PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Ruanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pita Liva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Ruanti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ruanti
vs
Liva

187 cm
39
213 lbs
43 - 22 - 1

199 cm
26
280 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Ruanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pita Liva!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liva lands a really nice looking cross but Ruanti seems unphased.
Ruanti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruanti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liva tries a low kick but Ruanti avoids it.
Ruanti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GreatWall MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Ruanti wants to slow Liva down by chopping away at his legs.
Ruanti checks a leg kick.
Ruanti slips under a jab.
Liva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruanti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruanti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liva scoring well with a low kick there.
Liva lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruanti's head.
Liva throws a jab when Ruanti was well out of range.
Ruanti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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 head kick misses from Liva.
Ruanti lands a nice looking kick to the body. Liva takes a step back to recover.
Ruanti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Livas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruanti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
An inside leg kick from Ruanti misses.
Liva connects with a body shot.
Liva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ruanti.
Liva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ruanti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ruanti scores with a nice right hand.
Ruanti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ruanti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ruanti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liva.
Liva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Liva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Liva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ruantis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liva throws a right hand that misses
and Ruanti counters with a stiff right hand.
Liva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruanti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruanti throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Liva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruanti can pounce on him.
Ruanti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Liva looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruanti is just out of range.
Ruanti lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slow jab from Liva misses its intended target.
Ruanti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liva. Ruanti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruanti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liva.
A jab lands there for Liva.
Ruanti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Liva moves out of range as Ruanti strikes.
Liva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ruanti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruanti moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Liva looks winded!
Liva tries to land a leg kick but Ruanti saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Liva looks to land a body kick but Ruanti moved away.
Liva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Ruanti.
Liva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruanti moves away.
Ruanti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Liva pushes Ruanti up against the cage in a clinch.
Ruanti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruanti tries to break free but Liva pushes him back against the cage.
Liva scores with a shoulder strike.

Ruanti manages to break the clinch.
Ruanti slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Liva is rocked!
A head kick by Ruanti - that's a beauty! Liva is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Ruanti can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Daniel Ruanti!
An out of breath Daniel Ruanti thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.