PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Rodriguez de Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JoeSon Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). JoeSon Do is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rodriguez de Lima
vs
Do

165 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Red Light Clothing ►SlaughterHouse!!!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luiz Rodriguez de Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JoeSon Do!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez de Lima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Do throws a nice looking combination but Rodriguez de Lima bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Do loads up on a big right hand but Rodriguez de Lima slips the punch.
Rodriguez de Lima shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Do as he avoids it easily.

Rodriguez de Lima looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Do!

Rodriguez de Lima has control of Do's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Do regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Rodriguez de Lima jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Do is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Do and Rodriguez de Lima has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Do is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do can't do much from the bottom here.

Rodriguez de Lima is trying to get an arm triangle but Do is defending well.
Do struggling a bit here.
Rodriguez de Lima misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Do is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Do prevents Rodriguez de Lima from moving into mount.
Do is trying to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Rodriguez de Lima scores a takedown into full mount!
Rodriguez de Lima trying to control but Do is having none of it.
Do blocking the ground and pound.
Do is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez de Lima can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Do is looking to escape.
Rodriguez de Lima thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rodriguez de Lima trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Rodriguez de Lima goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Do turns into him and now he's in Rodriguez de Lima's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Rodriguez de Lima working for submissions but it's allowed Do to get to half guard.
Do is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rodriguez de Lima looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Do doesn't have the hooks in and Rodriguez de Lima manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Rodriguez de Lima dominated that round.
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.

Rodriguez de Lima will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Do throws a hook but Rodriguez de Lima blocks it.

Do has taken the fight to the clinch.
Do stalling in the clinch but Rodriguez de Lima improves position.
Rodriguez de Lima goes for a takedown in the clinch but Do prevents it.
Do can't find room to land a body shot as Rodriguez de Lima controls the action.
Rodriguez de Lima missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Rodriguez de Lima as the two fighters clinch.
Rodriguez de Lima throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rodriguez de Lima.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rodriguez de Lima takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rodriguez de Lima fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Rodriguez de Lima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rodriguez de Lima is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rodriguez de Lima using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Do on the inside.
Rodriguez de Lima swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Do working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rodriguez de Lima trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rodriguez de Lima backwards.
Do tries to stall but Rodriguez de Lima uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right hook to the body lands for Do.
Do misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodriguez de Lima just misses with a elbow thrown towards Do's brow.
Do scores with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez de Lima tries a knee to the head but Do blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rodriguez de Lima throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rodriguez de Lima lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Do.
Do blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do. Rodriguez de Lima does a little dance to reset his feet.
Do ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez de Lima moves away.
Rodriguez de Lima wants to clinch but Do slips to the side
and Do counters with a right hand to the body.
Rodriguez de Lima takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rodriguez de Lima gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Do connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Do getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez de Lima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriguez de Lima has his takedown stuffed
and Do counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Do throws a good cross that connects.
Do misses with a hook. Rodriguez de Lima ducked under it nicely.
Rodriguez de Lima tries to clinch up
and Do counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Rodriguez de Lima is rocked!
Do looks to land a right hand but Rodriguez de Lima moved out of range.
Oh Rodriguez de Lima is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rodriguez de Lima avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rodriguez de Lima seems to have got his legs back now.
Rodriguez de Lima keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Do finds it's way through Rodriguez de Lima's defenses.
Rodriguez de Lima throws a sloppy head kick and Do moves out of range easily.
A jab from Do does it's job there.
Do misses with an uppercut.
Do throws a hook but Rodriguez de Lima blocks it.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez de Lima throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rodriguez de Lima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Do moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rodriguez de Lima looks to clinch
and Do counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rodriguez de Lima misses with a body shot
and Do counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Do throws a predictable looking body shot

and Rodriguez de Lima counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rodriguez de Lima prevents Do from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do punching from the bottom.
Do is looking to improve his position.
Do works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rodriguez de Lima slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Do tries to buck Rodriguez de Lima off but Rodriguez de Lima is having none of it.

Rodriguez de Lima wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Do, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but JoeSon Do will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Rodriguez de Lima scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Do is defending against the submission attempts here by Rodriguez de Lima.
Rodriguez de Lima is looking to stall here but Do recovers full guard.

Do looking for a guillotine here but Rodriguez de Lima defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Do looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Do keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez de Lima from controlling successfully.
Rodriguez de Lima seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rodriguez de Lima wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Rodriguez de Lima thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rodriguez de Lima wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
Do throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rodriguez de Lima fails with the takedown
and Do counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez de Lima steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Do.
Rodriguez de Lima with a lazy takedown attempt
and Do counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big left from Do misses.
Rodriguez de Lima with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Do to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Rodriguez de Lima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodriguez de Lima misses with a takedown attempt
and Do cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Do scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
You can see the frustration on Rodriguez de Lima's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Do tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Do has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rodriguez de Lima trying to control but Do flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do throwing damaging strikes from the back! Rodriguez de Lima could be in trouble here!
Do lands shots to the head and Rodriguez de Lima turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). JoeSon Do!