PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bada Bada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heff Rondavic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bada
vs
Rondavic

179 cm
23
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

174 cm
21
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

[MMABR]: Vaninico's Nutrition
[MMABR]: Vaninico's Nutrition

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bada Bada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heff Rondavic!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bada looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rondavic is fending him off so far but Bada persists. Nope, Rondavic circles away and we're back to standing.
Bada shoots for a takedown but Rondavic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rondavic misses with a low kick.
Rondavic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rondavic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bada shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rondavic as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bada Bada. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rondavic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bada swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Rondavic has closed the distance and engaged Bada in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Rondavic.

It looks like Bada Bada has been cut.
Rondavic working Bada over with knees to the body.
Rondavic leaning against his opponent.
Rondavic misses with a knee strike.
Rondavic controlling the action here for a moment.
Rondavic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bada is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee calls for Rondavic to work.
Rondavic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rondavic looking to throw knees to the head but Bada is blocking nicely.
Rondavic lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rondavic crunches a lovely knee into Bada's ribcage.
Rondavic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bada takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rondavic lands a nice knee to the body.
Rondavic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bada in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rondavic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Rondavic.
A knee to the head by Rondavic.
Rondavic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bada won't want to take too many of those.
Rondavic effectively controlling the action here.
Rondavic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bada takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rondavic landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rondavic.
Rondavic tries to land a knee to the head but Bada blocks with his arms.
Bada tries to pull guard but Rondavic holds him up against the cage and eventually Bada drops back down to his feet.
Rondavic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bada is looking to break free of the clinch but Rondavic has double underhooks.
Rondavic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bada in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rondavic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bada tries to circle away but Rondavic has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bada wants a takedown.
Rondavic pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rondavic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bada's face.
Rondavic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bada avoids it.
Rondavic avoiding damage.
Rondavic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bada is looking to break free of the clinch but Rondavic has double underhooks.
Rondavic lands a knee to the head.
Bada taking a breather.
Rondavic tries to land knees in the clinch but Bada avoids the damage to the body.
Bada looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bada working hard to break the clinch.
Bada managing to block the knees to the body from Rondavic.
Rondavic prevents Bada from breaking the clinch.
Bada working hard to break the clinch.
Rondavic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rondavic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bada trying to control the position but instead, Rondavic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bada into the cage.
Bada has had enough of the clinch but Rondavic keeps him there for the moment.
Bada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bada is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rondavic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rondavic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bada is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rondavic is keeping busy.
Rondavic with a knee to the head.
Bada is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bada has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rondavic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rondavic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rondavic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rondavic has Bada pressed against the cage, preventing Bada from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Bada gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Bada tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rondavic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bada is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rondavic is looking to escape.
Rondavic tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Bada manages to move to mount!
The referee warns Rondavic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bada controlling from the full mount.
Rondavic really wants to buck Bada off and get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bada cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bada sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heff Rondavic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bada Bada's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A decent looking cross lands there for Bada.
Heff Rondavic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rondavic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rondavic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rondavic is looking to chop away at Bada's legs.
Bada throws a good cross that connects.
Rondavic leaves Bada with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bada moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Heff Rondavic has been cut.
Rondavic doesn't manage to clinch there - Bada circles away.
Bada Bada is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A bone on bone clash there as Bada blocks the leg kick.
Bada swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rondavic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rondavic throws a leg kick that misses.
Rondavic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bada.

Rondavic moves into the clinch.
Rondavic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Heff Rondavic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rondavic slows down the pace here.
Rondavic lands a knee to the head.
Rondavic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rondavic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rondavic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bada misses with some punches.
Rondavic lands a nice knee to the body.
Rondavic connects with a knee to the head.
Bada is trying to maintain a safe position but Rondavic gets an underhook and turns Bada into the cage.
Rondavic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rondavic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rondavic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bada's face.
Bada misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rondavic.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rondavic obliges.
Bada looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rondavic lands a knee to the head.
Rondavic tries to land knees in the clinch but Bada avoids the damage to the body.

Bada breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab lands there for Bada.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bada swats away the attempt to clinch by Rondavic.
Rondavic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rondavic tries to clinch but Bada is having none of it.
Rondavic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rondavic is looking to clinch.
Rondavic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rondavic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bada stalks Rondavic and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rondavic's face. Rondavic staggers backwards, shaken.
Rondavic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bada keeps the fight on the outside.
Bada listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Bada.
Bada checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rondavic wants to clinch.
Rondavic is looking to clinch but Bada is avoiding it.
Rondavic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bada lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rondavic moves in looking to clinch but Bada pushes him off.
Rondavic is looking to clinch but Bada is avoiding it.
Rondavic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rondavic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rondavic tries to clinch up but Bada circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rondavic is looking to clinch.
Heff Rondavic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rondavic wants to clinch.
Bada scores with a nice right hand.
Bada lands a nice looking body shot.
Bada stuns Rondavic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rondavic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bada scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bada shoots in for a double leg but Rondavic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bada Bada. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rondavic tries to clinch up.
Bada swats away the attempt to clinch by Rondavic.
Rondavic doesn't manage to clinch there - Bada circles away.
Bada avoids the head kick by Rondavic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Heff Rondavic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bada scores with a shot to the body.
Rondavic tries to clinch up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bada.
Bada lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bada shoots in looking for a takedown. Rondavic tries to sprawl out of it but Bada keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rondavic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rondavic stuffs the takedown.
Bada cracks Rondavic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rondavic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rondavic, right into the meat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rondavic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rondavic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bada checks it well.
Bada works the jab nicely.

Rondavic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rondavic landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rondavic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rondavic tries to land a knee to the head but Bada blocks with his arms.
Rondavic scores a nice knee to the body.
Rondavic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bada lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rondavic with a knee to the head.
Rondavic is struggling to control the position.
Rondavic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Rondavic.
Bada drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rondavic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bada Bada. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bada has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rondavic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bada's face.
Rondavic trying to control the position but instead, Bada has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rondavic into the cage.
Bada on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rondavic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bada lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bada goes for a takedown attempt but Rondavic pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bada.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bada has hold of Rondavic's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Rondavic tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Bada cranks the arm and Rondavic screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Rondavic, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Bada Bada!