PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Blow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Blow
vs
Rodriguez

180 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Blow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rodriguez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Blow.
Blow is trying to force a seperation but Rodriguez has the dominant position.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blow leaves Rodriguez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rodriguez loads up on a big right hand but Blow slips the punch.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.

Blow moves into range and clinches up with Rodriguez.
Blow could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rodriguez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Blow gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blow tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Rodriguez missing with knees to the body.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blow avoids the head kick by Rodriguez.

Rodriguez clinches with his opponent.
Blow working aggressively here.
Blow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blow has Rodriguez pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriguez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rodriguez tries to pull guard but Blow holds him up against the cage and eventually Rodriguez drops back down to his feet.
Joe Blow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Rodriguez.

Rodriguez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Blow is pulling down on Rodriguez's head. It's preventing any offense from Rodriguez, at least for the moment.

Rodriguez stands up and waves to Blow to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blow is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blow defends it nicely.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Blow takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blow is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez gets tackled into the cage by Blow. Blow maintains the clinch.
Blow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Rodriguez successfully pulls guard.
Blow wants to stand and escape but instead Rodriguez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Blow being controlled here, momentarily.
Blow looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Blow keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blow working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rodriguez.
Blow is trying to control the position but Rodriguez postures up.
Blow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodriguez is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Joe Blow.
Blow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch but Blow is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Don Rodriguez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blow has closed the distance and engaged Rodriguez in a clinch.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blow is looking for a takedown.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blow's waist but Blow gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rodriguez off to one side.
Blow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodriguez misses with a takedown attempt

and Blow counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Blow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez working a defensive guard here.
Blow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blow being controlled here momentarily.
Blow wants to control from the top but Rodriguez keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rodriguez has his feet on Blow's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Some wild striking there from Blow.
Blow moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Rodriguez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Blow sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Joe Blow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Rodriguez.

Blow closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Blow tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

Blow wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rodriguez, who protects the arm well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blow manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.
Blow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rodriguez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blow defends it nicely.
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blow as he avoids it easily.
Blow tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Don Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rodriguez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Blow to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Blow is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Blow knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rodriguez on the ground.
Blow chips away with some ground and pound.
Blow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rodriguez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez keeping full guard, as Blow tries to pass.
Blow throws an elbow that misses. Rodriguez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blow's guard. Nice move by Rodriguez!
Blow being controlled here, momentarily.
Blow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Blow dominated that second round.
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!

Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
Rodriguez fails to land the takedown.

Blow closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rodriguez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Blow's best efforts.

Blow is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Rodriguez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Blow trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodriguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rodriguez is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blow throwing strikes from guard but Rodriguez blocks nicely.
Rodriguez pulls Blow in close to prevent any damage.
Blow lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Rodriguez looking for a triangle here. Blow is fighting it but it looks tight! Rodriguez pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Blow is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Don Rodriguez!