PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taite Laiveta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olegerio Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Laiveta
vs
Rodriguez

190 cm
29
175 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

172 cm
29
179 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Raptorz 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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Taite Laiveta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olegerio Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laiveta throws a push kick but Rodriguez slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Laiveta.
Laiveta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laiveta throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rodriguez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Laiveta is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Laiveta avoids the head kick by Rodriguez.
A head kick misses from Laiveta.
A bone on bone clash there as Rodriguez blocks the leg kick.
Laiveta slips under a jab.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laiveta.
Laiveta throws the kick towards the body but Rodriguez avoids it.
Laiveta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laiveta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Laiveta takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Laiveta moved out of range.
Laiveta moves out of range of the strikes.
Laiveta throws a head kick that misses.
Rodriguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laiveta.
Rodriguez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Laiveta in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Laiveta

and Rodriguez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rodriguez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodriguez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodriguez lands a hook that snaps the head of Laiveta backwards.
Rodriguez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Laiveta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laiveta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodriguez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rodriguez working Laiveta over with knees to the body.
Laiveta is breathing heavily.
Laiveta managing to block the knees to the body from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez missing with knees to the body.
Laiveta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laiveta.
Laiveta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriguez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodriguez lands an elbow that stopped Laiveta in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laiveta backwards.
Laiveta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laiveta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rodriguez.
Laiveta takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez avoiding damage as Laiveta throws knees to the body.
Rodriguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Laiveta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laiveta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laiveta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laiveta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriguez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodriguez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Laiveta takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rodriguez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Laiveta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rodriguez avoiding damage as Laiveta throws knees to the body.
Rodriguez scores with a shot to the side of Laiveta's head.
Laiveta avoiding damage as Rodriguez throws knees to the body.
Rodriguez lands with a short shot to the head.
Laiveta is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rodriguez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Laiveta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laiveta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez pushes off an throws an elbow but Laiveta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laiveta backwards.
Rodriguez lands an elbow that stopped Laiveta in his tracks for a moment.
Rodriguez scores with a nice hook to the head.

Laiveta is rocked!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rodriguez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Oh Laiveta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rodriguez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rodriguez pushes Laiveta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Laiveta seems to have got his legs back now.
Rodriguez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laiveta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rodriguez up against the cage.
I was talking to Laiveta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Laiveta dodges an elbow strike from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez crunches a lovely knee into Laiveta's ribcage.
Laiveta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laiveta is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rodriguez is keeping busy.
Laiveta misses with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rodriguez landing knees to the head.
Laiveta is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laiveta scores with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodriguez throws an elbow but misses.
Rodriguez landing knees to the head.
Laiveta is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laiveta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodriguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodriguez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Laiveta looking to throw knees to the head but Rodriguez is blocking nicely.
A body shot lands from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rodriguez tries a knee to the head but Laiveta blocks it.
Laiveta tries a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez working Laiveta over with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Rodriguez as the two fighters clinch.
Rodriguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Laiveta avoids the damage to the body.
Rodriguez trying to land knees to the body.
Rodriguez lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olegerio Rodriguez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rodriguez cracks Laiveta with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Laiveta falls to his knees and Rodriguez doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olegerio Rodriguez!
An out of breath and clearly excited Olegerio Rodriguez thanked Raptorz Inc. for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).