PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dario Hajek (ranked 3107 p4p, 24381 weight class) and Hamez Rodriguez (ranked 200 p4p, 297 weight class). Hamez Rodriguez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dario Hajek's chin.

Hajek
vs
Rodriguez

180 cm
25
145
3 - 0 - 0

225 cm
30
130
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dario Hajek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Hamez Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hajek ducks right into an uppercut from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Hajek with a series of wild strikes but Hajek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hajek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hajek throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Hajek throws a shot from downtown. Rodriguez moves away and avoids it.
Hajek misses the jab.
Hajek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
Hajek really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rodriguez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rodriguez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hajek scores with a jab. Rodriguez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rodriguez motions for Hajek to come forward. Rodriguez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hajek throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
Hajek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hajek misses with a lunging right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hajek throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Hajek. Those never looked like landing.
Hajek is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rodriguez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick
enabling Hajek to counter with a crisp jab.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Hajek.
Rodriguez lands a right hook to the body.
Hajek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A slow jab from Hajek misses its intended target.
Hajek throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez motions for Hajek to come forward. Rodriguez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rodriguez lunges at Hajek with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hajek's hand.
Hajek misses with a hook
and Rodriguez counters with a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a nice looking body kick.
Hajek looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
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 lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hajek throws a shot from downtown. Rodriguez moves away and avoids it.
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hajek tries to bum rush Rodriguez with a series of wild strikes but Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rodriguez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hajek counters with a stiff right hand.
Hajek is looking to score with low kicks.
Rodriguez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rodriguez thumps Hajek with a low kick.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick as Hajek jumps back.
Rodriguez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Hajek on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hajek misses with a wild body shot.
Hajek throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Hajek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rodriguez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hajek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hajek throwing a counter right hand but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez blocks a jab.
Rodriguez scores with a jab.
Rodriguez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hajek missing with a left hand there. Rodriguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hajek misses with a hook.
Hajek misses with a double jab
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hajek has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rodriguez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rodriguez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Good exchange - Rodriguez coming out on top.
Rodriguez blocks a low kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodriguez scores with a kick to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hajek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Rodriguez lands with a cross.
Hajek rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hajek digs a good hook to Rodriguez's body.
Rodriguez with the inside leg kick.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hajek.
As Hajek backs off Rodriguez throws a huge counter combo but Hajek manages to avoid it all.
Hajek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hajek throws a leg kick but Rodriguez checks it.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but Hajek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Hajek.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Hajek was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rodriguez tries a head kick but it misses.
Rodriguez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.
Hajek scores with a three punch combo!
Hajek throws a right hand that Rodriguez ducks under and follows up with a left that Rodriguez also avoids with ease.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Hajek.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Hajek misses the target.
Hajek just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Rodriguez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rodriguez.
Hajek throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Rodriguez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rodriguez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hajek takes one to the side of the head.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Hajek throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez punishes Hajek's body with a nice straight punch.
Hajek misses with an uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a left to the body.
Hajek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but Hajek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Hajek checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hajek lands with a straight right. Rodriguez didn't see that one coming.
Hajek just misses with a punch to the body.
Rodriguez blocks a jab.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hajek.
Rodriguez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez throws a head kick but Hajek moves out of range.
Rodriguez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hajek misses with a hook.
Nice uppercut there from Rodriguez.
Hajek throws an overhand right that lands on Rodriguez's shoulder, as Rodriguez tries to avoid the shot.
Hajek connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rodriguez momentarily.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Hajek scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Hamez Rodriguez has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hajek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Rodriguez as he connects with a hook.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hajek is looking to counter punch.
Rodriguez dodges the punch combination from Hajek.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Hajek takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hajek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hajek checks a leg kick.
Hajek avoids a kick to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Rodriguez as he connects with a hook.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Hajek.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hajek misses the jab.
Hajek sizes up Rodriguez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rodriguez scores with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a front kick aimed at Hajek's knee but Hajek avoids it well.
Hajek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hajek misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rodriguez clobbers Hajek with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hajek misses with a two punch combination.
Hajek takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hajek throws a series of punches but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Rodriguez moves out of range as Hajek strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hamez Rodriguez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hamez Rodriguez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hajek has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hajek.
Hajek looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
An inside leg kick lands from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Rodriguez.
A bone on bone clash there as Hajek blocks the leg kick.
Rodriguez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hamez Rodriguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rodriguez lands a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rodriguez.
Hajek is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hajek misses with a hook
and Rodriguez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hajek walks into a straight right hand from Rodriguez.
Hajek misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hajek.
Hajek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hajek checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rodriguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hajek misses with a leg kick
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.
Hajek scores with a nice right hand.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Rodriguez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hajek jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hajek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hajek moves out of range as Rodriguez throws a body kick.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Hajek.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rodriguez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hajek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rodriguez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hajek is out of range.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick from Rodriguez lands but Hajek takes it in his stride.
Rodriguez throws out a powerful jab.
Hajek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rodriguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Hajek throws out a powerful jab.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Hajek throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rodriguez.
A slow jab from Hajek misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hajek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick which misses Hajek's front leg but catches the back leg as Hajek tries to avoid it.
Hajek misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodriguez moves out of range as Hajek strikes.
Hajek looks to land a left hand but Rodriguez moved out of range nicely.
Hajek checks the leg kick.
Hajek swinging wildly here.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Hajek.
Rodriguez lands a two punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Hajek.
Hajek avoids a kick to the body.
Hajek is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hajek throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rodriguez lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hajek. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hajek throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rodriguez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rodriguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hajek moves away.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez lands a nice hook to Hajek's body. Hajek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hajek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rodriguez lands with an uppercut that bounces Hajek off the cage and back into range.
