PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Rydeland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Batuhan Jaruud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rydeland comes to the cage accompanied by Robbery - Not sneak attack. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rydeland
vs
Jaruud

185 cm
21
190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

186 cm
21
193 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Rydeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Batuhan Jaruud!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rydeland digs a good hook to Jaruud's body.
Jaruud misses with a low kick.
Jaruud throws out a loose jab but Rydeland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rydeland rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jaruud counters with an outside leg kick.
Rydeland misses with a body shot.
Jaruud throws a body shot but no joy.
Jaruud takes one on the button.
Jaruud takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rydeland looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaruud is just out of range.
Jaruud looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jaruud takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jaruud.
Rydeland paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaruud takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jaruud takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Rydeland lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jaruud doesn't seem phased though.
Jaruud cracks Rydeland with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jaruud needs to keep his hands up - Rydeland had a free shot at his head there.
Rydeland looks to land a left hand but Jaruud moved out of range nicely.
Rydeland misses with a straight left.
Rydeland misses with a few strikes there.
Jaruud appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jaruud lands with a right hand.

It looks like John Rydeland has been cut.
Jaruud pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jaruud looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rydeland jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
No joy there for Jaruud, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rydeland swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jaruud throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaruud bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland misses with a hook to the body
and Jaruud finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rydeland throws a shot from downtown. Jaruud moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Rydeland, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rydeland changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rydeland lands a glancing blow to the side of Jaruud's head.
Jaruud ducks under a wild hook from Rydeland.
Jaruud throws a chopping leg kick but Rydeland manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rydeland swings for the body but Jaruud moves out of range.
Jaruud looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jaruud misses with the body kick
and Rydeland counters with a stiff right hand.
Rydeland misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rydeland takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rydeland throws out a powerful jab.
John Rydeland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaruud on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaruud avoids the body shot from Rydeland.
Rydeland looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jaruud misses with a body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Rydeland misses its target.
The crowd cheers as Rydeland lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jaruud doesn't seem phased though.
Rydeland throws a hook to the side of Jaruud's head but Jaruud sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jaruud feints a counter leg kick.
Rydeland misses with a body punch
and Jaruud makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jaruud avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jaruud looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rydeland is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaruud.
Rydeland fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rydeland rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jaruud moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jaruud chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rydeland throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jaruud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaruud fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rydeland lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jaruud circles away quickly and effectively.
Jaruud uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rydeland.
Rydeland checks the leg kick.
Rydeland tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jaruud manages to circle out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rydeland fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rydeland with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rydeland bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jaruud's head backwards.
Rydeland throws a right hand that misses
and Jaruud counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rydeland will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rydeland dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Rydeland dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Rydeland's cut.
That's time! Rydeland's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rydeland misses with a looping left.
Rydeland scores with a body shot.
Jaruud uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rydeland.
Jaruud feints a counter leg kick.
Rydeland scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jaruud might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rydeland has got the better of the exchanges.
Jaruud moves out of range as Rydeland strikes.
Jaruud doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rydeland misses the jab.
Jaruud is trying to counter with his kicks.
Nice defenses there by Rydeland.
Rydeland fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaruud looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rydeland tries to bum rush Jaruud with a series of wild strikes but Jaruud uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydeland is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from Rydeland does no damage.
A little jabbing left from Jaruud on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jaruud swings widly with a right hand

and Rydeland moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaruud scores with a shoulder strike.
Jaruud tries a body shot but Rydeland blocks it.
Rydeland misses with the head strike.
Rydeland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaruud is defending well for now.
Jaruud tries to throw a body punch but Rydeland avoids it by throwing Jaruud back against the cage.
Rydeland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rydeland blocks a body shot from Jaruud.
Jaruud tries a body shot but Rydeland blocks it.
Rydeland is looking to control Jaruud's arms but Jaruud gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rydeland has his back to the cage.
Jaruud lands a nice uppercut.
Jaruud blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hook to the body lands for Rydeland.
Rydeland taking a breather.
Rydeland is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jaruud can do to turn this around?
Rydeland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rydeland misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydeland.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jaruud misses with a body punch.
Jaruud tries to throw a body punch but Rydeland avoids it by throwing Jaruud back against the cage.
Rydeland missing with knees to the body.
Rydeland tries to land knees in the clinch but Jaruud avoids the damage to the body.
Rydeland blocks a body shot from Jaruud.
Jaruud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydeland tries to land knees in the clinch but Jaruud avoids the damage to the body.

