PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Natural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rutledge Vanderhorst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natural's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, back in black - ACDC. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Rutledge Vanderhorst enters the ring!

Natural
vs
Vanderhorst

185 cm
29
210 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

188 cm
24
203 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Firebird Designs

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 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Natural!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rutledge Vanderhorst!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natural darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Natural misses with a shot to the body
and Vanderhorst counters with a good low kick that Natural was not able to check.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Natural.
Vanderhorst goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Natural misses with a shot to the body
and Vanderhorst counters with a nice body kick.
Vanderhorst throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vanderhorst throws a leg kick
and Natural counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Natural misses
and Vanderhorst finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Natural is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanderhorst tries to land a front kick but Natural steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Natural tries to clinch there but Vanderhorst circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vanderhorst is defended easily by Natural.
Natural shoots in for a takedown but Vanderhorst shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Natural has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vanderhorst.
Good leg kick by Vanderhorst there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Natural misses with a hook to the body
and Vanderhorst counters with a body kick that stops Natural in his tracks momentarily.
Vanderhorst works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vanderhorst throws a push kick but Natural slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhorst gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Natural counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Natural tries for a takedown but Vanderhorst manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Natural. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vanderhorst looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vanderhorst lands a body shot in the clinch.
Natural's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Natural keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vanderhorst's efforts to push away.
Natural lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanderhorst wants to break the clinch but can't.

Vanderhorst pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Natural missing with a left hand there. Vanderhorst was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Natural tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vanderhorst was well out of range. Poor timing from Natural.
Natural fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vanderhorst manages to avoid it.
Vanderhorst throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Natural shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vanderhorst napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Natural with the ground and pound but Vanderhorst regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Vanderhorst makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Vanderhorst.

Vanderhorst kicks Natural off and gets to his feet.
Natural dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Natural sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural lands with a hook. Vanderhorst tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Natural misses with a hook to the body
and Vanderhorst counters with a nice low kick that buckles Natural's knee momentarily.
Vanderhorst keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Natural rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vanderhorst counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Natural lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vanderhorst misses with an uppercut. Natural saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Natural swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vanderhorst counters with a body kick.
Vanderhorst looks for the body kick but Natural saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rutledge Vanderhorst dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice body kick from Vanderhorst.
Randy Natural seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanderhorst takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Natural slips a straight right by Vanderhorst.
Vanderhorst throws a lazy body kick
and Natural counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vanderhorst.
Natural misses with a leg kick
and Vanderhorst counters with a left to the body.
Natural moves to clinch but Vanderhorst breaks away
and Vanderhorst counters with a leg kick.
Natural throws a hook but Vanderhorst avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhorst walks into a straight right hand from Natural.
Vanderhorst thumps Natural with a low kick.
Natural throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Natural takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Natural is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Natural gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Natural prevents Vanderhorst from breaking the clinch.

Vanderhorst escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Natural misses the body punch
and Vanderhorst connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vanderhorst keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vanderhorst moves out of range as Natural strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natural misses with a jab to the body
and Vanderhorst counters with a body kick.
Vanderhorst takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanderhorst dives in and grabs Natural's left leg, looking for a takedown. Natural pushes down on Vanderhorst's head and hops out.
Natural moves out of range of the body kick.
Natural with a nice cross.
Vanderhorst moves out of range as Natural strikes.
Natural ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vanderhorst moves away.
Natural swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vanderhorst counters with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural tries to clinch up.
Natural avoids the head kick by Vanderhorst.
Natural with a lazy takedown attempt
and Vanderhorst counters with a good, hard body kick but Natural shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vanderhorst throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Natural will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Vanderhorst misses with a body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vanderhorst.
Natural throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vanderhorst counters with a solid body kick.
Vanderhorst throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Natural tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vanderhorst is looking to land body kicks.
Natural takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vanderhorst throws a lazy body kick
and Natural counters with a nice uppercut.
Natural moves out of range of the body kick from Vanderhorst.
A low kick from Natural misses
and Vanderhorst counters with a nice uppercut.
Natural misses with an uppercut
and Natural takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Natural throws a poor cross that misses
and Vanderhorst counters with a nice low kick that buckles Natural's knee momentarily.
Natural swings for the body but Vanderhorst moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rutledge Vanderhorst showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Natural takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vanderhorst staying out of range there.
Natural swings widly with a right hand
and Vanderhorst counters with a leg kick.
Natural throws a body punch but Vanderhorst moves out of range.
Vanderhorst throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vanderhorst tries to land a body kick
and Natural counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanderhorst scores with a sloppy right hand. Natural should have avoided that one.
Natural waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vanderhorst.
Natural fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vanderhorst manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhorst gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vanderhorst throws the kick towards the body but Natural avoids it.
Natural thows a body shot but no joy.
Natural throws a predictable looking body shot

and Vanderhorst counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vanderhorst.
Vanderhorst stopping the sweep attempt from Natural.
Vanderhorst wants to control from the top but Natural keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhorst throws and elbow that misses. Natural uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vanderhorst's guard. Nice move by Natural!
Vanderhorst lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Natural!
Poor strikes thrown by Vanderhorst there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Natural is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Natural is squirming around, avoiding Vanderhorst's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural is in all sorts of trouble here.
Vanderhorst controlling the position easily from mount.
Randy Natural has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vanderhorst lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Natural hang on?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Vanderhorst trying to control but Natural is having none of it.
Vanderhorst lands a big elbow.
Vanderhorst takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Natural can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vanderhorst cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vanderhorst has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Natural is squirming around, avoiding Vanderhorst's attempts to control the action.
Natural taking shots to the head.
Vanderhorst trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vanderhorst has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Natural wants to control but Vanderhorst is having none of it.
Natural tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rutledge Vanderhorst is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vanderhorst tries to control but Natural wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vanderhorst might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Natural kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rutledge Vanderhorst comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vanderhorst winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rutledge Vanderhorst!