PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Molito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Molito's choice of entrance music: Trophies. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rutten
vs
Molito

165 cm
30
162 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

168 cm
40
148 lbs
32 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bas Rutten!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Enrique Molito!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molito avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Molito swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rutten throws an overhand right that lands on Molito's shoulder, as Molito tries to avoid the shot.
Molito moves out of range as Rutten strikes.
Molito swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rutten throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Molito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rutten scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rutten throws a shot from downtown. Molito moves away and avoids it.
Rutten has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bi-Polar Asylum LV's #1 Public Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Rutten throws a chopping leg kick but Molito manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Molito let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fighters circling - Rutten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Molito! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutten throws a leg kick
and Molito counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rutten connects with a single shot there.
Molito has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bas Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutten throws a leg kick but Molito checks it.
Molito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten loads up on a big right hand but Molito slips the punch.
Molito looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rutten throws a leg kick that misses.
Rutten throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Enrique Molito has been cut.
Molito scores with a leg kick.
Molito on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rutten throws a one two combo.

Rutten closes the distance and clinches.
Molito tries to land knees in the clinch but Rutten avoids the damage to the body.
Molito landing knees to the body.
Rutten is trying to force a seperation but Molito has the dominant position.
Rutten is trying to push Molito away but Molito has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Molito has Rutten pressed against the ropes, preventing Rutten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten tries to break the clinch but Molito is controlling the position.

Rutten breaks the clinch.
Rutten throws a right and a left that Molito avoids nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Molito checks a leg kick.
A low kick from Rutten misses
and Molito counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Molito lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Molito has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Molito there as he acknowledges the shot.
Molito misses with a looping right.
Rutten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Molito ducks under a wild hook from Rutten.
Molito appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rutten throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Molito moves out of range of the leg kick from Rutten.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a jab when Molito was well out of range.
Rutten misses with a leg kick
and Molito counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Molito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rutten. Rutten obviously looking to wear him down.
Molito slips under a jab from Rutten.
Molito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rutten.
Rutten gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Molito.
Molito defending well as Rutten loads up on a big left hand.
Rutten throws a jab when Molito was well out of range.
Molito looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big left from Rutten misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rutten.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molito checks a leg kick nicely.
Rutten rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Molito counters with a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rutten looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rutten throws a jab when Molito was well out of range.
Rutten walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Molito checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rutten misses with the combination.
Molito on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rutten's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Molito connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rutten scrambles back to his feet.
Rutten misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Rutten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Enrique Molito's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rutten attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Molito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Despite the aggression on Molito's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rutten misses with a two punch combination.
Rutten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Molito swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rutten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Molito moves away.
Good work by Molito as he checks the leg kick.
Rutten slips under a jab.
Molito checks a low kick from Rutten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Molito tries to keep at a distance but Rutten has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Molito fails to land.
Rutten is trying to break the clinch but Molito has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten working aggressively here.
Rutten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Molito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Molito might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rutten loads up on a big right hand but Molito slips the punch.
Rutten swings widly with a right hand
and Rutten takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rutten misses with a hook. Molito ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Molito misses its intended target.
Molito throws a shot from downtown. Rutten moves away and avoids it.
Rutten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Molito can do to turn this around?
A jab lands there for Rutten.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Molito checks a leg kick.
Rutten misses with a double jab.
Rutten misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rutten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Molito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rutten moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMolito.
Rutten misses with a wild combination.
Molito looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Molito drops his hands momentarily and Rutten takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rutten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Molito moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Molito checks a leg kick nicely.
Molito gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rutten.
Rutten finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rutten has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Molito finds it's way round the side to connect with Rutten's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a left and a right that both miss

and Molito counters with a crisp one two that drops Rutten! Molito thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Rutten to his feet! Rutten is in big trouble!

Rutten is rocked!
A low kick from Rutten is predictable there
and Molito counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Enrique Molito! Enrique Molito retains his lightweight title!
Enrique Molito decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.