PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Artur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murilo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Artur
vs
Rua

200 cm
30
215 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

205 cm
27
270 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Artur!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murilo Rua!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Artur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Artur is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Artur tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rua makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rua misses with a hook

and Artur moves into the clinch.
Artur landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Artur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Artur working Rua over with knees to the body.
Rua looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Artur utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Artur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Artur connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rua's face.

It looks like Murilo Rua has been cut.
Artur utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur with a knee to the head.
Artur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artur.
Artur lands a knee to the head.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua takes an elbow to the forehead.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Artur using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Artur putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rua in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua takes an elbow to the forehead.
Artur throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua taking a breather.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Artur lands a nice knee to the body.
Artur lands an elbow that stopped Rua in his tracks for a moment.
Artur using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Artur throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rua blocks it with crossed arms.
Artur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Artur using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rua.
Artur misses with a knee strike.
Artur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Artur throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rua blocks it with crossed arms.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Artur blocking some punches.
Rua misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Artur throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rua blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua struggles to land a body shot inside as Artur controls his hands.
Rua takes an elbow to the temple.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Artur lands a nice knee to the body.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rua lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Artur.
Rua can't find room to land a body shot as Artur controls the action.
Rua takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Artur landing knees to the body.
Rua has a couple of punches blocked by Artur.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua takes an elbow to the forehead.
Artur prevents a body shot from Rua.
Artur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rua's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Artur obliges.
Artur tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rua tries a body shot but Artur blocks it.
Artur lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Artur.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Artur obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Artur.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Artur with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rua softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua misses with the head strike.
Artur's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Artur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Rua lands a body shot.
Rua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Artur lands an elbow inside.
Rua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Artur's elbow.
Artur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rua's defenses.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Artur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua misses with a body punch.
Artur tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
Rua pushes Artur back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rua tries to throw a body punch but Artur avoids it by throwing Rua back against the cage.
Rua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Artur lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Artur obliges.
Rua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua swings wildly with an uppercut but Artur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Rua has a couple of punches blocked by Artur.
Rua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rua misses with a body punch.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Artur tries to land a knee to the head but Rua blocks with his arms.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Rua struggles to land a body shot inside as Artur controls his hands.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Rua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rua tries to throw a body punch but Artur avoids it by throwing Rua back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Rua can't find room to land a body shot as Artur controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artur.
Artur utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Artur landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Artur lands an elbow that stopped Rua in his tracks for a moment.
Artur tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
Rua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Rua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Artur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murilo Rua's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jab, jab by Rua - just one landing.
Artur circles away from the clinch attempt

