PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Conor Ruttenum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mouse Rat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruttenum comes to the cage accompanied by Run this town. 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.

Ruttenum
vs
Rat

191 cm
22
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Ruttenum !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mouse Rat!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rat scores with a jab to the body.

Ruttenum shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rat is trying to stand back up but Ruttenum is controlling him

Ruttenum is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Ruttenum is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rat defends it well.
Ruttenum sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rat defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruttenum trying to control from half guard but Rat is working away.
Ruttenum thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ruttenum is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rat sees it coming and defends easily.
Ruttenum is breathing heavily.
Ruttenum thows a huge punch but Rat dodges it nicely.
Rat is staying active underneath Ruttenum , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rat trying to control from the bottom.
Rat gets back to full guard.
Rat wants to stand and escape but Ruttenum is having none of it.
Ruttenum tries to free his leg and advance position but Rat is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rat wants to sweep here but Ruttenum controlling him for the moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Rat moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Ruttenum clinches up against the cage.
Rat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rat lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rat gets through Ruttenum 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Conor Ruttenum has been cut.
Rat lands a nice uppercut.
Ruttenum tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Rat.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rat throws an elbow but misses.
Rat gets through Ruttenum 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ruttenum tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rat lands a right hand.
Rat lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ruttenum backwards.

Ruttenum is rocked!
Rat lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Ruttenum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rat lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ruttenum to his knees! Rat keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mouse Rat!