PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Ruta (ranked 3345 p4p, 359 weight class) and Luther Anderson (ranked 4437 p4p, 452 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Ruta
vs
Anderson

167 cm
27
157 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

178 cm
21
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

RS Laundry

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trent Ruta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luther Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson lands a jab to the nose.
Ruta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson works Ruta's body with a nice hook.
Anderson connects with a nice looking jab.
Anderson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rutas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ruta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anderson tests Ruta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anderson connects with a jab.
Ruta tries to clinch but Anderson moves away
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson connects with a nice looking jab.
Ruta misses with a head kick.
Ruta tries to clinch up
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ruta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Trent Ruta has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ruta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ruta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ruta is looking to break free of the clinch but Anderson has double underhooks.
Ruta can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Ruta is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ruta trying to land knees to the body.
Ruta taking a breather.
Ruta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anderson.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Luther Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruta wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side
enabling Anderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruta takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Anderson to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruta wants to clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Ruta has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anderson pressing his opponent against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Ruta is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruta is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ruta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Ruta avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the ropes.

Ruta manages to pull guard.
Anderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ruta is trying to hold Anderson in close to prevent damage but Anderson has managed to pass into half guard.
Ruta gets full guard.
Anderson won't allow Ruta to get back to his feet.

Anderson gets to his feet. Ruta looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruta tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ruta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ruta wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruta wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Ruta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruta fails with the takedown
and Anderson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruta has his takedown stuffed
and Anderson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruta closes the distance but Anderson moves to the side
and Anderson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anderson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ruta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trent Ruta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luther Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trent Ruta's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Ruta closes the distance looking to clinch
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ruta throws a head kick that misses
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Horrible takedown attempt by Ruta or perhaps it was just good defense by Anderson, which made it look bad.
Anderson is looking for the big counter here.
Ruta wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Anderson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ruta tries to clinch up
and Anderson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ruta thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruta fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Anderson connects with a crisp jab.
Anderson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ruta is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruta tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Anderson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Ruta! Anderson lets Ruta back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Ruta is rocked!

Trent Ruta's cut is getting worse.
Ruta misses with a takedown attempt

and Anderson counters with a nice right hand that sends Ruta toppling to the canvas! Ruta scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Anderson finish him?!
Oh Ruta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trent Ruta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruta with a lazy takedown attempt
and Anderson counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luther Anderson!