PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjan Boudewijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boudewijn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Search for the Holy Grail kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ruzic
vs
Boudewijn

185 cm
20
192 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josip Ruzic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arjan Boudewijn!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boudewijn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boudewijn closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Ruzic throws a shot to the body.
Boudewijn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruzic counters with a straight right hand.
Ruzic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ruzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruzic blocks the leg kick.
A low kick from Boudewijn misses
and Ruzic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruzic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ruzic lands with a cross.

It looks like Arjan Boudewijn has been cut.
Boudewijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boudewijn with a poor takedown
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
Boudewijn looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boudewijn staying out of range there.
Boudewijn throws the left hand but Ruzic avoids the punch easily.
Ruzic has his takedown stuffed
and Boudewijn counters with a stiff right hand.
Boudewijn lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruzic's head.
Ruzic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Some wild striking there from Ruzic.
Ruzic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Boudewijn's hands.
Boudewijn takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boudewijn was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruzic.
Ruzic misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Ruzic.
Boudewijn throws a jab when Ruzic was well out of range.
Ruzic misses with the combination.
Ruzic scores with a leg kick.
A shot to de liver by Ruzic. Beautiful body shot.
Ruzic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Ruzic misses.
Boudewijn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruzic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Boudewijn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boudewijn misses with a jab to the body
enabling Ruzic to counter with a crisp jab.

That has opened up Arjan Boudewijn's cut even more.
Boudewijn misses with a hook.
Ruzic ducks under a wild hook from Boudewijn.
Ruzic ducks under a wild hook from Boudewijn.
Ruzic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boudewijn on the side of the head.
Boudewijn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ruzic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ruzic is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Ruzic closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ruzic lands in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruzic controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ruzic throws and elbow that misses. Boudewijn uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ruzic's guard. Nice move by Boudewijn!
Boudewijn throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boudewijn looking to sit in guard and control but Ruzic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josip Ruzic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ruzic scores with a three punch combo!
Ruzic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Boudewijn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Ruzic catches Boudewijn right on the button with a cross.

The cut above Arjan Boudewijn's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Boudewijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruzic.
No joy there for Ruzic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boudewijn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruzic.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ruzic!
Boudewijn is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boudewijn misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boudewijn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ruzic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Arjan Boudewijn's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ruzic looks to land a combination but Boudewijn avoids it well.

Ruzic scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Boudewijn is working from the bottom.
Ruzic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boudewijn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ruzic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boudewijn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Boudewijn is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boudewijn stops Ruzic from passing to mount.
Ruzic working the head with strikes.
Ruzic is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Boudewijn's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ruzic has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Boudewijn for as long as he can get away with.
Boudewijn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruzic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Boudewijn is working from the bottom.
Boudewijn tries to escape but Ruzic is in control.
Ruzic takes a little break here. Boudewijn wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ruzic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boudewijn can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ruzic throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ruzic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boudewijn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ruzic fails to land a wild elbow strike.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boudewijn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruzic misses with a jab to the body
and Boudewijn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Boudewijn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ruzic counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boudewijn is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ruzic.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Arjan Boudewijn's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Josip Ruzic!
Josip Ruzic retains his middleweight title!