PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Krutcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Ruanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krutcher comes to the cage accompanied by Fun Things - Savage. 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.

Krutcher
vs
Ruanti

181 cm
36
203 lbs
36 - 19 - 1

187 cm
38
220 lbs
43 - 18 - 1

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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason Krutcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Ruanti!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruanti blocks a jab.
Krutcher blocks a head kick by Ruanti.
Krutcher tries a head kick but it misses.
Krutcher moves out of range as Ruanti throws a body kick.
Ruanti blocks a leg kick.
Ruanti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Krutcher connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krutcher moves out of range of the body kick.
Krutcher is looking to clinch.
Krutcher looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Krutcher feints and then cracks Ruanti's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ruanti down.
Krutcher tries to clinch but Ruanti moves away
and Ruanti counters with an inside leg kick.
Krutcher lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ruanti takes a step back to recover.

Krutcher gets tackled into the cage by Ruanti. Ruanti maintains the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruanti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krutcher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krutcher blocks a body shot from Ruanti.
Krutcher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krutcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruanti avoids the damage to the body.
Ruanti trying to stall but Krutcher improves his position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Krutcher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ruanti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Krutcher tries a body shot but Ruanti blocks it.
Krutcher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruanti is defending well for now.
Krutcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ruanti avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ruanti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Krutcher misses with a body punch.
Ruanti content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ruanti scores with a hook to the body.
Krutcher blocks a body shot from Ruanti.
Krutcher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher tries to score a body lock takedown but Ruanti shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krutcher.
Krutcher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruanti looking to slow down the pace here.
Ruanti just leaning against Krutcher, taking a breather.
Ruanti scores with a shot to the side of Krutcher's head.
A head punch on the inside from Krutcher fails to land.
Ruanti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
Ruanti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ruanti blocks the elbow strike.
Krutcher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Ruanti - that landed with a thud.
Krutcher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruanti backwards.

Ruanti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krutcher avoids the head kick by Ruanti.
Krutcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruanti.
Nice shot lands for Krutcher.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruanti blocks a head kick by Krutcher.
Ruanti scores with a sloppy right hand. Krutcher should have avoided that one.
Krutcher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Krutcher bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krutcher is looking to chop away at Ruanti's legs.
Ruanti throws a sloppy head kick and Krutcher moves out of range easily.
Krutcher takes a swing at Ruanti's ribcage but misses.
Krutcher throws a head kick but Ruanti moves out of range.
Krutcher misses with a body kick.
Krutcher lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A leg kick checked by Ruanti.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher dips to his left and cracks Ruanti with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ruanti.
Ruanti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ruanti looks to score with a jab to the body but Krutcher is just out of range.
Ruanti swings for the body but Krutcher moves out of range.
Ruanti tries to close the distance and clinch but Krutcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruanti throws a lazy right hand but Krutcher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krutcher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruanti was well out of range. Poor timing from Krutcher.
Krutcher dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ruanti. That did some damage!
Ruanti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krutcher throws a push kick but Ruanti slaps the foot to one side.
Krutcher scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruanti throws a sloppy head kick and Krutcher moves out of range easily.
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 Jason Krutcher will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ruanti doesn't manage to clinch there - Krutcher circles away.
Ruanti throws a right hand that misses
and Krutcher counters with a nice uppercut.
Krutcher tries to clinch there but Ruanti circles away.
Ruanti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Krutcher fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruanti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruanti lands a body shot.
Jason Krutcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruanti slips a jab from Krutcher.
Ruanti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Krutcher.
Ruanti avoids the body shot from Krutcher.
Jab from Krutcher.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krutcher throws a leg kick
and Ruanti counters with a nice body shot.
Krutcher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krutcher with a nice cross.
Krutcher throws a wild body kick that Ruanti sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruanti connects with a leg kick. Krutcher looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krutcher tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Ruanti takes the fight into the clinch.
Ruanti looking to slow down the pace here.

Ruanti manages to break the clinch.
Jason Krutcher is winning the standup battle so far.
Krutcher blocks the body kick.
Ruanti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Krutcher lands a two punch combo.
Krutcher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A lazy left from Krutcher finds it's target.

Ruanti is rocked!
Krutcher jabs Ruanti to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ruanti is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruanti gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Krutcher gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Krutcher!
Jason Krutcher made sure to mention his sponsor, Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry in his post fight interview.