PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Rhod (ranked 2182 p4p, 3077 weight class) and Bon Adrien De Moncey (ranked 273 p4p, 390 weight class). Rhod's entrance music is Prince - Kiss. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Rhod
vs
De Moncey

180 cm
41
155
34 - 23 - 2

180 cm
35
184
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rudy Rhod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bon Adrien De Moncey!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rhod moves into the clinch.

De Moncey pulls guard.
Rhod tries to stand but De Moncey is controlling from the bottom.
Rhod has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Rhod wants to stand and escape but instead De Moncey has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

De Moncey looking to pass the guard.
Rhod can't keep his opponent in guard - De Moncey advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

De Moncey is looking for a kimura here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Moncey is trying to control the action in half guard but Rhod is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod tries to kick De Moncey off but De Moncey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rhod is defending against the submission attempts here by De Moncey.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rhod is trying to stand.

De Moncey is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rhod sees it coming and defends easily.

Rhod is defending against the submission attempts here by De Moncey.

De Moncey seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

De Moncey seems to be looking for submissions.

De Moncey is trying to work for a kimura but Rhod is defending well.

De Moncey seems to be working for a kimura but Rhod defends the submission attempt.
Rhod is trying to stand.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rhod closes the distance and clinches.
Rhod pushes De Moncey back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rhod lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Rhod manages to break the clinch.

De Moncey looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

De Moncey gets to his feet - Rhod follows without any prompting.
Rhod plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
De Moncey shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rhod pinned against the cage. Rhod gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rhod scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Moncey doesn't seem bothered though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Rhod has managed to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

De Moncey pulls guard successfully.
Rhod tries to stand but De Moncey is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Moncey looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rhod passes into half guard.
De Moncey gets full guard.
Rhod wants to stand but De Moncey has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

De Moncey has an active guard here but Rhod has managed to pass into half guard.

De Moncey with the active half guard here but Rhod passes nicely into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rudy Rhod will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rhod displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Moncey.

Rhod instigates a clinch.
Rhod wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Moncey fails to pull guard.
De Moncey tries to pull guard but Rhod holds him up against the cage and eventually De Moncey drops back down to his feet.
Rudy Rhod has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bon Adrien De Moncey.
Rhod lands with a right to the head.
Rhod misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhod lands with a light punch inside.

Rhod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rhod moves into range and clinches up with De Moncey.

Rhod escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice sprawl there from Rhod as De Moncey shoots in.
Rhod plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Rhod gets a clinch.
De Moncey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rhod just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rhod breaks the clinch.
Rhod connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Rhod darts in and clinches De Moncey up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rhod.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rhod here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rhod lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Moncey backwards.
Rhod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Rhod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rhod rushes De Moncey and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rhod lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Moncey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rudy Rhod has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rhod lands a left hand.
Rhod misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Moncey.

Rhod breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Moncey dives in for a single leg takedown but Rhod sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

De Moncey is rocked!
De Moncey looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rhod is fending him off so far but De Moncey persists. Nope, Rhod circles away and we're back to standing.
De Moncey is still on wobbly legs! Can Rhod finish him?
Rhod ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with De Moncey's jaw. De Moncey's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Rhod does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rudy Rhod!
Rudy Rhod seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.