PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Rood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rood comes to the cage accompanied by -. The crowd seem to be enjoying David's choice of entrance music: Bring The Pain. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rood
vs
David

182 cm
26
183 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
180 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Rood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rood throws a leg kick
enabling David to counter with a crisp jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as David checks a leg kick.
David uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rood.
David throws a combination. Rood tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rood lands with a straight right. David didn't see that one coming.
Rood throws a predictable looking body shot
and David counters with a straight right hand.
Rood takes a swing at David's ribcage but misses.
Rood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but David manages to avoid it.
Rood throws a right hand that misses
and David makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but David moves away.
Rood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
David keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps David's head backwards.
Nice body punch from David.
David connects with a solid leg kick.
Rood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
David jabs Rood right on the nose. Rood blinks but takes it well.
Rood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from David.
Rood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and David counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
David throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rood misses with a jab to the body
and David counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Rood misses.
Rood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
David dodges the punch combination from Rood.
Rood wants to clinch up but David keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David scores with a nice right hand.
Rood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and David counters with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David throws a hook but Rood blocks it.
David slips a straight right by Rood.
Rood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rood walks into a left hand.
David avoids a punch combination nicely.
David fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rood manages to avoid it.
Rood misses with a right hand
and David counters with an outside leg kick.
Rood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David misses with a double jab.
Rood lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rood shoots for a double leg takedown but David sprawls well. He's pushed Rood's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
David drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
David cracks Rood with a good jab.
Rood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. David sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rood connects with a solid leg kick.
Rood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rood swings for the body but David moves out of range.
Rood throws a jab but it's blocked by David.
Rood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Rood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rood throws an overhand right that lands on David's shoulder, as David tries to avoid the shot.
David scores with a punch to the head.
David slips a straight right by Rood.
David is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rood had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
David on the wrong end of a nice jab.
David throws a series of punches but Rood moves out of range.
David slips a jab from Rood.
Rood throws an overhand right that lands on David's shoulder, as David tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rood jabs David to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
David tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rood was well out of range. Poor timing from David.
David has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rood.
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 Brad Rood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

David checks a low kick from Rood.
David throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rood throws an off balance right hand
and David counters with a left to the body.
Rood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rood lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rood misses with a left hand
and David counters with a nice body shot.
David throws a sloppy head kick and Rood moves out of range easily.
Rood throws a body kick that misses.
David ducks under a wild hook from Rood.
David scores with a hook.
David looks to land a combination. Rood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rood misses with the combination.
Nice body punch from David.
David has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rood misses the shot to the body.
Rood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but David moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
David slips a jab from Rood.
David bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
David waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rood.
Rood misses with a wild body shot.
David takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
David takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rood misses with a double jab
letting David counter with a right hand.
David slips a straight right by Rood.
Rood scores with a body shot.
Rood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rood looks to land a left hand but David moved out of range nicely.
David fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
David bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but David was well out of range. Poor timing from Rood.
Rood misses with a hook
and David counters with a low kick, right behind Rood 's knee.
David swinging wildly here.
David fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rood has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rood swings for the body but David moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by David.
Brad Rood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rood throws the left hand but David avoids the punch easily.
Rood misses with a left hand
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
David scores with a sloppy right hand. Rood should have avoided that one.
An inside leg kick from Rood misses.
Rood misses with a low kick as David jumps back.
David throws a right and a left that Rood avoids nicely.
Rood moves out of range of the strikes.
David moves out of range of the leg kick from Rood.
No luck for David with that takedown attempt.
Rood misses with a right hand
and David counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rood throws a right and a left that David avoids nicely.
David defending well as Rood loads up on a big left hand.
David is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
David's corner calls for a 1-2. David obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
David throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
David cracks Rood with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
David throws a sloppy head kick and Rood moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rood misses with a body kick.
Rood thows a left - swing and a miss!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
David displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rood.
David connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Xavier David will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

David pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
David avoids the body shot from Rood.
Rood throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rood misses with a jab to the body
letting David counter with a right hand.
Rood tries to close the distance and clinch up but David swats him away and circles back towards the center.
David misses with a straight right.
Rood scoring well with a low kick there.
Rood slaps away a takedown attempt from David, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A combination from Rood does no damage.
Rood is trying hard to land a takedown here. David sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
David stuffs the takedown attempt from Rood. Rood gets slowly back to his feet.
Rood cracks David with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David scores with a body shot.
Rood loads up on a big right hand but David slips the punch.
David moves out of range of the leg kick from Rood.
David moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rood tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
David misses with a hook.
David misses the jab.
Rood staying out of range there.
A low kick from Rood misses
and David makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but David moves away.
Rood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David checks the leg kick.
Rood gets cracked with a nice right hand there by David.
David looks to land a left hand but Rood moved out of range nicely.
Rood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from David.
Rood misses the body punch
and Rood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rood throws a jab but it's blocked by David.
David tried to score with a low kick but Rood checks it.
Rood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
David scores with a decent looking hook.
Rood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from David.
Xavier David seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rood shoots in but David avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Rood. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from David.
David defending well as Rood loads up on a big left hand.
Some wild striking there from David.
Rood looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
David shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rood pinned against the cage. Rood gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
David scores with a hook to the body. Rood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
David scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rood misses with a looping left.
David looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rood checks a leg kick.
Rood thows a body shot but no joy.
David moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for David.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from David, right into the meat.
Rood takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
David ducks under a wild hook from Rood.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
David takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from David.
David blocks a low kick nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Xavier David.
Well David 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier David!