PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emily T (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez's entrance music is Comprendes Mendez. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Rodriguez
vs
T

165 cm
19
135 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

165 cm
19
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Giovanni Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emily T!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
T wants to clinch up but Rodriguez keeps it at a distance.
T fails with an attempt to clinch.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
T tries to clinch up.
T tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.

That's one minute gone in the round.
T is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
T wants to clinch.
Rodriguez looks to land a left hand but T moved out of range nicely.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emily T seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
T fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
T doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
T is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
T wants to clinch up but Rodriguez keeps it at a distance.
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T tries to clinch up.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez throws a hook but T avoids it easily.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
T wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
T doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut. T saw that one coming.
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
T is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T is looking to clinch.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
T tries to clinch up.
T moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
T tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
T tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That round was too close to call.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
T tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
T wants to clinch.
T tries to clinch up.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
T doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
T is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
T fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
T tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
T tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
T moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
T is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
T doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
T moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez misses the jab.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
T moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
T wants to clinch.
T is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
T is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
T is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
T is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
T is looking to clinch.
T wants to clinch up but Rodriguez keeps it at a distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A very close round there. Could go either way on the judges scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

T moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
T tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Rodriguez.
T is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
T tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
T fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez throws a big shot that misses.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
T is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
T tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
T fails with an attempt to clinch.
T is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
T wants to clinch up but Rodriguez keeps it at a distance.
T is looking to clinch.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
T wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
T tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
T doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
T tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
T tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by T.
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
T fails in his attempt to clinch.
T fails with an attempt to clinch.
T is looking to clinch.
T tries to clinch up.
T tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
T tries to clinch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Giovanni Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Emily T is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
T wants to clinch up but Rodriguez keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
That round was too close to call.
Well T has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Giovanni Rodriguez!