PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin radness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruiz
vs
radness

170 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 Helsinki, Joaquin Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Justin radness!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ruiz misses with the combination.
Ruiz stuns radness with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ruiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
radness leaves Ruiz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ruiz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a right hand that radness ducks under and follows up with a left that radness also avoids with ease.

Ruiz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

radness actively working from the bottom here.
Ruiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

radness looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

radness looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
radness works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
radness throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
radness striking off his back but it's not causing Ruiz any problems.
radness has momentary wrist control but Ruiz slips an elbow through the middle.
radness trying to control the position.
radness has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ruiz cracks radness with a solid left hand.
radness trying to strike off his back.
Ruiz trying to stand up but can't free himself from radness's guard.
radness wants to sweep here but Ruiz controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ruiz misses with a two punch combination.
Ruiz swinging wildly here.
radness scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ruiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruiz cracks radness with an open hand slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ruiz thows a body shot but no joy.
radness takes a swing at Ruiz's ribcage but misses.
radness scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ruiz doesn't seem bothered though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ruiz is defended easily by radness.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
Ruiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
radness closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ruiz circles away.
Ruiz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from radness finds it's way round the side to connect with Ruiz's head.
radness throws a sloppy head kick and Ruiz moves out of range easily.
Ruiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
radness misses with a wild combination.
radness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruiz falls off balance throwing a combination

and radness counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ruiz!
Ruiz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ruiz is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
radness fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
radness prevents Ruiz from getting the reversal.
radness dominating with strikes here.
radness trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! radness connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ruiz working to try and regain half guard.

radness looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
radness postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ruiz looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ruiz is in all sorts of trouble here.
radness trying to control but he's not successful this time.
radness looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
radness with a couple of short strikes.
radness looking to control but Ruiz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
radness lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ruiz is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Ruiz can't escape the position.
Ruiz is squirming around, avoiding radness's attempts to control the action.
radness scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ruiz?
Ruiz in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
radness trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruiz wants to get back to his feet.
Ruiz is squirming around, avoiding radness's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin radness dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Ruiz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No joy there for Ruiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ruiz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ruiz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruiz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but radness was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a series of punches but radness avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for radness, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
radness tries to clinch but Ruiz moves out of range.
radness looks to land a combination but Ruiz avoids it well.
Ruiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruiz shoots in but no luck this time.
radness tries to bum rush Ruiz with a series of wild strikes but Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ruiz throws a combination that misses

and radness moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
radness throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ruizs head.
radness drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

radness pulls guard effortlessly.

radness is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Ruiz has his hands clasped together but radness extends an breaks Ruiz's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by radness.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Justin radness!