PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Daniel (ranked 2794 p4p, 2650 weight class) and Jorge Rodriguez (ranked 350 p4p, 330 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daniel
vs
Rodriguez

196 cm
26
280
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
270
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Daniel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorge Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez shoots in but Daniel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Daniel is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Rodriguez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Daniel was covering up waiting for the punch and Rodriguez finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Daniel is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Rodriguez dives into side control.

Daniel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Daniel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Daniel is trying to get back to half guard.
Rodriguez cracks Daniel with a big right hand but Daniel just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez cracks Daniel with a big right hand but Daniel just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rodriguez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rodriguez lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Daniel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Daniel takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rodriguez wants to control but Daniel is keeping him busy.
Rodriguez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Daniel!
Daniel is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez with the ground and pound from mount.
Rodriguez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Daniel's face.
BOOM! Rodriguez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rodriguez scoring with strikes but Daniel is staying in there.
Rodriguez working Daniel over with strikes here.
Rodriguez cracks Daniel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
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!
Daniel taking shots to the head.

Daniel is rocked!
Rodriguez loads up with a big shot that hurts Daniel! He's pulled Rodriguez in close but Rodriguez has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Daniel survive? More strikes from Rodriguez and Daniel is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jorge Rodriguez!
In his post fight interview, Jorge Rodriguez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.