Rodriguez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hajek might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hajek tries to bum rush Rodriguez with a series of wild strikes but Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Hajek.
Rodriguez misses with a kick to the body.
Rodriguez lands with a hook. Hajek tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Hajek.
Hajek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hajek.
Rodriguez slips a jab and a cross from Hajek.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab.
Hajek blocks a low kick nicely.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hajek manages to avoid it.
Hajek misses the jab.
Rodriguez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but Hajek checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Hajek on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rodriguez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hajek throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Hajek throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hajek walks into a straight right hand from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez with a nice calf kick.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hajek.
Rodriguez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hajek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hajek takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hajek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rodriguez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Hajek.
Rodriguez throws a sloppy head kick and Hajek moves out of range easily.
Hajek misses with a hook. Rodriguez ducked under it nicely.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Hajek.
Hajek throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hajek throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hajek misses the target.
Hajek throws a lazy right hand but Rodriguez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hajek throws a combination. Rodriguez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It looked like Hajek wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hajek throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hajek looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rodriguez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A cross from Hajek lands.
Hajek misses with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Hajek misses.
Rodriguez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hajek at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Rodriguez as he connects with a hook.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hajek misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rodriguez counters with a series of strikes. Hajek will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hajek throws out a loose jab but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez flicks out a counter leg kick but Hajek steps away.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but Hajek moved away.
Rodriguez lands a front kick.
Hajek looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.
Rodriguez lands with a right hand.
Rodriguez slips a jab from Hajek.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Hajek.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.
Hajek misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Hajek misses the target.
Hajek throws a poor cross that misses
and Rodriguez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hamez Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hamez Rodriguez's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rodriguez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rodriguez is looking to land body kicks.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick which misses Hajek's front leg but catches the back leg as Hajek tries to avoid it.
Good shot there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hajek checks it well.
Hajek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez lands a leg kick that knocks Hajek off balance momentarily.
Hajek drops his hands momentarily and Rodriguez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick as Hajek jumps back.
Hajek staying out of range there.
Hajek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rodriguez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hajek throws out the jab.
Hajek throws a hook but Rodriguez avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hajek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rodriguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hajek gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hajek throws a jab when Rodriguez was well out of range.
Rodriguez is looking to land body kicks.
Rodriguez tries a head kick but it misses.
Rodriguez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rodriguez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hajek.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Hajek blocks the leg kick.
Rodriguez defending well as Hajek loads up on a big left hand.
Hajek backing away here, and Rodriguez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Hajek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Rodriguez.
Hajek 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 leg kick.
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!
Hajek falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rodriguez counters with a good low kick that Hajek was not able to check.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but Hajek checks it.
Hajek rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hajek throws a jab when Rodriguez was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hajek looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
No joy there for Rodriguez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rodriguez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tests Hajek's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hajek avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rodriguez moves away from the strike by Hajek.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Hajek moves out of range.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that Hajek ducks under and follows up with a left that Hajek also avoids with ease.
Rodriguez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hajek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hajek misses with a shot to the body
and Hajek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodriguez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hajek misses with a hook
and Rodriguez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Rodriguez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hajek swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rodriguez is looking to chop away at Hajek's legs.
Hajek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hajek's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rodriguez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hajek scrambles back to his feet.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Hajek with a series of wild strikes but Hajek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hajek scores with a sloppy right hand. Rodriguez should have avoided that one.
Hajek throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Hajek.
Hajek looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.
As Hajek backs off Rodriguez throws a huge counter combo but Hajek manages to avoid it all.
Hajek swings widly with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a three punch combo that has Hajek backing up. Hajek nods at Rodriguez to acknowledge the strikes.
Hajek misses with a straight right.
Rodriguez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hajek. Those never looked like landing.
Hajek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to land a leg kick but Hajek saw it coming and moves away.
It looked like Hajek wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hajek has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hajek checks a leg kick.
Hajek blocks a low kick nicely.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Hajek.
A slow jab from Hajek misses its intended target.
Rodriguez lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hajek throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rodriguez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hajek misses with a two punch combination.
Rodriguez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hajek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodriguez.
Hajek throws a big shot that misses.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hajek is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hajek throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Hajek takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Hajek throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hajek misses with an uppercut
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hajek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
Hajek misses the jab.
Rodriguez misses with a leg kick
and Hajek counters with a straight right hand.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez connects with a solid leg kick.
Hajek avoids a kick to the body.
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 lands a nice shot that snaps Hajek's head back.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Rodriguez connects with the punch.
Rodriguez throws a one two combo.
Rodriguez slips a jab from Hajek.
Hajek connects with a looping right hand.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hajek misses with a straight right.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but Hajek sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Rodriguez. That snapped Hajek's head back.
Rodriguez connects with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hajek checks a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hajek checks a leg kick.
Rodriguez blocks a jab.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez throws a low kick but Hajek moves out of range easily.
Rodriguez misses with a looping right.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez connects with a single shot there.
Rodriguez moves away from the strike by Hajek.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hajek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
Rodriguez throws a fast counter high kick but Hajek manages to duck under it in time.
Hajek misses with a hook
and Rodriguez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hajek blocks a head kick by Rodriguez.
A cross from Rodriguez lands.
A solid body kick from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hajek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hajek misses with a leg kick
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Rodriguez. That snapped Hajek's head back.
Hajek misses with a body shot.
Hajek throws a body punch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Hajek throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Dario Hajek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rodriguez tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Hajek was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hamez Rodriguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rodriguez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hamez Rodriguez!