PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Breeze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Ruden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Breeze could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Joe Ruden's chin.

Breeze
vs
Ruden

190 cm
33
217 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

187 cm
37
215 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

Perkele!

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 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Breeze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Ruden!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breeze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Breeze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruden works the jab nicely.
Breeze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Breeze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Breeze ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Breeze tries to counter with a takedown but Ruden is quick to defend against it.
Breeze fails with a takedown attempt.
Breeze seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ruden looks to land a combination but Breeze avoids it well.
Ruden chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ruden lands a body shot.
Breeze shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ruden pinned against the cage. Ruden gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Breeze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ruden.
Breeze throws a hook but Ruden blocks it.
Ruden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Breeze wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ruden walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Breeze checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Breeze swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ruden.
Breeze uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruden.
Ruden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Breeze looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ruden trying to control the position.
Breeze lands a couple of digs.
Ruden is trying to keep Breeze in close.
Breeze has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Breeze postures up and lands a big shot to Ruden's brow.
Ruden controls Breeze momentarily but Breeze frees himself.
Breeze passes Ruden's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Breeze scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Breeze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breeze seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Ruden looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruden gets full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Breeze lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

It looks like Joe Ruden has been cut.
Breeze postures up and lands a big shot to Ruden's brow.

Ruden is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ruden is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Breeze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Breeze working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ruden's head.
Breeze is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Breeze with a nice head shot there.
Breeze with a nice head shot there.
Breeze postures up in Ruden's guard and throws a big left but Ruden blocks it.
Ruden tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruden looking to control.
Breeze lands a couple of elbows.
Breeze postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Breeze stopping the sweep attempt from Ruden.

Ruden is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Breeze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Breeze is looking to work some ground and pound but Ruden has wrist control.
Breeze throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ruden works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Breeze showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Breeze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ruden is trying to control the position but Breeze postures up.
Breeze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruden is keeping the position for now.
Breeze won't allow Ruden to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breeze connects with a couple of short punches.
Breeze scoring with punches to the head and body.
Breeze throws a big right hand that misses.
Breeze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ruden looking for a sweep. Not yet Ruden, not yet.
Ruden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Ruden is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Breeze cracks Ruden with a solid left hand.
Breeze is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Breeze works over Ruden with some ground and pound from guard.

That has opened up Joe Ruden's cut even more.
Breeze lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Breeze is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Breeze stands up over Ruden, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ruden controls Breeze momentarily but Breeze frees himself.
Ruden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Breeze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Ruden's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ruden fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Ruden as Breeze shoots in.
A nice side step and Ruden releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ruden moves away from the strike by Breeze.
Breeze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Breeze scores with a nice strike.
Ruden misses the shot to the body.
Breeze 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 jab from Ruden misses.
Breeze lands a jab to Ruden's midsection.

Breeze bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Breeze landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ruden is trying to control Breeze's posture but Breeze avoids it.
Breeze lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

The cut above Joe Ruden's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Check out the look on Breeze's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Joe Ruden'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 Joe Ruden's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ben Breeze!
A very excited looking Ben Breeze made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.