PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Coon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Ruttenum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruttenum comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Skeme - Millions kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Cody Ruttenum has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Justin Coon's chin.

Coon
vs
Ruttenum

180 cm
23
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
183 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Justin Coon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Cody Ruttenum!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Coon has closed the distance and engaged Ruttenum in a clinch.
Ruttenum missing with knees to the body.
Coon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruttenum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coon lands a knee to the head.
Ruttenum wants to get back to striking at distance but Coon won't allow it.
Ruttenum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coon avoids it.
Coon blocks a body shot from Ruttenum.
Ruttenum is trying to break the clinch but Coon is controlling him.
Ruttenum takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Coon.
Coon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ruttenum is looking to break free of the clinch but Coon has double underhooks.
Coon lands an elbow just above Ruttenum 's eye.
Coon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruttenum's defenses.
Coon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruttenum's defenses.
Ruttenum misses with a punch on the inside.
Coon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ruttenum gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Ruttenum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Coon moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruttenum blocks the elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Coon.
Coon lands an elbow that stopped Ruttenum in his tracks for a moment.
Coon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Coon.
Ruttenum trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Ruttenum.
Coon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ruttenum wants to break free but Coon has control.
Ruttenum is trying to force a seperation but Coon has the dominant position.
Ruttenum blocks the elbow strike.
Coon lands a nice elbow.
Coon lands a damaging elbow.
Ruttenum working hard to break the clinch.
Coon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruttenum lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruttenum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coons head.
I was talking to Coon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruttenum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Coon lands an elbow inside.
Coon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Coon scores with a knee to the head.
Coon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ruttenum is looking to break free of the clinch but Coon has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Coon throws an elbow but misses.
Ruttenum throws an elbow that misses.
Ruttenum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruttenum takes an elbow to the temple.
Ruttenum is trying to break free.
Ruttenum can't break the clinch.
Coon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Coon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Coon lands an elbow inside.

Ruttenum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Coon closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Coon drags the fight down to the ground.
Ruttenum looking to pass the guard.

Coon has his foot on Ruttenum's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ruttenum works his way back into a safe position though.
Ruttenum must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ruttenum trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ruttenum throws an elbow that misses. Coon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ruttenum's guard. Nice move by Coon!

Ruttenum looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ruttenum is pulling down on Coon's head to control his posture.

Coon got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ruttenum has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Coon has managed to get both his arms back between Ruttenum's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Coon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ruttenum looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruttenum is still trying to improve position.
Ruttenum managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Coon dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Coon has Ruttenum up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruttenum trying to land knees to the body.
Ruttenum tries to circle away but Coon has him pinned against the cage.
Ruttenum takes an elbow to the forehead.

Ruttenum breaks the clinch.

Coon gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coon lands a damaging elbow.
Coon has Ruttenum pressed against the cage, preventing Ruttenum from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ruttenum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Coon landing knees to the body.

Ruttenum breaks from the clinch.

Coon clinches up with Ruttenum and pushes him back against the cage.
Coon lands a damaging elbow.
Coon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ruttenum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruttenum's face.
Ruttenum letting Coon take a breather here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Coon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ruttenum fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Coon closes the distance and clinches.
Coon working Ruttenum over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruttenum.
Ruttenum misses with some punches.
Coon tries to land a knee to the head but Ruttenum blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ruttenum working hard to break the clinch.
Ruttenum is trying to force a seperation but Coon has the dominant position.
Ruttenum is trying to push Coon away but Coon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Justin Coon has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Ruttenum breaks the clinch.

Coon pushes Ruttenum up against the cage in a clinch.
Ruttenum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Coon lands an elbow just above Ruttenum 's eye.
Ruttenum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ruttenum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coon backwards.

Coon is rocked!
Ruttenum tries to land knees in the clinch but Coon avoids the damage to the body.
Ruttenum takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ruttenum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Coon's brow.
Ruttenum wants to break free but Coon has control.
Ruttenum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Coon's defenses.
Oh Coon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ruttenum misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruttenum lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coon or not.
Coon seems to have got his legs back now.

Ruttenum manages to break the clinch.
Coon shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ruttenum counters with a crisp right that sends Coon to the canvas! Ruttenum follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Ruttenum!
Cody Ruttenum bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.