PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Clay
vs
Rua

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wanderlei Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mauricio Rua!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rua lands a left and a right that sends Clay crashing to the canvas! Rua dives into mount looking to finish!

Clay is rocked!

It looks like Wanderlei Clay has been cut.
Clay looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rua has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clay's face.
Oh Clay is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clay wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rua.
Rua landing punches.
Rua postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Clay badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Rua around the waist but Rua pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Rua is the winner by TKO! Rua jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mauricio Rua!