|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph jr Pujol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pujol's entrance music is Gregorians - Wind Of Change. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
 |
|
 |
| 192 cm
26
217 lbs
0 - 4 - 0 |
|
183 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful |
|
| |
|
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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joseph jr Pujol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mauricio Rua!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua scores with a nice right hand.
Pujol ducks right into an uppercut from Rua.
Rua keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rua is looking to clinch but Pujol is avoiding it.
Rua connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pujol. Pujol circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rua scoring well with a low kick there.
Rua moves into range and clinches up with Pujol.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pujol working Rua over with knees to the body.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Pujol has him pressed against the cage.
Pujol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rua avoids it.
Pujol keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rua's efforts to push away.
Rua is looking to break free of the clinch but Pujol has double underhooks.
Pujol with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rua wants to break free but Pujol has control.
Pujol connects with a knee to the head.
Pujol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pujol trying to land knees to the body.
Rua manages to break the clinch.
Pujol throws a leg kick but Rua checks it.
Rua lands a jab-cross combination.
Pujol lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rua circles away quickly and effectively.
Rua connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pujol momentarily.
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!
Rua checks a low kick from Pujol.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Pujol slips a jab and a cross from Rua.
Pujol swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Rua moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pujol throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rua getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rua scores with a three punch combo!
Rua pushes Pujol up against the cage in a clinch.
Pujol wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
A right handed body shot lands from Rua.
Pujol is breathing heavily.
Rua lands a left hand.
Pujol lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pujol slips under a jab from Rua.
Rua scores with a decent looking hook.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
Rua lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pujol is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pujol takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Pujol is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rua keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pujol takes one on the button.
Rua tries a head kick but it misses.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pujol tries a head kick but it misses.
Rua closes the distance and clinches.
Pujol seems to have got his legs back now.
Pujol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pujol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pujol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua looks to land a combination. Pujol sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Rua misses with the combination.
Pujol lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rua circles away quickly and effectively.
Rua lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rua.
Pujol rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Pujol swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rua clinches up with Pujol and pushes him back against the cage.
Rua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rua lands a two punch combo.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
Rua darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pujol.
Rua clinches up against the cage.
Pujol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Rua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua takes the fight into the clinch.
Rua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rua is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pujol had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a series of punches but Pujol avoids them all with ease.
Pujol is looking to slow Rua down with leg kicks.
Good work by Rua as he checks the leg kick.
Rua paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rua throws a sloppy head kick and Pujol moves out of range easily.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Rua misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Rua as he connects with a hook.
Rua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rua wants to break free but Pujol has control.
Rua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pujol has him pressed against the cage.
Rua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pujol trying to land knees to the body.
Pujol tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Rua.
Rua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pujol lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rua circles away quickly and effectively.
Rua throws the left hand but Pujol avoids the punch easily.
Rua wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pujol avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pujol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pujol throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rua tries to clinch but Pujol moves out of range.
Rua is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rua moves into range and clinches up with Pujol.
Rua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rua moves into the clinch.
Rua wants to get back to striking at distance but Pujol won't allow it.
Rua manages to break the clinch.
Rua wants to clinch up but Pujol keeps it at a distance.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pujol moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pujol tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rua rushes Pujol and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Pujol has him pressed against the cage.
Pujol misses with a knee to the head.
Rua can't break the clinch.
Rua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big left from Pujol misses.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pujol throws a chopping leg kick but Rua manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
An inside leg kick from Pujol misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Rua dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rua displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pujol moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pujol lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pujol throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pujol keeps the fight on the outside.
Rua missing with a left hand there. Pujol was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pujol avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, jab by Rua - just one landing.
Rua misses with a few strikes there.
Rua lands the left hand.
Pujol keeps the fight on the outside.
Pujol tries a head kick but it misses.
Rua throws a one two combo.
Pujol tries to land a leg kick but Rua saw it coming and moves away.
Rua moves out of range of the leg kick from Pujol.
Pujol misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pujol misses with a low kick.
Rua lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pujol tries a low kick but Rua avoids it.
Rua throws a wild body kick that Pujol sees coming a mile off.
Pujol avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pujol, pushing him back against the cage.
Rua has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pujol keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rua's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rua tries to clinch but Pujol is having none of it.
Rua dips to his left and cracks Pujol with an uppercut!
Rua misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pujol looks to land a combination but Rua avoids it well.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
Pujol fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pujol looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rua throws a series of punches but Pujol moves out of range.
Rua tries to bum rush Pujol with a series of wild strikes but Pujol uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pujol throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rua lands with a right hand.
Rua throws a series of punches but Pujol moves out of range.
Rua keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pujol throws a right and a left that Rua avoids nicely.
Pujol avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Rua misses.
Rua connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Rua. Beautiful body shot.
Pujol misses with a double jab.
Pujol misses with a wild combination.
Rua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pujol's hands.
Rua cracks Pujol with a good jab.
Rua throws a right hand that Pujol ducks under and follows up with a left that Pujol also avoids with ease.
Pujol rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua moves into the clinch.
Rua managing to block the knees to the body from Pujol.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rua is trying to break free.
Rua lands with a right to the head.
Rua tries to break free but Pujol pushes him back against the cage.
Rua wants to get back to striking at distance but Pujol won't allow it.
Rua manages to break the clinch.
Rua is looking to slow Pujol down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua tries to clinch but Pujol moves out of range.
Rua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pujol missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Rua.
Rua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Rua's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua misses with a combination
and Pujol counters with a one-two to the body.
Rua works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
Rua tries to clinch but Pujol moves out of range.
Rua lands a head shot.
Rua moves in looking to clinch but Pujol pushes him off.
Rua throws a head kick that Pujol semi-blocks.
Rua lands a slapping body shot.
Rua scores with a jab to the body.
Rua connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Pujol! He's out on his feet! Rua rushes in and drops Pujol with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mauricio Rua!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
