PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pit Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bender Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Lord
vs
Rodriguez

185 cm
23
203 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pit Lord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bender Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord misses with a straight right.
Pit Lord seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lord misses with a hook.
Lord takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Lord.
Rodriguez moves out of range as Lord strikes.
Lord misses with a body shot.
Lord missing with a left hand there. Rodriguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice straight punches there by Lord. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lord.
Rodriguez slips a jab from Lord.
Lord comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lord connects with a looping right hand.
Lord misses with the combination.
Lord misses with a straight right.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Lord.
Rodriguez moves away from the strike by Lord.

Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lord napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rodriguez working the strikes but Lord uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Rodriguez throwing shots but Lord is blocking nicely.
Rodriguez throwing shots but Lord is blocking nicely.
Lord blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez thows a huge punch but Lord dodges it nicely.
Rodriguez winds up and cracks Lord with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rodriguez with the ground and pound but Lord uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Rodriguez postures up in Lord's guard and throws a big left but Lord blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rodriguez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to free his leg and advance position but Lord is retaining full guard.
Rodriguez throws a strike but Lord rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lord wants to get up but he can't break Rodriguez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rodriguez thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rodriguez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Rodriguez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lord is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lord passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is trying to get back to full guard.

Rodriguez pushes Lord off and gets back to his feet.

Rodriguez scores with a takedown into Lord's guard.
Rodriguez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lord's head.
Lord utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lord wants to stand but Rodriguez is controlling the position.
Rodriguez thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez throws a big right hand that misses.
Rodriguez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rodriguez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rodriguez tries to free his leg and advance position but Lord is retaining full guard.
Rodriguez throws a strike but Lord rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rodriguez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lord puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodriguez tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lord stops Rodriguez from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pit Lord will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Lord is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lord misses with a hook.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Rodriguez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rodriguez lands with a nice body punch.
Lord misses with a straight left.
Lord jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rodriguez slips under a jab.
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lord.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lord throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lord misses with a hook. Rodriguez ducked under it nicely.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Lord.
Lord thows a body shot but no joy.
Lord misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rodriguez.
Lord jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pit Lord is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lord misses with a looping left.
Lord misses with a hook.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Lord misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lord looks to land a left hand but Rodriguez moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lord comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Lord.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lord. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lord at a distance.
Lord takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lord throws a sloppy body shot

and Rodriguez counters with a shoot takedown. Lord fights it but they end up in guard.
Rodriguez tries to free his leg and advance position but Lord is retaining full guard.
Rodriguez is looking to work some ground and pound but Lord has wrist control.
Rodriguez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rodriguez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rodriguez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rodriguez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rodriguez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lord utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rodriguez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rodriguez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lord works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rodriguez is looking to work some ground and pound but Lord has wrist control.
Rodriguez thows a big elbow that misses.
Rodriguez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rodriguez throwing strikes but missing.
Rodriguez throws a big right hand that misses.
Rodriguez looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rodriguez throws and elbow that misses. Lord uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rodriguez's guard. Nice move by Lord!
Rodriguez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Rodriguez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lord is one step ahead there.
Rodriguez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Lord slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Rodriguez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bender Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Lord's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lord throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Lord moves out of range.
Lord misses with a shot to the body
and Rodriguez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lord thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rodriguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Lord.
Lord thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Lord misses
and Rodriguez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lord misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lord avoids it really well and circles away.

Rodriguez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lord blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rodriguez working over Lord with some ground and pound. Lord looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bender Rodriguez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lord regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Rodriguez.

Lord wriggles free and stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lord looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Rodriguez.
Lord swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rodriguez counters with a nice body shot.
Lord throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lord throws a big shot that misses.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Lord moves out of range.
Lord throws a right hand that Rodriguez ducks under and follows up with a left that Rodriguez also avoids with ease.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Lord.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Lord.
Lord throws out a loose jab but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez moves away from the strike by Lord.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Lord misses.
Rodriguez lands a slapping body shot.
Lord waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodriguez.
Lord misses the jab.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Lord moves out of range.
Rodriguez scores with a shot to the body.
Rodriguez lands with a shot to the body.

Rodriguez gets the takedown into side control.
Lord avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rodriguez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Rodriguez crashes against the mat.
Rodriguez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rodriguez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lord is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Rodriguez in side control, throwing shots but Lord defends.
Rodriguez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rodriguez is chipping away with strikes.
The ground and pound from Rodriguez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lord taking a bit of punishment here - Rodriguez scoring with strikes.
Rodriguez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lord taking a bit of punishment here - Rodriguez scoring with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bender 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

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