PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugues De Payens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruiz
vs
De Payens

188 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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, Victor Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugues De Payens!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Payens tries to keep at a distance but Ruiz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ruiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Payens blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, De Payens scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from De Payens.
De Payens digs a right hand underneath Ruiz's ribcage. Ruiz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
De Payens effectively controlling the action here.
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Ruiz can't break the clinch.

De Payens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Victor Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Payens lands a head kick!

It looks like Victor Ruiz has been cut.
De Payens stuffs the takedown.
Ruiz takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Payens fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Payens throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ruiz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Payens throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

De Payens moves into the clinch.
De Payens lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Payens lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Payens takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

De Payens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Payens moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Payens lands a nice hook to Ruiz's body. Ruiz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

De Payens clinches.
De Payens is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Payens lands a shoulder strike.
De Payens lands a nice uppercut.
De Payens lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Payens working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Payens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ruiz or not.
De Payens lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from De Payens.
A short body shot lands from De Payens as the two fighters clinch.

De Payens's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Payens lands a nice shot to the body.
De Payens scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Payens works Ruiz's body with a nice hook.
De Payens ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hugues De Payens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruiz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Payens can pounce on him.
De Payens works Ruiz's body with a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Payens, as that shot connected.

De Payens lands a left and a right that send Ruiz crashing to the mat, dazed. De Payens thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Ruiz is rocked!
De Payens lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hugues De Payens!