PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Walburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walburn has chosen Whiskey in the Jar as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rodriguez
vs
Walburn

180 cm
20
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Star & Star .Inc

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Noah Walburn!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walburn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez wants to control but Walburn is keeping busy.
Walburn takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Walburn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Walburn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Walburn throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Walburn 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.
Walburn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rodriguez is looking to control Walburn's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rodriguez avoid being mounted?
Walburn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Walburn should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Rodriguez is trying to maintain the position but Walburn is very close to passing his half guard.
Rodriguez works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Walburn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rodriguez wants to sweep but no luck.
Walburn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walburn would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Walburn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rodriguez keeping full guard, as Walburn tries to pass.
Rodriguez looking to control but Walburn passes into half guard.
Rodriguez taking some punishment here, with Walburn in his half guard.
Rodriguez regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Walburn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rodriguez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Walburn lands a couple of elbows.
Walburn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rodriguez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rodriguez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Walburn stops Rodriguez from standing up.
Walburn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walburn works over Rodriguez with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Walburn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Walburn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez fails with the takedown

and Walburn counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Walburn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walburn scoring with some ground and pound.
Walburn controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rodriguez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rodriguez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Walburn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Walburn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walburn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rodriguez has momentary wrist control but Walburn slips an elbow through the middle.
Walburn landing with the ground and pound.
Walburn thows a big elbow that misses.
Walburn looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rodriguez with a poor takedown

and Walburn counters with a single leg into guard. Rodriguez didn't expect that.
Rodriguez looking for a sweep. Not yet Rodriguez, not yet.
Rodriguez is working hard here to advance position.
Walburn is in close to Rodriguez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Walburn preventing the sweep.

Rodriguez has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Walburn should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Rodriguez has tightened it up now! Walburn should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jorge Rodriguez!