PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leopold Lacaille (ranked 6457 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Rodd (ranked 23696 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lacaille
vs
Rodd

186 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 17 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leopold Lacaille!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Todd Rodd!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodd lands with a shot to the body.
Rodd misses with a low kick.

Rodd gets tackled into the cage by Lacaille. Lacaille maintains the clinch.
Rodd is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Lacaille manages to break the clinch.
Rodd throws a head kick that misses

and Lacaille counters by clinching up.
Rodd trying to land knees to the body.
Rodd throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lacaille's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Lacaille manages to break the clinch.

Lacaille moves into the clinch.
Lacaille stalling in the clinch.
Lacaille lands an elbow just above Rodd 's eye.

It looks like Todd Rodd has been cut.
Rodd tries to land a knee to the head but Lacaille blocks with his arms.
Rodd looking to throw knees to the head but Lacaille is blocking nicely.
Lacaille lands an elbow inside that Rodd shrugs off.
Lacaille unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodd missing with knees to the body.
Rodd misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lacaille.
Rodd looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodd takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lacaille unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Lacaille manages to break the clinch.
Lacaille throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Lacaille has Rodd up against the cage in a clinch.
Lacaille content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lacaille lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rodd backwards.
Lacaille is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rodd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lacaille avoids it.
Lacaille softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Rodd is rocked!
Rodd tries a knee to the head but Lacaille blocks it.
Rodd is still on wobbly legs! Can Lacaille finish him?
Rodd tries a knee to the head but Lacaille blocks it.

Lacaille breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Lacaille misses.

Lacaille gets a big slam - oh, Rodd is out! Rodd is out! That's a nasty KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Leopold Lacaille!
Leopold Lacaille decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.