PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Conor McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rondo Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGregor comes into the arena with El Chapo by The Game blaring out of the sound system. Rondo Ruthless has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Conor McGregor's chin.

McGregor
vs
Ruthless

175 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

225 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Conor McGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rondo Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGregor on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Ruthless has taken the fight to the clinch.
McGregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruthless avoids the head kick by McGregor.
Ruthless throws a counter combo.

Ruthless clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGregor has had enough of the clinch but Ruthless keeps him there for the moment.

Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McGregor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ruthless throws a left and a right that both miss
and McGregor counters with a three punch combo that has Ruthless backing up. Ruthless nods at McGregor to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from McGregor.

Ruthless takes the fight into the clinch.

Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
McGregor connects with a leg kick. Ruthless looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Ruthless has taken the fight to the clinch.

Ruthless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Ruthless.

Ruthless darts in and clinches McGregor up against the cage.

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

Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ruthless has closed the distance and engaged McGregor in a clinch.
McGregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McGregor is trying to break free.

Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGregor throws a shot from downtown. Ruthless moves away and avoids it.

Ruthless moves into the clinch successfully.

Ruthless breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from McGregor misses.
Ruthless feints the counter takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ruthless closes the distance and clinches.

Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruthless lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGregor circles away quickly and effectively.

Ruthless fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McGregor, pushing him back against the cage.

Ruthless breaks from the clinch.
Ruthless misses with a low kick as McGregor jumps back.
McGregor throws a big counter combination but Ruthless scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
McGregor lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
McGregor tries a head kick but it misses.
McGregor looks for the body kick but Ruthless saw that one coming.
Ruthless pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Ruthless looks to move away, McGregor throws a big counter combo but Ruthless just gets out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some wild striking there from McGregor.
McGregor throws a head kick that Ruthless semi-blocks.

Ruthless clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Ruthless has double underhooks.

Ruthless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGregor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Ruthless fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McGregor, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rondo Ruthless dominated that round.
That's time! McGregor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ruthless lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McGregor backs up against the cage.

Ruthless closes the distance and clinches.

Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Conor McGregor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruthless misses with a wild combination.
Ruthless looks to land a combination but McGregor avoids it well.
It looked like McGregor was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ruthless.
Rondo Ruthless seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McGregor throws a sloppy head kick and Ruthless moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGregor dodges the punch combination from Ruthless.
Ruthless avoids the head kick by McGregor.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ruthless in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

McGregor gets tackled into the cage by Ruthless. Ruthless maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on McGregor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on McGregor's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
Ruthless misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McGregor half committed to a counter leg kick.
McGregor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruthless attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McGregor is looking to counter with head kicks.
McGregor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruthless.
McGregor lands a leg kick that knocks Ruthless off balance momentarily.
McGregor takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ruthless moves into the clinch.
McGregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rondo Ruthless seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McGregor working hard to break the clinch.

Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ruthless instigates a clinch.

Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGregor throws a nice looking combination but Ruthless bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Ruthless forces McGregor back against the cage and clinches.

Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGregor misses with a head kick.
Ruthless has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGregor blocks a head kick by Ruthless.
McGregor appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless lands a jab-cross combination.
McGregor slips a jab and a cross from Ruthless.

Oooh a lovely combination from Ruthless sends McGregor down but not out. Ruthless dives into side control looking to finish.

McGregor is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Ruthless decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Oh McGregor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGregor misses with a head kick.

Ruthless closes the distance and clinches.
McGregor tries to break free but Ruthless pushes him back against the cage.

Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ruthless clinches with his opponent.

Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
McGregor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruthless feints the counter takedown.
McGregor looks to land a body kick but Ruthless moved away.
McGregor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ruthless misses with a body shot.
Ruthless is breathing heavily.
McGregor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ruthless clinches up against the cage.

Ruthless breaks the clinch.
Ruthless works the jab nicely.

Ruthless moves into the clinch.

Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McGregor tries a low kick but Ruthless avoids it.
McGregor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ruthless checks it well.
Ruthless throws a counter combo.
McGregor looks up at the clock. Bad move! Ruthless lands a right hand from hell, dropping McGregor. Ruthless pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rondo Ruthless!
Conor McGregor was interviewed post fight and said 'Sometimes you lose sometimes you win. I am sorry the Irish but I will comeback and prove why I am the p4p number one.'.