PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ultra Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ultra Man has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mauricio Rua's chin.

Rua
vs
Man

183 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
217 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ultra Man!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Rua tries to clinch up.

Man shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rua manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Man working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Man.
Rua manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Man manages to get himself to full guard.
Man has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rua passes into half guard.

Rua is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Rua is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Man has one foot on Rua's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Man looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rua is fending him off so far but Man persists. Nope, Rua circles away and we're back to standing.
Man takes a kick to the side of the head.

Man throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rua was covering up waiting for the punch and Man finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Man thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Man stops Rua from standing up.
Rua controls Man momentarily but Man frees himself.
Rua is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to work some ground and pound but Rua has wrist control.
Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rua tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rua controls Man momentarily but Man frees himself.
Man distracts Rua with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Man in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Man postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Man stands up over Rua, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Man won't allow Rua to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Man chips away with some ground and pound.
Man scoring with some ground and pound.
Man keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rua's head.
Man cracks Rua with a solid left hand.
Man with a nice head shot there.
Man throwing strikes but missing.
Man keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rua's head.
Rua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Man.
Man lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rua lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Man!
Rua tries to control but Man wriggling away.

Man somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultra Man dominated that round.
That's time! Rua's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mauricio Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Rua wants to clinch.
Rua moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
Rua tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Man feints and as Rua raises his hands in defense, Man changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rua not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
Man lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Man landing with the ground and pound.
Man in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Man working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rua's head.
Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rua wants to stand and escape but Man is having none of it.
Man makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Rua pushes Man off and gets back to his feet.
Rua tries to clinch but Man moves out of range.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.

Man scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Man lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rua with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Man thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
Rua is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Man looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rua with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Man throwing shots but Rua is blocking nicely.
Man drops an elbow to the side of Rua's head.
Rua trying to hold on to Man's head to control him but Man postures up.
Man working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man working over Rua with some ground and pound. Rua looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Man slips a nice elbow through Rua's hands, connecting with Rua's forehead.
Man throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Rua kicks off Man and gets to his feet.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.

Man gets the takedown into side control.
Man lands a decent elbow from side control.
Man lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rua takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Man lands a nice forearm strike.
Man working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Man connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Rua some visible discomfort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rua is trying to control Man's posture but Man avoids it.
Man cracks Rua with a big right hand but Rua just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Man cracks Rua with a big elbow.
Rua pushes Man away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Man gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Rua struggling a bit here.
Rua stops Man from passing to mount.
Man cracks Rua with a big right hand but Rua just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultra Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rua wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.
Rua wants to clinch.

Man changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rua looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rua takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Man throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Rua is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Man has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Man scoring with punches from side control.
Man in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Man working away.
Check out the look on Man's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Man scoring with punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man working the head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua is working to avoid the ground and pound but Man connects with a decent elbow.
Man cracks Rua with a big right hand but Rua just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rua taking a bit of punishment here - Man scoring with strikes.
Rua defending against the ground and pound.
Man scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rua to see if he's OK.
Man scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rua to see if he's OK.
Man working away.
Check out the look on Man's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Man working the head with strikes.
Man lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rua on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man scores with punches from side control.
Rua is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Man cracks Rua with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Man working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Man working the head with strikes.
Ultra Man has got the better of the ground game so far.
Man creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Man lands a decent elbow from side control.
Man scoring with punches from side control.
Man lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Rua down.
Man lands a decent elbow from side control.
Man is trying to ground and pound but Rua uses the momentary lack of control by Man to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man slips a nice elbow through Rua's hands, connecting with Rua's forehead.
Rua is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Man scores with a couple of nice shots.
Man lands strikes from half guard.
Man looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rua with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Man not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Man stops Rua from getting back to his feet.
Man is nestled in close to Rua, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Man passes to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to buck Man off but Man is having none of it.
Man working the ground and pound.
Man landing a few strikes.
Rua prevents Man from improving position.
Man working away.
Rua takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Man landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mauricio Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ultra Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man is looking to take a break and control but Rua is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ultra Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Man winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ultra Man!