PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Babe Ruth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fox has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Joe Fox has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fox
vs
Ruth

190 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Babe Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruth swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Ruth shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fox is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fox wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Ruth. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Ruth biding his time, controlling Fox.
Ruth is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Fox up.

Ruth working for the choke.
Ruth controlling the position well here. Fox rolled but Ruth kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ruth patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Ruth controlling from the back.

Ruth looking for the choke but no joy.

Fox defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Fox knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruth on the ground.
Ruth looks gassed!
Ruth throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Ruth should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Ruth tightening his grip on Fox, looking for the choke.
Fox wants to control his opponent's hands but Ruth gets his hands free.
Ruth controls the position.
Fox wants to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox trying to control the action but Ruth just sinks the hooks in.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Ruth controlling the positon.
Fox tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruth avoids the attempt from Fox to control.
Ruth unloading with bombs!
Ruth scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fox?
Ruth with a couple of short strikes.
Ruth fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox wants to hold on but Ruth pushes him away.
Fox in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ruth tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Ruth is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Ruth decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fox trying to control but Ruth postures up.

Ruth gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Ruth clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Babe Ruth dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ruth clinches with his opponent.
Ruth is working for takedown but Fox is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fox fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Ruth successfully pulls guard.
Ruth is trying to control the position but Fox postures up.
Fox is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fox landing with the ground and pound.
Ruth bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fox's guard.
Ruth showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ruth pushing down on Fox's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ruth perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ruth trying to mount his opponent but Fox defends it.
Ruth controlling the pace.
Babe Ruth has got the better of the ground game so far.

Ruth is trying to work for a kimura but Fox is defending well.
Ruth tries to pass to full mount but Fox defends it.
Fox trying to hold on to Ruth's head to control him but Ruth postures up.

That's two 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.

Ruth gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Ruth lands a head kick!
Fox misses with a takedown attempt
and Ruth counters with a nice leg kick.

Ruth scores with a takedown into Fox's guard.
Ruth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ruth stops Fox from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruth controlling from the top position.
Ruth postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ruth frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ruth sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ruth looking to finish Fox with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fox!
Ruth controlling his opponent.
Fox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ruth controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruth in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ruth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ruth working Fox over with strikes here.
Ruth controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Ruth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruth trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Despite being in the dominant position, Babe Ruth just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fox has his takedown stuffed

and Ruth moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Babe Ruth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ruth decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ruth thows a huge punch but Fox dodges it nicely.
Ruth takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ruth controlling the pace.
Ruth wants to free his trapped foot but Fox is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Ruth stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Fox to get to his feet.

Ruth darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruth sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fox is staying active underneath Ruth, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox is looking to improve his position.
Ruth tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fox knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Ruth decides to stand and escape the position.
Ruth throws a nice outside leg kick.

Ruth drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fox looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Ruth stands up and waves to Fox to follow him.

Ruth gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Ruth manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ruth manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ruth sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Ruth is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fox has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ruth raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Fox that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Ruth connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ruth takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Ruth stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Fox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ruth has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ruth tries to land a front kick but Fox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Ruth shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ruth was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ruth has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Fox's face.
Ruth takes Fox's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ruth looking for the RNC.
Ruth landing with strikes.
Ruth controlling well, preventing Fox from escaping the position.
Ruth lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Ruth lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Ruth has good solid back control here.
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!
Ruth softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Joe Fox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fox tries to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Babe Ruth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruth has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Babe Ruth!