PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Ruela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ytre erty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Ruela
vs
erty

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Ruela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ytre erty!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
erty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruela.
erty misses with a few strikes there.
erty misses with a few strikes there.
Ruela throws a right hand that erty ducks under and follows up with a left that erty also avoids with ease.
erty stuns Ruela with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ruela takes one to the side of the head.
erty throws a hook to the side of Ruela's head but Ruela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
erty fails to land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by erty there.
erty scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ruela shoots for a takedown but erty saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
erty tests Ruela's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ruela jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from erty.
Ruela misses with a looping left.
Ruela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but erty paws at him with a jab and circles away.
erty dodges the punch combination from Ruela.
erty misses with a jab, cross combination.
No luck for Ruela with that takedown attempt.
erty scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ruela takes one on the button.
erty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - erty coming out on top.
erty lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
erty throws a series of punches but Ruela avoids them all with ease.
Ruela tries to clinch there but erty circles away.
erty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruela.
erty moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ruela takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ruela throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ruela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
erty scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
ytre erty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruela shoots in for a takedown but erty shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Ruela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruela fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt erty.
erty lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ruela backs up against the cage.
erty misses with a series of wild punches.
erty looks gassed!
Ruela throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around erty's waist but erty gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ruela off to one side.
ytre erty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
erty avoids a punch combination nicely.
Decent striking displayed by erty there.
erty misses the jab.
Ruela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from erty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
erty tries to bum rush Ruela with a series of wild strikes but Ruela uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
erty is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ruela throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but erty moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ruela is on the wrong end of a nice combination from erty.
Nice shot lands for erty.
Ruela throws a combination. erty tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
erty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ruela scores with a nice strike.
erty swinging wilding here.

Ruela clinches up against the cage.

Ruela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruela throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling erty to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruela throws a series of punches but erty moves out of range.
Ruela tries to clinch but erty moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for erty.
Ruela dodges the punch combination from erty.
Ruela falls off balance throwing a combination
and erty counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
erty ducks under a wild hook from Ruela.

Ruela has closed the distance and engaged erty in a clinch.

Ruela manages to break the clinch.
Ruela misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ruela keeps erty at a distance using the push kick.
erty sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ruela misses with a two punch combination.

Ruela clinches up with erty and pushes him back against the cage.

Ruela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ruela drives through and clinches with erty against the cage.
erty is trying to break the clinch but Ruela has him pressed against the cage.

Ruela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
erty might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruela throws a combination but it was largely blocked by erty.
Ruela throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ruela.
erty throws a right hand that Ruela ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruela also avoids with ease.
erty lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ruela shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says erty as he avoids it easily.
erty misses with a two punch combination.
Ruela lands a nice looking kick to the body. erty takes a step back to recover.
Jab by erty.
erty swinging wilding here.
erty fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruela drops his hands momentarily and erty takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ruela throws a combination that misses
enabling erty to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruela shoots in but erty avoids the takedown attempt easily.
erty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ytre erty dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice takedown defense from erty. No joy for Ruela on that attempt.
erty cracks Ruela with an open hand slap.
Ruela misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jose Ruela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
erty moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ruela looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ruela wants to clinch up but erty keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from erty.
Ruela tries to clinch but erty moves out of range.
Ruela misses with a combination
and erty makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruela avoids a punch combination nicely.
erty works the jab nicely.
Ruela needs to keep his hands up - erty had a free shot at his head there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
erty fails to land with a series of punches.
Ruela misses with a combination
and erty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but erty moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from erty both land. Nice combination.
erty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruela avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ruela uses good head movement to avoid the hook from erty.
erty slips a straight right by Ruela.

Ruela closes the distance and clinches.

Ruela breaks from the clinch.
Ruela misses with a two punch combination.
erty lands a jab to the nose.
Ruela tries to close the distance and clinch up but erty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
erty misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruela slips a straight right by erty.
erty misses with a wild combination.
erty works over Ruela's head and body with a nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
erty looks to throw the jab but Ruela is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ruela fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Ruela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from erty.

erty tries to keep at a distance but Ruela has taken the fight into the clinch.

Ruela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
erty avoids a punch combination nicely.
erty lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
erty lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by erty.

Ruela gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
erty is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ruela leaning against his opponent.

Ruela manages to break the clinch.
erty throws a series of punches but Ruela avoids them all with ease.
Ruela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from erty.
erty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruela shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has erty pinned against the cage. erty gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
erty lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
erty scores with a decent looking hook.
Ruela will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
ytre erty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
erty throws a left and a right that both miss

and Ruela counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Ruela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
erty scores with a jab to the head.
Ruela wants to clinch.
erty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruela misses with a two punch combination.
erty keeps the fight on the outside.
erty misses with a double jab.
Ruela misses with a double jab
and Ruela takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ruela walks into a stiff left hand from erty.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruela moves in looking to clinch but erty pushes him off.
Ruela dodges the punch combination from erty.
Ruela looks to land a right hand but erty moved out of range.
A jab from erty does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ytre erty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Ruela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but erty moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from erty.
erty looks to land a combination. Ruela sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A jab from erty finds it's way through Ruela's defenses.
erty looks to land a combination. Ruela sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A punch combination from Ruela misses.
A punch combination from erty misses.
erty scores with a hook.

Ruela closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ruela prevents erty from breaking the clinch.

Ruela breaks the clinch.
erty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Ruela. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Ruela misses.
Ruela throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around erty's waist but erty gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ruela off to one side.
Ruela shoots in for a double leg but erty sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
erty misses with a two punch combination.
Ruela walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
erty lands with a shot to the body.
Ruela tries to bum rush erty with a series of wild strikes but erty uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice shot by erty.
Ruela moves in looking to clinch but erty pushes him off.
erty moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
erty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ruela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from erty.
erty lunges at Ruela with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ruela's hand.
erty misses with a two punch combination.
Ruela misses with a series of wild punches.
erty moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
erty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Ruela moves into range and clinches up with erty.
erty is trying to break the clinch but Ruela has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
erty wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Ruela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
erty misses with a two punch combination.
Ruela throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
erty lands a jab to the nose.
Jab by erty.
Decent striking displayed by erty there.
Ruela tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but erty swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Ruela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
erty swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruela throws a right hand that erty ducks under and follows up with a left that erty also avoids with ease.
erty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruela pushes erty away with a front kick.
Ruela throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ruela fails to land with a series of punches.
erty misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from erty.
erty swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ruela counters with a nice uppercut.
erty's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and erty duly obliges.
Ruela is looking to clinch.
Ruela throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and erty counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ruela with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling erty to score with a decent uppercut.
Ruela scoring well with a low kick there.
erty scores with a hook.
Ruela throws a nice looking combination but erty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ruela tries to close the distance and clinch but erty swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruela walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
erty looks to land a combination but Ruela avoids it well.
Ruela takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
erty throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ruela counters with a body kick that stops erty in his tracks momentarily.
erty lands a jab-cross combination.

Ruela shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ruela showed some decent athleticism there.

Ruela stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows erty to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from erty misses.
A punch combination from Ruela misses.
Ruela tries to close the distance and clinch up but erty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
erty falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruela counters with a three punch combo that has erty backing up. erty nods at Ruela to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab lands there for erty.
erty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
erty falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruela counters with a nice body kick.
Ruela ducks under a wild hook from erty.
erty misses with a wild combination.
Jose Ruela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
erty lands a nice shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jose Ruela.
I think erty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ytre erty!