PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Schtolteheim Reinbach III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reinbach III comes into the arena with Suikoden IV - A Formidable Enemy Arrives blaring out of the sound system. Ruzic is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky. 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.

Reinbach III
vs
Ruzic

180 cm
26
202 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

185 cm
30
192 lbs
29 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brute

Brute
Fighters First Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Schtolteheim Reinbach III!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josip Ruzic!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinbach III fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ruzic is out of range.
Reinbach III ducks under a wild hook from Ruzic.
Ruzic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reinbach III.
Ruzic staying out of range there.
Reinbach III connects with an inside leg kick.
Reinbach III swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ruzic counters with a straight right hand.
Ruzic avoids the body shot from Reinbach III.
Ruzic throws a shot to the body.
Ruzic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reinbach III moves away from the strike by Ruzic.
Reinbach III looks to land a combination. Ruzic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Reinbach III tries to score with a low kick but Ruzic moves his leg out of the way.
Reinbach III misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reinbach III lands a front kick.
Reinbach III will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ruzic takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinbach III throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reinbach III closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ruzic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ruzic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ruzic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reinbach III swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reinbach III throws the left hand but Ruzic avoids the punch easily.
Reinbach III looks for the body kick but Ruzic saw that one coming.
Ruzic with a poor takedown
and Reinbach III counters with a straight right hand.
Reinbach III tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruzic was well out of range. Poor timing from Reinbach III.
Reinbach III misses with a hook. Ruzic ducked under it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruzic blocks the leg kick.
Ruzic lands with a straight right. Reinbach III didn't see that one coming.
Reinbach III looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruzic is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinbach III swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ruzic. That's going to slow Reinbach III down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruzic lands a jab to Reinbach III's midsection.
Ruzic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reinbach III sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Schtolteheim Reinbach III has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josip Ruzic.
Reinbach III swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Reinbach III misses its intended target.
Reinbach III throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruzic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Reinbach III throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reinbach III, right into the meat.
Ruzic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Reinbach III.
Reinbach III tries to land a front kick but Ruzic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reinbach III throws a front kick aimed at Ruzic's knee but Ruzic avoids it well.
Ruzic throws a jab when Reinbach III was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinbach III takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Ruzic closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Reinbach III did well to prevent Ruzic getting side control.
Ruzic thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reinbach III's head.
Reinbach III is trying to control but can't.
Ruzic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Reinbach III keeps working.
Reinbach III is doing well to control the position and prevent Ruzic from advancing to side control.
Reinbach III is pressing down on Ruzic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reinbach III tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ruzic throws a big right hand that misses.
Reinbach III keeping moving, preventing Ruzic from controlling successfully.
Reinbach III looking for a sweep. Not yet Reinbach III, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinbach III looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The crowd cheers as Ruzic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reinbach III doesn't seem phased though.
Ruzic thumps Reinbach III with a low kick.
Ruzic jabs Reinbach III right on the nose. Reinbach III blinks but takes it well.
Ruzic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ruzic cracks Reinbach III with a good jab.
Ruzic connects with a single shot there.
Ruzic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Reinbach III had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Reinbach III pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ruzic gets the takedown into side control.
Ruzic trying to control the position but Reinbach III is working away.
Reinbach III can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Josip Ruzic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fighters circling - Reinbach III throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reinbach III on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ruzic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Reinbach III will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reinbach III gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruzic.
Reinbach III turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ruzic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reinbach III misses with a head kick.
Reinbach III with a hook.
Reinbach III tries to work over Ruzic's front leg with a kick but Ruzic checks it.
Reinbach III walks into a straight right hand from Ruzic.
Ruzic misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic misses with a head kick.
Reinbach III uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruzic.
Ruzic changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Reinbach III tries to avoid it but Ruzic manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Reinbach III to the ground. Reinbach III escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ruzic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Reinbach III throws a wild body kick that Ruzic sees coming a mile off.
Reinbach III waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ruzic.
Josip Ruzic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ruzic connects with a looping right hand.
Ruzic moves out of range of the strikes.
Reinbach III swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ruzic dips to his left and cracks Reinbach III with an uppercut!
Ruzic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reinbach III.
Reinbach III chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruzic can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinbach III shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reinbach III throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reinbach III throws a front kick aimed at Ruzic's knee but Ruzic avoids it well.
Ruzic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Reinbach III at a distance.
Reinbach III just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruzic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ruzic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reinbach III showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ruzic.
Reinbach III throws a jab but it's blocked by Ruzic.
Ruzic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reinbach III misses with a low kick.
Reinbach III getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinbach III throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruzic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reinbach III looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reinbach III scores with a jab.
Reinbach III misses with a body shot.
Ruzic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Reinbach III if he has to take too many more of those.
Schtolteheim Reinbach III seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruzic slips a jab from Reinbach III.
Ruzic checks the leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Ruzic scores with a four punch combination!
Ruzic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ruzic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ruzic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reinbach III throws a low kick, looking for Ruzic's leg but Ruzic calmly moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reinbach III misses with a wild body shot.
Ruzic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reinbach III misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Reinbach III misses.
Ruzic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ruzic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reinbach III manages to avoid it.
Ruzic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reinbach III.
Reinbach III connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ruzic. Ruzic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Reinbach III throws a half hearted mid kick.
Schtolteheim Reinbach III is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reinbach III thows a body shot but no joy.
Reinbach III misses with a low kick.
Ruzic throws a good cross that connects.
Ruzic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Josip Ruzic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.

Good standup being displayed there by Ruzic as he connects with a hook.
Ruzic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reinbach III throws a lazy body kick
and Ruzic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ruzic misses with a body kick.
Ruzic tries to clinch up.
Reinbach III takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruzic jabs at Reinbach III's body.
Reinbach III looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruzic is just out of range.
Ruzic throws a leg kick that misses.
Ruzic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Reinbach III tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reinbach III goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reinbach III throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ruzic counters with a two punch combo.
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!
Ruzic tried to score with a low kick but Reinbach III checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic wants to clinch up but Reinbach III keeps it at a distance.
Reinbach III looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reinbach III swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruzic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ruzic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Ruzic finds it's way through Reinbach III's defenses.
Ruzic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reinbach III throws a big shot that misses.
Reinbach III throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ruzic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reinbach III throws a right and a left that Ruzic avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruzic misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reinbach III. Ruzic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reinbach III swings for the body but Ruzic moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic misses with a kick to the body.
Ruzic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reinbach III takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reinbach III connects with an inside leg kick.
A cross from Ruzic lands.
Ruzic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ruzic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reinbach III does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ruzic.
The strikes coming from Ruzic are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Reinbach III is trying to control Ruzic's posture but Ruzic avoids it.
Reinbach III sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Schtolteheim Reinbach III has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic wants to pass to mount but Reinbach III is defending the position.
Ruzic trying to control from half guard but Reinbach III is working away.
Reinbach III wants to control but Ruzic passes into side.
Reinbach III is trying to get back to half guard.
Ruzic cracks Reinbach III with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Josip Ruzic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ruzic taking a breather here.
Reinbach III struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinbach III stops Ruzic from passing to mount.
Reinbach III tries to bench press Ruzic off him but Ruzic keeps the position.
Ruzic trying to control the position but Reinbach III is working away.
Reinbach III is trying to get back to half guard.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Reinbach III is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reinbach III is trying to control Ruzic's posture but Ruzic avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josip Ruzic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruzic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josip Ruzic!
A relieved looking Josip Ruzic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.