PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rhakesh Alhazred (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. Nines Rodriguez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rhakesh Alhazred's chin.

Alhazred
vs
Rodriguez

179 cm
29
160 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rhakesh Alhazred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nines Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alhazred fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rodriguez checks it well.
Rodriguez loads up on a big right hand but Alhazred slips the punch.
Alhazred misses with the combination.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Alhazred with a series of wild strikes but Alhazred uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alhazred misses with a series of wild punches.
Rodriguez swings for the body but Alhazred moves out of range.
Rodriguez misses with a series of wild punches.
A left lands for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alhazred lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Alhazred moves out of range.
Alhazred closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Alhazred swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez loads up on a big right hand but Alhazred slips the punch.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodriguez lands a slapping body shot.
Rodriguez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Alhazred avoids nicely.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Alhazred avoids it well.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Alhazred misses.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Alhazred avoids nicely.
Rodriguez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Alhazred uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rodriguez.
Alhazred takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rodriguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alhazred.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Alhazred.
Alhazred lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rodriguez lands a slapping body shot.
A swing and a miss from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alhazred slips a jab from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alhazred on the side of the head.
A left and a right from Rodriguez both land. Nice combination.
Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Alhazred throws out a powerful jab.
Alhazred throws a body punch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Rodriguez misses the target.
Rodriguez throws a shot from downtown. Alhazred moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alhazred slips a jab from Rodriguez.
Alhazred checks a low kick from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nines Rodriguez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rodriguez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nines Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Alhazred moved out of range.
Rodriguez lands a nice hook to Alhazred's body. Alhazred takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Alhazred has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rodriguez.
Sloppy strikes from Alhazred. Those never looked like landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Alhazred.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez lands a body shot.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Alhazred with a series of wild strikes but Alhazred uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez thuds his right hand into Alhazred's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alhazred.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
A right-left combo lands from Alhazred.
Alhazred is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rodriguez.
Alhazred clobbers Rodriguez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rodriguez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alhazred manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that Alhazred ducks under and follows up with a left that Alhazred also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred misses the jab.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Alhazred throws a leg kick but Rodriguez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rodriguez fails to land with a series of punches.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Alhazred with a series of wild strikes but Alhazred uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rodriguez loads up on a big right hand but Alhazred slips the punch.
Rodriguez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alhazred lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rodriguez backs up against the cage.
Rodriguez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alhazred.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Alhazred avoids nicely.
Rodriguez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alhazred.
Rodriguez is looking to score with low kicks.
Rodriguez throws a combination that misses
and Alhazred counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alhazred misses with a wild combination.
Rodriguez throws a jab but it's blocked by Alhazred.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Alhazred avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
Rodriguez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from Alhazred finds it's way through Rodriguez's defenses.
Alhazred thows a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez misses with a looping right.
Alhazred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Nines Rodriguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alhazred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nines Rodriguez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Alhazred's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rodriguez throws a chopping leg kick but Alhazred manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Alhazred's ribcage but misses.
Rodriguez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alhazred.
Rodriguez stalks Alhazred and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alhazred's face. Alhazred staggers backwards, shaken.
No joy there for Rodriguez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Alhazred's ribcage but misses.
Alhazred works Rodriguez's body with a nice hook.
Alhazred lands a leg kick that knocks Rodriguez off balance momentarily.
Rhakesh Alhazred is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alhazred fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alhazred misses with a hook
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alhazred throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rodriguez thows a leg kick but Alhazred checks it
and Alhazred counters with an outside leg kick.
Rodriguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alhazred sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rodriguez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alhazred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Alhazred takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez dodges the punch combination from Alhazred.
Rodriguez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alhazred counters with a body kick that stops Rodriguez in his tracks momentarily.
Rodriguez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rodriguez ducks right into an uppercut from Alhazred.
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
Alhazred throws the kick towards the body but Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alhazred. Alhazred obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alhazred throws the left hand but Rodriguez avoids the punch easily.
Rodriguez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Alhazred.
Rodriguez throws a nice looking combination but Alhazred bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez defending well as Alhazred loads up on a big left hand.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alhazred.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Alhazred moves out of range.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Alhazred throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rodriguez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Alhazred - the referee stops the clock and Rodriguez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Alhazred. Rodriguez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alhazred just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that Alhazred ducks under and follows up with a left that Alhazred also avoids with ease.
Rodriguez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alhazred circles away quickly and effectively.
Rodriguez ducks right into an uppercut from Alhazred.
Rodriguez throws a low kick but Alhazred avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Rodriguez misses the target.
Alhazred displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.
Alhazred misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodriguez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rhakesh Alhazred showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rodriguez 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Nines Rodriguez!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Nines Rodriguez!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Nines Rodriguez!

Nines Rodriguez wins by unanimous decision!