PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kill Face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Face has chosen Welcome to the TerrorDome as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Rodrigues
vs
Face

192 cm
21
270 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

225 cm
24
290 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Rodrigues !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kill Face!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Face works Rodrigues 's body with a nice hook.
Face throws a sloppy head kick and Rodrigues moves out of range easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodrigues throws an elbow but misses.
Rodrigues misses with an elbow over the top.
Rodrigues tries a knee to the head but Face blocks it.
Rodrigues jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Face walks away with a smile on his face. Rodrigues gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rodrigues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Face counters with a head kick. That will keep Rodrigues thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Rodrigues pushes Face up against the cage in a clinch.
Face throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodrigues blocks it with crossed arms.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks with his arms.
Face dodges an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Rodrigues takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Bruno Rodrigues has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Face with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Face scores with a knee to the head.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodrigues misses with an elbow strike.
Rodrigues tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Face avoids it.
A knee to the head by Face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks with his arms.
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.
Face looks gassed!
Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rodrigues effectively controlling the action here.
Face throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Rodrigues .
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks with his arms.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodrigues pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodrigues trying to land knees to the body.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodrigues tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Face avoids it.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodrigues has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Face is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Face throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodrigues just misses with a elbow thrown towards Face's brow.
Rodrigues misses with an elbow strike.
Rodrigues lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodrigues throws an elbow but misses.
Face blocks an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Rodrigues misses with an elbow strike.
Rodrigues trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Face tries a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks it.
Rodrigues misses with some punches.
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.
Face avoids a wild elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Rodrigues wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Rodrigues . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodrigues lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodrigues throws an elbow but misses.
Face misses with a knee strike.
Face with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodrigues lands a left hand that snaps the head of Face backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodrigues throws an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Rodrigues .
Face tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues pushes off an throws an elbow but Face leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Face with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodrigues wants a takedown.
Face avoids the elbow strike from Rodrigues , against the cage.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodrigues has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodrigues pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Face prevents the takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodrigues throws an elbow but misses.
Rodrigues swings wildly with an uppercut but Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodrigues lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rodrigues .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Face.
Face blocking some punches.
Rodrigues tries a knee to the head but Face blocks it.
Face misses with a knee strike.
Rodrigues creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Face tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodrigues misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Face blocking some punches.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodrigues has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Face with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodrigues stalling in the clinch but Face improves position.
Rodrigues goes for a takedown in the clinch but Face prevents it.
Face misses with a knee strike.
Rodrigues tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Face blocks an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Rodrigues throws an elbow that misses.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodrigues has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Face blocks the elbow strike.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodrigues swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it misses.
Rodrigues drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Face gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Face with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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 Bruno Rodrigues will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruno Rodrigues 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rodrigues moves into the clinch.
Face connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodrigues 's face.
A knee to the head by Face.
Rodrigues lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Face avoids the elbow strike from Rodrigues , against the cage.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodrigues swings wildly with an uppercut but Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
Face landing knees to the head.

Bruno Rodrigues 's cut is getting worse.
Rodrigues looking for a takedown.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodrigues tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodrigues tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Face avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodrigues just misses with a elbow thrown towards Face's brow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Face throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodrigues blocks it with crossed arms.
Face with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodrigues lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rodrigues creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Face misses with a knee strike.
Face lands a knee to the head.
Bruno Rodrigues has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks with his arms.
Rodrigues creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Face dodges an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
A nice left hand lands by Rodrigues .
Face throws a knee to the head but misses.
Face dodges an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Face blocks the elbow strike.
Rodrigues fails to pull guard.
Face with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Face avoids the elbow strike from Rodrigues , against the cage.
Rodrigues lands an elbow inside that Face shrugs off.

It looks like Kill Face has been cut.
Rodrigues is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Face is defending well for now.
Rodrigues misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodrigues lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Face backwards.
Rodrigues misses with an elbow strike.
Rodrigues misses with an elbow strike.
Face avoids the elbow strike from Rodrigues , against the cage.
Face blocking some punches.
Rodrigues misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Face looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodrigues just misses with a elbow thrown towards Face's brow.
Rodrigues looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodrigues misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Face.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Face throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodrigues blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodrigues drops down looking for an ankle pick but Face pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Rodrigues . That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Face misses the target.
Rodrigues lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rodrigues swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodrigues jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Face pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face slaps away a takedown attempt from Rodrigues , before circling back to the center of the mat.

Rodrigues dives in and scores a takedown into Face's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rodrigues would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Rodrigues decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Face, up you get!
Rodrigues misses with a series of wild punches.
Rodrigues throws a hook but Face blocks it.
Face scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rodrigues doesn't seem bothered though.
Face throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A left lands for Rodrigues .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodrigues throws a jab when Face was well out of range.
Rodrigues misses with a hook. Face ducked under it nicely.

Rodrigues forces Face back against the cage and clinches.
Face lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rodrigues has a couple of punches blocked by Face.
Rodrigues using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Face has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Face lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rodrigues fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodrigues throws an elbow that misses.
Face on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Rodrigues .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Rodrigues dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rodrigues throws a sloppy head kick and Face moves out of range easily.
Rodrigues misses with an uppercut
and Face counters with a head kick. That will keep Rodrigues thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Face misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodrigues throws a lazy right hand but Face sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Rodrigues rushes Face and presses him up against the cage.
Face with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Face blocks an uppercut.
Face blocks an elbow strike.
Face tries a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks it.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Face blocks an elbow strike.
Rodrigues softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Face with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodrigues with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodrigues pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Face takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodrigues missing with knees to the body.
Face throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it misses.

Rodrigues pulls guard.
Rodrigues is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Rodrigues is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Face avoids a wild elbow strike from Rodrigues .
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodrigues just misses with a elbow thrown towards Face's brow.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodrigues creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodrigues misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodrigues throws an elbow but misses.
Kill Face has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Face dodges an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Rodrigues creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rodrigues takes a knee right on the jaw!
Face throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodrigues throws a punch but it's blocked by Face.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodrigues has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodrigues pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Face blocks an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Rodrigues misses with an elbow strike.
Face misses with a knee to the head.
Rodrigues misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Face.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigues blocks with his arms.
Rodrigues tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Face just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rodrigues tries to land knees in the clinch but Face avoids the damage to the body.
Rodrigues throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodrigues working aggressively here.
Face blocks the elbow strike.
Face tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Face with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodrigues blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodrigues looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodrigues misses with an elbow strike.
Rodrigues makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Face lands a knee to the head.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodrigues throws an elbow but misses.
Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rodrigues throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Face avoids the elbow strike from Rodrigues , against the cage.
Face dodges an elbow strike from Rodrigues .
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Face as Rodrigues tries to tie him up.
Rodrigues throws a punch but it's blocked by Face.
Face misses with a knee to the head.
Rodrigues throws an elbow that misses.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodrigues has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues throws an elbow that misses.

Rodrigues pulls guard effortlessly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rodrigues is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Face avoids the elbow strike from Rodrigues , against the cage.
Face throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodrigues blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Rodrigues .
Rodrigues is working for takedown but Face is calmly controlling the position for now.
Face throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodrigues blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodrigues throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodrigues lands a right hand.
Rodrigues jumps guard but Face stands there with Rodrigues around his waist. Rodrigues gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bruno Rodrigues is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Rodrigues . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Face blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Face misses with a knee strike.
Face throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodrigues blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodrigues lands an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Rodrigues showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rodrigues 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Rodrigues !