and Artur counters by clinching up.
Artur prevents a body shot from Rua.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Rua lands with a short shot to the head.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Artur crunches a lovely knee into Rua's ribcage.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Artur blocking some punches.
Rua takes a knee to the side of the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Artur here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Artur is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Artur prevents a body shot from Rua.
Artur lands a good knee to the midsection. Rua won't want to take too many of those.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Artur is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Artur.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Artur lands a damaging elbow.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua has a couple of punches blocked by Artur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Artur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Artur lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rua.
Rua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur blocks an uppercut.
Artur working Rua over with knees to the body.
Artur lands a nice elbow.
Artur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Artur lands a good knee to the midsection. Rua won't want to take too many of those.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Artur lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Artur.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Artur just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rua's brow.
Artur tries to land a knee to the head but Rua blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Artur.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Artur misses with a knee strike.
Rua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Artur blocks an uppercut.
Gustavo Artur has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rua in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Artur with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Artur obliges.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.
Artur prevents a body shot from Rua.
Rua scores with a hook to the body.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Artur blocking some punches.
Artur landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Artur working Rua over with knees to the body.
Artur putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rua in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rua misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artur.
Rua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rua misses with the head strike.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Artur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rua's defenses.
Artur working Rua over with knees to the body.
Artur is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rua can do to turn this around?
Artur lands a nice elbow.
Artur tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Artur lands a knee to the body.
Rua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Artur using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Artur crunches a lovely knee into Rua's ribcage.
Artur lands an elbow that stopped Rua in his tracks for a moment.
Rua is trying to maintain a safe position but Artur gets an underhook and turns Rua into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artur lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Rua fails to land.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Artur landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Artur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rua throws a punch but it's blocked by Artur.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Rua can't find room to land a body shot as Artur controls the action.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua working aggressively here.
Artur using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Rua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rua.
Rua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.
Artur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Artur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rua working aggressively here.
Rua struggles to land a body shot inside as Artur controls his hands.
Artur connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rua's face.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Artur.
Rua misses with the head strike.
Artur lands a knee to the head.
Artur scores a nice knee to the body.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Artur connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rua's face.
Artur lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua tries to throw a body punch but Artur avoids it by throwing Rua back against the cage.
Artur lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artur.
Rua throws a head punch that misses.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Artur.
Rua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A knee to the head by Artur.
A knee to the head by Artur.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Artur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Rua working aggressively here.
Artur prevents a body shot from Rua.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua tries to work over Artur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Artur prevents a body shot from Rua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Artur dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Murilo Rua's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Artur plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rua misses with a two punch combination.
Rua keeps the fight on the outside.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Artur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua lands a nice looking body shot.
Rua misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Artur counters by moving into the clinch.
Artur lands a knee to the head.
Artur landing knees to the body.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Artur landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur blocks an uppercut.
Artur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Artur working Rua over with knees to the body.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Rua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rua throws a punch but it's blocked by Artur.
Artur lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rua misses with the head strike.
Rua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Artur landing knees to the body.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Rua tries to work over Artur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Artur putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rua in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Rua swings wildly with an uppercut but Artur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Artur landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Artur landing knees to the head.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Knees to the body from Artur.
Artur looking to throw knees to the head but Rua is blocking nicely.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artur.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Artur lands an elbow that stopped Rua in his tracks for a moment.
Artur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Artur unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Artur throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murilo Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Artur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Artur with a knee to the head.
Rua lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rua stalling in the clinch but Artur improves position.
Artur connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rua's face.
Artur lands an elbow inside.
Rua misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Artur.
Nice elbow from Artur.
Rua swings wildly with an uppercut but Artur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rua misses with a body punch.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Rua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Artur's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Artur.
Artur using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua tries to work over Artur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Artur tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Artur.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Artur blocks an uppercut.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Artur lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rua working aggressively here.
Artur scores with a knee to the head.
Rua tries to throw a body punch but Artur avoids it by throwing Rua back against the cage.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Artur using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Artur lands a knee to the head.
Artur throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua lands a shoulder strike.
Rua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Artur's elbow.
Rua throws a head punch that misses.
Artur lands a good knee to the midsection. Rua won't want to take too many of those.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Artur lands a good knee to the midsection. Rua won't want to take too many of those.
Artur lands an elbow just above Rua 's eye.
Artur lands a knee to the head.
Rua misses with a punch on the inside.
Rua struggles to land a body shot inside as Artur controls his hands.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua misses with a body punch.
Rua lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Artur lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artur.
Artur crunches a lovely knee into Rua's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A head punch on the inside from Rua fails to land.
Nice body punch from Rua.
Artur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua gets through Artur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.
Artur with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Artur.
Artur lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Artur with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artur.
Rua misses with a body punch.
Artur landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Artur blocks a body shot from Rua.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.
Artur throws a knee to the head but misses.
Artur connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rua's face.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rua throws a punch but it's blocked by Artur.
Artur landing knees to the body.
Gustavo Artur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Artur lands a nice knee to the body.
Artur lands a nice elbow.
Artur connects with a knee to the head.
Artur lands a good knee to the midsection. Rua won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Artur.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Artur showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Artur, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Artur!
Gustavo Artur retains his heavyweight title!