PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rodriguez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Comprendes Mendez. This should be a great matchup!

Rodriguez
vs
Cote

165 cm
20
135 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

225 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 6 - 8 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick Cote!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cote shoots in looking for a takedown. Rodriguez tries to sprawl out of it but Cote keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rodriguez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodriguez looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Cote shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rodriguez sprawls well. Rodriguez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cote gets slowly back to his feet.
Cote is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cote shoots in for a takedown but Rodriguez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Giovanni Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Cote.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cote plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Cote or perhaps it was just good defense by Rodriguez which made him look bad.
Giovanni Rodriguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cote duly obliges.
Cote lands the left hand.
Cote throws a nice head kick!
Cote fails with the takedown.
Cote fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cote scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a sloppy head kick
and Cote counters with a left to the body.
Cote misses with a takedown attempt - Rodriguez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cote is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rodriguez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.

Cote gets the takedown into side control.

Cote is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rodriguez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote is looking to take a break and control but Rodriguez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rodriguez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cote is controlling him well.
Cote is looking to take a break and control but Rodriguez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Cote tries for a kimura but Rodriguez is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A lull in the action here.
Rodriguez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Cote decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Patrick Cote seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cote uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rodriguez has time to react.
Cote thuds his shin into the meat of Rodriguez's side.
Cote shoots for a takedown but Rodriguez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Cote dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cote cracks the inside of Rodriguez's front leg.
Cote lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cote tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Patrick Cote is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cote looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cote scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rodriguez backs up against the cage.
Cote fails with a takedown attempt.
Cote shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rodriguez defends it nicely.
Rodriguez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote fails with a takedown attempt.
Giovanni Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Cote.
Cote scores with a spinning back kick!
Cote moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.

Rodriguez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cote to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Cote is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rodriguez is keeping the position for now.
Cote is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cote sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rodriguez wants to stand but Cote is controlling the position.
Cote showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rodriguez wants to get back to his feet but Cote is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
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.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cote stays in close to Rodriguez's body and controls the position.

Cote gets to his feet. Rodriguez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cote.
Cote prevents Rodriguez from escaping the position.
Cote lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Cote showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cote is defended easily by Rodriguez.
Cote fails with the takedown.
Cote tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cote listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cote's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cote duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cote lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cote shoots in for a double leg but Rodriguez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Giovanni Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Cote.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodriguez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cote lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cote shoots in for a takedown but Rodriguez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick from Cote lands but Rodriguez takes it in his stride.
Rodriguez throws a lazy head kick
and Cote counters with a nice leg kick.
Cote works Rodriguez's body with a nice hook.
Cote goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Cote fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cote looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cote shoots in but Rodriguez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cote defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Cote wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patrick Cote.
Well Cote 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Cote!