PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lars Christiansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nines Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez has chosen Angel - Massive Attack as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Christiansen
vs
Rodriguez

175 cm
26
166 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

175 cm
23
165 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lars Christiansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nines Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christiansen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lars Christiansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christiansen ducks under a wild hook from Rodriguez.
Christiansen thuds his right hand into Rodriguez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Christiansen avoids them all with ease.
Christiansen throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Christiansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Christiansen misses with a lunging right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.
Rodriguez connects with a jab.
Christiansen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rodriguez doesn't seem bothered though.
Rodriguez dips to his left and cracks Christiansen with an uppercut!
Christiansen misses with a wild body shot.
Christiansen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head.
Rodriguez takes one to the side of the head.
Rodriguez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Christiansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a nice body shot.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Christiansen moves out of range.
Christiansen misses with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a series of strikes. Christiansen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christiansen lands with a straight right. Rodriguez didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Christiansen.

Christiansen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Christiansen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christiansen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rodriguez working aggressively here.
Rodriguez has Christiansen pressed against the cage.
Christiansen lands with a light punch inside.
Rodriguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodriguez lands a body shot.
Rodriguez works on Christiansen's body with a couple of short punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Christiansen as Rodriguez tries to tie him up.
Christiansen misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodriguez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rodriguez blocking some punches.
Christiansen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christiansen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rodriguez or not.
Christiansen misses with an elbow over the top.
Christiansen can't find room to land a body shot as Rodriguez controls the action.
Rodriguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodriguez blocks an uppercut.
Rodriguez cracks Christiansen with a nice body shot.
Rodriguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rodriguez wants to stall.
Christiansen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez dodges an elbow strike from Christiansen.
Christiansen is trying to stall.
Christiansen swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christiansen slows down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christiansen.
Christiansen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has a couple of punches blocked by Christiansen.
Christiansen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rodriguez blocks the elbow strike.
Rodriguez controlling the action here for a moment.
Christiansen can't find room to land a body shot as Rodriguez controls the action.
Christiansen letting Rodriguez take a breather here.
Christiansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Christiansen blocking some punches.
Rodriguez throws a head punch that misses.
Christiansen lands a damaging elbow.
Rodriguez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rodriguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christiansen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rodriguez backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Christiansen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rodriguez.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Christiansen.
Rodriguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Christiansen.
Rodriguez taking a breather.
Christiansen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Christiansen.
Christiansen throws a head punch that misses.
Christiansen tries to break the clinch but Rodriguez is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Christiansen.
A short left from Rodriguez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rodriguez.
Christiansen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rodriguez backwards.
Rodriguez presses Christiansen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rodriguez has Christiansen pushed against the cage.
Christiansen lands with a right to the head.
Rodriguez gets through Christiansen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Christiansen looking to slow down the pace here.
Rodriguez takes a shot to the head.
Christiansen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rodriguez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Christiansen breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Christiansen momentarily.
Rodriguez takes one to the side of the head.
Christiansen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Christiansen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christiansen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab
and Christiansen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christiansen misses with a few strikes there.
Rodriguez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christiansen throws out the jab.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Christiansen's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christiansen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christiansen throws a lazy uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez misses with a series of wild punches.
Christiansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nines Rodriguez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Christiansen throws a lazy uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christiansen looks to clinch
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Christiansen misses with a left hand
and Rodriguez counters with a nice uppercut.
Nines Rodriguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christiansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
Christiansen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Rodriguez to counter with a crisp jab.
Christiansen misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez throws a combination that misses
and Christiansen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rodriguez throws a combination. Christiansen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Christiansen throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a left and a right that stings Christiansen.

