PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Walnutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Paulo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulie Walnutz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Walnutz
vs
Paulo Rua

173 cm
18
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
18
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Attliction Inc. - badass sold out last night....

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulie Walnutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Paulo Rua!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua blocks the body kick.
Walnutz misses with an uppercut. Rua saw that one coming.

Walnutz has closed the distance and engaged Rua in a clinch.
Rua is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Walnutz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Walnutz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Joao Paulo Rua has been cut.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Walnutz has him pressed against the cage.
Walnutz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walnutz lands an elbow just above Rua 's eye.
Rua trying to stall but Walnutz improves his position.
Walnutz lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Walnutz.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walnutz landing knees to the head.
Walnutz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walnutz lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walnutz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Walnutz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua blocks an elbow strike.
Walnutz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walnutz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua struggles to land a body shot inside as Walnutz controls his hands.
Rua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walnutz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rua has had enough of the clinch but Walnutz keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Walnutz.
Walnutz throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walnutz has him pressed against the cage.
Rua goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walnutz prevents it.
Rua fails to pull guard.
Rua tries to pull guard but Walnutz holds him up against the cage and eventually Rua drops back down to his feet.
Paulie Walnutz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Paulo Rua.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Walnutz.
Walnutz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rua.
Walnutz tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.
Rua jumps guard but Walnutz stands there with Rua around his waist. Rua gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walnutz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walnutz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walnutz with a knee to the head.
Walnutz lands a nice knee to the body.
Walnutz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walnutz lands a nice elbow.
Rua goes for a takedown attempt but Walnutz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Rua moves out of range.
No luck for Rua with that takedown attempt.
Walnutz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Walnutz misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua avoids the head kick by Walnutz.
Rua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Walnutz misses.
Paulie Walnutz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua connects with a single shot there.

Walnutz closes the distance and clinches.
Walnutz keeps control of Rua as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rua has had enough of the clinch but Walnutz keeps him there for the moment.
Walnutz has Rua pushed against the cage.
Rua fails to pull guard.
Walnutz landing knees to the body.
Walnutz stalling.
Walnutz lands an elbow that stopped Rua in his tracks for a moment.
Walnutz landing knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Walnutz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rua tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Walnutz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That has opened up Joao Paulo Rua's cut even more.
Walnutz lands an elbow that stopped Rua in his tracks for a moment.
Rua has had enough of the clinch but Walnutz keeps him there for the moment.
Walnutz taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walnutz.
Walnutz lands an elbow inside that Rua shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walnutz.
Rua is looking to break free of the clinch but Walnutz has double underhooks.
Walnutz landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walnutz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walnutz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walnutz prevents Rua from breaking the clinch.
Rua wants to get back to striking at distance but Walnutz won't allow it.
Walnutz crunches a lovely knee into Rua's ribcage.
Walnutz lands an elbow inside.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walnutz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rua tries to break the clinch but Walnutz is controlling the position.
Rua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Walnutz has him pressed against the cage.
Rua wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua tries to break the clinch but Walnutz is controlling the position.
Rua wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walnutz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rua tries to pull guard but Walnutz holds him up against the cage and eventually Rua drops back down to his feet.
Rua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walnutz has him pressed against the cage.
Rua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walnutz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua is trying to break free.
Walnutz scores a nice knee to the body.
Walnutz leaning against his opponent.
Walnutz lands an elbow just above Rua 's eye.
Walnutz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walnutz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walnutz landing knees to the body.
Walnutz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Walnutz scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua tries to pull guard but Walnutz won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walnutz.
Walnutz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Walnutz throws an elbow but it misses.
Rua tries for a takedown. No joy.
Walnutz scores with a knee to the head.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Walnutz has him pressed against the cage.
Walnutz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Joao Paulo Rua's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Walnutz stalling.
Rua takes an elbow to the temple.
Walnutz avoiding damage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Walnutz for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Rua has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walnutz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Walnutz crunches a lovely knee into Rua's ribcage.
Walnutz landing knees to the head.
Walnutz scores a nice knee to the body.
Walnutz crunches a lovely knee into Rua's ribcage.
Rua tries for a takedown but Walnutz manages to get underhooks.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua avoiding damage as Walnutz throws knees to the body.
Rua tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walnutz just stands there and leans against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walnutz misses with a knee to the head.
Rua tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walnutz smiles and moves away.
Rua throws a right and a left that Walnutz avoids nicely.
Paulie Walnutz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walnutz connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Rua to the floor! Walnutz dives in looking for the finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulie Walnutz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joao Paulo Rua's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Walnutz thows a body kick. Rua tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Rua is rocked!
Walnutz lands a body shot.
Rua is still on wobbly legs! Can Walnutz finish him?
Rua on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua moves out of range as Walnutz strikes.
Walnutz throws a head kick that misses.
Rua stalks Walnutz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Walnutz's face. Walnutz staggers backwards, shaken.
Rua steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Walnutz. That one must have hurt.

Walnutz closes the distance and clinches.
Rua seems to have recovered his senses.
Walnutz scores a nice knee to the body.
Walnutz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Walnutz landing knees to the body.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walnutz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Walnutz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rua can do to turn this around?
Walnutz keeps control of Rua as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walnutz with a knee to the head.
Walnutz with a knee to the head.

Joao Paulo Rua's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rua misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Walnutz.
Walnutz lands a nice elbow.
Walnutz scores with a knee to the head.
Walnutz landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walnutz.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Walnutz has him pressed against the cage.
Rua is working for takedown but Walnutz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rua takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua looking to stall.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walnutz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Walnutz trying to land knees to the body.
Rua wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Walnutz lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Walnutz.
Walnutz has Rua pressed against the cage.
Walnutz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Joao Paulo Rua's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paulie Walnutz!