PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Budden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akuma Ryuall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Budden
vs
Ryuall

172 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Budden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Akuma Ryuall!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budden's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Budden duly obliges.
Ryuall shoots in for a double leg but Budden sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ryuall misses with a takedown attempt - Budden sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ryuall takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ryuall swats away the attempt to clinch by Budden.
Ryuall wants to clinch up but Budden keeps it at a distance.
Budden misses with a two punch combination.
Budden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Budden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ryuall fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Budden avoids it really well and circles away.
Joe Budden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akuma Ryuall.

Ryuall scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ryuall winds up and cracks Budden with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Budden is trying to maintain the position but Ryuall is very close to passing his half guard.
Ryuall throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Budden has his hands clasped together around Ryuall's back. He's all about the action.
Ryuall not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ryuall sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Budden defending well though.
Ryuall misses with a head shot. Budden uses the momentum to regain guard.
Budden is pulling down on Ryuall's head. It's preventing any offense from Ryuall, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ryuall postures up in Budden's guard and throws a big left but Budden blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ryuall throws a strike but Budden rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Budden passes Ryuall's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ryuall is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ryuall taking some punishment here, with Budden in his half guard.
Budden missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ryuall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Budden.
Budden stops Ryuall from getting back to his feet.
Budden is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Budden lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Budden passes to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budden lands a big elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ryuall can do anything to dispel that myth.
Budden landing strikes from the mount and Ryuall is in trouble!
Budden won't let Ryuall get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryuall looks gassed!
Budden landing strikes, looking to finish!
Budden pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ryuall is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Budden cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ryuall really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Budden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ryuall is bucking up trying to escape but Budden cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Budden punishing his opponent with strikes.
Budden cracks Ryuall with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryuall wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Ryuall is bucking up trying to escape but Budden cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budden wants to control the pace but Ryuall is squirming around nicely.
Budden is landing with some decent strikes but Ryuall is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Budden lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Budden scoring with strikes but Ryuall is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Budden cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Budden is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ryuall can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Budden connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Budden tries to control but Ryuall wriggling away.
Budden punishing his opponent with strikes.
Budden has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Budden fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Ryuall that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Budden scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ryuall?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Budden dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ryuall tries for a takedown but Budden sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Budden stuffs the takedown attempt from Ryuall. Ryuall gets slowly back to his feet.
Budden throws a one two combo.
Joe Budden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ryuall closes the distance but Budden moves to the side
and Budden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ryuall tries for a takedown but Budden circles away easily
and Budden counters with a series of strikes. Ryuall will be more careful next time no doubt.
Joe Budden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akuma Ryuall.
Ryuall fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ryuall has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ryuall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ryuall avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ryuall is defended easily by Budden.
Ryuall is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryuall dodges the punch combination from Budden.
Budden lands with a nice combination. Ryuall backs away looking to recover.
Budden ducks under a wild hook from Ryuall.
Budden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ryuall closes the distance and clinches up with Budden, looking for a takedown. Ryuall pushes Budden against the cage but Budden circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Budden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ryuall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ryuall with a lazy takedown attempt
and Budden counters with a series of strikes. Ryuall will be more careful next time no doubt.
Budden scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ryuall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ryuall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budden moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Budden throws a combination. Ryuall tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Budden is working the combinations to good effect here.
Budden misses with the combination.

Budden drives through and clinches with Ryuall against the cage.
Budden landing knees to the body.
Budden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ryuall backwards.

Budden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryuall is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Budden.
Budden moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A nice combination there by Budden.
Budden throws a right hand that Ryuall ducks under and follows up with a left that Ryuall also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budden throws a series of strikes that have Ryuall backpedaling.
Budden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ryuall.
Budden scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Budden misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Budden misses.
Budden doesn't manage to clinch there - Ryuall circles away.
Budden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Budden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ryuall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Budden fails to land with a series of punches.
Budden misses with a double jab.
Budden displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Budden tries to bum rush Ryuall with a series of wild strikes but Ryuall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ryuall shoots and misses
and Budden counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budden looks to land a combination. Ryuall sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Budden misses with a wild combination.
Horrible takedown by Ryuall or perhaps it was just good defense by Budden which made him look bad.
Budden misses with a jab, cross combination.

Ryuall closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Budden is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ryuall off and has taken his back!
Budden lands strikes to the head.
Ryuall wants to get back to his feet.
Budden landing with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Budden gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Ryuall wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Budden dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Budden scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Budden scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ryuall fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Budden avoids it really well and circles away.
Ryuall has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ryuall is trying hard to land a takedown here. Budden sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Some wild striking there from Budden.
Budden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ryuall circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Budden misses.
A left and a right from Budden both land. Nice combination.
Joe Budden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryuall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right-left combo lands from Budden.
Ryuall with a poor takedown
and Budden counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ryuall's knee momentarily.
Joe Budden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akuma Ryuall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Budden stalks Ryuall and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ryuall's face. Ryuall staggers backwards, shaken.
Budden throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Budden tries to bum rush Ryuall with a series of wild strikes but Ryuall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ryuall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Budden.
Ryuall dives in and grabs Budden's left leg, looking for a takedown. Budden pushes down on Ryuall's head and hops out.

Budden clinches up with Ryuall and pushes him back against the cage.
Budden lands a shot to the body.
Ryuall keeps control of Budden as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Budden misses with some punches.
Budden lands a shoulder strike.
Budden is trying to break free.

Budden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Budden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Budden lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Budden.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budden throws a one two combo.
Budden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ryuall can do to turn this around?
Ryuall takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Budden throws a nice looking combination but Ryuall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Budden drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Budden postures up in Ryuall's guard and throws a big left but Ryuall blocks it.
Budden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Budden gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Budden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ryuall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Budden misses with a few strikes there.
Budden misses with a wild combination.
Budden scores with a sloppy right hand. Ryuall should have avoided that one.
Budden throws a right and a left that Ryuall avoids nicely.
Ryuall has his takedown stuffed
and Budden counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budden throws a nice looking combination but Ryuall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Budden throws a nice looking combination but Ryuall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice takedown defense from Ryuall. No joy for Budden on that attempt.
Ryuall doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Budden counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Budden lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Budden.
Budden closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ryuall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Budden throws a combination. Ryuall tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Budden thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ryuall if he has to take too many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Budden fails to land with a series of punches.
Budden misses with a series of wild punches.
Budden looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Budden works over Ryuall's head and body with a nice combination.
Budden throws a right and a left that Ryuall avoids nicely.
Ryuall shoots and misses
and Budden counters with a three punch combo that has Ryuall backing up. Ryuall nods at Budden to acknowledge the strikes.
Joe Budden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Budden scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Budden scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Joe Budden is winning the standup battle so far.
Ryuall slips a jab and a cross from Budden.
Budden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Budden throws a nice looking combination but Ryuall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Akuma Ryuall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Budden misses with a two punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Budden showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Budden has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Budden!