PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dean Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Landis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landis has chosen Victory Puff Daddy as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ruiz
vs
Landis

214 cm
24
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ethan Landis!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz moves out of range as Landis throws a body kick.
Landis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ruiz jumps into guard, dragging Landis to the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Landis throws a big right hand that misses.
Ruiz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Landis trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Landis throws a strike but Ruiz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ruiz throwing strikes but missing.
Ruiz postures up.
Landis has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ruiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ruiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ruiz wanted to stand there but Landis had control of the position.
Ruiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ruiz wanted to stand there but Landis had control of the position.
Ruiz throws a strike but Landis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ethan Landis was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Ruiz gets tackled into the cage by Landis. Landis maintains the clinch.
Ruiz fails to pull guard.
Landis looking to slow down the pace here.
Ruiz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Landis gets underhooks to prevent Ruiz's takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Landis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Landis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Landis misses with an uppercut. Ruiz saw that one coming.
Landis has a takedown stuffed.
Ruiz tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Landis defends well and Ruiz ends up having to push Landis into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Ruiz pulls guard effortlessly.
Landis trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ruiz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Landis advances position into side control!
Landis wants to stand but Ruiz has his arm trapped.
Landis wants to control but Ruiz is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ethan Landis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ruiz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Ruiz is looking for a kimura but Landis is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ruiz to get the leverage.
Ruiz throws a strike but Landis avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Landis looking for a sweep. Not yet Landis, not yet.

Landis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ruiz defends it easily.
Landis looking for a sweep. Not yet Landis, not yet.
Ruiz postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ruiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ruiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Landis trying to keep a closed guard but Ruiz is proving a slippery customer.
Ruiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ethan Landis has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz wants to stand but Landis is controlling his posture from full guard.
Landis is trying to control the position but Ruiz postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruiz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ruiz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Landis on the ground.
Ruiz throwing strikes from guard but Landis blocks nicely.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ruiz throws a big right hand that misses.
Landis lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Landis is stalling in the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ethan Landis was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Landis misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ruiz tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Landis defends well and Ruiz ends up having to push Landis into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Landis breaks the clinch.
Landis just misses with a punch to the body.

Landis gets tackled into the cage by Ruiz. Ruiz maintains the clinch.
Ruiz stalling in the clinch but Landis improves position.
Ruiz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Landis just stands there and leans against the cage.
Landis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruiz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ruiz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landis managing to block the knees to the body from Ruiz.
Ruiz looking to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Landis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Landis instigates a clinch.
Landis blocks a body shot from Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Landis.

Landis pulls guard effortlessly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Landis looking for a triangle here. Ruiz is fighting it but it looks tight! Landis pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Ruiz is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ethan Landis!
Ethan Landis decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.