PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hendo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glory Of The Golden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Rua
vs
Of The Golden

200 cm
23
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

208 cm
21
250 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hendo Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glory Of The Golden!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rua tries to avoid it but Golden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rua to the ground. Rua escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Golden is defended easily by Rua.
Golden is looking to clinch but Rua is avoiding it.
Rua fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Golden scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rua tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rua misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rua tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rua misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rua missing with punches from the bottom.
Golden wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rua keeps working.
Rua punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua regains full guard. Nicely done.
Golden preventing the sweep.
Rua throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rua wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rua throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Rua will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Rua throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Golden trying to control but Rua is working from the bottom.
Rua on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rua tries to get out of the position.
Rua will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Rua throws a couple of heel strikes.
Golden forces his way into half guard.
Rua has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rua throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rua tries to roll over but Golden keeps him under control.
Rua missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golden is looking to take a break and control but Rua is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rua missing with punches from the bottom.
Rua tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rua is looking to improve his position.
It looks like Golden is going to stand back up.
Rua strikes from the bottom but Golden uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Rua is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Golden is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golden blocks Rua's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rua is breathing heavily.

Golden working for a guillotine from mount but Rua is in no mood to give up.

Golden is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Rua is surviving well by controlling Golden's body position as best he can.
Rua swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Rua is wriggling around trying to escape.
Golden really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rua. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rua is working hard here to advance position.
Rua swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Rua throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Rua flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rua is desperately trying to improve his position but Golden has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Rua kicks off Golden and gets to his feet.

Rua scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua stops Golden from getting back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rua connects with a nice short shot to Golden's temple.
Rua thows a huge punch but Golden dodges it nicely.
Rua prevents Golden from improving his position.
Rua working Golden over with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice strikes from Rua there.
Rua is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hendo Rua dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Golden gets caught napping as Rua dives in and scores a takedown. Golden manages to retain guard.
Rua keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Golden's head.
Rua scoring with some ground and pound.
Rua lands a couple of digs.
Rua throws an elbow that misses. Golden uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rua's guard. Nice move by Golden!
Rua striking off his back.
Rua doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Rua keeping moving, preventing Golden from controlling successfully.
Rua doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Golden slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
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!
Rua scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rua preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Rua tries to strike from the bottom.
Rua is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Golden is controlling him.
Golden trying to control but Rua is working from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rua trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Rua will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Golden passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Rua throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rua tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Golden is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hendo Rua overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Golden prevents Rua from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua missing with punches from the bottom.
Rua throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Golden manages to pass to side control.

Golden stands up and beckons Rua to his feet.
Rua fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Golden scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rua doesn't seem bothered though.
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!

Golden moves into range and clinches up with Rua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua is pressed up against the cage. Golden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rua down to the mat. Rua avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Rua darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rua throwing shots but Golden is blocking nicely.

Golden looking for submissions off his back.
Rua lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Golden wants to control but Rua is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Golden has hold of Rua's hands but Rua slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rua drops an elbow to the side of Golden's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rua connects with a nice short shot to Golden's temple.
Rua lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golden flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Rua lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Golden trying to hold on to Rua's head to control him but Rua postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Golden with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hendo Rua dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rua shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Golden with that takedown attempt.
No luck for Golden with that takedown attempt.
Golden fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hendo Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glory Of The Golden.
Rua tries for a takedown but Golden sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Golden shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rua but Rua pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hendo Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Golden's waist but Golden gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rua off to one side.
Rua ducks right into an uppercut from Golden.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Golden stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Golden wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Golden clinches up against the cage.

Golden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hendo Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Golden scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rua throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rua flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Golden thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rua misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Golden wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rua keeps working.

Rua manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Rua shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Golden sprawls well. Golden wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rua gets slowly back to his feet.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Golden.
Rua fails with the takedown.
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!
Rua defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Golden.
Rua shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Golden as he avoids it easily.
Golden is looking to clinch but Rua is avoiding it.

Golden fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rua sprawls well initially but Golden persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Golden is looking to advance position but Rua won't allow it.
Rua punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Golden wants to free his trapped foot but Rua is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Golden is trying to control the action in half guard but Rua is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rua moves into full guard.
Rua throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rua throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rua throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rua thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rua wants to hit a switch here but Golden passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Rua there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golden blocks Rua's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rua throwing hammer fists to the chest of Golden. What's that going to do exactly?
Golden is landing with some decent strikes but Rua is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rua flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rua flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rua is squirming around, avoiding Golden's attempts to control the action.
Golden lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua is looking to improve his position but Golden isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Glory Of The Golden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rua has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hendo Rua!