PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tapsumaneyi Moyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez's entrance music is Planet Terror - El Wray. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Moyo's choice of entrance music: Francky Vincent - Fruit de la passion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rodriguez
vs
Moyo

168 cm
25
175 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
174 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

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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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Rodriguez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tapsumaneyi Moyo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moyo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Moyo fails with the takedown.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Moyo moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Rodriguez blocks the low kick.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moyo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Moyo slips under a jab.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Moyo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.

Rodriguez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Moyo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Moyo has hold of Rodriguez's hands but Rodriguez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodriguez slips a nice elbow through Moyo's hands, connecting with Moyo's forehead.
Moyo is trying to get back to full guard.
Rodriguez blocks the strikes from Moyo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Moyo trying to control from the bottom.
Moyo wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Moyo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rodriguez is controlling the pace.
Moyo has hold of Rodriguez's hands but Rodriguez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rodriguez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Moyo gets back to full guard.
Rodriguez scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez trying to control but Moyo is working from the bottom.
Moyo controls Rodriguez momentarily but Rodriguez frees himself.
Moyo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rodriguez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moyo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rodriguez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Moyo keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Moyo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rodriguez lands a couple of digs.
Moyo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Moyo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Moyo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rodriguez connects with a couple of short punches.
Rodriguez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rodriguez lands a couple of elbows.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Moyo keeps moving.
Moyo throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Moyo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodriguez is one step ahead there.
Moyo keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Rodriguez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rodriguez stopping the sweep attempt from Moyo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Moyo keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Diego Rodriguez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rodriguez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Moyo.
Diego Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tapsumaneyi Moyo.
Moyo moves out of range as Rodriguez strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez stuffs the takedown.

Moyo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moyo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rodriguez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Moyo wants a takedown but no success here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Rodriguez manages to break the clinch.
Moyo shoots in but Rodriguez avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Rodriguez has closed the distance and engaged Moyo in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Rodriguez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Moyo slips a jab from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Moyo moves out of range.

Rodriguez moves into the clinch.

Moyo lands a takedown into guard.

Rodriguez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Moyo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Moyo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Moyo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Moyo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Moyo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rodriguez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moyo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Moyo postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Rodriguez is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Moyo, into his guard.
Rodriguez preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moyo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rodriguez passes into half guard.
Moyo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rodriguez.
Moyo tries to roll over but Rodriguez keeps him under control.
Rodriguez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Rodriguez winds up and cracks Moyo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Moyo trying to hold on to Rodriguez's head to control him but Rodriguez postures up.
Rodriguez prevents Moyo from improving his position.
Rodriguez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Moyo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rodriguez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes 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 trying to control from half guard but Moyo is working away.

We're going to have a standup here because Diego Rodriguez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Rodriguez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moyo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rodriguez avoids it really well and circles away.

Rodriguez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodriguez gets underhooks to prevent Moyo's takedown attempt.
Moyo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Diego Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tapsumaneyi Moyo.
Moyo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moyo can't get the takedown.
Moyo can't get the takedown.
Rodriguez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Moyo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Rodriguez has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Moyo clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Moyo trying to control the position but Rodriguez manages to sink in the hooks.
Rodriguez slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Rodriguez lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Rodriguez wants to control but Moyo is keeping busy.
Rodriguez is punishing Moyo with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Rodriguez connects with a big shot to the side of Moyo's head.
Diego Rodriguez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rodriguez keeps control of the position as Moyo tries to break free.
Rodriguez has Moyo flattened out and is raining down punches.

Moyo is rocked!
Rodriguez is working the ground and pound. Can Moyo escape?
Moyo is still in real trouble! Can Rodriguez finish him?
Rodriguez lands a series of strikes from the back and Moyo goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Rodriguez!
Diego Rodriguez retains his welterweight title!
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.