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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rutten has chosen You Call My Name as his entrance music. Bill Buckley could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bas Rutten's chin.
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217 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Buckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bas Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten wants to clinch up but Buckley keeps it at a distance.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buckley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bill Buckley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutten stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rutten wants it to stay on the feet.
Buckley keeps the fight on the outside.
Rutten stuffs the takedown.
Rutten lands a front kick.
Buckley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rutten on the side of the head.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch but Buckley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rutten shoots in looking for a takedown. Buckley tries to sprawl out of it but Rutten keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Buckley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Buckley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Buckley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Buckley looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Buckley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rutten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buckley throws a head kick but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten has managed to clinch.
Rutten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Buckley's efforts to push away.
Buckley jumps guard and drags Rutten to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Buckley wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten tries to stand but Buckley is controlling from the bottom.
Buckley trying to strike off his back.
Rutten trying to stand up but can't free himself from Buckley's guard.
Buckley looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rutten puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Rutten has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Buckley is breathing heavily.
Buckley is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Buckley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rutten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Buckley can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rutten can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Buckley is looking to escape.
Rutten working Buckley over with strikes here.
Rutten lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Buckley hang on?
Rutten is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rutten can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Buckley is looking to escape.
Rutten lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Buckley is trying desperately to improve position.
Rutten working for a guillotine from mount but Buckley is in no mood to give up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rutten wants to control the pace but Buckley is squirming around nicely.
Rutten wants to finish this one by submission but Buckley is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Rutten.
Rutten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Buckley is working to get back to half guard.
Rutten working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rutten has hold of Buckley's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Buckley manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Buckley working to try and regain half guard.
Rutten controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rutten landing strikes from the mount and Buckley is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bas Rutten dominated that round.
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.
Rutten tries to clinch but Buckley is having none of it.
Rutten shoots in looking for a takedown. Buckley tries to sprawl out of it but Rutten keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Buckley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Buckley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rutten as he jumps to the side.
Buckley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rutten doesn't manage to clinch there - Buckley circles away.
Buckley fails with a takedown attempt.
Rutten shoots for a double leg takedown but Buckley sprawls well. He's pushed Rutten's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Buckley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buckley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rutten has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rutten and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Buckley stuffs the takedown attempt from Rutten. Rutten gets slowly back to his feet.
Bill Buckley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bas Rutten.
Rutten misses with a takedown attempt - Buckley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rutten gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Buckley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rutten tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rutten breaks the clinch.
Buckley scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Buckley tries to pass to full mount but Rutten defends it.
Rutten controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Buckley is looking for a kimura here.
Rutten tries to kick Buckley off but Buckley keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is trying to get back to full guard.
Rutten moves into full guard.
Rutten is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Buckley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rutten is trying to control the position but Buckley postures up.
Rutten doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rutten shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Buckley as he jumps to the side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rutten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rutten misses with a takedown
and Buckley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten shoots for a double leg takedown but Buckley sprawls well. He's pushed Rutten's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rutten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rutten closes this distance looking for a takedown but Buckley circles away.
Buckley lands with a straight right. Rutten didn't see that one coming.
Buckley lands a right hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rutten. That's going to slow Buckley down.
Rutten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rutten shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Buckley but Buckley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rutten shoots for a double leg takedown but Buckley sprawls well. He's pushed Rutten's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Buckley scores with a jab to the body.
Buckley throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rutten counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rutten.
Buckley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rutten can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Buckley is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rutten is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten trying to control the position from guard on top but Buckley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rutten is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rutten stands and throws Buckley's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rutten has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Buckley!
Buckley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rutten lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Buckley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutten can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Buckley is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bas Rutten will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rutten takes the fight into the clinch.
Rutten changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Buckley fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buckley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buckley defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rutten.
Rutten closes the distance and clinches up with Buckley, looking for a takedown. Rutten pushes Buckley against the cage but Buckley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bill Buckley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bas Rutten.
A combination from Buckley does no damage.
Buckley misses with a leg kick
and Rutten counters with a nice double leg into side control. Buckley won't be happy with that.
Buckley is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rutten off and has taken his back!
Buckley working for a choke but Rutten is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buckley lands a shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley tightening his grip on Rutten, looking for the choke.
Buckley is not going to allow Rutten to sit and survive in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rutten defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Rutten trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rutten is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Bas Rutten has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rutten has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Buckley is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Rutten defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Rutten wants to control his opponent's hands but Buckley gets his hands free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is trying to get back to his feet but Buckley has full control of the position and if anything, Rutten has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Rutten wants to control his opponent's hands but Buckley gets his hands free.
Rutten is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Buckley is staying active.
Buckley looking for the choke from the back.
Buckley missing with strikes from the back.
Buckley is trying to stick to Rutten's back but Rutten is turning into Buckley. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Buckley's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Rutten.
Rutten slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Buckley wants to sweep here but Rutten controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Buckley is working an open guard so Rutten takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Rutten jabs at Buckley's body.
Bill Buckley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rutten tries for a takedown but Buckley circles away easily
and Buckley counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rutten!
Buckley has control of Rutten's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Rutten regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Rutten is controlling an arm, preventing Buckley from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Rutten keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Buckley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rutten 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bas Rutten!
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