PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taz Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bickle
vs
Rutten

176 cm
33
184 lbs
28 - 11 - 2

182 cm
33
171 lbs
30 - 10 - 1

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Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Bickle !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taz Rutten!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Rutten misses its intended target.
An inside leg kick from Bickle misses.
Rutten misses with a body shot.
Rutten connects with a solid leg kick.
Bickle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rutten misses with a straight left.
Taz Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bickle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Rutten.
Rutten throws a lazy body kick
and Bickle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutten just misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle is looking to chop away at Rutten's legs.
Bickle connects with a solid leg kick.
Bickle avoids the head kick by Rutten.
Rutten missing with a left hand there. Bickle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rutten has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rutten misses with a low kick.
Rutten has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bickle .
Rutten throws a sloppy head kick and Bickle moves out of range easily.
Rutten scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rutten wants to slow Bickle down by chopping away at his legs.
Bickle has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bickle swings for the body but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rutten throws a one two combo.
Rutten cracks Bickle with an open hand slap.
Rutten throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rutten misses with an uppercut.
Rutten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bickle .
Bickle tries to work over Rutten's front leg with a kick but Rutten checks it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bickle crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rutten - the referee stops the clock and Bickle gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rutten. Bickle manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bickle looks to land a body kick but Rutten moved away.
Rutten stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bickle .
Rutten throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bickle counters with a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rutten tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten throws a leg kick that misses.
Rutten misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rutten.
Bickle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bickle throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rutten rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bickle counters with a right hand to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rutten.
Rutten lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bickle checks a leg kick.
Bickle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rutten takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rutten throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rutten throws a lazy head kick
and Bickle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bickle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rutten lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bickle .
Rutten misses with a body kick.
Bickle avoids the body shot from Rutten.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a jab but it's blocked by Rutten.
Bickle tries to clinch up.
Rutten lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bickle avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bickle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rutten fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bickle checks it well.
Bickle checks a low kick from Rutten.
Nice defenses there by Bickle .
Rutten misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rutten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rutten smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rutten swats away the attempt to clinch by Bickle .
Rutten misses with a double jab.
Bickle just misses with a punch to the body.
Rutten on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bickle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rutten checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten connects with an inside leg kick.
Rutten misses with a kick to the body.
Rutten scores with a jab to the head.
Rutten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bickle 's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bickle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rutten pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Bickle drives through and clinches with Rutten against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rutten lands with a light punch inside.
Rutten softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rutten looking to throw knees to the head but Bickle is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rutten takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bickle lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rutten misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taz Rutten dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bickle scores with a hook to the body. Rutten takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rutten lands a head kick!
Bickle moves forwards but Rutten connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rutten tries to work over Bickle 's front leg with a kick but Bickle checks it.
Rutten misses with a shot to the body
and Bickle counters with an outside leg kick.
Rutten tries to land a front kick but Bickle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bickle scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Rutten.
Bickle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rutten.
Taz Rutten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rutten misses with a series of wild punches.
Rutten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rutten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickle . Rutten does a little dance to reset his feet.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rutten in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rutten's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bickle under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten takes one to the chin there.
Bickle is looking to wear down Rutten with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bickle throws a leg kick but Rutten moved away.
Bickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bickle tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rutten fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bickle is out of range.
Rutten misses with a body kick.
Rutten lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bickle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bickle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutten manages to avoid it.
Rutten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bickle 's calf.
Rutten throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bickle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rutten checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rutten keeps the fight on the outside.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch but Rutten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rutten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rutten looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bickle looks to land a right hand but Rutten moved out of range.
Rutten misses with a two punch combination.
Bickle throws out a leg kick but Rutten moves out of range and Bickle only half commits.
