PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Rudirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huaka i Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rudirez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to "Bulls on parade" Rage Against The Machine. Po has chosen Misirlou by Dick Dale & The Del Tones as his entrance music. Marco Rudirez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rudirez
vs
i Po

178 cm
23
182 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

185 cm
26
183 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Hell's Kitchen Clothing
Fightworld Formula

Supreme Anabolics

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Rudirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Huaka i Po!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rudirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Po closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rudirez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rudirez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rudirez missing with knees to the body.
Po avoiding damage as Rudirez throws knees to the body.
Po avoids the elbow strike from Rudirez, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Po.
Rudirez tries a body shot but Po blocks it.
Rudirez trying to land knees to the body.
Po has a couple of punches blocked by Rudirez.
Rudirez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Po gets through Rudirez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Po blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rudirez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Po prevents a body shot from Rudirez.
Po leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rudirez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Po is defending well for now.
Po lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Po scores with a shoulder strike.
Po tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rudirez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Po is defending well for now.
Po scores with a shoulder strike.
Rudirez misses with an elbow strike.
Rudirez throws an elbow but it misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Po.
Po misses with the head strike.
Rudirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Po.
Po lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rudirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Po avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudirez blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Po.
Po taking a breather.
Po prevents a takedown attempt there.
Po makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Po.
Rudirez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Po is defending well for now.
Rudirez trying to land knees to the body.
Rudirez lands a nice uppercut.
Po lands with a short shot to the head.
Po doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rudirez trying to land knees to the body.
Po looking to slow down the pace here.
Po presses Rudirez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Po lands an uppercut.
Po slows down the pace here.
Po scores with a hook to the body.
Po on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rudirez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Po fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Rudirez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rudirez is breathing heavily.
Po stuns Rudirez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudirez misses with a leg kick.
Po lands a glancing blow to the side of Rudirez's head.
Po tries to clinch but Rudirez moves out of range.

Po closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Po avoiding damage as Rudirez throws knees to the body.
Rudirez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Po prevents it.
Po scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Po.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Po creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rudirez misses with a punch to the body.

Po's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rudirez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Po to score with a decent uppercut.
Po cracks Rudirez with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Rudirez tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Po pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Rudirez is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Huaka i Po!