PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Durbans (ranked 3861 p4p, 2993 weight class) and Tama Ruiha (ranked 477 p4p, 388 weight class). Ruiha is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Polynesian Traditional Music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Durbans
vs
Ruiha

185 cm
25
210
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
205
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Durbans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tama Ruiha!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durbans swinging wildly here.
Durbans throws a jab when Ruiha was well out of range.
A slow jab from Ruiha misses its intended target.
Durbans defending well as Ruiha loads up on a big left hand.

Ruiha has Durbans up against the cage in a clinch.
Ruiha lands a shot to the body.
Ruiha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Ruiha.
Ruiha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ruiha digs a right hand underneath Durbans's ribcage. Durbans let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ruiha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ruiha lands a body punch.
Durbans is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruiha.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruiha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Ruiha.
Ruiha pushes Durbans back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Durbans takes a shot to the head.
Ruiha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Durbanss head.
Ruiha lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiha scores with a shoulder strike.
Durbans definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ruiha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Ruiha.
A nice left hand lands by Ruiha.
Ruiha unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Durbans! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ruiha is unloading with more strikes now! Durbans drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tama Ruiha!
A very excited looking Tama Ruiha made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.