PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Perseus Danae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danae comes to the cage accompanied by Labyrinth - Thunder. Rutten is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: El Guapo Likes to Dance. Perseus Danae has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Danae
vs
Rutten

185 cm
31
212 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

190 cm
28
220 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Springfield HW Nutrition

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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Perseus Danae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bas Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danae thows a leg kick but Rutten checks it
and Rutten counters with a nice low kick that buckles Danae's knee momentarily.
Danae looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rutten connects with a solid leg kick.
Rutten lands with a kick to the temple. Danae shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Danae misses with a body kick.
Danae loads up on a big right hand but Rutten slips the punch.
Danae scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Rutten closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rutten obliges.

Rutten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rutten avoids the body shot from Danae.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danae misses with a left hand
and Rutten counters with a big head kick but Danae shrugs it off.
An inside leg kick lands from Rutten.
Rutten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rutten takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Danae throws a head kick but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten lands with a nice body kick.
Danae throws out a leg kick but Rutten moves out of range and Danae only half commits.
Crunch! Rutten slams his shin into Danae's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten thows a body kick. Danae tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rutten bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rutten throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Perseus Danae has been cut.
Rutten connects with a solid leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rutten.
Rutten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Danae manages to avoid it.
Danae throws a jab when Rutten was well out of range.
Rutten throws out a powerful jab.
Danae slips a jab and a cross from Rutten.
Danae has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Danae there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danae rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rutten moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rutten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danae blocks a leg kick.
A combination from Danae does no damage.
Danae misses the shot to the body.
Danae throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rutten lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rutten clinches up against the cage.
Rutten scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rutten blocks an uppercut.
Danae misses with the head strike.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rutten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danae's elbow.
Rutten crunches a lovely knee into Danae's ribcage.
Rutten lands a body punch.
Danae is breathing heavily.
Danae tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Rutten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danae swings widly with a right hand
and Rutten counters with a nice body kick.
Danae walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rutten.
A good leg kick by Rutten.
Rutten lands a nice looking body kick.
Rutten lands a head kick. Danae smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rutten lets loose with a powerful body kick. Danae will feel that in the morning.
Rutten scores with a body shot.
Rutten scores with a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rutten.
Perseus Danae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Rutten finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Rutten. That snapped Danae's head back.

Rutten gets a clinch.
Rutten lands an elbow inside.
Danae tries a body shot but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Perseus Danae's cut is getting worse.
Rutten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rutten lands a damaging elbow.
Rutten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Perseus Danae's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Danae will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rutten crunches a lovely knee into Danae's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Rutten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rutten paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rutten keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Jeez, Perseus Danae's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rutten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danae's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rutten connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Danae scrambles back to his feet.
Danae is looking to wear down Rutten with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Danae misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danae takes one to the chin there.
Rutten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rutten looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rutten delivers a nice body kick.
Danae ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rutten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Danae throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rutten lands with a good body shot.
A solid body kick from Rutten.
Rutten lands a slapping body shot.

Rutten drives through and clinches with Danae against the cage.

Rutten breaks the clinch.
Rutten throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danae takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutten.

Rutten closes the distance and pushes Danae back into the cage.
Rutten scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Rutten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Perseus Danae's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice jab there from Rutten.
Rutten throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rutten.
Danae lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Danae scores with a three punch combo!
Danae on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rutten bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Danae's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutten avoids the head kick by Danae.
Danae tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Rutten. Beautiful body shot.
Rutten misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rutten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rutten misses with a body kick.
Rutten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rutten scores with a spinning back kick!
Danae misses with a few strikes there.
Rutten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Rutten moves into the clinch.
Danae is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rutten connects with a knee to the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bas Rutten!
After winning the bout, Bas Rutten thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.