PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Payton (ranked 3889 p4p, 3768 weight class) and Myles Ruth (ranked 492 p4p, 480 weight class). Payton's entrance music is Andre Nickatina - Yeah. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Payton
vs
Ruth

194 cm
20
215
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
220
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Core Combat
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 Montreal, Walter Payton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Myles Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruth walks into a stiff left hand from Payton.
Ruth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Payton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Payton cracks Ruth with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Myles Ruth has been cut.
Ruth throws a jab but it's blocked by Payton.
Ruth misses with a straight left.
Ruth moves forwards but Payton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ruth swings for the body but Payton moves out of range.
Ruth throws a shot from downtown. Payton moves away and avoids it.
Payton scores with a jab. Ruth acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Payton throws a jab when Ruth was well out of range.
Ruth tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Payton swivels and escapes.
Payton misses with an uppercut. Ruth saw that one coming.
Ruth throws a poor cross that misses
and Payton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ruth thinking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Ruth.
Ruth throws a hook but Payton avoids it easily.
Payton catches Ruth with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Payton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Ruth is rocked!
Payton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Payton misses with a straight left.
Payton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Payton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Payton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruth.

Payton lands a big uppercut and Ruth crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ruth looks OK. Payton waves Ruth back to his feet!
Ruth is still on wobbly legs! Can Payton finish him?
Ruth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruth seems to have recovered his senses.
Walter Payton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Payton.
A jab lands there for Payton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the body from Payton misses

and Ruth counters with a takedown into side control.
Ruth throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Payton works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ruth throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Payton is trying to stand back up but Ruth is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ruth.
Payton tries to kick Ruth off but Ruth keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Ruth is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ruth throwing shots but Payton is blocking nicely.
Ruth trying to control from half guard but Payton is working away.
Ruth thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Payton's head.
Payton is trying to stand up here but Ruth is controlling him well.
Payton trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payton misses with a hook
and Ruth counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ruth scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ruth takes one to the side of the head.
Ruth shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Payton as he jumps to the side.
Ruth moves away from the strike by Payton.
Ruth changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ruth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Payton looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Payton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Payton just misses with a punch to the body.
Payton throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Ruth to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Payton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruth shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Payton pinned against the cage. Payton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Walter Payton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myles Ruth.
Ruth walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payton misses with an uppercut
and Ruth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ruth throws a big shot that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice straight punches there by Payton. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Payton.
Payton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ruth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Payton is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ruth moves out of range as Payton strikes.
Ruth let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Payton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Payton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruth changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ruth staying out of range there.
Walter Payton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Payton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Payton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruth.
Ruth swings for the body but Payton moves out of range.
Ruth throws a hook to the side of Payton's head but Payton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ruth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Payton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Myles Ruth's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Payton looks to land a left hand but Ruth moved out of range nicely.
Ruth jabs Payton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Payton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Payton throws a poor cross that misses
and Ruth counters with a nice uppercut.
Payton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruth can do to turn this around?
Payton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruth.
Ruth throws a body shot but no joy.
Payton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruth.
Ruth gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Payton cracks Ruth with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ruth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Payton lands a big right hand that sends Ruth crashing to the mat! Payton stays standing though and waves Ruth back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Payton fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Ruth out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Walter Payton!
A very excited looking Walter Payton made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.