PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stan Butters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Butters
vs
Rodrigues

180 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Bird Of Prey Clothing

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stan Butters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butters checks a leg kick nicely.

Butters scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Butters goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Rodrigues has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Butters but great work by Rodrigues.
Butters is looking to reverse the position.
Rodrigues trying to control the action but Butters is working from the bottom.
Butters is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Butters gets back to half guard.

Butters looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Butters actively working from the bottom here.

Butters looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Butters manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Butters looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Butters is breathing heavily.
Rodrigues not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Rodrigues is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Butters is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rodrigues trying to control but Butters is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Rodrigues gets to his feet - Butters follows without any prompting.
Rodrigues dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rodrigues jabs Butters right on the nose. Butters blinks but takes it well.
Rodrigues misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rodrigues lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Butters has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Butters and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rodrigues tries to clinch up but Butters circles away and keeps his distance.
Butters has a takedown stuffed.

Rodrigues closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Butters is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodrigues is working Butters over with some ground and pound from side control.
Butters is letting Rodrigues control him for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues wants to control but Butters is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rodrigues scores with a jab to the head.
Rodrigues scores with a nice strike.
Rodrigues thuds his right hand into Butters's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Butters is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Rodrigues knocks Butters out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Fabio Rodrigues!