PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elvin Ruez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby TupperII (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ruez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Face Breaker - Poison Pen. Elvin Ruez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Ruez
vs
TupperII

178 cm
31
163 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

169 cm
33
168 lbs
12 - 13 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elvin Ruez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby TupperII!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ruez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
TupperII circles away from the clinch attempt.
TupperII on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice sprawl there from Ruez as TupperII shoots in.

Ruez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with TupperII, pushing him back against the cage.
TupperII wants to get back to striking at distance but Ruez won't allow it.
TupperII's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Ruez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Ruez.
Ruez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ruez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
TupperII blocks a jab.
TupperII shoots and misses
and Ruez counters with a nice body shot.
Ruez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Ruez drives through and clinches with TupperII against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ruez throws an elbow but misses.
TupperII is trying to push Ruez away but Ruez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ruez lands a shoulder strike.
TupperII taking a breather.
TupperII on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Ruez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruez is looking to clinch.
TupperII avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elvin Ruez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Ruez misses.
Ruez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
TupperII ducks right into an uppercut from Ruez.
Ruez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ruez moves into the clinch successfully.
Ruez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ruez gets through TupperII's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruez lands a right hand that snaps the head of TupperII backwards.

TupperII pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
TupperII tries for a takedown but Ruez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Elvin Ruez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby TupperII.
TupperII uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruez.
TupperII fails with the takedown
and Ruez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Ruez finds it's target.

It looks like Bobby TupperII has been cut.
Ruez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
TupperII fails with the takedown.

Ruez clinches up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruez.
TupperII on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruez lands a left hand.
Ruez tries to land knees in the clinch but TupperII avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
TupperII wants to get back to striking at distance but Ruez won't allow it.
Ruez stalling in the clinch.
TupperII has Ruez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ruez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Ruez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elvin Ruez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby TupperII's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

TupperII wants to clinch
and Ruez counters with a left and a right that stings TupperII.

Ruez moves into range and clinches up with TupperII.
Ruez stalling against the cage.
TupperII is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ruez is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for TupperII.
Ruez misses with an elbow over the top.

Ruez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
TupperII is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ruez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ruez looks for a takedown but TupperII sprawls well.
Ruez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but TupperII swivels and escapes.
A swing and a miss from Ruez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TupperII tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Ruez scores with a four punch combination!

Ruez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. TupperII quickly recovers to half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ruez is trying to control the action in half guard but TupperII is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

TupperII is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ruez pulls his head out easily.
Ruez is keen to just control but TupperII is a slippery customer.
TupperII is looking to control Ruez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can TupperII avoid being mounted?
TupperII avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ruez.
Ruez works his way into full mount!
Ruez 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruez unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruez controlling his opponent.
Ruez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. TupperII can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ruez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ruez working the ground and pound effectively.
Ruez tries to control but TupperII wriggling away.
Ruez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that TupperII can do to turn this around?
Ruez content just to control the position here.
TupperII working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ruez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ruez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ruez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That has opened up Bobby TupperII's cut even more.
TupperII is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
TupperII in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
TupperII is working to get back to half guard.
TupperII is squirming around, avoiding Ruez's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
TupperII is looking to get to half guard.
Ruez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as TupperII is looking to escape.
Ruez scoring with strikes but TupperII is staying in there.
Ruez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

TupperII is rocked!
Elvin Ruez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ruez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish TupperII?
TupperII is still in real trouble! Can Ruez finish him?

Bobby TupperII's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Elvin Ruez!
Elvin Ruez gave a mention to Al's Supplements - 160 Q for $150 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).