PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rodriguez
vs
Williams

184 cm
24
210 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
205 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Williams!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Rodriguez pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Williams as the two fighters clinch.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rodriguez doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Rodriguez missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Rodriguez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Williams wants to clinch but Rodriguez slips to the side

and Rodriguez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Williams pulls guard successfully.
Rodriguez preventing the sweep.

Williams pushes Rodriguez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Williams scores with a one two! Rodriguez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Rodriguez wants to clinch but Williams slips to the side

and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.

Williams decides to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but Rodriguez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams punishes Rodriguez's body with a nice straight punch.
Williams connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Rodriguez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Williams has his feet on Rodriguez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Williams duly obliges.
Williams misses with the combination.
Rodriguez slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Rodriguez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Williams tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.

Rodriguez gets the takedown into side control.

Williams sneaks out the side door and pushes Rodriguez away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
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 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rodriguez misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from Williams.
Rodriguez misses with an elbow strike.
Williams stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rodriguez throws an elbow but it misses.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rodriguez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rodriguez lands a damaging elbow.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez walks into a stiff left hand from Williams.
Williams scores with the left hand. Rodriguez knows he should have avoided that one.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.

Williams decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez moves into full guard.

Williams gets to his feet - Rodriguez follows without any prompting.
Williams looks gassed!

Rodriguez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Williams's half guard.
Williams missing with punches from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams has hold of Rodriguez's hands but Rodriguez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rodriguez is nestled in close to Williams, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Williams is looking to escape.
Rodriguez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Williams is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rodriguez scores with a couple of nice shots.
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.
Williams flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Williams trying to control from the bottom.
Williams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rodriguez.
Williams won't allow Rodriguez to pass to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Williams is trying to stand up here but Rodriguez is controlling him well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rodriguez missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodriguez throws an elbow but misses.
Rodriguez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodriguez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Williams jumps guard but Rodriguez stands there with Williams around his waist. Williams gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Williams lands a body shot.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Rodriguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rodriguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rodriguez avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Rodriguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Rodriguez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rodriguez instigates a clinch.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Rodriguez, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodriguez throws an elbow but misses.
Rodriguez misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Rodriguez pushes off an throws an elbow but Williams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodriguez effectively controlling the action here.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Williams is working Rodriguez over against the cage.

Williams jumps guard.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rodriguez.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rodriguez landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodriguez is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez landing some decent shots from guard.
Rodriguez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Rodriguez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rodriguez stops Williams from standing up.
Williams doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Rodriguez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rodriguez won't allow Williams to get back to his feet.

Williams pushes Rodriguez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Rodriguez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Williams sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams working to try and regain half guard.
Williams tries to hold on but Rodriguez pushes him away.
Williams tries to reverse the position but Rodriguez maintains control.
Rodriguez lands a big elbow.
Rodriguez dominating with strikes here.
Williams regains half guard.
Rodriguez working over Williams with some ground and pound. Williams looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Williams manages to get to full guard.
Rodriguez working some strikes from top position.
Williams is looking to stand back up but Rodriguez counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rodriguez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rodriguez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Rodriguez.
Williams has hold of Rodriguez's hands but Rodriguez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rodriguez slips a nice elbow through Williams's hands, connecting with Williams's forehead.
Rodriguez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Williams with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rodriguez working over Williams with some ground and pound. Williams looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rodriguez stops Williams from getting back to his feet.
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 is looking to take a break and control but Williams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Williams.
Rodriguez works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodriguez is one step ahead there.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Rodriguez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Williams lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rodriguez!
Williams lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Rodriguez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Williams lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rodriguez at a distance.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.
Williams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rodriguez throws a sloppy body shot

and Williams moves into the clinch.
Rodriguez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Williams is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rodriguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rodriguez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodriguez working aggressively here.
Williams is trying to break free.
Rodriguez blocks a body shot from Williams.
Williams tries to score a body lock takedown but Rodriguez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rodriguez misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Rodriguez controls his hands.
Rodriguez lands a nice elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams.
Rodriguez lands a damaging elbow.
Williams looking to stall.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rodriguez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rodriguez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams is working Rodriguez over against the cage.
Rodriguez landing knees to the body.
Rodriguez has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Williams is leaning against Rodriguez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Rodriguez throws an elbow that misses.
Williams is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rodriguez lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Williams is looking to control Rodriguez's arms but Rodriguez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Williams has his back to the cage.
Rodriguez is pressed up against the cage. Williams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rodriguez down to the mat. Rodriguez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shane Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rodriguez circles away quickly and effectively.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Williams tries to clinch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shane Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams throws a shot to the body.
Rodriguez digs a good hook to Williams's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rodriguez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Williams's waist but Williams gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rodriguez off to one side.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Williams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rodriguez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Rodriguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Williams gets the takedown into side control.

Williams decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Williams tries to keep at a distance but Rodriguez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez throws a head punch that misses.
Rodriguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rodriguez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.

Williams lands a takedown into guard.
Williams wanted to stand there but Rodriguez had control of the position.
Rodriguez throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Rodriguez blocks nicely.
Rodriguez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Williams manages to get himself to full guard.
Rodriguez landing with the ground and pound.
Rodriguez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williams is looking to stand up but Rodriguez isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rodriguez landing some decent shots from guard.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rodriguez with a nice head shot there.

Williams manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Rodriguez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
Williams is looking to stand up but Rodriguez isn't so interested in that idea.
Rodriguez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shane Williams.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Williams!