PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Outfuh Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus McTearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blood
vs
McTearson

191 cm
24
195 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

193 cm
25
188 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Outfuh Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rufus McTearson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTearson slips under a jab.
Blood connects with a nice looking jab.
McTearson misses with a hook. Blood ducked under it nicely.
Blood connects with a nice looking jab.
Blood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McTearson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blood takes one to the chin there.
Blood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've been told by Blood's head coaches at Humboldt Park Elite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Blood misses with a looping right.
Rufus McTearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McTearson misses with a hook to the body
and Blood counters with a low kick, right behind McTearson 's knee.
Blood tries to clinch but McTearson is having none of it.
McTearson moves out of range as Blood strikes.
Blood digs a good body shot into McTearson's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McTearson misses with a few strikes there.
Blood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTearson.
Blood pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blood walks into a jab.
McTearson moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab, jab by McTearson - just one landing.
Blood checks a leg kick nicely.
Blood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blood missing with a left hand there. McTearson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McTearson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blood counters with a straight right hand.
Blood connects with a crisp jab.

Blood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Blood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McTearson backwards.
A short uppercut from McTearson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McTearson is keeping busy.
McTearson misses with a knee strike.
Blood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blood blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood cracks McTearson with a nice body shot.
McTearson takes a shot to the head.
Blood misses with a punch to the body.
Blood is trying to force a seperation but McTearson has the dominant position.
Blood misses with a body punch.
McTearson told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Blood working aggressively here.
McTearson swings wildly with an uppercut but Blood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood dodges an elbow strike from McTearson.
Blood blocks an elbow strike from McTearson.
McTearson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McTearson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blood working aggressively here.
Blood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McTearson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blood misses with the head strike.
Blood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blood pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTearson crunches a lovely knee into Blood's ribcage.
Blood tries to work over McTearson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Blood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for McTearson.
Blood throws a hook but McTearson avoids it easily.
Blood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McTearson misses with a jab, cross combination.
McTearson connects with an inside leg kick.
McTearson throws out a loose jab but Blood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up but McTearson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blood scores with a crisp jab that stopped McTearson in his tracks.
Blood catches McTearson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Blood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McTearson.
McTearson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blood misses with a hook. McTearson ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTearson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McTearson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blood moves away.
Blood bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
McTearson avoids the body shot from Blood.
Blood tries to clinch up.
Blood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Blood misses with a leg kick
and McTearson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McTearson slips a straight right by Blood.
McTearson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blood.
Blood avoids the head kick by McTearson.
McTearson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blood.
McTearson moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Blood rushes McTearson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Blood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blood is trying to stall.
Blood cracks McTearson with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Outfuh Blood dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McTearson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McTearson lands a jab to the nose.
Blood stuns McTearson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McTearson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blood blocks a head kick by McTearson.
Blood jabs McTearson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McTearson throws a big shot that misses.
McTearson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Blood misses.
Nice defenses there by McTearson.
Blood jabs at McTearson's body.
Blood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McTearson.
Blood swings widly with a right hand
and McTearson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Blood thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blood walks into a jab.
McTearson looks to throw the jab but Blood is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McTearson misses with a leg kick.
McTearson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McTearson tests Blood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blood avoids the head kick by McTearson.
McTearson misses with a looping left.
Blood lands a nice shot to the body.
Outfuh Blood is winning the standup battle so far.
McTearson throws a wild body kick that Blood sees coming a mile off.
McTearson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Blood wants to clinch up but McTearson keeps it at a distance.
Blood throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McTearson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blood misses with a looping right.
McTearson misses with a hook. Blood ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTearson misses with an uppercut
and Blood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McTearson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McTearson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blood is able to avoid easily.
McTearson scores with a decent looking hook.
Blood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McTearson's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood throws a hook to the side of McTearson's head but McTearson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McTearson moves away from the strike by Blood.
McTearson misses the shot to the body.
McTearson throws a head kick that misses.
Blood doesn't manage to clinch there - McTearson circles away.
Blood scoring well with a low kick there.
Blood digs a good hook to McTearson's body.
McTearson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Blood.
Blood blocks a head kick by McTearson.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McTearson moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a straight right.
McTearson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McTearson missing with a left hand there. Blood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blood tries to clinch up but McTearson circles away and keeps his distance.
Blood throws a poor cross that misses
and McTearson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McTearson was well out of range. Poor timing from Blood.
Blood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McTearson throws out the jab.
Blood wants to clinch
and McTearson counters with a straight right hand.
Blood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McTearson misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Blood misses the target.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from McTearson.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Blood.
A left lands for McTearson.
McTearson misses with an uppercut. Blood saw that one coming.
McTearson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blood circles away quickly and effectively.
Blood defending well as McTearson loads up on a big left hand.
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!
A solid leg kick lands there for McTearson.
Blood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McTearson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McTearson.
Blood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Blood closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McTearson misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice left hand lands by Blood.
McTearson scores a nice knee to the body.
McTearson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McTearson being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Outfuh Blood dominated that second round.
That's time! Blood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Blood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blood tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blood misses with a wild body shot.
Blood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McTearson was well out of range. Poor timing from Blood.
McTearson looks to throw the jab but Blood is out of range.
McTearson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McTearson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blood's hands.
Blood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
McTearson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big left from McTearson misses.
The fighters circling - Blood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on McTearson's shoulder, as McTearson tries to avoid the shot.
Blood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good exchange - McTearson coming out on top.
Blood looks to score with a jab to the body but McTearson is just out of range.
McTearson lands a head kick. Blood smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McTearson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McTearson was well out of range. Poor timing from Blood.
Blood connects with a right hand. McTearson shakes it off.

McTearson gets tackled into the cage by Blood. Blood maintains the clinch.
McTearson misses with a punch on the inside.
McTearson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Outfuh Blood has been cut.
McTearson landing knees to the body.
Good body shot from McTearson.
McTearson throws a punch but it's blocked by Blood.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Blood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTearson misses with a punch on the inside.
Blood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blood throws a punch but it's blocked by McTearson.
Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as McTearson controls his hands.
McTearson has a couple of punches blocked by Blood.
Blood tries to break free but McTearson pushes him back against the cage.
Blood stalling in the clinch but McTearson improves position.
Blood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McTearson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

McTearson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McTearson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from McTearson.
Blood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Blood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McTearson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blood needs to keep his hands up - McTearson had a free shot at his head there.
Blood lands with a right hand.
Blood defending well as McTearson loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTearson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blood misses with a left hand
and McTearson counters with a nice uppercut.
McTearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blood.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch but McTearson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McTearson connects with the punch.
McTearson lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blood. McTearson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blood tries to clinch up but McTearson circles away and keeps his distance.
McTearson looks to score with a jab to the body but Blood is just out of range.
McTearson closes the distance and clinches up with Blood, looking for a takedown. McTearson pushes Blood against the cage but Blood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McTearson throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - McTearson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blood moves away from the strike by McTearson.
McTearson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blood misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTearson staying out of range there.
A jab from McTearson misses.
McTearson takes one on the button.

Blood rushes McTearson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Blood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTearson misses with the head strike.
Blood looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Blood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by McTearson. That's going to slow Blood down.
A telegraphed right hand from McTearson misses the target.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McTearson moves away.
Blood throws a big shot that misses.
Rufus McTearson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Blood.
McTearson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McTearson slips under a jab.
A low kick from McTearson misses
and Blood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Outfuh Blood.
Well Blood has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Outfuh Blood!
After winning the bout, Outfuh Blood thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.