PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taz Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Larg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rutten comes into the arena with IF I DIE TONIGHT blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rutten
vs
Larg

180 cm
21
167 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taz Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Larg!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A cross from Larg lands.
Larg tries to clinch up.
Larg looks for the body kick but Rutten saw that one coming.
Larg tries to clinch but Rutten is having none of it.
Rutten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Larg circles away quickly and effectively.
Larg shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rutten defends it nicely.
Larg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rutten was well out of range. Poor timing from Larg.
Larg shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rutten as he avoids it easily.
Rutten lands a right hook to the body.
Rutten scores with a one two! Larg had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Larg wants to clinch.
Larg lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rutten's sensitive parts.
Rutten scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larg throws a head kick but Rutten moves out of range.
Larg slips a straight right by Rutten.
Larg throws a leg kick but Rutten moved away.
Larg takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rutten jabs at Larg's body.
Rutten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larg tries a head kick but it misses.
Larg tries to clinch but Rutten moves out of range.
Larg takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Larg moves out of range as Rutten strikes.
Larg shoots in for a double leg but Rutten sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Taz Rutten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Larg.
Rutten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rutten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larg moves away.
A low kick from Larg misses
and Rutten counters with a stiff right hand.
Rutten misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten jabs at Larg's body.
Larg walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rutten checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A combination from Rutten does no damage.
Rutten lands with an uppercut that bounces Larg off the cage and back into rage.
Rutten fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Larg looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rutten throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rutten scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rutten wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Larg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rutten lands a body shot.
A lazy body kick from Larg
and Rutten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Larg thinking.
Rutten lands with a good body shot.
Larg is looking to chop away at Rutten's legs.
Rutten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larg.
A slow jab from Rutten misses its intended target.
Larg takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutten digs a good body shot into Larg's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a sloppy head kick
and Larg counters with a straight right hand.
Larg misses with a low kick.
Larg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rutten counters with a good low kick that Larg was not able to check.
Larg is looking to chop away at Rutten's legs.
Larg wants to clinch
and Rutten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rutten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Rutten finds it's way through Larg's defenses.
Rutten blocks a head kick by Larg.
Larg misses with a straight left.
Rutten connects with a crisp jab.
A cross from Rutten lands.
Larg tries a low kick but Rutten avoids it.
Nice body punch from Rutten.
Larg is trying desperately to land a takedown but Rutten is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Larg.
A low kick from Larg misses
and Rutten counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Larg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rutten paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Larg moves into the clinch.
Larg jumps guard but Rutten stands there with Larg around his waist. Larg gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Larg can't break the clinch.
Larg misses with an elbow over the top.
Larg tries to pull guard but Rutten holds him up against the cage and eventually Larg drops back down to his feet.

Larg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rutten looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Larg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rutten is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses.
Rutten moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Rutten.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larg takes a swing at Rutten's ribcage but misses.
Larg misses with the body kick
and Rutten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Larg misses with an uppercut. Rutten saw that one coming.
Larg wants to clinch but Rutten slips to the side
and Rutten counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taz Rutten dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rutten connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Larg takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rutten wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Larg throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Larg looks to land a combination. Rutten sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Larg takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Larg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Larg misses with a kick to the body
and Rutten counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Larg misses with a leg kick
and Rutten counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
An inside leg kick from Larg misses.
Rutten throws a lazy right hand but Larg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Larg as Rutten shoots in.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Larg lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rutten has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rutten and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rutten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Larg lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rutten has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rutten and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rutten circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rutten counters with a solid body kick.
Larg is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larg wants to clinch
and Rutten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Rutten.
Larg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Larg takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mark Larg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Larg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rutten finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Larg takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rutten is looking to wear down Larg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Larg closes the distance but Rutten moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Taz Rutten is winning the standup battle so far.
Larg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rutten.
Rutten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larg wants to clinch
and Rutten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutten throws a body punch but Larg moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Larg clinches.

Rutten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Larg takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rutten lands a glancing blow to the side of Larg's head.
Larg scores with a kick to the midsection.
Larg misses with a leg kick
and Rutten counters with a nice body shot.
A low kick from Larg misses
and Rutten counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rutten - that will leave a mark!
Rutten circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rutten counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Larg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Larg misses with a takedown attempt - Rutten sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rutten.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten with a jab.
Rutten throws a series of punches but Larg moves out of range.
Larg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rutten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rutten throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rutten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice body punch from Rutten.
A lazy body kick from Larg
and Rutten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Larg thinking.
Larg has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rutten lands with an uppercut that bounces Larg off the cage and back into rage.
Rutten takes a swing at Larg's ribcage but misses.
Rutten works Larg's body with a nice hook.
Rutten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larg takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Larg needs to keep his hands up - Rutten had a free shot at his head there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten cracks Larg with a good jab.
Larg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutten manages to avoid it.
Larg clinches but Rutten breaks the clinch
and Rutten counters with a nice uppercut.
Rutten uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Larg has time to react.
Rutten misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Larg counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rutten won't be happy with that.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rutten tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Larg trying to control the action but Rutten is working from the bottom.
Larg is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Rutten will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taz Rutten dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rutten lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Larg misses.
Rutten fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Larg looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Rutten as he connects with a hook.
Larg throws a sloppy head kick
and Rutten counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Larg misses the target.
Larg has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rutten.
Larg closes the distance but Rutten moves to the side
and Rutten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Larg tries a head kick but it misses.
Rutten lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rutten with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rutten cracks the inside of Larg's front leg.
A slow jab from Rutten misses its intended target.
Larg walks into a stiff left hand from Rutten.
Larg with a poor takedown
and Rutten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Larg thinking.
Larg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses
and Larg counters with a stiff right hand.
Larg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rutten counters with a nice body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Rutten. That snapped Larg's head back.
A combination from Rutten does no damage.
Rutten tries to bum rush Larg with a series of wild strikes but Larg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Larg tries to land a body kick
and Rutten counters with a stiff right hand.
Larg shoots in and drives through. Rutten sprawls well.
Rutten stuns Larg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Larg takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rutten lands a head kick!
Rutten tests Larg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rutten misses with a two punch combination.
Mark Larg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larg misses with a leg kick.
Rutten listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rutten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larg.
Larg keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Larg throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rutten counters with a right hand to the body.
Larg closes the distance but Rutten moves to the side
and Rutten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rutten misses with a wild body shot.
Rutten checks a leg kick nicely.
Rutten lands with a hook. Larg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rutten lands a jab to the head.
Nice body kick from Rutten.
Rutten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rutten throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larg doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutten circles away.
Rutten tests Larg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Larg wants to clinch but Rutten slips to the side
and Larg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Larg misses.
Larg wants to clinch
and Rutten counters with a nice uppercut.
Larg throws a head kick that misses
enabling Rutten to counter with a crisp jab.
Larg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Larg looks to clinch
and Rutten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Larg can do to turn this around?
Rutten punishes Larg's body with a nice straight punch.
Larg takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Larg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rutten throws a leg kick but Larg sees it coming and moves out of range.
Larg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larg slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larg lands a head shot.
Rutten fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Larg is out of range.
Larg looks to clinch
and Rutten counters with a stiff right hand.
Larg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rutten circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rutten counters with a nice uppercut.
Rutten is looking to slow Larg down with leg kicks.
Rutten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rutten misses with a body kick.
Rutten lands a nice shot to the body.
Larg tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rutten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taz Rutten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rutten lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

And that's the end of the fight!
Taz Rutten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rutten, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taz Rutten!