PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Castaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez has chosen Planet Terror - El Wray as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castaway
vs
Rodriguez

185 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, The Castaway!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez shoots in but Castaway avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Castaway.
Castaway comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rodriguez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Castaway to score with a decent uppercut.
Castaway lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Castaway tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Rodriguez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Castaway's guard.
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 got a little sloppy there for a moment and Castaway has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rodriguez has managed to get both his arms back between Castaway's legs - danger averted.
Rodriguez stopping the sweep attempt from Castaway.
Rodriguez trying to control but Castaway is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Castaway keeps moving.
Rodriguez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rodriguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Castaway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez postures up.
Rodriguez won't allow Castaway to sweep him here.
Castaway has momentary wrist control but Rodriguez slips an elbow through the middle.
Castaway keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Castaway looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rodriguez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Castaway on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Castaway tries to get out of the position.
Nice strikes from Rodriguez there.
Rodriguez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Castaway trying to control from the bottom.
Rodriguez prevents Castaway from improving his position.
Rodriguez is thwarting Castaway's attempts to control the position.
Castaway is looking for a sweep. Rodriguez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Castaway is not content to let Rodriguez control the position.
Castaway is trying to control but can't.
Castaway taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Castaway is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rodriguez scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez prevents Castaway from improving his position.
Rodriguez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rodriguez working the head and body with strikes.
Rodriguez is controlling the pace.
Castaway tries to get to full guard but Rodriguez has control of the leg.
Rodriguez not doing much here.
Rodriguez working Castaway over with strikes.
Rodriguez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rodriguez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castaway is looking for a sweep. Rodriguez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rodriguez is trying to control the action in half guard but Castaway is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Castaway wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Castaway is trying to get back to full guard.
Rodriguez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castaway keeps working.
Castaway taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.
Rodriguez throwing shots but Castaway is blocking nicely.
Castaway tries to get to full guard but Rodriguez has control of the leg.
Castaway taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.
Castaway tries to roll over but Rodriguez keeps him under control.
Castaway on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rodriguez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez stops Castaway from getting back to his feet.
Rodriguez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rodriguez winds up and cracks Castaway with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rodriguez connects with a nice short shot to Castaway's temple.
Rodriguez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Castaway looking for submissions off his back.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rodriguez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rodriguez lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
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 trying to control the action but Castaway is working from the bottom.
Castaway wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Rodriguez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rodriguez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Castaway's waist but Castaway gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rodriguez off to one side.
Castaway connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Castaway misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Castaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez throws an off balance right hand
and Castaway counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Castaway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Castaway darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Castaway scores with a one two! Rodriguez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The Castaway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez walks into a straight right hand from Castaway.
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Castaway was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Rodriguez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Castaway.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castaway defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rodriguez.
Castaway throws a shot from downtown. Rodriguez moves away and avoids it.
Rodriguez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Castaway tests Rodriguez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheers as Castaway lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rodriguez doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rodriguez dives in and scores a takedown into Castaway's guard.
Castaway keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Rodriguez landing with the ground and pound.
Diego Rodriguez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rodriguez is in close to Castaway's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rodriguez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Castaway's head.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Castaway keeps moving.
Rodriguez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rodriguez stands up over Castaway, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Castaway keeps moving.
Rodriguez 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.
Rodriguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Castaway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rodriguez is in close to Castaway's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Castaway is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castaway working a defensive guard but Rodriguez manages to pass into side control anyway.
Castaway takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Castaway knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rodriguez on the ground.
Castaway is trying to improve his position.
Rodriguez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castaway keeps working.
Rodriguez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rodriguez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Castaway some visible discomfort.
Rodriguez scoring with punches from side control.
Rodriguez takes a little break here. Castaway wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Castaway is not content to let Rodriguez control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez scores with punches from side control.
Castaway can't do much from the bottom here.
Castaway is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Castaway's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rodriguez working the ground and pound from side control.
Rodriguez scoring with punches from side control.
Castaway taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rodriguez trying to control the position but Castaway is working away.
Castaway tries to bench press Rodriguez off him but Rodriguez keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castaway is letting Rodriguez control him for a moment.
Rodriguez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castaway tries to buck Rodriguez off but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Rodriguez happy to just control the position for now.
Castaway is trying to control Rodriguez's posture but Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez landing strikes.
Castaway tries to improve position but can't.
Rodriguez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castaway keeps working.
Castaway is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez working the head and body with strikes.
Rodriguez looks up at the clock and then as Castaway takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rodriguez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rodriguez grinds an elbow into Castaway's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Castaway.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Castaway is just out of range.
Castaway is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Castaway defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Rodriguez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rodriguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Castaway.
Rodriguez staying out of range there.

