PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Advantage has chosen Drain the Blood as his entrance music. Rural Advantage is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rutten
vs
Advantage

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
172 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rural Advantage!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten lands a jab to the head.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses.
Advantage avoids the head kick by Rutten.
Rutten misses with a looping left.

Advantage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rutten, pushing him back against the ropes.

Rutten manages to break the clinch.
Rutten throws the left hand but Advantage avoids the punch easily.
Jab from Rutten.

Advantage clinches.

Rutten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Advantage lands with an uppercut that bounces Rutten off the ropes and back into rage.
Advantage is looking to clinch but Rutten is avoiding it.
Rutten swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Advantage.
Advantage slips a straight right by Rutten.
Advantage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Advantage tries to clinch but Rutten moves out of range.
Advantage connects with a right hand. Rutten shakes it off.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Rutten keeps it at a distance.
Advantage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rutten.
Rutten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Advantage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Advantage tries to clinch up but Rutten circles away and keeps his distance.
Advantage is looking to clinch but Rutten is avoiding it.
Advantage throws a right hand that Rutten ducks under and follows up with a left that Rutten also avoids with ease.
Advantage tries to clinch there but Rutten circles away.
Rural Advantage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutten.
Advantage defending well as Rutten loads up on a big left hand.
Rutten throws a head kick but Advantage moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rutten on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rutten misses with an uppercut.
Rutten looks to land a left hand but Advantage moved out of range nicely.
Nice body kick from Rutten.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Rutten keeps it at a distance.
Rutten swats away the attempt to clinch by Advantage.
Advantage is looking to clinch.
Rutten missing with a left hand there. Advantage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rutten slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten avoids the body shot from Advantage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Advantage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Advantage lands a two punch combo.
Rutten on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Advantage tries to clinch but Rutten is having none of it.
Advantage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rutten.
Advantage doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutten circles away.
Advantage is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A big left from Rutten misses.
Advantage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rutten misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch but Rutten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Advantage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Advantage misses with a few strikes there.
Advantage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rutten moves away from the strike by Advantage.
Advantage dodges the punch combination from Rutten.
Advantage tries to clinch but Rutten moves out of range.
Advantage throws a series of punches but Rutten moves out of range.
Advantage tries to clinch up but Rutten circles away and keeps his distance.
Advantage works over Rutten's head and body with a nice combination.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Rutten keeps it at a distance.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Rutten misses the target.
Advantage jabs at Rutten's body.
Advantage moves in looking to clinch but Rutten pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Rutten.
Rutten throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rutten scores with a nice strike.
Advantage tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Rutten.
Advantage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Advantage tries to clinch but Rutten is having none of it.
Rutten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Advantage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rutten swats away the attempt to clinch by Advantage.
Advantage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rutten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Advantage falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rutten counters with a nice kick to the body.
Advantage blocks a jab.
Rutten circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rutten counters with a head kick. That will keep Advantage thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rutten misses with a straight left.
Advantage steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rutten. That one must have hurt.
Advantage looks gassed!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Advantage misses with a looping left.
Rutten works the jab nicely.
Advantage falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rutten counters with a low kick, right behind Advantage 's knee.
Rutten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutten.

Rutten lands a big head kick that sends Advantage tumbling to the mat! Rutten takes a step backwards and waves Advantage back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Advantage is rocked!

It looks like Rural Advantage has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Rutten there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rutten lands a nice shot that snaps Advantage's head back.
Advantage is still on wobbly legs! Can Rutten finish him?
Rutten bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rutten misses with an uppercut. Advantage saw that one coming.
Advantage seems to have recovered his senses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Advantage takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Advantage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rutten throws out the jab.

Rutten lands a big head kick that sends Advantage tumbling to the mat! Rutten takes a step backwards and waves Advantage back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Advantage tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rutten counters with a body kick.

Rutten lands a big head kick that sends Advantage tumbling to the mat! Rutten takes a step backwards and waves Advantage back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rutten cracks Advantage with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Rutten has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Advantage to stand back up!
Rutten feints a jab and as Advantage dips his head, Rutten unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Advantage right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Advantage falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the ropes! Rutten smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Karl Rutten!