PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellington comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West - Champion. Brick Wellington could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bas Rutten's chin.

Wellington
vs
Rutten

203 cm
21
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brick Wellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bas Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wellington takes a swing at Rutten's ribcage but misses.
Wellington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Rutten shoots in and gets a takedown into Wellington's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Wellington wants to get back to his feet but Rutten is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rutten in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rutten won't allow Wellington to sweep him here.
Rutten in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wellington will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wellington is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Wellington had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rutten defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten wants to control from the top but Wellington keeps moving.
Rutten wanted to stand there but Wellington had control of the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bas Rutten.
Wellington tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rutten swivels and escapes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rutten, right into the meat.

Rutten gets a clinch.

Rutten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rutten scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wellington is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rutten's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Rutten seems to be working for a kimura but Wellington defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wellington is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rutten seems to be looking for submissions.
Rutten thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wellington has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rutten is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rutten in particular looking to stall.
Wellington is trying to maintain the position but Rutten is very close to passing his half guard.

Brick Wellington has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Wellington tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rutten takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Rutten shoots in and gets a takedown into Wellington's guard.
Rutten would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Rutten dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A bone on bone clash there as Rutten blocks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wellington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wellington lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Bas Rutten has been cut.

Rutten bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Rutten decides to stand back up. Rutten steps back and let's Wellington get back to his feet.
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!

Rutten looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wellington manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bas Rutten has got the better of the ground game so far.

Wellington is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rutten defends well.
Rutten must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Wellington looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Rutten is defending well. Wellington quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Rutten has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Wellington celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brick Wellington!
A very excited looking Brick Wellington made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.