PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bas Rutten (ranked 6167 p4p, 195 weight class) and Cheese Daddy (ranked 6083 p4p, 192 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rutten
vs
Daddy

194 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bas Rutten!
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, Cheese Daddy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daddy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rutten counters with a series of strikes. Daddy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Daddy throws out a loose jab but Rutten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutten looks to land a combination but Daddy avoids it well.
Daddy feints the counter takedown.
Rutten moves away from the strike by Daddy.
Rutten throws a nice head kick!
Rutten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daddy.
Rutten throws a sloppy head kick and Daddy moves out of range easily.
Rutten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daddy.
Rutten throws a counter high kick but Daddy was just alert enough to avoid it.
Daddy looks for a takedown but Rutten sprawls well.
Crunch! Rutten slams his shin into Daddy's torso.
Rutten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Daddy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Rutten finds it's way through Daddy's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Rutten.
Daddy needs to keep his hands up - Rutten had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Daddy's calf.

Daddy manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Rutten on his heels. He'll look to pass Rutten's guard now, I'm sure.
Daddy throws a big elbow that misses.
Daddy trying to control but Rutten is working from the bottom.
Rutten on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rutten tries to get out of the position.
Rutten looking for a sweep. Not yet Rutten, not yet.
Daddy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Daddy throws a big right hand that misses.
Rutten working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Daddy.
Daddy throws a big right hand that misses.
Rutten wants to sweep but no luck.
Daddy is looking to work some ground and pound but Rutten has wrist control.
Daddy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rutten works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Daddy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daddy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rutten could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Daddy slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Daddy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ground and pound from Daddy seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sloppy strikes there by Daddy.
Rutten tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Daddy easily slips into full mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Daddy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Daddy thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poor strikes thrown by Daddy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Daddy looking to finish Rutten with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rutten!

It looks like Bas Rutten has been cut.
Daddy throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Daddy punching from mount but Rutten doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daddy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rutten is breathing heavily.
Daddy throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Daddy punching from mount but Rutten doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Daddy throws some wild stikes that Rutten manages to avoid easily.
Daddy lands a nice shot to the head.
Daddy thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Daddy throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rutten holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Daddy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Daddy throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rutten holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Daddy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Daddy landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Rutten that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Rutten is rocked!

Bas Rutten's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daddy throwing strikes here but Rutten is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Daddy connects with a bit shot that sees Rutten covering up! More strikes from Daddy and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Daddy is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cheese Daddy!