PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tama Ruiha (ranked 4849 p4p, 4420 weight class) and Landon Hurts (ranked 555 p4p, 516 weight class). Hurts has chosen What I Please 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.

Ruiha
vs
Hurts

180 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
207
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tama Ruiha!
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, Landon Hurts!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiha scores with a jab. Hurts acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Ruiha does it's job there.
Hurts staying out of range there.
Ruiha lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Ruiha cracks Hurts with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ruiha has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Hurts to stand back up!

Hurts is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiha throws an uppercut from hell that sends Hurts clean off his feet! He's out cold! Ruiha stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tama Ruiha!
Landon Hurts spoke after the fight, saying 'I guess he just a dummy for not tapping, but hey, respect. He took the pain, and got hurt'.