Rydeland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jaruud digs a good hook to Rydeland's body.
John Rydeland is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaruud lands a jab to the head.
Jaruud throws a push kick but Rydeland slaps the foot to one side.
Rydeland gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jaruud.

Rydeland is rocked!
Jaruud moves forwards but Rydeland connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jaruud appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jaruud thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rydeland throws a hook but Jaruud blocks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jaruud! But no joy.
Jaruud throws a poor cross that misses
and Rydeland counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Rydeland misses the target.
Rydeland throws a lazy uppercut
and Jaruud counters with a low kick, right behind Rydeland 's knee.
Rydeland swings for the body but Jaruud moves out of range.
Rydeland moves out of range of the body kick from Jaruud.
Jaruud misses with a body kick.
Rydeland slips under a jab from Jaruud.
Jaruud looks for the body kick but Rydeland saw that one coming.
Jaruud throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rydeland counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaruud defending well as Rydeland loads up on a big left hand.
Jaruud thinks about the counter body kick.
Rydeland moves out of range of the body kick from Jaruud.
Rydeland throws a right and a left that Jaruud avoids nicely.
Nice shot by Jaruud.
Rydeland slips a straight right by Jaruud.
Jaruud with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rydeland avoids the head kick by Jaruud.
Rydeland misses the shot to the body.
Rydeland misses with a series of wild punches.
Jaruud misses with a body punch
and Rydeland counters with a nice uppercut.
Rydeland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaruud looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Rydeland dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Rydeland's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rydeland rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jaruud counters with a nice uppercut.
Rydeland misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaruud.
Jaruud wants to clinch.
Rydeland looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaruud is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Jaruud on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rydeland throws a shot to the body.
Rydeland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jaruud was well out of range. Poor timing from Rydeland.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydeland looks to land a left hand but Jaruud moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheers as Jaruud lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rydeland doesn't seem phased though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rydeland has a couple of punches blocked by Jaruud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Rydeland fails to land.
Rydeland lands with a short punch from the clinch.
John Rydeland has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rydeland misses with a body punch.
Jaruud on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rydeland misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jaruud.
Jaruud scores with a shoulder strike.
Rydeland wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rydeland misses with a punch to the body.
Jaruud lands with a right to the head.
Rydeland misses with the head strike.

Rydeland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jaruud throws a big shot that misses.
Jaruud defending well as Rydeland loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Jaruud on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rydeland lands a jab to the head.
Batuhan Jaruud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaruud looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rydeland throws a big shot that misses.
Rydeland throws a shot from downtown. Jaruud moves away and avoids it.
Jaruud swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rydeland scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rydeland just misses with a punch to the body.
Rydeland lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rydeland looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaruud is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaruud. Rydeland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Jaruud.
Rydeland blocks a head kick by Jaruud.
Rydeland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rydeland misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Jaruud.
Jaruud slips under a jab.
Jaruud looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rydeland throws an overhand right that lands on Jaruud's shoulder, as Jaruud tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut there from Rydeland.
Jaruud throws a jab when Rydeland was well out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jaruud. That's going to slow Rydeland down.
Rydeland swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jaruud.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jaruud darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

John Rydeland's cut is getting worse.
Jaruud throws a body punch but Rydeland moves out of range.

Jaruud cracks Rydeland with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rydeland looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Jaruud finish him?
Oh Rydeland is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rydeland throws a hook but Jaruud blocks it.
Jaruud throws out a counter right but Rydeland avoids it with no problem.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jaruud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaruud dodges the punch combination from Rydeland.
Jaruud feints a counter leg kick.
Rydeland throws a body shot but no joy.
Rydeland misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaruud.
Rydeland seems to have got his legs back now.
Rydeland is aggressively charging in as Jaruud backs up avoiding any damage. Jaruud tosses out a jab and Rydeland runs right into it face first! Rydeland is out cold! Jaruud dropped down on all fours and is barking in Rydeland's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Batuhan Jaruud!