PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fiduel puno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rutten
vs
puno

185 cm
19
201 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fiduel puno!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten feints and then cracks puno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow puno down.

Rutten closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Rutten pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. puno is defending well for now.

Rutten pulls puno into guard.
Rutten working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rutten wants to sweep but no luck.
puno wanted to stand there but Rutten had control of the position.
Rutten wants to sweep here but puno controlling him for the moment.
puno wanted to stand there but Rutten had control of the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rutten is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
puno wants to stand and escape but Rutten is having none of it.
Rutten throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rutten missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rutten with a flurry of punches that miss.
puno is looking to stand up but Rutten isn't so interested in that idea.
Rutten lands a couple of elbows.
Rutten working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
puno is looking to stand up but Rutten isn't so interested in that idea.
Rutten in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed puno's guard.
puno pushes Rutten off looking to stand but Rutten dives back in and keeps control.
Rutten wants to free his trapped foot but puno is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rutten scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
puno is trying to stand up here but Rutten is controlling him well.
Rutten trying to mount his opponent but puno defends it.
Rutten is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
puno squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Rutten with shots to the head and body - puno looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rutten landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
puno is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rutten working puno over with strikes here.
puno looks gassed!
Rutten unloading with bombs!
puno tries to buck Rutten off but he can't manage it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rutten cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rutten landing punches.
Rutten fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
puno trying desperately to get to his feet.
Rutten lands with some strikes.
Rutten connects with a bit shot that sees puno covering up! More strikes from Rutten and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Rutten is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alistair Rutten!