PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Jade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Albert Rodriguez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kevin Jade's chin.

Jade
vs
Rodriguez

185 cm
21
205 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
219 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Jade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Albert Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Jade.
Rodriguez scores with a jab. Jade acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Rodriguez clinches with his opponent.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez lands a high kick!
Jade throws a jab when Rodriguez was well out of range.
Jade misses with a double jab
and Rodriguez counters with a nice body kick.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Jade.
A nice combination there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big right from Jade misses.
Jade works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Albert Rodriguez has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Jade swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rodriguez.
Jade takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jade fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rodriguez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rodriguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jade.

Rodriguez closes the distance and clinches.

Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodriguez throws a shot from downtown. Jade moves away and avoids it.
Jade thows a body shot but no joy.
Albert Rodriguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Rodriguez instigates a clinch.

Rodriguez manages to break the clinch.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez cracks Jade with an open hand slap.
Jade tries for a takedown but Rodriguez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rodriguez slips a jab from Jade.
Jade misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jade dives in and grabs Rodriguez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rodriguez pushes down on Jade's head and hops out.
Jade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rodriguez lunges at Jade with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jade's hand.
Rodriguez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rodriguez pushes Jade away with a front kick.
Rodriguez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jade's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jade.

Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez feints and then cracks Jade's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jade down.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses.
Jade looks for a takedown but Rodriguez sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Jade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that Jade semi-blocks.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jade waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodriguez.
Rodriguez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rodriguez wants it to stay on the feet.
Rodriguez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Rodriguez.
Jab by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a head kick!

Rodriguez gets caught flat footed, as Jade shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jade is breathing heavily.
Jade slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is trying to keep Jade in close.
Rodriguez keeping moving, preventing Jade from controlling successfully.
Jade looking to sit in guard and control but Rodriguez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jade lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rodriguez!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rodriguez is squirming around, avoiding Jade's attempts to control the action.

Jade has hold of Rodriguez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rodriguez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Jade controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Rodriguez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Albert Rodriguez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A shot to de liver by Rodriguez. Beautiful body shot.
Jade listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jade shoots for a takedown but Rodriguez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A slow jab from Jade misses its intended target.
A big right from Jade misses.
Jade shoots in looking for a takedown. Rodriguez tries to sprawl out of it but Jade keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rodriguez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodriguez walks into a straight right hand from Jade.
Rodriguez doesn't manage to clinch there - Jade circles away.
Horrible takedown by Jade or perhaps it was just good defense by Rodriguez which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Jade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jade gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rodriguez counters with a big head kick but Jade shrugs it off.
Rodriguez lands a nice shot to the body.
Jade misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rodriguez counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jade is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Albert Rodriguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Rodriguez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd cheers as Jade lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rodriguez doesn't seem phased though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands a jab.
Jade shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rodriguez sprawls well. Rodriguez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jade gets slowly back to his feet.
Jade misses with a looping left.
Jade looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jade misses with a hook.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jade's head backwards.
Rodriguez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Jade.
Jade throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands with a kick to the temple. Jade shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jade misses with an uppercut.
Rodriguez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rodriguez lands a head kick!
Rodriguez scores with a push kick.
Rodriguez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jade. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez throws a nice head kick!
Rodriguez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Jade is rocked!
Rodriguez throws a head kick that Jade semi-blocks.
Oh Jade is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jade takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rodriguez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jade looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rodriguez circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Jade drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Rodriguez follows Jade to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Albert Rodriguez!