguez cracks Bokhchuud with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rodriguez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bokhchuud tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bokhchuud tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the side of Bokhchuud's head but Bokhchuud sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Bokhchuud moves into the clinch successfully.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bokhchuud just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodriguez's brow.
Bokhchuud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bokhchuud lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bokhchuud keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khuchtei Bokhchuud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud lands an elbow inside that Rodriguez shrugs off.
Rodriguez tries to break free but Bokhchuud pushes him back against the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to break free.
Bokhchuud misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez blocks the elbow strike.

Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Bokhchuud tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Bokhchuud takes one on the button.
Rodriguez scores with a jab.

Bokhchuud clinches.
Bokhchuud creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rodriguez blocks a body shot from Bokhchuud.
Rodriguez is trying to push Bokhchuud away but Bokhchuud has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bokhchuud pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bokhchuud misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bokhchuud misses with the head strike.
Bokhchuud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodriguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodriguez dodges an elbow strike from Bokhchuud.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bokhchuud tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rodriguez manages to circle out of the way.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by Bokhchuud.
Bokhchuud uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rodriguez.
Bokhchuud takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ryan Rodriguez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A good leg kick by Rodriguez.
Bokhchuud misses with a series of wild punches.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Bokhchuud moves out of range.
Bokhchuud seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rodriguez lands with a right hand.
Bokhchuud chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rodriguez can pounce on him.
Rodriguez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bokhchuud. Bokhchuud circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bokhchuud throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez lands with a slapping head kick.

Bokhchuud moves into range and clinches up with Rodriguez.
Bokhchuud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bokhchuud tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.

Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from Rodriguez tenderised Bokhchuud's leg. Bokhchuud is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice cross by Rodriguez.
A head kick misses from Bokhchuud.
Rodriguez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A head kick misses from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bokhchuud on the side of the head.
Bokhchuud misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Rodriguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rodriguez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Rodriguez!
A very excited looking Ryan Rodriguez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Khuchtei Bokhchuud had this to say: 'Сайн байна "Sain baina"-Translation well Shit!'.