PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Rodrigez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Rodrigez
vs
Condit

177 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
176 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Blunt Force Trauma Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Rodrigez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Condit!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Condit.
Condit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rodrigez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodrigez throws a head kick that misses.
Rodrigez pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Rodrigez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Condit to the mat! Condit manages to get full guard.
Condit bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rodrigez's guard.
Rodrigez trying to control the position.
Condit forces his way into half guard.
Rodrigez tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Condit tries to pass to full mount but Rodrigez defends it.
Rodrigez is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rodrigez!
Condit wants to control the pace but Rodrigez is squirming around nicely.
Condit seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Rodrigez is holding on tight.
Condit controlling the position easily from mount.
Rodrigez has given up his back. Will we see Condit going for some submissions?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Condit wants to control but Rodrigez is keeping busy.
Condit not allowing Rodrigez to control his hands.
Condit struggling to keep hold of the position.
Condit is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Will Condit go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Rodrigez right now.
Rodrigez is trying to break free.
Condit has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Rodrigez's body.

Despite being in the dominant position, Carlos Condit just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rodrigez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Condit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carlos Condit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodrigez shoots in but no luck this time.
Rodrigez is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condit tries to clinch but Rodrigez moves out of range.
Rodrigez shoots in but no luck this time.
Condit shoots for a takedown but Rodrigez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Condit closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Condit.
Condit trying to land knees to the body.
Condit landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Condit connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodrigez's face.
Rodrigez tries to score a body lock takedown but Condit shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Rodrigez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Condit obliges.
Condit tries to land a knee to the head but Rodrigez blocks with his arms.
Condit is struggling to control the position.
Condit with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodrigez avoiding damage as Condit throws knees to the body.
Condit misses with a knee to the head.
Condit stalling in the clinch but Rodrigez improves position.
Rodrigez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Condit tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodrigez avoids the damage to the body.
Condit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodrigez is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Condit landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Condit tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodrigez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Condit avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Condit using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodrigez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodrigez managing to block the knees to the body from Condit.
Rodrigez is looking to break free of the clinch but Condit has double underhooks.
Condit missing with knees to the body.
Condit misses with a knee strike.

Rodrigez breaks the clinch.

Condit fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rodrigez, pushing him back against the ropes.
Condit misses with a body punch.
Condit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Condit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodrigez is defending well for now.
Rodrigez slowing the pace effectively.
Condit lands a good knee to the midsection. Rodrigez won't want to take too many of those.
Condit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rodrigez is keeping busy.
Rodrigez dodges an elbow strike from Condit.
Condit landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rodrigez tries to pull guard but Condit won't allow it.
Condit crunches a lovely knee into Rodrigez's ribcage.
Condit tries a knee to the head but Rodrigez blocks it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Condit looking to slow down the pace here.
Condit stops a takedown attempt from Rodrigez.
Condit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rodrigez is keeping busy.
Rodrigez tries to break the clinch but Condit is controlling the position.
Condit gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Condit is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Condit lands a knee to the head.
Condit looking to stall.
Rodrigez avoiding damage as Condit throws knees to the body.
Rodrigez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Condit smiles and moves away.

Rodrigez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rodrigez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rodrigez throws a sloppy strike and Condit uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Condit has ended up in Rodrigez's guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigez trying to keep a closed guard but Condit is proving a slippery customer.
Condit trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodrigez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Condit wants to pass the guard but Rodrigez is keeping the position.
Rodrigez keeping moving, preventing Condit from controlling successfully.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Condit works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Condit works his way into full mount!
Rodrigez is desperately trying to improve his position but Condit has a good base and remains in mount.
Condit trying to control but Rodrigez is having none of it.
Condit controlling the pace for now.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Condit mounts Rodrigez! Really nice guard pass there!
Condit content just to control the position here.
Rodrigez is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Condit has taken his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Condit dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Condit throws a sloppy head kick and Rodrigez moves out of range easily.
Condit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Condit is looking to clinch.

Rodrigez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rodrigez works his way into side control.
Rodrigez trying to control the position but Condit is working away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rodrigez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Rodrigez taking a break here but Condit is having none of it and regains half guard.

That's two 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.
Condit keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rodrigez is just content to waste time from the top position. Condit takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Condit is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit sitting in guard here, content to control.
Condit trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodrigez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodrigez controls Condit momentarily but Condit frees himself.
Condit seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rodrigez trying to strike off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Condit stands and throws Rodrigez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Condit controls the position.
Rodrigez stops Condit from passing to mount.
Rodrigez is trying to control Condit's posture but Condit avoids it.
Condit controls the position from side control.
Rodrigez struggling a bit here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Condit trying to control the action but Rodrigez is working from the bottom.
Condit throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rodrigez wants to control but Condit postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Condit fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Condit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Condit throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rodrigez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Condit scoring well with a low kick there.
Condit thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rodrigez if he has to take too many more of those.
Rodrigez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodrigez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Condit has managed to clinch.
Condit connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodrigez's face.
Condit unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rodrigez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Condit is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rodrigez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rodrigez is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Condit gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Condit trying to land knees to the body.
Condit looking to stall.
Rodrigez blocks an elbow strike.
Rodrigez tries to pull guard but Condit holds him up against the ropes and eventually Rodrigez drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Rodrigez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodrigez managing to block the knees to the body from Condit.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Condit managing to block the knees to the body from Rodrigez.
Condit just leaning against Rodrigez, taking a breather.
Condit lands a knee to the head.
Condit wants to stall.
Rodrigez tries to score a body lock takedown but Condit shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Condit misses with a knee to the head.
Condit tries a knee to the head but Rodrigez blocks it.
Condit is looking to control Rodrigez's arms but Rodrigez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Condit has his back to the ropes.
Condit is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Condit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Condit scores a nice knee to the body.
Rodrigez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodrigez takes a knee right on the jaw!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Rodrigez tightens his grip and picks Condit up, before dumping him to the ground. Condit manages to land in guard.
Condit is trying to control the position but Rodrigez postures up.
Rodrigez wanted to stand there but Condit had control of the position.
Carlos Condit has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigez working some strikes from top position.
Rodrigez wants to control from the top but Condit keeps moving.
Rodrigez looking to sit in guard and control but Condit gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Condit controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rodrigez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Condit controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rodrigez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Rodrigez looking for a guillotine here but Condit defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Condit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Condit 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Carlos Condit!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Carlos Condit!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Carlos Condit!

Carlos Condit wins by unanimous decision!