PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Arealius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arealius has chosen Ministry Rock as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruzic
vs
Arealius

185 cm
21
192 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
190 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 12 - 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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Arealius!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.

Arealius closes the distance and pushes Ruzic back into the ropes.
Ruzic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Arealius pulls his leg out and moves away.

Arealius closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ruzic avoiding damage as Arealius throws knees to the body.
Ruzic blocks an elbow strike from Arealius.
Ruzic tries to pull guard but Arealius holds him up against the ropes and eventually Ruzic drops back down to his feet.
Ruzic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Arealius gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josip Ruzic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Arealius.
Ruzic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Arealius throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruzic blocks it with crossed arms.
Arealius stops a takedown attempt from Ruzic.
Arealius is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruzic is defending well for now.
Ruzic is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Arealius pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Arealius wants to stall.
Ruzic can't get the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic can't get the takedown.
Arealius lands a damaging elbow.
Arealius tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruzic wants a takedown but no success here.
Arealius lands a knee to the head.
Arealius gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ruzic.
Ruzic wants a takedown.
Arealius tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruzic avoids the damage to the body.
Arealius looking to throw knees to the head but Ruzic is blocking nicely.
Ruzic is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ruzic is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Arealius gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Ruzic manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Arealius trying to control but Ruzic is working from the bottom.
Arealius seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Arealius's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arealius stopping the sweep attempt from Ruzic.
Ruzic is working hard here to advance position.
Arealius wants to stand and escape but instead Ruzic has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Arealius is trying to keep Ruzic in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ruzic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ruzic postures up in Arealius's guard and throws a big left but Arealius blocks it.
Ruzic with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arealius seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ruzic scores with a sloppy right hand. Arealius should have avoided that one.
Arealius steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruzic.
Arealius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruzic slips a jab and a cross from Arealius.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Arealius.
Arealius slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ruzic misses the jab.
Arealius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arealius tries to clinch but Ruzic is having none of it.
Ruzic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Arealius wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arealius fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruzic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Arealius looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic lands a nice shot that snaps Arealius's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruzic with a nice cross.
Arealius takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab from Ruzic does it's job there.
Donk. Ruzic catches Arealius right on the button with a cross.
Ruzic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruzic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ruzic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Arealius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruzic shoots in but Arealius avoids the takedown attempt easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No joy there for Ruzic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arealius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ruzic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josip Ruzic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A decent looking cross lands there for Ruzic.
Ruzic thuds his right hand into Arealius's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ruzic throws a shot to the body.
Arealius throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
Arealius throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
Arealius falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruzic scores with a counter punch that sends Arealius to the canvas! Ruzic smells blood - he's punishing Arealius with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Arealius has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josip Ruzic!
Josip Ruzic retains his middleweight title!