PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rio Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mr Cherry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ruthless
vs
Cherry

188 cm
24
200 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

193 cm
22
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rio Ruthless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Cherry!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ruthless misses.
Rio Ruthless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruthless throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Ruthless does no damage.
Ruthless loads up on a big right hand but Cherry slips the punch.
Ruthless fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cherry avoids it really well and circles away.
Ruthless misses the shot to the body.
Ruthless misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Cherry as Ruthless shoots in.
Ruthless tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cherry is able to avoid easily.
Cherry moves out of range as Ruthless strikes.
Cherry scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Rio Ruthless has been cut.
Cherry throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cherry misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry connects with a jab.
Ruthless misses with a two punch combination.
Cherry takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Mr Cherry has been cut.
Cherry lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ruthless doesn't manage to clinch there - Cherry circles away.
Ruthless ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A left lands for Cherry.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ruthless clinches.
Cherry is trying to break the clinch but Ruthless is controlling him.
Cherry wants to get back to striking at distance but Ruthless won't allow it.
Ruthless keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cherry's efforts to push away.

Ruthless breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cherry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry lands a head kick!
Cherry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ruthless.

Ruthless is rocked!
Ruthless throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruthless throws a series of punches but Cherry moves out of range.

Ruthless scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cherry taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ruthless cracks Cherry with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ruthless creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cherry sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

Ruthless thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cherry can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ruthless thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ruthless wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cherry keeps working.
Cherry on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Ruthless is trying to get an arm triangle but Cherry is defending well.
Cherry is trying to control Ruthless's posture but Ruthless avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cherry tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruthless wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruthless landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cherry sneaks back into half guard.
Cherry is looking for a sweep. Ruthless is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry trying to control but Ruthless postures up.
Ruthless 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.
Cherry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ruthless.

Cherry looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cherry trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Ruthless manages to pass to mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruthless lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ruthless trying to control but Cherry is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ruthless jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Cherry manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ruthless working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rio Ruthless dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ruthless is defended easily by Cherry.
Cherry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruthless.
Ruthless tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cherry was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruthless.
Ruthless throws a nice looking combination but Cherry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Ruthless.
Ruthless cracks Cherry with an open hand slap.

That has opened up Mr Cherry's cut even more.
A nice combination there by Cherry.

Cherry lands a big head kick that sends Ruthless tumbling to the mat! Cherry takes a step backwards and waves Ruthless back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Ruthless is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cherry drops his shoulder and cracks Ruthless with a huge uppercut! Ruthless goes down! Can Cherry finish him?
Cherry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless has momentary wrist control but Cherry slips an elbow through the middle.
Cherry throws a strike but Ruthless rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ruthless loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruthless scoring with some ground and pound.
Ruthless stands and throws Cherry's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ruthless seems to have got his legs back now.
Ruthless lands an elbow.
Cherry takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Cherry is trying to control Ruthless's posture but Ruthless avoids it.
Cherry manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Cherry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ruthless.
Rio Ruthless overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cherry gets back to full guard.
Cherry is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ruthless is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry keeping moving, preventing Ruthless from controlling successfully.

Cherry looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Cherry has his foot on Ruthless's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ruthless works his way back into a safe position though.
Cherry controls Ruthless momentarily but Ruthless frees himself.
Ruthless wants to control from the top but Cherry keeps moving.
Ruthless is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cherry is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Cherry has his foot on Ruthless's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ruthless works his way back into a safe position though.
Ruthless wants to control from the top but Cherry keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rio Ruthless just wasn't active enough.
Ruthless uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cherry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless throws a looping overhand right but Cherry ducks down to avoid it.
Cherry scores with a nice head shot.
Ruthless misses with a right hand
enabling Cherry to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruthless throws a right and a left that Cherry avoids nicely.
Cherry swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruthless.
Cherry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ruthless shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cherry as he jumps to the side.
Cherry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cherry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ruthless tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.
Cherry dodges the punch combination from Ruthless.
Ruthless lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cherry circles away quickly and effectively.
Cherry lands with a right hand.
Cherry walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruthless throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruthless walks into a left hand.

Rio Ruthless's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruthless looks to land a combination but Cherry avoids it well.
Ruthless drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ruthless misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Cherry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cherry staying out of range there.
Cherry slaps away a takedown attempt from Ruthless, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cherry shoots in and drives through. Ruthless sprawls well.
Ruthless misses with the combination.
Cherry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cherry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ruthless lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jab from Cherry.
Ruthless throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cherry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ruthless's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless tries to bum rush Cherry with a series of wild strikes but Cherry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rio Ruthless is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruthless misses with a few strikes there.
Ruthless waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cherry.
Cherry slips under a jab from Ruthless.
The crowd cheers as Ruthless lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cherry doesn't seem phased though.
Ruthless tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cherry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ruthless rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cherry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cherry cracks Ruthless with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ruthless misses with a wild body shot.
Ruthless throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheers as Cherry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ruthless doesn't seem phased though.
Ruthless tries to close the distance and clinch but Cherry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruthless misses with a double jab.

Cherry shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cherry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cherry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cherry throws a strike but Ruthless rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ruthless advances position into side control!
Ruthless wants to take a breather but Cherry manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Ruthless.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mr Cherry!