PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorjo Kozacz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Rutecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rutecki has chosen Remember the Name as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Kozacz
vs
Rutecki

186 cm
24
170 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

180 cm
48
178 lbs
38 - 54 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jorjo Kozacz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 54 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dexter Rutecki!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutecki misses with a wild combination.
Kozacz attempts a counter takedown but Rutecki avoids it well and moves away.
Rutecki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kozacz backs up against the cage.
Rutecki scores with a head kick.
Rutecki with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Rutecki clinches up with Kozacz and pushes him back against the cage.
Rutecki prevents Kozacz from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rutecki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rutecki lands with a kick to the temple. Kozacz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Jorjo Kozacz has been cut.
Rutecki tries to bum rush Kozacz with a series of wild strikes but Kozacz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutecki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kozacz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutecki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rutecki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kozacz half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Kozacz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rutecki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Kozacz gets tackled into the cage by Rutecki. Rutecki maintains the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rutecki.
Rutecki lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kozacz to his knees! Rutecki keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dexter Rutecki!
A very excited looking Dexter Rutecki made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.