PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tom Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus McTearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Ryan
vs
McTearson

184 cm
29
175 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

193 cm
26
188 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rufus McTearson!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTearson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ryan under the eye.
We've been informed that McTearson 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.
Ryan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McTearson lands a jab to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ryan.
A punch combination from McTearson misses.
McTearson tries a head kick but it misses.
Ryan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ryan throws a low kick but McTearson avoids it.
Ryan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ryan throws a right hand that misses
enabling McTearson to counter with a crisp jab.
McTearson scores with a shot to the body.
McTearson looks to land a body kick but Ryan moved away.
Ryan tries a head kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as McTearson blocks the leg kick.
McTearson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ryan lands with a slapping head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ryan misses with a low kick as McTearson jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McTearson.
McTearson scores with a jab to the jaw.
A lazy left from McTearson finds it's target.
McTearson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McTearson lands a jab to the head.
A head kick by Ryan misses
and McTearson counters with a right hand to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McTearson, as that shot connected.
McTearson misses with a hook.
Ryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McTearson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ryan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from McTearson.
McTearson is looking to clinch.
McTearson throws a leg kick but Ryan moved away.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from McTearson.
McTearson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
McTearson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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!
Ryan just misses with a punch to the body.
McTearson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan lands a nice looking body kick.
McTearson looks to land a left hand but Ryan moved out of range nicely.
Ryan throws a leg kick but McTearson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A head kick from McTearson lands but Ryan takes it in his stride.
Ryan throws a leg kick that is checked
and McTearson counters with a slapping leg kick.
McTearson misses with a double jab.
Ryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ryan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McTearson.
Ryan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McTearson misses with a looping left.
McTearson misses the body punch
and Ryan counters with a body kick.
McTearson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ryan lands a jab.
Ryan thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ryan looks to throw the jab but McTearson is out of range.
Ryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McTearson was well out of range. Poor timing from Ryan.
No joy there for McTearson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Ryan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ryan throws the left hand but McTearson avoids the punch easily.
McTearson throws a body punch but Ryan moves out of range.
McTearson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ryan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McTearson scrambles back to his feet.
Ryan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McTearson checks it well.
Ryan misses with a looping left.
Ryan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McTearson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ryan throws a low kick, looking for McTearson's leg but McTearson calmly moves out of range.
Ryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ryan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McTearson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTearson throws a hook but Ryan blocks it.
McTearson checks a low kick from Ryan.
Ryan throws out a loose jab but McTearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
McTearson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ryan throws a shot to the body.
Ryan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McTearson moves away.
Ryan tried to score with a low kick but McTearson checks it.
Ryan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from McTearson.
Ryan throws a low kick but McTearson moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ryan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ryan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McTearson. That did some damage!
Ryan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tom Ryan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ryan throws a body punch but McTearson moves out of range.
McTearson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Ryan misses.
Ryan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ryan throws a low kick but McTearson moves out of range easily.
McTearson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ryan misses with the body kick
and McTearson counters with a two punch combo.
McTearson thows a body shot but no joy.
Ryan tries a low kick but McTearson avoids it.
Ryan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ryan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McTearson misses with a hook from the clinch.
McTearson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
McTearson lands an elbow inside that Ryan shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan can't find room to land a body shot as McTearson controls the action.
Ryan lands a hook that snaps the head of McTearson backwards.
Ryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ryan lands a right hand.
I was talking to Ryan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ryan blocking some punches.
Ryan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
McTearson lands an elbow inside that Ryan shrugs off.
Ryan misses with a body punch.
Ryan blocking some punches.
Ryan wants to break free but McTearson has control.
McTearson prevents a body shot from Ryan.
Ryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
McTearson scores with a nice hook to the head.
McTearson struggles to land a body shot inside as Ryan controls his hands.
Ryan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ryan struggles to land a body shot inside as McTearson controls his hands.
