PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timur Rubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beck has chosen Sepultura - Roots Boody Roots as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rubin
vs
Beck

190 cm
30
256 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

195 cm
35
263 lbs
32 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timur Rubin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Beck!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beck fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rubin on the side of the head.
Rubin lands a slapping body shot.
A slow jab from Rubin misses its intended target.
Beck is trying to counter with his kicks.
Timur Rubin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beck takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rubin.
Beck shapes to counter with a head kick.
Rubin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Hans Beck has been cut.
Beck jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rubin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Beck has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Beck goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rubin ducks under a wild hook from Beck.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rubin. Beck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rubin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rubin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beck at a distance.

Rubin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beck is trying to escape the position but Rubin is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rubin is looking to take a break and control but Beck is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Beck wants to control but Rubin postures up.
Beck is looking for a sweep.
Rubin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beck keeps working.
Beck gets back to half guard.
Beck trying to control but Rubin postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Beck looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Beck regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Rubin.
Rubin won't allow Beck to sweep him here.
Beck keeping moving, preventing Rubin from controlling successfully.
Rubin throwing strikes from guard but Beck blocks nicely.

Beck looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin won't allow Beck to get back to his feet.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Beck goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rubin tries to counter with a takedown but Beck is quick to defend against it.
Beck throws a jab when Rubin was well out of range.
Beck scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Beck dips to his left and cracks Rubin with an uppercut!

Rubin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rubin lands in his opponent's guard.
Rubin trying to control but Beck is working from the bottom.
Rubin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Beck looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rubin looking to sit in guard and control but Beck gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Beck looking to pass the guard.
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 Timur Rubin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hans Beck's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rubin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beck.
Beck connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rubin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Beck misses with a wild body shot.
Beck lands with a shot to the body.
Beck throws a sloppy head kick and Rubin moves out of range easily.
Rubin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rubin wants to slow Beck down by chopping away at his legs.
Beck feints a counter leg kick.
Rubin throws a jab but it's blocked by Beck.
Rubin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin staying out of range there.
Rubin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Timur Rubin is winning the standup battle so far.
Rubin takes a swing at Beck's ribcage but misses.
Rubin misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin lands with an uppercut that bounces Beck off the cage and back into range.
Beck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rubin.
Beck appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jab by Rubin.
Beck throws a jab when Rubin was well out of range.
Beck throws a body kick that misses.
Beck moves away from the strike by Rubin.
Good standup being displayed there by Rubin as he connects with a hook.

That has opened up Hans Beck's cut even more.
Beck fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rubin.
Beck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rubin.
Beck looks to throw the jab but Rubin is out of range.
Beck throws a body shot but no joy.
Beck takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rubin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Check out the look on Rubin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rubin misses with the ground and pound.
Beck managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rubin.
Rubin working away.
Check out the look on Rubin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rubin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Check out the look on Rubin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Hans Beck's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hans Beck's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Timur Rubin!
Timur Rubin retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Timur Rubin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.