PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez comes to the ring accompanied by Rockstar. Richie Rodriguez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rodriguez
vs
Griffin

196 cm
24
213 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richie Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Griffin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rodriguez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Griffin!
Griffin is looking to improve his position but Rodriguez isn't that keen on the idea.
Rodriguez has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Griffin's face.
Rodriguez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
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!
Rodriguez throws some wild stikes that Griffin manages to avoid easily.
Rodriguez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Rodriguez looking for a guillotine from mount but Griffin is having none of it.
Rodriguez looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin is bucking up trying to escape but Rodriguez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Griffin is trying to stand.
Rodriguez controlling the pace for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rodriguez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Griffin trying desperately to get to his feet.
Rodriguez trying to control but Griffin is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Griffin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rodriguez looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rodriguez looking to control but Griffin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rodriguez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Griffin hang on?
BOOM! Rodriguez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rodriguez raining down shots from the mount!
Rodriguez controlling from the full mount.
Rodriguez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez landing strikes from the mount.
Rodriguez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Griffin really wants to buck Rodriguez off and get back to his feet.
Rodriguez scoring with strikes but Griffin is staying in there.
Griffin looks gassed!
Rodriguez raining down shots from the mount!
Rodriguez landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Griffin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rodriguez working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richie Rodriguez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Griffin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rodriguez cracks Griffin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Richie Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rodriguez gets the takedown into side control.
Rodriguez landing a few strikes.
Rodriguez working the head and body with strikes.
Richie Rodriguez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rodriguez trying to control the action but Griffin is working from the bottom.
Griffin taking punishment in the form of punches.
Griffin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rodriguez tries for a kimura but Griffin is defending well.
Griffin is being controlled here.
Rodriguez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffin can do to turn this around?
Rodriguez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rodriguez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Griffin keeps working.
Rodriguez taking a breather here.
Rodriguez working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Rodriguez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Griffin is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Griffin parries the strikes from Rodriguez easily there. Rodriguez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Griffin to escape.
Rodriguez controlling from side mount.
Rodriguez wants to control but Griffin is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Rodriguez dives in and grabs Griffin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Griffin pushes down on Rodriguez's head and hops out.
Rodriguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.
Rodriguez lands with a nice body punch.
Rodriguez doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Griffin takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Griffin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rodriguez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rodriguez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rodriguez slips a nice elbow through Griffin's hands, connecting with Griffin's forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rodriguez not doing much here.
Rodriguez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodriguez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richie Rodriguez dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Griffin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rodriguez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rodriguez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Griffin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rodriguez throwing strikes from guard but Griffin blocks nicely.
Rodriguez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Rodriguez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Griffin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Rodriguez drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez trying to control but Griffin is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rodriguez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rodriguez forces his way into half guard.

Rodriguez stands up and beckons Griffin to join him on the feet.
Rodriguez fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Rodriguez has closed the distance and engaged Griffin in a clinch.

Rodriguez gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Griffin regains guard.
Rodriguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Griffin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodriguez is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffin has wrist control.
Griffin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rodriguez is controlling him.
Rodriguez trying to control but Griffin is working from the bottom.
Richie Rodriguez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Griffin is looking to stand up but Rodriguez isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four 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.
Rodriguez content to stall in guard here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Joe Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Griffin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rodriguez is out of range.
Rodriguez throws a one two combo.

Rodriguez takes the fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez wants a takedown but no success here.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richie Rodriguez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rodriguez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Richie Rodriguez!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Richie Rodriguez!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Richie Rodriguez!

Richie Rodriguez wins by unanimous decision!