PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rufus Rutger (ranked 5876 p4p, 2579 weight class) and Joshua Christ (ranked 591 p4p, 342 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Rutger
vs
Christ

193 cm
21
210
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
205
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

FF Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rufus Rutger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joshua Christ!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ lands a jab to Rutger's midsection.
Christ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rutger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rutger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christ.
Christ moves out of range of the strikes.
Christ unleashes a big counter combination but Rutger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Rutger misses with a hook. Christ ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Rutger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christ looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rutger ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Rutger misses with a right hand
letting Christ counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutger throws a leg kick
letting Christ counter with a right hand.
Rutger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Christ counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rutger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice side step and Christ releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rutger wants to clinch
and Christ counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rutger moves out of range as Christ strikes.
Rufus Rutger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ looks to land a right hand but Rutger moved out of range.
Christ throws a right hand that Rutger ducks under and follows up with a left that Rutger also avoids with ease.
Rutger defending well as Christ loads up on a big left hand.
Rutger tries to move into range but Christ moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Christ misses with a two punch combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Rutger misses its target.
Rutger misses with a left hand
enabling Christ to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ looks to throw the jab but Rutger is out of range.
Rutger throwing a counter right hand but Christ manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rutger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Christ lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rutger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christ tries to break the clinch but Rutger is controlling the position.
Rutger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rutger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Christ wants to break free but Rutger has control.
Rutger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christ looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rutger throws a head punch that misses.

Christ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christ thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Christ looks to move away, Rutger throws a big counter combo but Christ just gets out of the way.
Rutger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Christ misses with a hook. Rutger ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutger swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Christ counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rutger misses with a hook.
Christ throws out a counter right but Rutger avoids it with no problem.
Rutger scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christ misses with a lunging right hand
and Rutger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rutger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rutger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rutger was well out of range. Poor timing from Christ.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rutger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rutger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christ throws a right hand that misses

and Rutger counters by moving into the clinch.
Rutger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Christs head.
Rutger digs a right hand underneath Christ's ribcage. Christ let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Christ is trying to force a seperation but Rutger has the dominant position.
Rutger has Christ pressed against the ropes, preventing Christ from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Rutger controls the action.
Christ swings wildly with an uppercut but Rutger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Christ is trying to break free.
Christ swings wildly with an uppercut but Rutger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christ misses with a body punch.
Rutger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Christ's efforts to push away.
Christ prevents a body shot from Rutger.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Christ pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rutger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rutger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christ throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rutger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rutger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christ.
Rutger misses with a hook. Christ ducked under it nicely.
Rutger misses with a hook
letting Christ counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutger throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Christ to counter with a crisp jab.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Rutger.
Rutger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christ.
Rutger tries to close the distance and clinch but Christ swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Christ on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rutger throws a head kick that misses.
Despite the aggression on Christ's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rutger tries to land a leg kick but Christ saw it coming and moves away.
Christ throws out a counter right but Rutger avoids it with no problem.
Good exchange - Rutger coming out on top.

Rutger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Christ's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Christ lands a shot to the body.
Christ lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Christ tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christ is trying to break free.

Christ escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rutger slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Rutger closes the distance and clinches.
Christ has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Rutger fails to land.
Rutger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutger throws a head punch that misses.

Christ manages to break the clinch.
Christ circles away from the clinch attempt.
Christ unleashes a big counter combination but Rutger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rutger tries to clinch up but Christ circles away and keeps his distance.
Christ connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rutger momentarily.
Rutger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Rutger.
A low kick from Rutger is predictable there
letting Christ counter with a right hand.
Christ looks to land a right hand but Rutger moved out of range.
As Christ looks to move away, Rutger throws a big counter combo but Christ just gets out of the way.
Rutger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Christ's sensitive parts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Christ dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rutger stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rutger slips a jab from Christ.
Rutger slips under a jab.
Rutger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rutger misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Christ on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ missing with a left hand there. Rutger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christ checks a leg kick.
Christ is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rutger with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutger fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Christ checks it well.
Rutger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rutger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rutger misses with a double jab
and Christ counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rutger misses the jab.
Christ throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutger's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rutger duly obliges.
Christ has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Christ misses the shot to the body.
Christ misses the jab.
Rutger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Christ throws a hook but Rutger avoids it easily.
Rutger throws a nice head kick!
Christ throws a hook but Rutger blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rutger closes the distance and clinches.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Rutger controls the action.
Rufus Rutger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rutger lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rutger blocks an uppercut.
Rutger lands a hook that snaps the head of Christ backwards.

Christ breaks from the clinch.
Christ takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Christ is rocked!

Christ tries to keep at a distance but Rutger has taken the fight into the clinch.
Christ is still on wobbly legs! Can Rutger finish him?
Christ misses with a punch on the inside.
Rutger lands a big right hand that drops Christ! The killer instinct kicks in and Rutger finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Rutger!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rufus Rutger!
A victorious Rufus Rutger thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.