PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ruas (ranked 103 p4p, 352 weight class) and Jason Steele (ranked 7 p4p, 5 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruas
vs
Steele

200 cm
31
280
26 - 17 - 0

185 cm
36
234
34 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Ruas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Jason Steele!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele throws a body shot but no joy.
Steele stuns Ruas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ruas misses with a straight left.
Jason Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruas half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Ruas has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Steele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruas.
Steele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ruas misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruas. Steele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele takes a swing at Ruas's ribcage but misses.
Steele is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ruas rather than just go for the knockout.
Steele misses with a straight left.
Steele misses with a body shot.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruas shoots in for a double leg but Steele sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steele takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steele on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ruas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruas swings for the body but Steele moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Ruas clinches.

Ruas successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele stopping the sweep attempt from Ruas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
My spies in JAG Battle Gym inform me that Steele has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Steele wants to stand but Ruas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ruas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Steele's guard.

Steele can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ruas controls the pace.
Ruas prevents Steele from getting back to his feet.

Steele is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Ruas.
Steele lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ruas backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele scores with a hook to the body.
Ruas is pushing Steele up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Steele lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ruas backwards.
Ruas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steele.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steele lands an uppercut.
Ruas looking to throw knees to the head but Steele is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steele tries to throw a body punch but Ruas avoids it by throwing Steele back against the cage.
Steele putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ruas is breathing heavily.
Steele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steele lands an elbow inside that Ruas shrugs off.

It looks like Carlos Ruas has been cut.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ruas blocks an elbow strike from Steele.
Steele tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steele keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ruas's efforts to push away.
Ruas is trying to maintain a safe position but Steele gets an underhook and turns Ruas into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruas.
Ruas has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Steele is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ruas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steele is defending well for now.
Ruas takes a shot to the head.
Ruas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ruas misses with an elbow strike.
Steele lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ruas backwards.
Steele lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruas avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Steele.
A short right from Steele.

Ruas manages to break the clinch.
Steele dips to his left and cracks Ruas with an uppercut!
Steele ducks under a wild hook from Ruas.
Steele is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ruas with a body shot.
Steele tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ruas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Ruas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Steele misses.
Ruas darts in looking for a takedown but Steele gets double underhooks and turns Ruas into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Ruas. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ruas takes the fight into the clinch.
Steele throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele lands a knee to the head.

Carlos Ruas's cut is getting worse.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruas avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Steele lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ruas backwards.
Steele lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Steele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Carlos Ruas's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Steele digs a right hand into Ruas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ruas's gas tank.
Steele gets through Ruas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Jeez, Carlos Ruas's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Steele lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carlos Ruas's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jason Steele!
Carlos Ruas was interviewed post fight and said 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.