PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucio Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Copello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigues comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. Copello has chosen Por una cabeza - Carlos Gardel as his entrance music. Lucio Rodrigues is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Rodrigues
vs
Copello

180 cm
28
197 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

182 cm
22
201 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucio Rodrigues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Copello!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodrigues punishes Copello's body with a nice straight punch.
Rodrigues smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Copello lands with a straight right. Rodrigues didn't see that one coming.
Copello throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rodrigues's jab looks to have found its range, popping Copello under the eye.
Rodrigues closes this distance looking for a takedown but Copello circles away.
Rodrigues misses with a looping right.
Rodrigues lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Copello backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Copello throws a body punch but Rodrigues moves out of range.
Copello moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues misses with a takedown attempt - Copello sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Carlos Copello is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodrigues swings away with a body shot that misses
and Copello counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Lucio Rodrigues has been cut.
Rodrigues bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodrigues dodges the punch combination from Copello.

Rodrigues moves into the clinch.
Rodrigues tries to throw a body punch but Copello avoids it by throwing Rodrigues back against the cage.
Copello tries to break the clinch but Rodrigues is controlling the position.

Rodrigues breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Copello.
Rodrigues tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Copello was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues wants to clinch.
Rodrigues misses the shot to the body.
Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Copello but Copello pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucio Rodrigues. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodrigues shoots in for a double leg but Copello sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rodrigues misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copello throws a right hand that misses

and Rodrigues counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Copello!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Copello is squirming around, avoiding Rodrigues's attempts to control the action.
Rodrigues pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rodrigues tries to control but Copello wriggling away.
Rodrigues with good strikes from the mount here!
Rodrigues in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Copello defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rodrigues.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Copello is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Copello gets back to half guard.
Copello trying to control but Rodrigues postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Copello blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rodrigues.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodrigues wants to lay and pray for a moment but Copello keeps working.

Rodrigues is looking for a kimura but Copello is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rodrigues to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucio Rodrigues dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucio Rodrigues's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rodrigues connects with a body shot.
Rodrigues misses with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Rodrigues scores with a four punch combination!
Rodrigues lands a two punch combo.
Rodrigues rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Copello cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Copello lands a nice shot to the body.
Lucio Rodrigues seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodrigues rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Copello counters with a stiff right hand.

Rodrigues rushes Copello and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rodrigues swings wildly with an uppercut but Copello uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Rodrigues scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rodrigues drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Copello gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Copello prevents a takedown attempt there.

Rodrigues breaks the clinch.
Rodrigues moves to clinch but Copello breaks away
letting Copello counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Rodrigues.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Rodrigues closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Copello quickly recovers to half guard.

Rodrigues is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rodrigues throwing shots but Copello is blocking nicely.
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!
Rodrigues moves into full mount! Copello won't be happy about that!
BOOM! Rodrigues connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copello working to try and regain half guard.
Copello in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Copello is rocked!
Rodrigues loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Copello scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Rodrigues land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Rodrigues stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucio Rodrigues!
A relieved looking Lucio Rodrigues thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.