PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Garrett (ranked 720 p4p, 1096 weight class) and Reino Ruttu (ranked 109 p4p, 169 weight class). Reino Ruttu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garrett
vs
Ruttu

175 cm
33
185
22 - 15 - 2

182 cm
26
177
9 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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 22 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reino Ruttu!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrett swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ruttu counters with a stiff right hand.
Garrett misses the jab.
Ruttu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ruttu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garrett.
Ruttu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ruttu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garrett manages to avoid it.
Ruttu throws a low kick, looking for Garrett's leg but Garrett calmly moves out of range.
Garrett works Ruttu's body with a nice hook.
Ruttu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruttu throws a big shot that misses.
Ruttu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett throws the left hand but Ruttu avoids the punch easily.
A low kick lands for Ruttu.
Garrett misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Garrett misses.
Garrett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Garrett misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ruttu.
Garrett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garrett looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruttu is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ruttu.
Garrett throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruttu counters with a left and a right that stings Garrett.
Garrett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Reino Ruttu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garrett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ruttu finds it's way round the side to connect with Garrett's head.
Ruttu throws a jab when Garrett was well out of range.
Ruttu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ruttu throws a jab when Garrett was well out of range.
Bo Garrett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruttu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garrett is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ruttu's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Garrett misses with a looping right.
Garrett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruttu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruttu.
Garrett throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruttu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett slips a straight right by Ruttu.
Garrett misses with a hook
and Ruttu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick by Ruttu misses

and Garrett counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Garrett.
Ruttu looks like he's trying to stand up.
Garrett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Garrett lands with a punch from half guard.
Ruttu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garrett. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ruttu tries to kick Garrett off but Garrett keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Garrett lands a nice short elbow.
Garrett lands with a punch from half guard.
Garrett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Garrett lands with a punch from half guard.
Garrett 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.
Garrett scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ruttu taking some punishment here, with Garrett in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett thows a huge punch but Ruttu dodges it nicely.
Garrett working over Ruttu with some ground and pound. Ruttu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Garrett winds up and cracks Ruttu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Garrett thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ruttu has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Garrett is working away from the top position though.
Garrett scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Garrett looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ruttu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ruttu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Garrett lands with a punch from half guard.
Garrett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Garrett looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garrett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garrett looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ruttu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garrett landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Garrett thows a huge punch but Ruttu dodges it nicely.
Garrett lands strikes from half guard.
Garrett looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruttu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Garrett thows a huge punch but Ruttu dodges it nicely.
Garrett lands with a punch from half guard.
Garrett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ruttu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Garrett drops an elbow to the side of Ruttu's head.
Garrett lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garrett is trying to control the action in half guard but Ruttu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Garrett slips a nice elbow through Ruttu's hands, connecting with Ruttu's forehead.
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. Garrett connects with a nice short shot to Ruttu's temple.
Nice strikes from Garrett there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrett throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Ruttu to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruttu wants to stand and escape but Garrett is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Garrett dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Ruttu throws a sloppy body shot

and Garrett counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ruttu is adopting a defensive guard.
Garrett throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garrett with a nice head shot there.
Garrett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garrett throwing strikes from guard but Ruttu blocks nicely.
Garrett with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garrett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Garrett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garrett chips away with some ground and pound.
Garrett postures up in Ruttu's guard and throws a big left but Ruttu blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruttu is keeping the position for now.
Ruttu has momentary wrist control but Garrett slips an elbow through the middle.
Garrett connects with a couple of short punches.
Ruttu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garrett.
Ruttu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Garrett wants to pass the guard but Ruttu is keeping the position.
Garrett throwing strikes but missing.
Garrett working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garrett scoring with some ground and pound.
Ruttu has momentary wrist control but Garrett slips an elbow through the middle.
Garrett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ruttu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett advances position into side control!
Garrett working away.
Garrett throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Garrett scoring with punches and elbows.
Garrett working the head with strikes.
Ruttu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Garrett throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ruttu struggling a bit here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruttu is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ruttu is breathing heavily.
You can see the frustration on Ruttu's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Garrett looks up at the clock and then as Ruttu takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Garrett smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruttu tries to improve position but can't.
Garrett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruttu can do to turn this around?
Garrett cracks Ruttu with a big elbow.
Garrett scoring with punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Garrett's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Garrett scoring with punches from side control.

Ruttu is rocked!
Garrett working the head and body with strikes.
Ruttu is still in real trouble! Can Garrett finish him?
Ruttu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Garrett connects with a decent elbow.
Ruttu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Garrett connects with a decent elbow.
Garrett lands a strong strike to the head of Ruttu. That's dazed him! Garrett looking to finish here. Ruttu is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Garrett lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Garrett!
Our winner, Bo Garrett, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.