PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Ruthlessness (ranked 5426 p4p, 3920 weight class) and Thufir Hawat (ranked 545 p4p, 468 weight class). Ruthlessness's entrance music is Meek Mill - Going Bad (feat. Drake). A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ruthlessness
vs
Hawat

182 cm
24
175
6 - 9 - 0

185 cm
23
178
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London

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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Ruthlessness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thufir Hawat!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ruthlessness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Hawat. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hawat.
Hawat ducks under a wild hook from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness throws the left hand but Hawat avoids the punch easily.
Ruthlessness dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruthlessness uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ruthlessness throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Ruthlessness misses its intended target.
Hawat chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hawat throws a hook but Ruthlessness blocks it.
Hawat connects with a right hand. Ruthlessness shakes it off.
Ruthlessness throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawat sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawat lands a right hook to the body.
Ray Ruthlessness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawat scores with a head kick. Ruthlessness tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ruthlessness throws a body punch but Hawat moves out of range.
Hawat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawat takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ruthlessness looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawat is just out of range.
Hawat connects with the punch.
Ruthlessness scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hawat in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawat moves forwards but Ruthlessness connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ruthlessness throws the left hand but Hawat avoids the punch easily.
Hawat ducks under a wild hook from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness swings for the body but Hawat moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Hawat.
Hawat moves away from the strike by Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness throws a looping overhand right but Hawat ducks down to avoid it.
Hawat staying out of range there.
Ruthlessness throws an overhand right that lands on Hawat's shoulder, as Hawat tries to avoid the shot.
Hawat looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hawat displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ruthlessness throws out the jab.
Ruthlessness lands with a right hand.
Ruthlessness connects with a looping right hand.
Ruthlessness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruthlessness throws a lazy uppercut
and Hawat counters with a low kick, right behind Ruthlessness 's knee.
Hawat misses with an uppercut.
Ruthlessness was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ruthlessness seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ruthlessness just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawat connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruthlessness throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hawat counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ruthlessness throws a jab but it's blocked by Hawat.
Hawat steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness throws a jab when Hawat was well out of range.
A nice side step and Hawat releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ruthlessness misses with a hook.
Ruthlessness looks to land a right hand but Hawat moved out of range.
It seemed like Hawat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ruthlessness throws a hook to the side of Hawat's head but Hawat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ruthlessness misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Ruthlessness misses.
Ruthlessness waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hawat.
Ruthlessness misses with an uppercut.
Ruthlessness slips a jab from Hawat.
Hawat drops his hands momentarily and Ruthlessness takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
An inside leg kick from Hawat misses.
A jab from Ruthlessness does it's job there.
Ruthlessness lands the left hand.
Hawat takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hawat lands with a cross.
A good leg kick by Hawat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthlessness throws a lazy uppercut
and Hawat counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruthlessness scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ruthlessness misses with a lunging right hand
and Hawat counters with a straight right hand.
Ruthlessness cracks Hawat with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruthlessness blocks the leg kick.
Ruthlessness sizes up Hawat with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ruthlessness lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hawat at a distance.
Hawat misses with a body kick.
Hawat throws out a leg kick but Ruthlessness moves out of range and Hawat only half commits.
Hawat misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hawat wants to slow Ruthlessness down by chopping away at his legs.
Hawat throws a body shot but no joy.
Ruthlessness misses with a looping left.
Nice straight punches there by Hawat. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hawat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruthlessness takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hawat throws a body shot but no joy.
Ruthlessness scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ruthlessness takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ruthlessness darts in and clinches Hawat up against the cage.
Ruthlessness fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruthlessness gets through Hawat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruthlessness lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ruthlessness fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruthlessness goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hawat wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruthlessness lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hawat or not.
Ruthlessness lands a body shot.
Ruthlessness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruthlessness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hawat's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruthlessness misses with some punches.
Hawat misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Ruthlessness dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hawat scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hawat throws a leg kick but Ruthlessness sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ruthlessness connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruthlessness misses the target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hawat.
Ruthlessness rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hawat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ruthlessness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ray Ruthlessness is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruthlessness throws an overhand right that lands on Hawat's shoulder, as Hawat tries to avoid the shot.
Hawat throws a head kick that misses.
Ruthlessness checks a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Ruthlessness misses its target.
Hawat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruthlessness misses with an uppercut. Hawat saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Hawat.
Ruthlessness lands a glancing blow to the side of Hawat's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruthlessness jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruthlessness throws a body punch but Hawat moves out of range.
Hawat is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruthlessness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawat takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hawat defending well as Ruthlessness loads up on a big left hand.
Ruthlessness's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hawat connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ruthlessness scrambles back to his feet.
Hawat misses with a hook. Ruthlessness ducked under it nicely.
Ruthlessness tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hawat was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hawat slips a jab from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness slips a jab from Hawat.
Hawat fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ruthlessness on the side of the head.
Hawat misses with a looping right.
Ruthlessness moves out of range of the leg kick from Hawat.
Hawat misses with a low kick.
Hawat avoids the body shot from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hawat throws a low kick, looking for Ruthlessness's leg but Ruthlessness calmly moves out of range.
Hawat misses with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ruthlessness checks a leg kick.
Ruthlessness works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruthlessness throws a nice looking combination but Hawat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ruthlessness takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ruthlessness throws a hook but Hawat avoids it easily.
Ruthlessness lands a jab to the head.
Ruthlessness scores with the left hand. Hawat knows he should have avoided that one.
Hawat doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ruthlessness tries to clinch but Hawat is having none of it.
Hawat feints a counter leg kick.
Ruthlessness lands a nice hook to Hawat's body. Hawat takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ruthlessness takes a swing at Hawat's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by Hawat.
Hawat throws a leg kick that misses.
Ruthlessness misses the shot to the body.
Ruthlessness throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawat shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ruthlessness lands with a nice body punch.
Hawat misses with an uppercut. Ruthlessness saw that one coming.
Hawat tries to land a front kick but Ruthlessness steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Ruthlessness misses.
Hawat takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Thufir Hawat has been cut.
Hawat needs to keep his hands up - Ruthlessness had a free shot at his head there.
Ruthlessness has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ruthlessness there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hawat has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ruthlessness scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hawat in his tracks.

