PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Ruus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steffan Lessard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruus
vs
Lessard

190 cm
24
200 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Ruus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steffan Lessard!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruus shoots in for a takedown but Lessard shows good takedown defense.
Ruus tries to clinch up but Lessard circles away and keeps his distance.
Good exchange - Ruus coming out on top.
Ruus tries for a takedown but Lessard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ruus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Lessard scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ruus is trying to get back to full guard.
Lessard lands with a punch from half guard.

Ruus actively working from the bottom here.
Ruus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lessard.
Ruus trying to control but Lessard postures up.
Lessard missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lessard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lessard tries to pass to full mount but Ruus defends it.
Lessard drops an elbow to the side of Ruus's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruus slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lessard cracks Ruus with a solid left hand.
Lessard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lessard is working Ruus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lessard controlling from the top position.
Lessard trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lessard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lessard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lessard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruus is keeping the position for now.
Lessard wants to control from the top but Ruus keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ruus working for a triangle but Lessard defends it easily.
Ruus is breathing heavily.
Ruus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lessard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lessard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lessard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lessard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ruus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lessard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruus has momentary wrist control but Lessard slips an elbow through the middle.
Lessard looking to sit in guard and control but Ruus gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lessard lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ruus!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessard lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lessard wants to control the pace but Ruus is squirming around nicely.
Lessard lands a heavy elbow.
Lessard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ruus is in a horrible position here. Lessard smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lessard with the ground and pound from mount.
Lessard lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lessard with the ground and pound from mount.
Lessard landing strikes from the mount and Ruus is in trouble!
Lessard scoring with strikes but Ruus is staying in there.

Ruus is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Lessard! Ruus is hurt baaadly! Lessard is firing away with more strikes - Ruus is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Steffan Lessard!