PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Irwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irwin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dark Angel - The Burning Of Sodom. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rodriguez
vs
Irwin

190 cm
28
215 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mickey Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Irwin!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a thumping low kick.
Rodriguez tries to work over Irwin's front leg with a kick but Irwin checks it.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Irwin cracks the inside of Rodriguez's front leg.
Irwin throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Rodriguez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rodriguez is leaning against Irwin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rodriguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Irwin.
Rodriguez is struggling to control the position.
Rodriguez lands a nice shot to the body.

Irwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Irwin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Irwin throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Rodriguez moves into the clinch.
Rodriguez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rodriguez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Irwins head.
Rodriguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Irwin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Irwin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez scores with a shot to the side of Irwin's head.
Rodriguez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Irwin's efforts to push away.
Irwin is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Irwin's efforts to push away.
Rodriguez scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Paul Irwin has been cut.
A short right from Rodriguez on the inside.
Irwin is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Irwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Rodriguez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Irwin is defending well for now.
Irwin is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Irwin.
Irwin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez blocks an uppercut.
Irwin is trying to push Rodriguez away but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Irwin can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez stalling in the clinch but Irwin improves position.
Irwin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodriguez keeps control of Irwin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Irwins head.
Irwin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rodriguez prevents Irwin from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rodriguez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Irwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Rodriguez.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Irwin looks gassed!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rodriguez.
Irwin is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez is controlling him.

Irwin manages to break the clinch.
Irwin misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Rodriguez.
Nice body punch from Rodriguez.
Good exchange - Rodriguez coming out on top.
Rodriguez lands a right hook to the body.
Rodriguez throws a low kick, looking for Irwin's leg but Irwin calmly moves out of range.
Irwin misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodriguez throws a jab but it's blocked by Irwin.
Rodriguez misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez clobbers Irwin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rodriguez checks a low kick from Irwin.
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Irwin misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Irwin. Irwin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Irwin misses with a hook
and Rodriguez counters with a leg kick.
Irwin throws a right hand that misses
and Rodriguez counters with an outside leg kick.
Irwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.
Irwin misses with a leg kick

and Rodriguez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rodriguez.
Irwin avoiding damage as Rodriguez throws knees to the body.

Irwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Irwin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Irwin misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a series of strikes. Irwin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rodriguez misses with a series of wild punches.
Irwin throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irwin thinking.
Irwin misses with an uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Irwin throws a leg kick
and Rodriguez counters with a three punch combo that has Irwin backing up. Irwin nods at Rodriguez to acknowledge the strikes.
Rodriguez tests Irwin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Irwin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Irwin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez cracks Irwin with a good jab.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Irwin moves out of range.
Irwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Irwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Rodriguez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Irwin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Irwin misses with a leg kick