Rodriguez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Castaway tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Rodriguez is in Castaway's guard.
Castaway keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Rodriguez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Castaway's head.
Rodriguez 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rodriguez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Castaway wants to sweep here but Rodriguez controlling him for the moment.
Rodriguez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Diego Rodriguez.
Castaway pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rodriguez back to the cage. Castaway follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rodriguez misses with a takedown attempt - Castaway sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Rodriguez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castaway trying to control but Rodriguez postures up.
Rodriguez wants to control but Castaway is keeping him busy.
Rodriguez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez is trying to control the action in half guard but Castaway is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Diego Rodriguez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Castaway misses with a two punch combination.
Rodriguez moves away from the strike by Castaway.
Rodriguez tries to move into range but Castaway moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Rodriguez pushes Castaway up against the cage in a clinch.
Rodriguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Castaway throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Castaway wants to get back to full guard.
Rodriguez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rodriguez is keen to just control but Castaway is a slippery customer.
Castaway is trying to get back to full guard.
Castaway taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.
Rodriguez prevents Castaway from standing back up.
Rodriguez working the head and body with strikes.
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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez stalling.
Rodriguez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Castaway is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rodriguez scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Castaway does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rodriguez stalling.
Castaway trying to control from the bottom.
Rodriguez trying to control from half guard but Castaway is working away.
Still in half guard, Rodriguez seems content to control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Castaway tries to roll over but Rodriguez keeps him under control.

Diego Rodriguez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Castaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot lands for Castaway.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castaway swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castaway misses with an uppercut. Rodriguez saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Rodriguez really dominated that round.
That's time! Castaway's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Castaway scores with a body shot.
A jab from Castaway misses.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Castaway moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Castaway is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Castaway.
Castaway is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Castaway misses.

Rodriguez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rodriguez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rodriguez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rodriguez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rodriguez trying to control from half guard but Castaway is working away.
Castaway is trying to control but can't.
Rodriguez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Still in half guard, Rodriguez seems content to control.
Rodriguez working over Castaway with some ground and pound. Castaway looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Castaway tries to roll over but Rodriguez keeps him under control.
Rodriguez is trying to control the action in half guard but Castaway is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rodriguez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rodriguez trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nice strikes from Rodriguez there.
Rodriguez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Rodriguez is nestled in close to Castaway, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rodriguez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Castaway with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rodriguez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rodriguez wants to take a breather but Castaway is having none of it.
Rodriguez working over Castaway with some ground and pound. Castaway looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rodriguez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Castaway is staying active underneath Rodriguez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Castaway tries to roll over but Rodriguez keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castaway is refusing to be controlled, as Rodriguez sits in half guard.
Rodriguez prevents Castaway from standing back up.
Rodriguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Still in half guard, Rodriguez seems content to control.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Diego Rodriguez wasn't active enough on the ground.
Castaway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Rodriguez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Castaway struggling a bit here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Castaway is looking to reverse the position.
Castaway takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rodriguez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rodriguez working the ground and pound.
Rodriguez is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez moves into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez controlling his opponent.
Castaway is trying to escape the mount.
Rodriguez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Castaway wants to hold on but Rodriguez pushes him away.
Rodriguez controlling from the full mount.
Rodriguez working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Castaway napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rodriguez looks up at the clock and then as Castaway takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rodriguez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rodriguez working the ground and pound from side control.
Rodriguez working away.
Rodriguez controlling the position from side mount.
Castaway tries to improve position but can't.
Rodriguez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rodriguez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Castaway on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rodriguez lands a decent elbow from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castaway tries to bench press Rodriguez off him but Rodriguez keeps the position.
Rodriguez grinds an elbow into Castaway's temple.
Rodriguez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Castaway down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castaway takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Castaway takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Castaway being controlled for a moment.
Castaway is looking for a sweep.
Castaway struggling a bit here.
Rodriguez controls the position.
Rodriguez looks up at the clock and then as Castaway takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rodriguez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rodriguez scoring with punches from side control.
Rodriguez trying to control the action but Castaway is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez scoring with punches from side control.
The Castaway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diego Rodriguez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez controlling the position from side mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castaway tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rodriguez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rodriguez takes a little break here. Castaway wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Rodriguez advances to mount.
Rodriguez controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez looking to control but Castaway is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Castaway sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rodriguez trying to control the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Diego Rodriguez.
Castaway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rodriguez.

Rodriguez clinches with his opponent.

Rodriguez has picked Castaway up - he's going for a ride! Rodriguez dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Rodriguez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Castaway looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rodriguez stops Castaway from getting back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez is controlling the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Diego Rodriguez.
Castaway steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rodriguez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castaway swings for the body but Rodriguez moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Castaway throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rodriguez missing with a left hand there. Castaway was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Castaway.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Rodriguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rodriguez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Rodriguez!
Diego Rodriguez is the new welterweight champion!
After the fight, Diego Rodriguez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.