PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fubar Teller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iko Ruhian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruhian has chosen Jasad - Siliwangi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Iko Ruhian will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Teller
vs
Ruhian

172 cm
28
155 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
171 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

THE END 32

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fubar Teller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Iko Ruhian!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teller lands a head kick!
Teller's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ruhian connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Teller scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Fubar Teller has been cut.
Teller fails to land the takedown.
Ruhian throws a poor cross that misses
and Teller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ruhian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Teller scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Ruhian is predictable there

and Teller decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ruhian's guard.

Teller drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Teller jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Teller prevents Ruhian from getting back to his feet.
Ruhian has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Bonsai Club MMA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ruhian can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teller trying to move into half guard but instead Ruhian has managed to sweep!

Ruhian postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ruhian wants to stand and escape but instead Teller has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Teller won't allow Ruhian to get back to his feet.
Teller cracks Ruhian with a solid left hand.
Teller stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ruhian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ruhian is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ruhian tries to stand and escape but Teller is controlling the position.
Ruhian throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ruhian wants to control but Teller is keeping him busy.
Teller keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Teller is not content to let Ruhian control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller wants to control but Ruhian is keeping busy.
Teller is trying to get back to full guard.

Teller looking for submissions off his back.
Teller makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Teller.
Teller wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Teller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ruhian trying to control but Teller is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruhian with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Teller throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ruhian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Teller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Teller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ruhian's guard.

Teller wants to control from the top but Ruhian keeps moving.
Teller won't allow Ruhian to sweep him here.
Teller slips nicely into half guard.
Ruhian is trying to get back to full guard.
Ruhian is looking to escape.
Teller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ruhian defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teller winds up and cracks Ruhian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ruhian wants to sweep but Teller has passed to side control!
Teller is putting a hurting on Ruhian here, landing some big shots from side control.
Teller wants to control but Ruhian is keeping him busy.
Ruhian is looking to reverse the position.
Teller works to advance to full mount. Ruhian defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Teller is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Ruhian is rocked!
Teller raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ruhian is still in real trouble! Can Teller finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teller trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Teller landing strikes from the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Teller 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.
Teller connects with a bit shot that sees Ruhian covering up! More strikes from Teller and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Teller is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fubar Teller!
A victorious Fubar Teller thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.