|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Myles Ruth (ranked 3712 p4p, 2993 weight class) and Robert Schafer (ranked 457 p4p, 389 weight class). Schafer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Conway the Machine - Bang kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
 |
|
 |
| 195 cm
22
221
2 - 0 - 0 |
|
194 cm
26
212
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
|
BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Myles Ruth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Schafer!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schafer just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Ruth backs off Schafer throws a huge counter combo but Ruth manages to avoid it all.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Schafer! But no joy.
Ruth looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ruth blocks a jab.
Ruth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Schafer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruth throws a body punch but Schafer moves out of range.
Schafer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruth.
Ruth throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Schafer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schafer blocks a jab.
Schafer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Schafer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ruth doesn't manage to clinch there - Schafer circles away.
Ruth dips to his left and cracks Schafer with an uppercut!
Ruth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schafer circles away quickly and effectively.
Schafer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ruth's hands.
Schafer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruth.
Ruth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schafer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruth misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruth moves out of range of the strikes.
Schafer lands with a nice body punch.
Ruth lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schafer looks to land a body kick but Ruth moved away.
Schafer connects with a nice looking jab.
Schafer defending well as Ruth loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Schafer.
Schafer lands a right hook to the body.
Schafer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ruth misses with a two punch combination.
Ruth throws the left hand but Schafer avoids the punch easily.
Ruth throws a hook but Schafer blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Schafer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ruth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schafer.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Schafer! But no joy.
Ruth misses with an uppercut
and Schafer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ruth misses with a right hand
and Schafer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ruth doesn't manage to clinch there - Schafer circles away.
Schafer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ruth throws a jab but it's blocked by Schafer.
It seemed like Schafer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schafer throws a looping overhand right but Ruth ducks down to avoid it.
Ruth forces Schafer back against the cage and clinches.
Ruth blocking some punches.
We've been informed that Schafer has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Schafer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schafer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Schafer, pushing him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schafer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ruth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schafer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ruth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schafer cracks Ruth with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Robert Schafer will probably get the nod.
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.
Ruth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruth lands with an uppercut that bounces Schafer off the cage and back into range.
Robert Schafer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ruth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schafer.
Ruth drops his hands momentarily and Schafer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Schafer misses with an uppercut
and Ruth counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schafer swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schafer was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruth.
Schafer jabs Ruth to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schafer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ruth under the eye.
It looks like Myles Ruth has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth throws a sloppy body shot
and Schafer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ruth tries to clinch up.
Schafer throws the left hand but Ruth avoids the punch easily.
Schafer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruth.
Schafer missing with a left hand there. Ruth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Myles Ruth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schafer misses with a hook.
Ruth takes the fight into the clinch.
Schafer working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schafer misses with a punch to the body.
Schafer prevents a body shot from Ruth.
Ruth manages to break the clinch.
Schafer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schafer throws an overhand right that lands on Ruth's shoulder, as Ruth tries to avoid the shot.
Ruth misses with an uppercut.
Schafer doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Schafer misses with a hook. Ruth ducked under it nicely.
Nice cross by Ruth.
Schafer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruth swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Schafer walks into a left hand.
Schafer keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Schafer misses.
Ruth throws a sloppy body shot
and Schafer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schafer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruth.
Ruth clobbers Schafer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice shot by Ruth.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Schafer moves out of range of the strikes.
Schafer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Ruth. Those never looked like landing.
Schafer cracks Ruth with a right hand to the side of the head.
Schafer lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruth walks into a jab.
Ruth tries to clinch but Schafer moves away
and Schafer counters with a beautiful punch that sends Ruth to the canvas!
Ruth is rocked!
Schafer controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Let's hope that Schafer has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Schafer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Myles Ruth's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Schafer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ruth scores with a sloppy right hand. Schafer should have avoided that one.
Ruth feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Schafers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ruth is looking to clinch but Schafer is avoiding it.
Schafer thuds a left hand into Ruth's body.
Ruth moves forwards but Schafer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruth lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Schafer throws a hook but Ruth avoids it easily.
Ruth is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ruth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Schafer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab by Schafer.
Ruth defending well as Schafer loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Ruth was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Schafer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ruth.
Ruth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schafer misses with an uppercut.
Ruth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schafer misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schafer just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruth tests Schafer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ruth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schafer blocks a jab.
Schafer moves out of range as Ruth strikes.
Schafer throws out a counter right but Ruth avoids it with no problem.
Ruth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schafer.
Schafer missing with a left hand there. Ruth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ruth throws a body punch but Schafer moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schafer throws a hook but Ruth avoids it easily.
Schafer throws a hook but Ruth blocks it.
Schafer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ruth counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab lands there for Schafer.
Schafer misses with a hook
and Ruth counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheers as Ruth lands an impressive looking overhand right. Schafer doesn't seem phased though.
Schafer blocks a jab.
Schafer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Schafer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruth takes the fight into the clinch.
Ruth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ruth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schafer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schafer throws a right hand that misses
and Ruth connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruth moves in looking to clinch but Schafer pushes him off.
Ruth misses the jab.
It seemed like Schafer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Schafer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Myles Ruth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruth throws a jab but it's blocked by Schafer.
Schafer lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
Myles Ruth showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Schafer 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Schafer!
Robert Schafer decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
48% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
