PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Ruiz (ranked 5799 p4p, 5847 weight class) and Cesar Pitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruiz
vs
Pitt

175 cm
22
198
0 - 4 - 0

200 cm
19
197
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jordan Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cesar Pitt!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pitt.
Pitt unleashes a big counter combination but Ruiz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pitt throws a big shot that misses.
As Pitt backs away, Ruiz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ruiz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ruiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pitt lands with a nice body kick.
Ruiz tries to clinch up but Pitt circles away and keeps his distance.
Ruiz tries to clinch up.
Danga de danga de dang - Pitt scores with a four punch combination!
Cesar Pitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruiz slips a jab and a cross from Pitt.
Ruiz thinks about countering with a head kick.
Pitt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruiz counters with a nice body kick.
Ruiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Ruiz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pitt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ruiz avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruiz counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ruiz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pitt tries to clinch but Ruiz moves out of range.
Pitt throws a combination that misses
and Ruiz counters with a one-two to the body.
Pitt misses with an uppercut.
Ruiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pitt.
Ruiz lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Pitt is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Pitt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pitt working aggressively here.
Pitt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Ruiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ruiz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pitt.
Ruiz wants to break free but Pitt has control.
Pitt misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitt lands with a short shot to the head.
Pitt misses with a punch on the inside.
Pitt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pitt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A right-left combo lands from Pitt.
Pitt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pitt throws a nice looking combination but Ruiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ruiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pitt.
Ruiz is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pitt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ruiz momentarily.
Ruiz is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Pitt just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Ruiz has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cesar Pitt!
After winning the bout, Cesar Pitt thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.