PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between El Condor Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deon Reddings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruiz comes to the cage accompanied by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrHfxW4XOg. The crowd seem to be enjoying Reddings's choice of entrance music: Hurt. Deon Reddings looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Condor Ruiz
vs
Reddings

181 cm
21
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, El Condor Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Deon Reddings!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reddings wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reddings has a takedown stuffed.
Ruiz with a poor takedown

and Reddings counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Reddings postures up.

Ruiz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Ruiz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reddings gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ruiz wants to stand and escape but Reddings is having none of it.

Ruiz looking for a guillotine here but Reddings defends easily.

Reddings gets to his feet - Ruiz follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz misses with a takedown

and Reddings moves into the clinch.
Ruiz slows down the pace here.
Reddings lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Reddings is looking to control Ruiz's arms but Ruiz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reddings has his back to the cage.
Reddings drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ruiz tries to pull guard but Reddings holds him up against the cage and eventually Ruiz drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Condor Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruiz can't get the takedown.

Reddings has Ruiz pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Reddings pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Ruiz tumbling to the mat - Reddings dives into Ruiz's guard.
Ruiz throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reddings.
Reddings preventing the sweep.
Ruiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
Reddings wants to control from the top but Ruiz keeps moving.
Ruiz trying to keep a closed guard but Reddings is proving a slippery customer.
Reddings is looking to stand up but Ruiz won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is trying to control the position but Reddings postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Reddings tries to keep at a distance but Ruiz has taken the fight into the clinch.

Ruiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruiz doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Reddings counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ruiz!
Reddings prevents Ruiz from getting the reversal.
Ruiz wants to hold on but Reddings pushes him away.
Ruiz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Reddings putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Reddings has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ruiz's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz wants to control but Reddings is having none of it.
Ruiz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ruiz is working hard here to advance position.
Reddings looking to control but Ruiz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ruiz is desperately trying to improve his position but Reddings has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deon Reddings dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reddings throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Ruiz clinches with his opponent.

Reddings breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Condor Ruiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruiz doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Reddings counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reddings.

Reddings jumps guard.
Ruiz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ruiz won't allow Reddings to sweep him here.
Ruiz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ruiz wanted to stand there but Reddings had control of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ruiz trying to control but Reddings is working from the bottom.
Ruiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz wants to get up but he can't break Reddings's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Reddings thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ruiz with a poor takedown

and Reddings counters with a takedown into side control.

Reddings looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ruiz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Reddings wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruiz struggling a bit here.
Ruiz bucks up and tries to throw Reddings off but instead Reddings has got his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Ruiz is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Despite being in a bad position, Ruiz is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.
Reddings wants to control but Ruiz is keeping busy.
Ruiz controlling his opponent's hands, preventing the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz manages to reverse the position and now he's in Reddings's guard. Nice work there by Ruiz.
Reddings keeping moving, preventing Ruiz from controlling successfully.

Ruiz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Reddings keeping full guard, as Ruiz tries to pass.
Ruiz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Ruiz postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Reddings is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ruiz, into his guard.

Reddings decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Ruiz misses with a takedown attempt
and Reddings counters with a big head kick but Ruiz shrugs it off.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Condor Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reddings throws a half hearted mid kick.
A lazy left from Reddings finds it's target.
Ruiz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reddings cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reddings misses with a takedown

and Ruiz counters with a shoot takedown. Reddings fights it but they end up in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deon Reddings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Ruiz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Reddings is trying to improve his position.
Ruiz landing strikes.
Ruiz lands an elbow.
Deon Reddings has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ruiz controlling the position from side mount.

Ruiz stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Reddings counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Ruiz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Reddings is aware though and is defending well.
Reddings trying to control but Ruiz is working from the bottom.
Ruiz is trying to keep Reddings in close.
Ruiz is looking to stand up but Reddings isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reddings is in close to Ruiz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ruiz is adopting a defensive guard.
Ruiz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Reddings controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ruiz working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is looking to stand up but Reddings isn't so interested in that idea.
Ruiz is looking to sweep but instead, Reddings has passed into half guard.
Ruiz tries to get to full guard but Reddings has control of the leg.
Ruiz is trying to control but can't.
Ruiz tries to get to full guard but Reddings has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Reddings seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ruiz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Reddings moves into range and clinches up with Ruiz.

Ruiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reddings looks for a takedown but Ruiz sprawls well.

Ruiz throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Reddings was covering up waiting for the punch and Ruiz finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Ruiz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Reddings keeping full guard, as Ruiz tries to pass.

And that's the end of the fight!
El Condor Ruiz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reddings has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Deon Reddings!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Deon Reddings!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Deon Reddings!

Deon Reddings wins by unanimous decision!