PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and kelvin ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Balboa
vs
ruiz

185 cm
22
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, kelvin ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa scores with a body shot.
ruiz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
ruiz misses with the combination.
Balboa misses with a combination

and ruiz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but ruiz has him pressed against the cage.

ruiz breaks from the clinch.
A left and a right from Balboa both land. Nice combination.

It looks like kelvin ruiz has been cut.
Balboa lands a slapping body shot.
Balboa tests ruiz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balboa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balboa scores with a shot to the body.
Balboa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
ruiz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Balboa but Balboa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Balboa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
ruiz looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rocky Balboa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

A jab-cross combination lands for Balboa and sends ruiz crashing to the mat! Balboa follows him down to the mat - ruiz regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

ruiz is rocked!
Balboa wants to stand up but ruiz has a hold of him and won't allow it.
ruiz is still in real trouble! Can Balboa finish him?
ruiz seems to have recovered his senses.
ruiz is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
ruiz is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Balboa jumps into side control!
Balboa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for ruiz on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Balboa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balboa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by ruiz.

Oooh a lovely combination from Balboa sends ruiz down but not out. Balboa dives into side control looking to finish.
Balboa wants to stand but ruiz has his arm trapped.

Balboa stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a jab to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Balboa scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
ruiz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rocky Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice body punch from Balboa.
ruiz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balboa lands with a cross.
Balboa lands a jab-cross combination.
Balboa throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends ruiz stumbling backwards into the cage! ruiz bounces back off the cage towards Balboa, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Balboa lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Balboa celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rocky Balboa!