PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tama Ruiha (ranked 1792 p4p, 3129 weight class) and Reilly Yates (ranked 258 p4p, 418 weight class). Ruiha comes into the arena with Polynesian Traditional Music blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ruiha
vs
Yates

180 cm
26
205
7 - 3 - 0

193 cm
26
215
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Beachside Supplements

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tama Ruiha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reilly Yates!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiha shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yates eats them both and turns towards Ruiha to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Reilly Yates has been cut.
Ruiha on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yates avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yates keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruiha.
Ruiha looks to land a right hand but Yates moved out of range.

Ruiha tries to keep at a distance but Yates has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ruiha avoiding damage as Yates throws knees to the body.
Ruiha lands with a short shot to the head.
Ruiha lands with a right to the head.
Yates misses with a punch to the body.
Yates blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruiha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ruiha tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ruiha lands a nice uppercut.
Ruiha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ruiha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruiha swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiha misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiha blocks an uppercut.
Yates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ruiha misses with some punches.
Ruiha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates is trying to maintain a safe position but Ruiha gets an underhook and turns Yates into the cage.
Ruiha prevents Yates from breaking the clinch.
Yates throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yates looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A head punch on the inside from Ruiha fails to land.
Ruiha has a couple of punches blocked by Yates.
Ruiha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ruiha swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yates tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ruiha just stands there and leans against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Ruiha as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiha swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yates lands a shot to the body.
Ruiha managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Ruiha looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A short left from Ruiha.
Ruiha scores with a shot to the side of Yates's head.
Ruiha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yates.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yates throws a head punch that misses.
Ruiha effectively controlling the action here.
Ruiha misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yates.
Ruiha pushes Yates back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiha digs a right hand underneath Yates's ribcage. Yates let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yates looks winded!
Yates struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruiha controls his hands.
Yates misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ruiha.
A head punch on the inside from Ruiha fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Ruiha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ruiha content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ruiha misses with the head strike.
Ruiha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ruiha lands a shoulder strike.
Ruiha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ruiha.
Ruiha throws a punch but it's blocked by Yates.
Ruiha lands with a right to the head.
Ruiha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yates is trying to break the clinch but Ruiha is controlling him.
Yates goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ruiha swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiha lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Ruiha on the inside.
Ruiha displaying some good clinch control by pressing Yates up against the cage.
Yates blocks an uppercut.
Yates can't break the clinch.
Yates lands a right hand.
Ruiha lands a hook that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Ruiha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruiha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruiha.
A right hand to the body from Ruiha.
Ruiha has a couple of punches blocked by Yates.
Ruiha avoiding damage.
Ruiha has a couple of punches blocked by Yates.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tama Ruiha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reilly Yates's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oooooh!!! Ruiha has knocked Yates down with a huge combo! Ruiha steps away and waves a wobbly Yates back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Yates is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Tama Ruiha is winning the standup battle so far.
Ruiha throws an overhand right that lands on Yates's shoulder, as Yates tries to avoid the shot.
Yates is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruiha finish him?
Ruiha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yates seems to have recovered his senses.
Ruiha misses with a few strikes there.
Ruiha gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ruiha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yates now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yates is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Ruiha just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Yates has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tama Ruiha!
Tama Ruiha was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.