Ruthlessness gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ruthlessness is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawat can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Ruthlessness fails to land.
Ruthlessness misses with some punches.
A short right from Hawat on the inside.
Ruthlessness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hawat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hawat lands with a light punch inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruthlessness tries to work over Hawat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Hawat breaks from the clinch.
Ruthlessness misses with a straight left.
Ruthlessness lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Hawat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruthlessness. Hawat does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruthlessness cracks Hawat with a good jab.
Ruthlessness moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hawat misses with a body shot.
Ruthlessness is looking for a counter combo.
A jab from Hawat does it's job there.
Ruthlessness throws a body shot but no joy.
Ruthlessness misses with a hook. Hawat ducked under it nicely.
Hawat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hawat doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ruthlessness tries to move into range but Hawat moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ruthlessness misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawat.
Ruthlessness takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ruthlessness gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruthlessness lands with a short shot to the head.
Hawat is trying to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Ruthlessness dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thufir Hawat's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A nice leg kick from Hawat, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawat goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ruthlessness with a nice cross.
Ruthlessness fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Ruthlessness lands with an overhand left.
Ruthlessness blocks a head kick by Hawat.
Hawat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness lands a glancing blow to the side of Hawat's head.
Hawat takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hawat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruthlessness throws a shot from downtown. Hawat moves away and avoids it.
Ruthlessness connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ruthlessness swings for the body but Hawat moves out of range.
Ruthlessness falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hawat counters with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruthlessness lands a head shot.
Ruthlessness digs a good body shot into Hawat's ribs.
Ruthlessness throws out a loose jab but Hawat uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthlessness fails to land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Hawat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hawat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hawat missing with a left hand there. Ruthlessness was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ruthlessness misses with a series of wild punches.
A little jabbing left from Hawat on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hawat misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hawat cracks Ruthlessness with an open hand slap.
Hawat doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hawat jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruthlessness fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawat looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hawat throws a low kick but Ruthlessness avoids it.
Hawat throws a sloppy head kick and Ruthlessness moves out of range easily.
Hawat throws a body punch but Ruthlessness moves out of range.
A slow jab from Hawat misses its intended target.
Ruthlessness is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ruthlessness misses with a hook.
Ruthlessness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thufir Hawat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruthlessness lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawat lunges at Ruthlessness with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ruthlessness's hand.
Hawat tries to land a front kick but Ruthlessness steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hawat looks to throw the jab but Ruthlessness is out of range.
Ruthlessness moves out of range of the body kick from Hawat.
Ruthlessness takes a swing at Hawat's ribcage but misses.
Hawat throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ruthlessness stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ruthlessness cracks Hawat with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ruthlessness throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hawat on the side of the head.
Hawat has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hawat there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ruthlessness throws a right hand that misses
and Hawat counters with a nice leg kick.
Ruthlessness misses with a looping right.
Ruthlessness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hawat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hawat now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruthlessness throws an overhand right that lands on Hawat's shoulder, as Hawat tries to avoid the shot.
Hawat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hawat misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat lands a nice shot that snaps Ruthlessness's head back.
Hawat misses with an uppercut.
Ruthlessness jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hawat slips a straight right by Ruthlessness.
Hawat fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ruthlessness tests Hawat's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ruthlessness throws a shot from downtown. Hawat moves away and avoids it.
Ruthlessness throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hawat counters with a thumping low kick.
Ruthlessness looks to land a left hand but Hawat moved out of range nicely.
Ruthlessness scores with a shot to the body.
Hawat moves out of range as Ruthlessness strikes.
Hawat connects with a looping right hand.
Hawat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawat paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ruthlessness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawat jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Ruthlessness is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthlessness on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hawat. Hawat obviously looking to wear him down.
Oh Ruthlessness is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hawat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruthlessness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hawat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness throws a shot from downtown. Hawat moves away and avoids it.
Hawat bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hawat steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruthlessness.
Hawat smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hawat throws a sloppy head kick and Ruthlessness moves out of range easily.
Hawat looks to land a right hand but Ruthlessness moved out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruthlessness darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ruthlessness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawat.
Hawat throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hawat throws an overhand right that lands on Ruthlessness's shoulder, as Ruthlessness tries to avoid the shot.
Ruthlessness lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A swing and a miss from Ruthlessness.
Hawat ducks right into an uppercut from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big right from Hawat misses.
Hawat misses with a head kick.
Hawat looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ruthlessness blocks a low kick nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ray Ruthlessness.
Well Ruthlessness has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Ruthlessness!
A less than humble Ray Ruthlessness misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.