PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boz Rutten (ranked 3250 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scooter McNasty (ranked 5041 p4p, 0 weight class). Scooter McNasty will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rutten
vs
McNasty

225 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Boz Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Scooter McNasty!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNasty turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rutten throws a right and a left that both miss.
McNasty throws out a powerful jab.
A jab lands there for McNasty.
Rutten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McNasty throws a body punch but Rutten moves out of range.
McNasty moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rutten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McNasty moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McNasty throws a body punch but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten misses with the combination.
McNasty flicks out a counter leg kick but Rutten steps away.

Rutten pushes McNasty up against the cage in a clinch.
McNasty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Rutten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutten misses with a wild combination.
McNasty lands with a shot to the body.
Boz Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Rutten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McNasty misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McNasty scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rutten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McNasty.
McNasty scores with a punch to the head.
Rutten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McNasty misses with a hook.
Rutten throws a series of punches but McNasty avoids them all with ease.

Rutten rushes McNasty and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McNasty misses with some punches.

Rutten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rutten throws a series of punches but McNasty avoids them all with ease.
McNasty misses with a leg kick.
McNasty lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McNasty throws a body punch but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McNasty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Rutten, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McNasty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rutten moves away.
Decent striking displayed by McNasty there.
McNasty lands a really nice looking cross but Rutten seems unphased.
Rutten lands a jab.

It looks like Scooter McNasty has been cut.
Rutten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rutten defending well as McNasty loads up on a big left hand.
Rutten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McNasty darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've been told by Rutten's head coaches at Cozad MMA London that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McNasty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rutten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rutten throws a poor cross that misses
and McNasty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Rutten misses.
Rutten tries to bum rush McNasty with a series of wild strikes but McNasty uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rutten throws a nice looking combination but McNasty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rutten is breathing heavily.
Rutten gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McNasty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Rutten gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rutten blocks a body shot from McNasty.

McNasty pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rutten misses with the combination.
Rutten moves out of range as McNasty strikes.
McNasty lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Rutten gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McNasty wants to stall.

Rutten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McNasty misses with a body shot.
McNasty looks to score with a jab to the body but Rutten is just out of range.
McNasty connects with a jab.
McNasty showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rutten.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McNasty! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNasty scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rutten lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutten throws a right hand that McNasty ducks under and follows up with a left that McNasty also avoids with ease.
McNasty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rutten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Rutten does it's job there.
McNasty throws a hook but Rutten avoids it easily.
Rutten misses with a series of wild punches.
Rutten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rutten lands with a nice combination. McNasty backs away looking to recover.
Rutten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McNasty circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Rutten does no damage.
A countering left hand to the body from McNasty misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Boz Rutten will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Scooter McNasty's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A slow jab from McNasty misses its intended target.
McNasty connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rutten will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from McNasty does no damage.
McNasty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rutten sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rutten takes one to the chin there.
McNasty ducks under a wild hook from Rutten.
Rutten scores with a three punch combo!
McNasty backs away from a small jab... but Rutten lunges forward with a huge superman punch! McNasty crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Rutten with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Boz Rutten!
After the fight, Boz Rutten was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.