PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blue Cup (ranked 1227 p4p, 167 weight class) and John Rydeland (ranked 1860 p4p, 241 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rydeland's choice of entrance music: Robbery - Not sneak attack. John Rydeland has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cup
vs
Rydeland

190 cm
27
183 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

185 cm
27
185 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blue Cup!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Rydeland!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rydeland connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rydeland fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cup manages to avoid it.
Rydeland throws the left hand but Cup avoids the punch easily.
Cup misses with a looping right.
Cup throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rydeland scores with a punch to the head.
Cup misses with a right hand
and Rydeland counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cup throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cup fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rydeland manages to avoid it.
Cup misses with a lunging right hand
and Rydeland counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cup misses with a looping left.
Cup throws a jab but it's blocked by Rydeland.
Rydeland doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A slow jab from Cup misses its intended target.
Rydeland slips a straight right by Cup.
Rydeland scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cup rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rydeland connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rydeland moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cup misses with a right hand
and Rydeland counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cup throws a right hand that misses
enabling Rydeland to counter with a crisp jab.
Cup swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cup takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cup misses with a lunging right hand
and Rydeland counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cup misses with a left hand
and Rydeland counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Cup is rocked!
Rydeland digs a good body shot into Cup's ribs.
Cup is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cup. Rydeland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cup swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rydeland is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cup had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cup throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Rydeland to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Cup is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rydeland connects with a body shot.
Rydeland lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Cup falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rydeland dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Rydeland!
John Rydeland is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, John Rydeland thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Blue Cup had this to say: 'That wasn't fun.'.