PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dutch Rudderme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dutch Rudderme has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with William Hurt's chin.

Hurt
vs
Rudderme

183 cm
21
182 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

176 cm
24
170 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dutch Rudderme!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rudderme misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rudderme dives in and grabs Hurt's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hurt pushes down on Rudderme's head and hops out.
Rudderme changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hurt tries to avoid it but Rudderme manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hurt to the ground. Hurt escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
William Hurt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dutch Rudderme.
Hurt is looking to clinch.
Rudderme avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hurt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rudderme throws a right hand that Hurt ducks under and follows up with a left that Hurt also avoids with ease.

Rudderme scores a takedown into full mount!
Hurt is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hurt slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Rudderme stands up from half guard.
Rudderme has a takedown stuffed.
Hurt misses with a two punch combination.
Rudderme looks to land a combination but Hurt avoids it well.
Hurt doesn't manage to clinch there - Rudderme circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudderme with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rudderme looks gassed!
The fight stays on the outside here - Hurt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rudderme checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hurt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Rudderme.
Hurt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rudderme.
Hurt doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rudderme counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A combination from Hurt does no damage.
Rudderme shoots in for a double leg but Hurt sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hurt wants to clinch.
Hurt moves in looking to clinch but Rudderme pushes him off.
A big right from Rudderme misses.
Rudderme slaps away a takedown attempt from Hurt, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hurt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
William Hurt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurt tries to clinch up.
Hurt misses with a double jab.
Rudderme misses with a series of wild punches.
Hurt tries to close the distance and clinch but Rudderme swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rudderme lands a jab-cross combination.

Hurt takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hurt.
Hurt throws a punch but it's blocked by Rudderme.
Hurt keeps control of Rudderme as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Rudderme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rudderme throws a sloppy head kick and Hurt moves out of range easily.

Hurt scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hurt is putting a hurting on Rudderme here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hurt working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudderme is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hurt asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Hurt is chipping away with strikes.

Hurt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Rudderme has escaped the position, nice work there.
Rudderme is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hurt working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rudderme tries to improve position but can't.
Hurt cracks Rudderme with a big right hand but Rudderme just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rudderme takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hurt working the ground and pound.

Hurt tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hurt has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Hurt stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Hurt dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hurt tries to close the distance and clinch but Rudderme swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hurt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rudderme misses with an attempted mid kick.

Rudderme shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rudderme was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rudderme trying to control but Hurt is having none of it.
Hurt is working to get back to half guard.

Rudderme swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hurt is now in Rudderme's guard. A big mistake from Rudderme there, giving up the dominant position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rudderme is breathing heavily.

Rudderme has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Hurt is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Rudderme.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt working the ground and pound from side control.

Hurt has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Rudderme slips a jab and a cross from Hurt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hurt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rudderme lands with a shot to the body.
Hurt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hurt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rudderme counters with a left and a right that stings Hurt.
Hurt thuds his shin into the meat of Rudderme's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurt jabs at Rudderme's body.
Hurt lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rudderme backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hurt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rudderme.
Rudderme swats away the attempt to clinch by Hurt.
Rudderme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hurt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hurt displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Rudderme is rocked!

Hurt dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Rudderme has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). William Hurt!