PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Olegerio Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Whipple (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justin Whipple has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Olegerio Rodriguez's chin.

Rodriguez
vs
Whipple

172 cm
27
179 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olegerio Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Whipple!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Rodriguez does it's job there.
Rodriguez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rodriguez shoots in but no luck this time.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Whipple sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rodriguez works the jab nicely.

Whipple gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Rodriguez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rodriguez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rodriguez passes Whipple's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Whipple trying to get back to full guard but Rodriguez takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Rodriguez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Whipple is desperately trying to improve his position but Rodriguez has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez with shots to the head and body - Whipple looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rodriguez lands with some strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rodriguez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rodriguez content just to control the position here.
Rodriguez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Whipple really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rodriguez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Whipple tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whipple keeps trying to improve his position.
Rodriguez landing strikes from the mount and Whipple is in trouble!
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 lands a big elbow.
Whipple is working to get back to half guard.
Rodriguez lands a couple of good shots and Whipple has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Rodriguez is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Whipple covers up after that shot from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez biding his time, controlling Whipple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Whipple is looking for a way out.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Rodriguez controlling the positon.
Rodriguez is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Whipple. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Rodriguez is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Whipple. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Rodriguez is landing with strikes. Whipple can't take much more of this.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez controlling well, preventing Whipple from escaping the position.
Rodriguez controlling the position well here. Whipple rolled but Rodriguez kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Rodriguez is punishing Whipple with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Whipple is taking damage to the body and head.
Rodriguez has Whipple flattened out and is raining down punches.

Whipple is rocked!
Whipple is really stuck here.
Whipple is still in real trouble! Can Rodriguez finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Rodriguez is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Whipple has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Rodriguez has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Whipple taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Rodriguez doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Olegerio Rodriguez!
Olegerio Rodriguez really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GREEN!160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.