PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ruiz
vs
Foster

181 cm
28
205 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

182 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, AJ Foster!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foster shoots for a double leg takedown but Ruiz sprawls well. He's pushed Foster's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Foster gets tackled into the cage by Ruiz. Ruiz maintains the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Ruiz as the two fighters clinch.
Foster tries to circle away but Ruiz has him pinned against the cage.
A body shot lands from Ruiz.
A body shot lands from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
Ruiz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Ruiz presses Foster against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Ruiz on the inside.
Ruiz slowing the pace effectively.
Ruiz lands a shoulder strike.
Ruiz scores with a hook to the body.
Foster looks gassed!
Ruiz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
Ruiz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Foster or not.
Ruiz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Foster backwards.

Ruiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ruiz rushes Foster and presses him up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruiz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Foster is trying to break free.
Ruiz digs a right hand into Foster's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Foster's gas tank.
Ruiz has Foster pressed against the cage.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
Ruiz cracks Foster with a nice body shot.
Ruiz lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruiz.
Ruiz stalling against the cage.
Ruiz scores with a shot to the side of Foster's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Ruiz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Ruiz as the two fighters clinch.
Ruiz cracks Foster with a nice body shot.
Ruiz lands a hook that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Ruiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ruiz cracks Foster with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruiz digs a right hand into Foster's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Foster's gas tank.
Ruiz cracks Foster with a nice body shot.
Ruiz digs a right hand into Foster's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Foster's gas tank.
Ruiz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ruiz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ruiz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Ruiz.
A short left from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Ruiz.
Ruiz gets through Foster's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruiz gets through Foster's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruiz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Foster is rocked!
Ruiz lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ruiz is working Foster over against the cage.
Ruiz gets through Foster's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruiz effectively controlling the action here.
Ruiz scores with a shot to the side of Foster's head.
Foster is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruiz finish him?
Ruiz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Foster or not.
Foster seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz has Foster pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruiz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruiz digs a right hand underneath Foster's ribcage. Foster let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ruiz lands a shot to the body.
Ruiz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ruiz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ruiz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ruiz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ruiz avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ruiz has picked Foster up - he's going for a ride! Ruiz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ruiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Foster with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ruiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Foster is trying to maintain the position but Ruiz is very close to passing his half guard.
Foster has hold of Ruiz's hands but Ruiz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Foster has a hand on Ruiz's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Ruiz takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Ruiz scoring with strikes but Foster is staying in there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruiz looking to finish Foster with some ground and pound. This is bad for Foster!
Foster tries to reverse the position but Ruiz maintains control.
Ruiz punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Ruiz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ruiz moves into the clinch successfully.
Ruiz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ruiz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Foster can do to turn this around?
Ruiz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Ruiz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ruiz lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Ruiz.
Ruiz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ruiz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ruiz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ruiz lands a right hand.
Ruiz scores with a shot to the side of Foster's head.
Good body shot from Ruiz.
A shot in the inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The referee calls for Ruiz to work.
Foster is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Ruiz.
Carlos Ruiz has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ruiz is working Foster over against the cage.
Ruiz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ruiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Ruiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ruiz lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Ruiz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Ruiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ruiz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Foster backwards.
Foster takes a shot to the head.
Ruiz creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Foster with a big uppercut! Foster tries to clinch up but Ruiz pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Foster to the mat! Foster covers up and Ruiz unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Carlos Ruiz!