and Rodriguez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Irwin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Irwin is trying to force a seperation but Rodriguez has the dominant position.
Rodriguez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Irwin is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez lands a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Irwin wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Irwin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mickey Rodriguez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Irwin tries to break the clinch but Rodriguez is controlling the position.
Irwin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Irwin tries to break the clinch but Rodriguez is controlling the position.
Rodriguez has Irwin pushed against the cage.
Irwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Rodriguez.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rodriguez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Irwin is breathing heavily.
Irwin can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Irwins head.
Irwin wants to get back to striking at distance but Rodriguez won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Irwins head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rodriguez.
Irwin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rodriguez backwards.
Irwin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Irwin takes a shot to the head.
Rodriguez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Irwin backwards.
Rodriguez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Irwin tries to circle away but Rodriguez has him pinned against the cage.
Rodriguez is working Irwin over against the cage.
Rodriguez is leaning against Irwin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Irwin tries to break the clinch but Rodriguez is controlling the position.
Rodriguez stalls.
Nice body punch from Rodriguez - that landed with a thud.
A frustrated look appears on Irwin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Irwin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rodriguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Irwin's defenses.
Irwin working hard to break the clinch.
Rodriguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rodriguez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Irwin letting Rodriguez take a breather here.
A nice left hand lands by Rodriguez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez cracks Irwin with a nice body shot.
Irwin wants to get back to striking at distance but Rodriguez won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.
Irwin has a couple of punches blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Irwin wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.
Rodriguez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rodriguez throws an elbow that misses.
Irwin tries to circle away but Rodriguez has him pinned against the cage.
Rodriguez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rodriguez.
Irwin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short body shot lands from Rodriguez as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rodriguez lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Rodriguez on the inside.
Rodriguez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rodriguez.
Still in the clinch, Rodriguez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rodriguez controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez keeps control of Irwin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Irwin working hard to break the clinch.
Rodriguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rodriguez lands an elbow that stopped Irwin in his tracks for a moment.
Rodriguez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rodriguez avoiding damage.
Rodriguez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Irwin backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rodriguez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rodriguez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez digs a right hand underneath Irwin's ribcage. Irwin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rodriguez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rodriguez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Irwin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A left hand lands to the body for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rodriguez scores with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Irwin backwards.
Rodriguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Irwin.
Still in the clinch, Rodriguez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rodriguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Irwin avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rodriguez misses with the head strike.
Rodriguez prevents Irwin from breaking the clinch.
Rodriguez works on Irwin's body with a couple of short punches.
Irwin wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.
Irwin working hard to break the clinch.
Rodriguez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez stalling against the cage.
Rodriguez lands with a short shot to the head.
Rodriguez prevents Irwin from breaking the clinch.
Irwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irwin.
Irwin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Irwin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez lands an elbow just above Irwin 's eye.
Irwin avoiding damage as Rodriguez throws knees to the body.
Rodriguez lands an elbow inside that Irwin shrugs off.
Irwin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rodriguez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Rodriguez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Irwin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A low kick from Irwin misses
and Rodriguez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Paul Irwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irwin misses with an uppercut

and Rodriguez counters by clinching up.
Irwin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Irwin tries to circle away but Rodriguez has him pinned against the cage.
Irwin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Irwin can do to turn this around?
Irwin is trying to push Rodriguez away but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Irwin can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Irwin's efforts to push away.
Rodriguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rodriguez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Irwin is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Irwin wants to get back to striking at distance but Rodriguez won't allow it.
Rodriguez presses Irwin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Irwin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Irwin misses with an uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irwin avoids the body shot from Rodriguez.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Irwin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Irwin.
A lazy body kick from Irwin
and Rodriguez counters with a nice body shot.
Irwin throws a leg kick
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
Irwin misses with a hook

and Rodriguez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rodriguez stalling the fight.
Rodriguez trying to control the position but instead, Irwin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rodriguez into the cage.
Irwin tries to circle away but Rodriguez has him pinned against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rodriguez.
Irwin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rodriguez has Irwin pressed against the cage, preventing Irwin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Irwin has had enough of the clinch but Rodriguez keeps him there for the moment.
Irwin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rodriguez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Irwin's efforts to push away.
Paul Irwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Irwin.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Irwin as Rodriguez tries to tie him up.
Rodriguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Irwin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez is stalling here.
Irwin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Irwin takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez lands a right hand.
Rodriguez effectively controlling the action here.
Rodriguez blocks a body shot from Irwin.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Irwin's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin blocks an uppercut.
Rodriguez blocks an uppercut.
Rodriguez is leaning against Irwin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Irwin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Irwin thows a leg kick but Rodriguez checks it
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
A low kick from Irwin misses
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Irwin misses with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rodriguez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Irwin is rocked!
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a one-two to the body.
Irwin is still on wobbly legs! Can Rodriguez finish him?
Irwin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up.
Irwin misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irwin thinking.
Irwin seems to have recovered his senses.
Irwin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Irwin throws a right hand that misses
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Irwin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rodriguez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
An inside leg kick lands from Rodriguez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Irwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with an inside leg kick.
Rodriguez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a right hand to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:24
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:24

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