PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bender Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donkey Donkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donkman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Donkey Song. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Rodriguez
vs
Donkman

185 cm
31
201 lbs
17 - 21 - 0

189 cm
31
188 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bender Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donkey Donkman!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donkman missing with a left hand there. Rodriguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donkman misses with a body shot
enabling Rodriguez to counter with a crisp jab.
Donkman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Donkman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donkman lands with a right hand.
Donkman connects with a right hand. Rodriguez shakes it off.
Rodriguez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donkman.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Donkman.
Donkman jabs Rodriguez right on the nose. Rodriguez blinks but takes it well.

Rodriguez is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Donkman misses the jab.
Oh Rodriguez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rodriguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez seems to have got his legs back now.
Donkman slips a straight right by Rodriguez.
Donkman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donkman.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donkman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donkey Donkman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez cracks Donkman with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Rodriguez misses.
Rodriguez throws a looping overhand right but Donkman ducks down to avoid it.
Rodriguez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rodriguez throws a looping overhand right but Donkman ducks down to avoid it.
Rodriguez lands a nice looking body shot.
Rodriguez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donkman lands a slapping body shot.
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donkman.
A big right from Rodriguez misses.
Donkman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rodriguez defends it nicely.
Donkman just misses with a punch to the body.
Donkman tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Donkman.
Rodriguez throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez takes one to the side of the head.
Donkman throws a combination that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a left to the body.
Donkman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Donkman.
Donkman throws a hook but Rodriguez avoids it easily.
Rodriguez connects with the punch.
Donkman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donkman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donkman misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Donkman throws a right hand that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a left to the body.
Donkman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donkman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut there from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Donkman misses with a double jab
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Donkman takes one on the button.
Rodriguez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Donkman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rodriguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donkman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a good cross that connects.
Donkman misses with an uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donkman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rodriguez was well out of range. Poor timing from Donkman.
Rodriguez misses with a straight left.
Donkman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rodriguez scores with a decent looking hook.
Donkman moves out of range as Rodriguez strikes.
Rodriguez walks into a straight right hand from Donkman.
Donkman takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Donkman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donkman.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Donkman with a series of wild strikes but Donkman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donkman scores with a sloppy right hand. Rodriguez should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Donkey Donkman will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Donkman jabs Rodriguez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jab, jab by Donkman - just one landing.
Donkman drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Donkman throws a hook but Rodriguez avoids it easily.
Rodriguez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Donkman closes the distance and clinches up with Rodriguez, looking for a takedown. Donkman pushes Rodriguez against the cage but Rodriguez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Donkman misses.
Donkman shoots in for a double leg but Rodriguez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rodriguez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Donkman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rodriguez lands a two punch combo.
Rodriguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donkman moves away.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donkman takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Donkman misses with a takedown attempt - Rodriguez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bender Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donkey Donkman.
Rodriguez works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez leaves Donkman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rodriguez lands a jab to the nose.
Donkman misses with a straight right.
A left lands for Donkman.
Rodriguez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donkman takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Donkman throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Donkman moves away from the strike by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Donkman swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rodriguez misses.
Donkman throws a jab when Rodriguez was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Donkman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donkman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rodriguez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Donkman walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Rodriguez drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Donkman swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Rodriguez's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Donkey Donkman!