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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Rhodes (ranked 4592 p4p, 5712 weight class) and David Brathwaite (ranked 161 p4p, 209 weight class). David Brathwaite is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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265
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Rhodes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Brathwaite!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhodes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brathwaite showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rhodes.
Rhodes swinging wildly here.
Rhodes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brathwaite.
Rhodes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rhodes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Robert Rhodes has been cut.
Rhodes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brathwaite counters with a nice body shot.
Brathwaite has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Rhodes is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rhodes lands with a kick to the temple. Brathwaite shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like David Brathwaite has been cut.
Brathwaite is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rhodes tries to clinch
and Brathwaite counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rhodes! Brathwaite lets Rhodes back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rhodes is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rhodes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brathwaite manages to avoid it.
Oh Rhodes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rhodes takes the fight into the clinch.
Rhodes letting Brathwaite take a breather here.
Rhodes seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Brathwaite.
Brathwaite stalling against the cage.
Rhodes with a knee to the head.
Rhodes scores with a knee to the head.
Rhodes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brathwaite lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rhodes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brathwaite wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rhodes has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
Rhodes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brathwaite looks winded!
Rhodes throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Rhodes.
Brathwaite creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rhodes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Rhodes.
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!
Rhodes tries a body shot but Brathwaite blocks it.
Rhodes stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Rhodes.
Rhodes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rhodes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brathwaite backwards.
Rhodes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Rhodes.
Rhodes pushes Brathwaite back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rhodes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rhodes scores with a shot to the side of Brathwaite's head.
Rhodes swings wildly with an uppercut but Brathwaite uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhodes working aggressively here.
Rhodes misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes looking to throw knees to the head but Brathwaite is blocking nicely.
Rhodes is struggling to control the position.
Rhodes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brathwaite backwards.
Rhodes tries to throw a body punch but Brathwaite avoids it by throwing Rhodes back against the cage.
Rhodes throws a punch but it's blocked by Brathwaite.
Brathwaite looking to stall.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brathwaite blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rhodes lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brathwaite.
Rhodes throws a punch but it's blocked by Brathwaite.
Rhodes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhodes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Rhodes.
Rhodes throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Brathwaite's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rhodes lands a knee to the body.
Rhodes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brathwaite takes a shot to the head.
Rhodes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brathwaite up against the cage.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhodes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rhodes is leaning against Brathwaite and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rhodes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Rhodes.
Rhodes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Rhodes dominated that 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.
Rhodes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brathwaite's sensitive parts.
Brathwaite throws the left hand but Rhodes avoids the punch easily.
Brathwaite dodges the punch combination from Rhodes.
Rhodes moves into range and clinches up with Brathwaite.
Brathwaite blocks an elbow strike from Rhodes.
Rhodes misses with the head strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brathwaite blocks a body shot from Rhodes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhodes lands a nice shot to the body.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Brathwaite.
Brathwaite blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhodes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brathwaite can do to turn this around?
Rhodes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brathwaite is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brathwaite taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Brathwaite.
Rhodes lands a left hand.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rhodes gets through Brathwaite's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rhodes.
A short uppercut from Rhodes.
Robert Rhodes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rhodes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brathwaite on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Rhodes.
Brathwaite is trying to maintain a safe position but Rhodes gets an underhook and turns Brathwaite into the cage.
Brathwaite tries to stall but Rhodes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rhodes swings wildly with an uppercut but Brathwaite uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhodes tries a body shot but Brathwaite blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rhodes working aggressively here.
Brathwaite controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Rhodes on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rhodes.
Brathwaite looking to stall.
Rhodes lands a right hand.
Rhodes misses with the head strike.
Rhodes can't find room to land a body shot as Brathwaite controls the action.
Rhodes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rhodes pushes off an throws an elbow but Brathwaite leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brathwaite looking to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brathwaite is trying to push Rhodes away but Rhodes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rhodes working aggressively here.
Rhodes misses with a punch on the inside.
Rhodes lands a knee to the head.
Rhodes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhodes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brathwaite.
Rhodes throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brathwaite.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
Rhodes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhodes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brathwaite has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rhodes misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brathwaite blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhodes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rhodes misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rhodes misses with the head strike.
Rhodes lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Brathwaite's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brathwaite blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rhodes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brathwaite wants to stall.
Brathwaite blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rhodes obliges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Rhodes dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rhodes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rhodes lands a big head kick that sends Brathwaite tumbling to the mat! Rhodes takes a step backwards and waves Brathwaite back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Brathwaite is rocked!
Look low, kick high! Rhodes uses the oldest trick in the book to send Brathwaite tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Rhodes is absolutely delighted - when Brathwaite wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Robert Rhodes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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