Christiansen moves into the clinch.
Christiansen digs a right hand underneath Rodriguez's ribcage. Rodriguez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Christiansen has a couple of punches blocked by Rodriguez.
Christiansen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodriguez taking a breather.
Christiansen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Christiansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rodriguez's elbow.
Christiansen working aggressively here.
Christiansen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Christiansen trying to stall but Rodriguez improves his position.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands with a left to the head.
Rodriguez just leaning against Christiansen, taking a breather.
Christiansen is working Rodriguez over against the cage.
Christiansen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Christiansen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Christiansen lands an elbow just above Rodriguez 's eye.
Christiansen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christiansen.
Christiansen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodriguez avoids a wild elbow strike from Christiansen.
Christiansen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodriguez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Christiansen lands with a left to the head.
Rodriguez struggles to land a body shot inside as Christiansen controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Christiansen.
Rodriguez has a couple of punches blocked by Christiansen.
Christiansen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Christiansen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice elbow from Christiansen.
Christiansen misses with the head strike.
Christiansen lands an elbow just above Rodriguez 's eye.
Christiansen lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Nines Rodriguez has been cut.
Christiansen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Christiansen is leaning against Rodriguez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Christiansen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Christiansen.
Christiansen lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Christiansen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lars Christiansen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Christiansen pushes Rodriguez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez avoids the elbow strike from Christiansen, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Christiansen.
Christiansen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Christiansen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christiansen throws a head kick but Rodriguez moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Christiansen.
Christiansen just misses with a punch to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Christiansen.
Christiansen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christiansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut
and Christiansen counters with a straight right hand.
Rodriguez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Christiansen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rodriguez lands a right hook to the body.
Christiansen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christiansen throws a lazy uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christiansen manages to avoid it.
Christiansen wants to clinch but Rodriguez slips to the side
and Rodriguez counters with a series of strikes. Christiansen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Christiansen with a hook.
Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christiansen.
Nice straight punches there by Christiansen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Christiansen.
Nice defenses there by Rodriguez.
Christiansen takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Christiansen misses with a hook
and Rodriguez counters with a three punch combo that has Christiansen backing up. Christiansen nods at Rodriguez to acknowledge the strikes.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that Christiansen ducks under and follows up with a left that Christiansen also avoids with ease.
Nice shot lands for Christiansen.
Christiansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Christiansen moves away from the strike by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with the combination.
Christiansen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Christiansen.
Christiansen defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Christiansen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Christiansen slips a jab and a cross from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Christiansen moves out of range.
Good shot there by Christiansen.
Christiansen scores with a nice strike.
Nines Rodriguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Christiansen avoids it well.
Jab by Christiansen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christiansen moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Christiansen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Christiansen misses with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Christiansen thinking.
Christiansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Christiansen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nines Rodriguez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rodriguez throws a nice looking combination but Christiansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Christiansen misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Christiansen avoids nicely.
Christiansen throws a right hand that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christiansen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Christiansen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Rodriguez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab.
Christiansen lands with a good body shot.
Christiansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Christiansen thinking.
Rodriguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Christiansen lands a glancing blow to the side of Rodriguez's head.
Christiansen lunges at Rodriguez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rodriguez's hand.
Rodriguez throws a shot from downtown. Christiansen moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a hook
and Christiansen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Christiansen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rodriguez on the side of the head.
Christiansen misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Christiansen.
Rodriguez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Christiansen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Christiansen throws a poor cross that misses
and Rodriguez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rodriguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Christiansen loads up on a big right hand but Rodriguez slips the punch.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rodriguez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
Christiansen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Christiansen misses with a lunging right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a nice uppercut.
Christiansen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.
Christiansen misses with a body shot.
Christiansen lands a high kick!
Rodriguez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Christiansen counter with a right hand.
Christiansen throws an off balance right hand
enabling Rodriguez to counter with a crisp jab.
Rodriguez connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Rodriguez finds it's way through Christiansen's defenses.
A big right from Christiansen misses.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christiansen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Christiansen throws a poor cross that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Christiansen is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
Christiansen throws a right hand that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Christiansen moves out of range.
Christiansen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Christiansen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Christiansen throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Christiansen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Christiansen misses with a lunging right hand
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodriguez walks into a stiff left hand from Christiansen.
Rodriguez misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christiansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Christiansen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Christiansen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Christiansen throws a big shot that misses.
Christiansen misses with a lunging right hand
and Christiansen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodriguez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christiansen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rodriguez misses with a lunging right hand
and Christiansen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Christiansen.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
Christiansen throws a head kick that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christiansen misses with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Christiansen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Nines Rodriguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rodriguez 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nines Rodriguez!