Rutten looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rutten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bickle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rutten misses the shot to the body.
Bickle slips a jab from Rutten.
Bickle lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rutten will feel that in the morning.
Bickle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rutten.
Rutten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rutten misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Rutten. That snapped Bickle 's head back.
Rutten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rutten slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutten.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten moves out of range as Bickle throws a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rutten.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bickle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rutten.
Bickle takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bickle throws a low kick but Rutten avoids it.
Rutten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bickle . That did some damage!
Bickle throws a leg kick which misses Rutten's front leg but catches the back leg as Rutten tries to avoid it.
Bickle connects with a crisp jab.
Rutten throws a wild body kick that Bickle sees coming a mile off.
Rutten doesn't manage to clinch there - Bickle circles away.
Bickle moves in looking to clinch but Rutten pushes him off.
Rutten looks to land a right hand but Bickle moved out of range.
Rutten works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rutten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bickle was well out of range. Poor timing from Rutten.
Bickle thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickle . Rutten does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rutten connects with the punch.
Bickle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rutten to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutten throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rutten's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bickle drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rutten, right into the meat.
Rutten slips a jab and a cross from Bickle .
Rutten throws a combination that misses
and Bickle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rutten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bickle .
Bickle walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rutten.
Bickle will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rutten lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bickle throws a leg kick which misses Rutten's front leg but catches the back leg as Rutten tries to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Bickle - just one landing.
Rutten doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rutten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bickle is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taz Rutten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rutten with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good work by Rutten as he checks the leg kick.
Rutten just misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle looks to throw the jab but Rutten is out of range.
Rutten misses with a wild body shot.
Bickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rutten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bickle .
A bone on bone clash there as Bickle blocks the leg kick.
Rutten throws a leg kick but Bickle sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rutten throws a low kick but Bickle moves out of range easily.
Rutten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bickle throws a hook but Rutten blocks it.
Bickle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bickle moves out of range of the strikes.
Bickle misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rutten swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rutten lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bickle has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bickle and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bickle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rutten takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bickle crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rutten - the referee stops the clock and Bickle gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rutten. Bickle manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rutten misses the jab.
Rutten thows a body shot but no joy.
Rutten throws the left hand but Bickle avoids the punch easily.
Bickle takes a swing at Rutten's ribcage but misses.
Bickle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rutten uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bickle .
Rutten misses with a kick to the body
and Bickle counters with a solid body kick.
Bickle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rutten throws a jab when Bickle was well out of range.
Bickle takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is looking to clinch but Bickle is avoiding it.
Bickle moves out of range of the body kick.
Bickle moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bickle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rutten throws a wild body kick that Bickle sees coming a mile off.
Rutten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bickle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bickle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bickle wants to clinch up but Rutten keeps it at a distance.
Bickle connects with a solid leg kick.
Rutten misses with a two punch combination.
Travis Bickle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jab by Bickle .
Rutten looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bickle swats away the attempt to clinch by Rutten.
Rutten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten lunges at Bickle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bickle 's hand.
Bickle moves forwards but Rutten connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rutten throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bickle on the side of the head.
Rutten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bickle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rutten.
A punch combination from Rutten misses.
Rutten slips a straight right by Bickle .
A slapping body kick lands there for Rutten.
Rutten looks for the body kick but Bickle saw that one coming.
Rutten fakes the leg kick and cracks Bickle in the body.
Rutten misses with a series of wild punches.
Bickle throws a wild body kick that Rutten sees coming a mile off.
Rutten cracks Bickle with an open hand slap.
Bickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Rutten tenderised Bickle 's leg. Bickle is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rutten throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten misses with a low kick as Bickle jumps back.
Rutten closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bickle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rutten lands a glancing blow to the side of Bickle 's head.
Rutten scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rutten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bickle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bickle misses with a looping left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bickle blocks the body kick.
Bickle punishes Rutten's body with a nice straight punch.
Rutten takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A bone on bone clash there as Rutten blocks the leg kick.
Rutten moves out of range of the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taz Rutten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rutten has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taz Rutten!
A victorious Taz Rutten thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.