Ryan throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan is working McTearson over against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Ryan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McTearson lands a right hand.
McTearson working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Ryan fails to land.
Ryan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McTearson trying to land knees to the body.
Ryan cracks McTearson with a nice body shot.
McTearson throws a head punch that misses.
Ryan misses with a punch on the inside.
McTearson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ryan lands with a short shot to the head.
McTearson lands a good knee to the midsection. Ryan won't want to take too many of those.
McTearson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McTearson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
McTearson working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A good leg kick by McTearson.
Ryan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McTearson is out of range.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from McTearson.
Ryan throws a hook to the side of McTearson's head but McTearson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McTearson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ryan throws a head kick that misses.
Ryan slips a jab from McTearson.
McTearson thows a left - swing and a miss!
McTearson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ryan was well out of range. Poor timing from McTearson.
Tom Ryan is winning the standup battle so far.
McTearson defending well as Ryan loads up on a big left hand.
McTearson moves out of range of the strikes.
Ryan scores with a nice strike.
Ryan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McTearson avoids a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Ryan.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ryan.
McTearson throws an off balance right hand
and Ryan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ryan takes one to the chin there.
A jab from McTearson misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ryan. McTearson does a little dance to reset his feet.
McTearson misses with the combination.
McTearson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ryan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McTearson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McTearson takes a swing at Ryan's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ryan pivots, looking for a leg kick but McTearson is out of range and Ryan settles back down.
Ryan just misses with a punch to the body.
McTearson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McTearson misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tom Ryan will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ryan connects with the punch.
Ryan scores with a crisp jab that stopped McTearson in his tracks.
Ryan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ryan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ryan misses with a low kick.
McTearson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ryan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ryan slips under a jab.
Ryan 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.
Ryan avoids the body shot from McTearson.
McTearson takes a swing at Ryan's ribcage but misses.
Ryan jabs at McTearson's body.
Ryan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ryan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McTearson. That did some damage!
McTearson throws the left hand but Ryan avoids the punch easily.
McTearson misses with a wild body shot.
Ryan avoids the body shot from McTearson.
McTearson misses with a body kick.
McTearson throws a leg kick
and Ryan counters with a low kick, right behind McTearson 's knee.
Ryan cracks a nice hook into McTearson's ribs.
McTearson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McTearson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ryan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McTearson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jab from Ryan.
A lazy body kick from Ryan
and McTearson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McTearson thuds his right hand into Ryan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Danga de danga de dang - McTearson scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryan scores with a hook to the body. McTearson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
McTearson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ryan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McTearson misses with an uppercut. Ryan saw that one coming.
Ryan tries to land a front kick but McTearson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McTearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ryan.
McTearson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ryan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ryan misses with a low kick.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ryan throws a jab when McTearson was well out of range.
Ryan tries a low kick but McTearson avoids it.
A jab from Ryan misses.
Ryan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McTearson scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ryan throws a push kick but McTearson slaps the foot to one side.
Ryan moves away from the strike by McTearson.
Ryan misses with a body shot
and McTearson counters with a stiff right hand.
McTearson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ryan throws a chopping leg kick but McTearson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ryan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ryan moves forwards but McTearson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McTearson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McTearson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ryan motions for McTearson to come forward. Ryan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ryan throws a low kick, looking for McTearson's leg but McTearson calmly moves out of range.
Ryan cracks McTearson with an open hand slap.
McTearson throws a series of punches but Ryan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan just misses with a punch to the body.
McTearson's corner calls for a 1-2. McTearson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Ryan throws a push kick but McTearson slaps the foot to one side.
McTearson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ryan can pounce on him.
McTearson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ryan.
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!
McTearson misses with a hook.
McTearson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ryan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ryan.
Rufus McTearson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McTearson throws a leg kick that misses.
Ryan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ryan, right into the meat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Ryan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ryan 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Ryan!
A relieved looking Tom Ryan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.