PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Van Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Voin Upyachki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Rutten has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rutten
vs
Upyachki

225 cm
22
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
285 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Knockout power

Infliction Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Van Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Voin Upyachki!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Upyachki is looking to chop away at Rutten's legs.
Rutten keeps the fight on the outside.
Rutten shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Upyachki pinned against the cage. Upyachki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rutten pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Upyachki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki misses with a knee strike.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Upyachki avoids the damage to the body.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Upyachki.
Upyachki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but Rutten blocks with his arms.
Upyachki lands a nice knee to the body.
Upyachki connects with a knee to the head.
Upyachki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Upyachki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rutten lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rutten is breathing heavily.
Upyachki managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Upyachki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Upyachki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Upyachki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rutten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Upyachki looking to throw knees to the head but Rutten is blocking nicely.
Upyachki managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Knees in the clinch landing for Upyachki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Upyachki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Upyachki.
Upyachki lands a nice knee to the body.
Upyachki scores with a knee to the head.
Upyachki trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but Rutten blocks with his arms.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rutten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Upyachki scores a nice knee to the body.
Upyachki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Upyachki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Upyachki with a knee to the head.
Upyachki lands a knee to the body.
Upyachki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Upyachki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rutten blocks it with crossed arms.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Upyachki avoids the damage to the body.
Upyachki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rutten blocks it with crossed arms.
Upyachki managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Rutten scores a nice knee to the body.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rutten lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rutten crunches a lovely knee into Upyachki's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Rutten.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upyachki misses with a knee strike.
Upyachki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Upyachki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Upyachki managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki tries a knee to the head but Rutten blocks it.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rutten's face.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki crunches a lovely knee into Rutten's ribcage.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but Rutten blocks with his arms.
Upyachki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Upyachki misses with a knee to the head.
Upyachki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rutten lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Upyachki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rutten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Upyachki tries a knee to the head but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Upyachki.
Upyachki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rutten blocks it with crossed arms.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Upyachki avoids the damage to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki tries to land knees in the clinch but Rutten avoids the damage to the body.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Upyachki avoids the damage to the body.
Upyachki misses with a knee to the head.
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Upyachki.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki connects with a knee to the head.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but Rutten blocks with his arms.
Rutten lands a nice knee to the body.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Upyachki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rutten.
Upyachki scores a nice knee to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki misses with a knee strike.
Upyachki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Upyachki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki misses with a knee strike.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Upyachki avoids the damage to the body.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Upyachki avoids the damage to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Upyachki lands a nice knee to the body.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutten managing to block the knees to the body from Upyachki.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten landing knees to the body.
Upyachki managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Upyachki.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Upyachki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Upyachki avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Upyachki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Upyachki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but Rutten blocks with his arms.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Upyachki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Upyachki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Upyachki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Upyachki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Upyachki lands a knee to the head.
Upyachki misses with a knee to the head.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.

Upyachki lands a big knee to the head and Rutten goes down! Upyachki is looking to finish!

Rutten is rocked!

It looks like Van Rutten has been cut.
Rutten is looking for a sweep.
Oh Rutten is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Upyachki has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Upyachki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rutten's calf.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutten misses with a head kick.
Upyachki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rutten. That did some damage!
Rutten takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rutten seems to have got his legs back now.
Voin Upyachki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rutten on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Upyachki doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutten circles away.
Rutten misses with a head kick.
Upyachki throws a head kick that misses
and Rutten counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Upyachki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Voin Upyachki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Van Rutten's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Upyachki throws a low kick, looking for Rutten's leg but Rutten calmly moves out of range.
Upyachki is looking to clinch but Rutten is avoiding it.
Upyachki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Upyachki throws a leg kick
and Rutten counters with a head kick.

Upyachki is rocked!
Rutten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Upyachki is still on wobbly legs! Can Rutten finish him?
Rutten throws a head kick that misses.
Rutten throws a head kick but Upyachki moves out of range.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Upyachki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rutten swats away the attempt to clinch by Upyachki.
Rutten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Upyachki tries to work over Rutten's front leg with a kick but Rutten checks it.
Upyachki seems to have recovered his senses.
Upyachki looks to throw a body kick
and Rutten counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Upyachki is out cold! A devastating KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Van Rutten!