PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Te Rauparaha Ii (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. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rauparaha Ii
vs
Rodriguez

183 cm
18
181 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

168 cm
26
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Te Rauparaha Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 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!
Donk. Rodriguez catches Rauparaha Ii right on the button with a cross.
Rauparaha Ii uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rodriguez.

Rodriguez gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rauparaha Ii is looking to improve his position.
Rodriguez working Rauparaha Ii over with strikes.
Rauparaha Ii slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rodriguez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Rauparaha Ii had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rodriguez defends it easily.

Rodriguez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rodriguez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
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 lands a couple of elbows.
Rodriguez scoring with some ground and pound.
Rauparaha Ii seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rauparaha Ii manages to get back to half guard.
Rodriguez lands with a punch from half guard.
Rauparaha Ii taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.
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.
Rodriguez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rauparaha Ii with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rodriguez working the head and body with strikes.
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 Rauparaha Ii's temple.

Rauparaha Ii is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oh Rauparaha Ii is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rodriguez scores with a big shot! Rauparaha Ii's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Rauparaha Ii! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Rodriguez!
A very excited looking Diego Rodriguez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.