PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thom Ruff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cole comes to the cage accompanied by heretic anthem. Ruff has chosen Tougher than Leather as his entrance music. Willy Cole has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cole
vs
Ruff

161 cm
18
266 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

207 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willy Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thom Ruff!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ruff avoids it really well and circles away.
Thom Ruff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ruff gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ruff obliges.

Ruff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruff slaps away a takedown attempt from Cole, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ruff catches Cole with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
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!
Cole has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cole is breathing heavily.
Ruff connects with a high kick.
Cole throws a right hand that Ruff ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruff also avoids with ease.
Ruff lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Cole crumples to the floor! Ruff milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Thom Ruff!
During a confident post fight interview, Thom Ruff thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.