PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demo Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dariusz Ruslan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by THE PRODIGY - voodoo people. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ruslan's choice of entrance music: Hester Prynne. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Man
vs
Ruslan

182 cm
27
197 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

198 cm
27
212 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Resistance
Undead clothing. All items 10$

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 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demo Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dariusz Ruslan!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruslan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Demo Man has been cut.
Man cracks a nice hook into Ruslan's ribs.
Ruslan throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruslan works the jab nicely.

Man is rocked!
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruslan moves away.
Man throws a nice looking combination but Ruslan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Man lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Man changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruslan throws a hook but Man blocks it.
Man dodges the punch combination from Ruslan.
Ruslan throws a leg kick but Man sees it coming and moves out of range.
Man closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ruslan throws a jab but it's blocked by Man.
Dariusz Ruslan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man throws a right hand that Ruslan ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruslan also avoids with ease.
Man lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ruslan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Man counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ruslan looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a hook but Ruslan blocks it.
Man misses the shot to the body.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Ruslan misses the jab.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruslan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man walks into a straight right hand from Ruslan.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruslan moves away.

Ruslan moves into the clinch.
Ruslan looking to stall.
Ruslan prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
Man blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Ruslan has him pressed against the cage.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruslan.

Man escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruslan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Man.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Ruslan.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruslan was well out of range. Poor timing from Man.
Ruslan swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
Ruslan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Man stuffs the takedown.
Ruslan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruslan lands a really nice looking cross but Man seems unphased.
Ruslan just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Man misses.
Ruslan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruslan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruslan misses with an uppercut
and Man counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Dariusz Ruslan has been cut.
Man is looking to wear down Ruslan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jab by Ruslan.
Ruslan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.

Ruslan clinches.
Ruslan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruslan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man is struggling to control the position.
Man blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Man slows down the pace here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Man.
Man blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to break free but Ruslan pushes him back against the cage.

Man breaks the clinch.

Ruslan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Man napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ruslan takes a little break here. Man wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Man dodges the ground and pound from Ruslan.
Man can't do much from the bottom here.
Ruslan grinds an elbow into Man's temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruslan working away.
Man is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Man tries to get to full guard but Ruslan has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Demo Man will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Some bone on bone action there as Man checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Man connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ruslan's hands.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Man stuffs the takedown attempt from Ruslan. Ruslan gets slowly back to his feet.
Man misses the shot to the body.
Man walks into a jab.
A left lands for Ruslan.
Man looks to throw the jab but Ruslan is out of range.
Ruslan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ruslan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ruslan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Man throws out the jab.
Ruslan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Ruslan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.
Man throws a combination that misses
enabling Ruslan to counter with a crisp jab.
Man scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruslan misses with a hook. Man ducked under it nicely.
Ruslan misses with a hook. Man ducked under it nicely.
Ruslan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ruslan throws a jab but it's blocked by Man.
Ruslan staying out of range there.
Ruslan dodges the punch combination from Man.
Ruslan misses with an uppercut. Man saw that one coming.
Man thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruslan lands with a shot to the body.
Ruslan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Ruslan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man slips under a jab.
Man takes one to the chin there.
Ruslan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Man connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ruslan scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Man misses.
Good shot there by Ruslan.
Ruslan misses with a straight right.
Ruslan shoots in for a double leg but Man sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruslan moves away.
Ruslan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ruslan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Man on the side of the head.
Man connects with a body shot that sends Ruslan's belly button to the back.
Donk. Ruslan catches Man right on the button with a cross.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruslan moves away.
Ruslan sizes up Man with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ruslan throws a big shot that misses.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruslan.
Ruslan missing with a left hand there. Man was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruslan misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Man does no damage.
A nice combination there by Ruslan.
Ruslan is breathing heavily.
Ruslan misses with a left hand
and Man makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruslan throws a leg kick but Man sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A shot to the liver by Man. Beautiful body shot.
Demo Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice straight punches there by Man. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Man.
Man lunges at Ruslan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ruslan's hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruslan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ruslan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Man throws a right and a left that Ruslan avoids nicely.
Good shot there by Man.
Ruslan misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruslan throws an off balance right hand
and Man counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Ruslan is rocked!
Ruslan staying out of range there.
Ruslan is still on wobbly legs! Can Man finish him?
A swing and a miss from Man.
Man scores with a shot to the body.
Man drops Ruslan with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Ruslan! Man dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demo Man!