PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Rodriguez (ranked 24546 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralphie Harrell (ranked 5979 p4p, 0 weight class). Juan Rodriguez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rodriguez
vs
Harrell

193 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

168 cm
25
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ralphie Harrell!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrell closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rodriguez did well to prevent Harrell getting side control.
Harrell working the head and body with strikes.

Harrell seems to be looking for submissions.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Harrell lands a nice short elbow.
Harrell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harrell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rodriguez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrell working over Rodriguez with some ground and pound. Rodriguez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rodriguez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harrell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Harrell.
Rodriguez taking some punishment here, with Harrell in his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rodriguez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rodriguez tries to get out of the position.
Harrell drops an elbow to the side of Rodriguez's head.
Harrell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rodriguez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rodriguez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Harrell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rodriguez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harrell lands with a punch from half guard.
Harrell working the head and body with strikes.
Rodriguez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell lands with a punch from half guard.
Harrell lands strikes from half guard.
Rodriguez is looking for a sweep. Harrell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harrell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rodriguez keeps working.
Harrell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Harrell winds up and cracks Rodriguez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Harrell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rodriguez has hold of Harrell's hands but Harrell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harrell connects with a nice short shot to Rodriguez's temple.

Rodriguez looking for submissions off his back.
Harrell seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rodriguez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harrell on the ground.
Harrell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
Harrell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Harrell.
Rodriguez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Harrell scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Rodriguez is rocked!
Harrell lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oh Rodriguez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrell is nestled in close to Rodriguez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Harrell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rodriguez has hold of Harrell's hands but Harrell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Harrell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rodriguez seems to have got his legs back now.
Harrell is nestled in close to Rodriguez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Harrell lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Harrell lands with a punch from half guard.
Harrell controlling the action here.
Harrell lands strikes from half guard.
Rodriguez has hold of Harrell's hands but Harrell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Harrell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rodriguez keeps working.
Harrell moves nicely into side control.
Harrell lands an elbow.
Harrell working the ground and pound from side control.
Harrell working the ground and pound.
Rodriguez is trying to improve his position.
Harrell is putting a hurting on Rodriguez here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Harrell scoring with punches from side control.
Harrell working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harrell connects with a decent elbow.
Rodriguez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rodriguez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harrell connects with a decent elbow.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Harrell is chipping away with strikes.
Harrell scoring with punches from side control.
Harrell has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Rodriguez!
Rodriguez taking shots to the head.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Harrell! Rodriguez is hurt baaadly! Harrell is firing away with more strikes - Rodriguez is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralphie Harrell!