PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Ruent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes into the arena with Pendulum - Slam blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Blaze
vs
Ruent

190 cm
34
214 lbs
31 - 13 - 0

194 cm
33
238 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 31 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Ruent!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruent takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ruent is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Blaze.

It looks like Rick Ruent has been cut.
Blaze takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blaze keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Blaze on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruent throws a hook but Blaze blocks it.
Ruent throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blaze.
Blaze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruent.
Rick Ruent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blaze.
Blaze tries a head kick but it misses.

Blaze rushes Ruent and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Ruent breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaze thumps Ruent with a low kick.
We've been informed that Ruent has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Blaze swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ruent looks to score with a jab to the body but Blaze is just out of range.
Blaze pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruent swings for the body but Blaze moves out of range.
Ruent lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ruent lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blaze's sensitive parts.
Ruent throws a series of punches but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Blaze moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blaze scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruent takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ruent looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruent moves out of range of the leg kick from Blaze.
Nice uppercut lands for Ruent. That snapped Blaze's head back.
A cross from Ruent lands.
Ruent misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaze.

Ruent clinches up with Blaze and pushes him back against the cage.
Ruent blocks a body shot from Blaze.
Blaze avoids the elbow strike from Ruent, against the cage.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands a leg kick that knocks Ruent off balance momentarily.
Blaze dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ruent. That did some damage!
Blaze throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blaze throws a hook but Ruent avoids it easily.
Ruent throws out a loose jab but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruent takes a swing at Blaze's ribcage but misses.
Ruent misses with a right hand
and Blaze counters with a right hand to the body.
A clash of legs there as Ruent blocks the low kick.
Blaze takes a swing at Ruent's ribcage but misses.
Blaze moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Ruent checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruent swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaze scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ruent thows a body shot but no joy.
Blaze cracks a nice hook into Ruent's ribs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Blaze, as that shot connected.
Blaze is looking to wear down Ruent with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ruent jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruent looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ruent looks to score with a jab to the body but Blaze is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruent blocks the leg kick.
Blaze throws a push kick but Ruent slaps the foot to one side.
Ruent moves out of range of the leg kick from Blaze.
Ruent lands a right hook to the body.
Blaze blocks a head kick by Ruent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ruent, as that shot connected.
A swing and a miss from Ruent.
Blaze misses with a looping left.
Ruent throws a sloppy head kick and Blaze moves out of range easily.
Blaze connects with an inside leg kick.
A combination from Ruent does no damage.

Blaze lands a big head kick that sends Ruent tumbling to the mat! Blaze takes a step backwards and waves Ruent back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ruent looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Ruent throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze wants to land a leg kick but Ruent is out of range.
Blaze just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruent on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ruent takes a swing at Blaze's ribcage but misses.
Ruent walks into a left hand.
Ruent closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Ruent is rocked!
Ruent swings for the body but Blaze moves out of range.
Ruent is still on wobbly legs! Can Blaze finish him?
Blaze fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruent has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruent seems to have recovered his senses.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze lands a jab to the head.
Blaze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruent moves away.
Ruent missing with a left hand there. Blaze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blaze throws a series of punches but Ruent avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze lands a nice looking body kick.
Blaze connects with a nice looking jab.
Ruent takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ruent misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nino Blaze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Ruent's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A chopping leg kick lands by Blaze.
Ruent takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Blaze connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nino Blaze is winning the standup battle so far.
Blaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaze throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ruent.
Blaze lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ruent wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blaze misses with a two punch combination.
Blaze fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ruent looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze scores with a leg kick.
Ruent throws a sloppy head kick and Blaze moves out of range easily.
Blaze throws a leg kick but Ruent sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Blaze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruent can do to turn this around?
Blaze listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ruent is breathing heavily.
Ruent plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A good leg kick by Blaze.
Blaze misses with a wild combination.
Blaze lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ruent will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze swings for the body but Ruent moves out of range.
Blaze throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ruent throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Blaze scoring well with a low kick there.
Blaze connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ruent feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blazes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Blaze with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ruent tries a head kick but it misses.
Blaze avoids a kick to the body.
Blaze feints and then cracks Ruent's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ruent down.
Ruent takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blaze throws a nice outside leg kick.
Blaze lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blaze lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruent's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ruent takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ruent checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Blaze buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blaze.
Blaze scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blaze jabs at Ruent's body.
Blaze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruent.
Ruent checks the leg kick nicely there.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruent blocks the leg kick.
Ruent throws a poor cross that misses
and Blaze counters with a left to the body.
Ruent circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruent takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blaze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruent manages to avoid it.
Blaze connects with a single shot there.
Blaze connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Ruent drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Blaze follows Ruent to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nino Blaze!
Nino Blaze spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.