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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fridolf Gothberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Planet Terror - El Wray. Diego Rodriguez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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178 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fridolf Gothberg!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gothberg.
Gothberg connects with the punch.
Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gothberg as he jumps to the side.
Rodriguez dives in for a single leg takedown but Gothberg sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rodriguez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gothberg is trying to keep an underhook but Rodriguez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rodriguez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gothberg is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rodriguez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gothberg blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez working the head and body with strikes.
Rodriguez throwing shots but Gothberg is blocking nicely.
Rodriguez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez is looking to advance position but Gothberg won't allow it.
Rodriguez stops Gothberg from getting back to his feet.
Rodriguez lands strikes from half guard.
Gothberg trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gothberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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 Gothberg's temple.
Gothberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rodriguez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rodriguez working over Gothberg with some ground and pound. Gothberg looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gothberg avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez is nestled in close to Gothberg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rodriguez lands strikes from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gothberg can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rodriguez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rodriguez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rodriguez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gothberg's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gothberg pushes Rodriguez off looking to stand but Rodriguez dives back in and keeps control.
Gothberg taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.
Rodriguez lands strikes from half guard.
Rodriguez misses with a head shot. Gothberg uses the momentum to regain guard.
Rodriguez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rodriguez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rodriguez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rodriguez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rodriguez stands and throws Gothberg's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rodriguez lands a nice forearm strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rodriguez connects with a decent elbow.
The strikes coming from Rodriguez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Rodriguez working the body and head with strikes.
Gothberg is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rodriguez misses with the ground and pound.
Rodriguez working the ground and pound from side control.
Gothberg 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 tries for a kimura but Gothberg is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gothberg can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg wants to get back to his feet.
Gothberg taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rodriguez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rodriguez working the ground and pound.
Gothberg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rodriguez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rodriguez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Rodriguez cracks Gothberg with a big right hand but Gothberg just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gothberg takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rodriguez misses with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez scores with punches from side control.
Rodriguez lands a nice forearm strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Rodriguez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gothberg tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriguez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gothberg's guard.
Rodriguez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rodriguez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rodriguez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gothberg works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rodriguez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rodriguez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rodriguez cracks Gothberg with a solid left hand.
Rodriguez works over Gothberg with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez throws a big elbow that misses.
Rodriguez distracts Gothberg with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rodriguez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rodriguez working the head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez in side control, throwing shots but Gothberg defends.
Rodriguez is chipping away with strikes.
Gothberg is looking to regain half guard here but Rodriguez keeps moving and retains side control.
Rodriguez is chipping away with strikes.
Gothberg takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Diego Rodriguez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rodriguez misses with the ground and pound.
Gothberg is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rodriguez lands a few punches from side control.
Gothberg stops Rodriguez from passing to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rodriguez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Rodriguez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Gothberg tries to buck Rodriguez off but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Rodriguez throws an elbow but Gothberg slips to the side and avoids it well.
Rodriguez is chipping away with strikes.
Rodriguez is chipping away with strikes.
Rodriguez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gothberg is rocked!
Gothberg takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gothberg is still in real trouble! Can Rodriguez finish him?
Gothberg is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rodriguez looks up at the clock and then as Gothberg takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rodriguez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rodriguez looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gothberg is avoiding damage well.
Gothberg seems to have recovered his senses.
Gothberg gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rodriguez has hold of Gothberg's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gothberg manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rodriguez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rodriguez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rodriguez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Gothberg bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Rodriguez and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Rodriguez!
Diego Rodriguez tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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