PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez has chosen Planet Terror - El Wray as his entrance music. Diego Rodriguez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Anderson
vs
Rodriguez

182 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phil Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson shoots for a double leg takedown but Rodriguez sprawls well. He's pushed Anderson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Anderson shoots in and drives through. Rodriguez sprawls well.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Rodriguez misses with a lunging right hand

and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson.
Rodriguez prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Anderson has picked Rodriguez up - he's going for a ride! Anderson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rodriguez manages to get to full guard.
Rodriguez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson won't allow Rodriguez to sweep him here.
Anderson throws a strike but Rodriguez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rodriguez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Anderson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Anderson tries to get out of the position.
Rodriguez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rodriguez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rodriguez connects with a couple of short punches.
Rodriguez advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson is looking to control Rodriguez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Anderson avoid being mounted?
Rodriguez stalling.
Rodriguez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Rodriguez seems content to control.
Rodriguez lands with a punch from half guard.
Rodriguez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Anderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rodriguez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rodriguez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anderson defending well though.
Anderson is staying active underneath Rodriguez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson is trying to stand back up but Rodriguez is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez winds up and cracks Anderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rodriguez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Anderson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Anderson taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.
Rodriguez drops an elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Rodriguez lands with a punch from half guard.
Rodriguez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rodriguez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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!
Rodriguez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Anderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is controlling the pace.
Rodriguez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rodriguez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rodriguez works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rodriguez with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson is looking to get to half guard.
Rodriguez raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Rodriguez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rodriguez manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Anderson on his heels. He'll look to pass Anderson's guard now, I'm sure.
Rodriguez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rodriguez passes Anderson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rodriguez winds up and cracks Anderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rodriguez working Anderson over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rodriguez lands a nice short elbow.

Anderson is rocked!
Rodriguez winds up and cracks Anderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Anderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rodriguez in particular looking to stall.
Rodriguez is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Anderson is hurt! He's hurt bad - Rodriguez fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Anderson from any more punishment! Congratulations to Rodriguez! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Rodriguez!
Diego Rodriguez tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.