PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conor Ruttenum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruttenum comes to the cage accompanied by The Game - El Chapo. Ruttenum is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Liam Bourne enters the cage!

Ruttenum
vs
Bourne

191 cm
24
217 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

175 cm
30
220 lbs
5 - 14 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Ruttenum !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Bourne!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bourne drives through and clinches with Ruttenum against the cage.
Ruttenum is breathing heavily.

Bourne breaks from the clinch.

Bourne clinches up with Ruttenum and pushes him back against the cage.

Ruttenum is fighting off a takedown attempt but Bourne is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Ruttenum to the mat. Ruttenum regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Bourne thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bourne not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bourne lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bourne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bourne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ruttenum 's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bourne's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Bourne gets to his feet - Ruttenum follows without any prompting.

Bourne moves into range and clinches up with Ruttenum .

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bourne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bourne rushes Ruttenum and presses him up against the cage.

Bourne tightens his grip and picks Ruttenum up, before dumping him to the ground. Ruttenum manages to land in guard.
Bourne with a nice head shot there.

Conor Ruttenum 's cut is getting worse.
Ruttenum keeping moving, preventing Bourne from controlling successfully.
Bourne scoring with punches to the head and body.

Conor Ruttenum 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bourne stays in close to Ruttenum 's body and controls the position.
Bourne postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bourne content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Jeez, Conor Ruttenum 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Liam Bourne!
Conor Ruttenum was interviewed post fight and said 'He caught me, what can I say? good shit.'.