PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Stenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stenner is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Escapado - Freiraum. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rutten
vs
Stenner

198 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Hardcore Nutrition
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Hardcore Nutrition

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, Antonio Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DJ Stenner!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rutten moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rutten.
Rutten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Come on Stenner - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stenner can't find room to land a body shot as Rutten controls the action.
Stenner is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Rutten is trying to maintain a safe position but Stenner gets an underhook and turns Rutten into the cage.
Rutten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stenner's efforts to push away.
Rutten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rutten taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rutten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutten trying to control the position but instead, Stenner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rutten into the cage.
Stenner lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner blocks the elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rutten takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stenner managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stenner.
Stenner lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rutten.
Stenner holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stenner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rutten or not.
Stenner wants to stall.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stenner is defending well for now.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten lands with a left to the head.
Rutten working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rutten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutten has Stenner pressed against the cage, preventing Stenner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stenner avoids it.
Stenner blocks a body shot from Rutten.
Rutten crunches a lovely knee into Stenner's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutten throws an elbow but it misses.
Stenner avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Stenner lands a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Stenner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from Stenner.
Rutten is pushing Stenner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stenner avoids the elbow strike from Rutten, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenner tries to work over Rutten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stenner managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Rutten is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Stenner avoids the damage to the body.
Rutten pushes off an throws an elbow but Stenner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutten avoiding damage.
Stenner is trying to push Rutten away but Rutten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stenner wants to break free but Rutten has control.
Stenner is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rutten obliges.
Rutten working aggressively here.
Rutten looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stenner avoids it.
Rutten scores with a shoulder strike.
Stenner stalling.
Rutten misses with a punch on the inside.
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stenner.
Stenner blocks an elbow strike from Rutten.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Stenner avoids the damage to the body.
Stenner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rutten slowing the pace effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten pushes off an throws an elbow but Stenner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Stenner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stenner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rutten tries to clinch but Stenner moves out of range.
DJ Stenner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutten takes one on the button.

Rutten has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stenner blocks a body shot from Rutten.
Rutten has a couple of punches blocked by Stenner.
Stenner wants to get back to striking at distance but Rutten won't allow it.
Stenner has had enough of the clinch but Rutten keeps him there for the moment.
Rutten lands a hook that snaps the head of Stenner backwards.
Rutten is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stenner is looking to control Rutten's arms but Rutten gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stenner has his back to the cage.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Stenner avoids the damage to the body.
Rutten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutten trying to control the position but instead, Stenner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rutten into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Stenner avoids the elbow strike from Rutten, against the cage.
Rutten is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stenner blocks an elbow strike.
Antonio Rutten has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Stenner avoids the damage to the body.
Stenner has had enough of the clinch but Rutten keeps him there for the moment.
Rutten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stenner's face.

It looks like DJ Stenner has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stenner takes an elbow to the temple.
Stenner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rutten has Stenner pressed against the cage.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stenner avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stenner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stenner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stenner blocks a body shot from Rutten.
Stenner is trying to break the clinch but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Rutten pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutten is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Stenner avoids the damage to the body.
Stenner pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stenner blocks an elbow strike.
Stenner tries to work over Rutten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutten scores a nice knee to the body.
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stenner.
Stenner avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Stenner can't break the clinch.
Stenner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenner wants to get back to striking at distance but Rutten won't allow it.
Stenner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Stenner avoids the damage to the body.
Stenner is trying to break the clinch but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Rutten misses with a punch to the body.
Stenner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stenner lands with a right to the head.
Rutten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stenner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stenner is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rutten misses with some punches.
Stenner is trying to break free.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stenner is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rutten lands an elbow inside that Stenner shrugs off.
Rutten throws an elbow that misses.
Rutten lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Rutten dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on DJ Stenner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Stenner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rutten can pounce on him.
Rutten throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stenner's waist but Stenner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rutten off to one side.
Rutten shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stenner but Stenner pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stenner swings for the body but Rutten moves out of range.
Stenner feints a jab promting Rutten to slip. Stenner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rutten slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Stenner clinches up with Rutten and pushes him back against the cage.
Stenner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Stenner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rutten lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner lands with a light punch inside.
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stenner.
Rutten stalling against the cage.
Rutten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stenner is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Rutten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stenner avoids it.
Stenner blocks an elbow strike.
Stenner blocks a body shot from Rutten.
Stenner blocks a body shot from Rutten.
Rutten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rutten trying to stall but Stenner improves his position.
Stenner lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Stenner's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenner blocking some punches.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Stenner can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Rutten.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stenner effectively controlling the action here.
Rutten lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stenner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stenner tries to circle away but Rutten has him pinned against the cage.
Stenner is trying to break free.
Stenner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stenner is looking to control Rutten's arms but Rutten gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stenner has his back to the cage.
Stenner tries to break free but Rutten pushes him back against the cage.
Antonio Rutten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stenner wants to get back to striking at distance but Rutten won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Rutten.
Rutten lands an elbow inside that Stenner shrugs off.
Stenner tries to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling the position.
Stenner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rutten or not.
Rutten lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rutten throws an elbow but misses.
Stenner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rutten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutten cracks Stenner with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stenner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stenner avoids it.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rutten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stenner stalling in the clinch but Rutten improves position.
Stenner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rutten's elbow.
Rutten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
DJ Stenner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stenner avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Rutten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stenner.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Rutten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rutten, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Rutten!