PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dog Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruzic comes to the cage accompanied by Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruzic
vs
Crazy

185 cm
26
192 lbs
22 - 4 - 0

195 cm
25
190 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition(Disciples of Pain)

Burning Fist Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josip Ruzic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dog Crazy!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruzic scores with a shot to the body.
Ruzic throws a big shot that misses.
Ruzic swats away the attempt to clinch by Crazy.
Crazy moves away from the strike by Ruzic.
Ruzic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice straight punches there by Ruzic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ruzic.
Crazy throws the left hand but Ruzic avoids the punch easily.
Ruzic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crazy manages to avoid it.
Crazy is looking to clinch.
Ruzic throws a shot from downtown. Crazy moves away and avoids it.
Ruzic thows a leg kick but Crazy checks it
and Crazy counters with a head kick. That will keep Ruzic thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruzic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Crazy rushes Ruzic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruzic lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crazy is keeping busy.
Ruzic stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ruzic scores with a shot to the side of Crazy's head.
Crazy struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruzic controls his hands.
Stalling in the clinch from Crazy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crazy.

Ruzic breaks the clinch.
Crazy misses with an uppercut
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
Josip Ruzic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruzic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruzic circles away.
Crazy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crazy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Crazy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ruzic misses with a looping left.
Ruzic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crazy on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Ruzic.

It looks like Dog Crazy has been cut.
Ruzic lands with a hook. Crazy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruzic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crazy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruzic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruzic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crazy wants to clinch.
Ruzic throws a shot from downtown. Crazy moves away and avoids it.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crazy tries a head kick but it misses.
Ruzic lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Crazy backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic throws out a powerful jab.
Ruzic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ruzic moves out of range as Crazy strikes.

Crazy has closed the distance and engaged Ruzic in a clinch.
Ruzic is trying to break the clinch but Crazy is controlling him.
Crazy misses with a punch to the body.
Ruzic is working Crazy over against the cage.
Crazy trying to control the position but instead, Ruzic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crazy into the cage.
Ruzic prevents a body shot from Crazy.
Crazy has Ruzic pressed against the cage, preventing Ruzic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crazy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ruzic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crazy has him pressed against the cage.
Crazy lands with a short shot to the head.
Crazy misses with a body punch.
Crazy tries to stall but Ruzic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Ruzic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruzic misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy tries to clinch up but Ruzic circles away and keeps his distance.
A slow jab from Ruzic misses its intended target.
Ruzic misses with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruzic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Crazy counters with a head kick. That will keep Ruzic thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Crazy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ruzic.
Ruzic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crazy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruzic slips under a jab from Crazy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruzic swats away the attempt to clinch by Crazy.
Ruzic tries to work over Crazy's front leg with a kick but Crazy checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josip Ruzic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dog Crazy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crazy wants to clinch.
Ruzic swings widly with a right hand

and Crazy counters by moving into the clinch.
Crazy being controlled against the cage.
Ruzic lands a left hand.
Ruzic has had enough of the clinch but Crazy keeps him there for the moment.
Crazy working Ruzic over with knees to the body.
Ruzic avoiding damage as Crazy throws knees to the body.
Crazy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crazy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruzic's face.
Ruzic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crazy blocks a body shot from Ruzic.
Crazy scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Ruzic managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Crazy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crazy just leaning against Ruzic, taking a breather.
Ruzic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic wants to break free but Crazy has control.
Ruzic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crazy working Ruzic over with knees to the body.
Ruzic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ruzic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crazy tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruzic avoids the damage to the body.
Ruzic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crazy lands a knee to the head.
Crazy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruzic's face.
Crazy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crazy with a knee to the head.
Ruzic tries for a takedown but Crazy manages to get underhooks.
Crazy missing with knees to the body.
Ruzic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crazy backwards.
Crazy with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruzic working hard to break the clinch.
Crazy taking a breather.
Ruzic takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy is leaning against Ruzic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ruzic tries to stall but Crazy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Crazy lands with a light punch inside.
Crazy stalling in the clinch but Ruzic improves position.
Ruzic stalls.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crazy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dog Crazy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crazy looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crazy.
Crazy tries a body shot but Ruzic blocks it.
Ruzic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A left hand lands to the body for Crazy.
Crazy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruzic blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crazy backwards.

Ruzic breaks from the clinch.
Ruzic jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruzic scores with the left hand. Crazy knows he should have avoided that one.
Ruzic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crazy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruzic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crazy manages to avoid it.
Ruzic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Crazy stuffs the takedown attempt from Ruzic. Ruzic gets slowly back to his feet.
Ruzic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Crazy is looking to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ruzic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic looks to land a right hand but Crazy moved out of range.
Crazy throws a head kick that misses.
Ruzic cracks Crazy with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruzic misses with an uppercut.
Crazy tries to clinch but Ruzic is having none of it.
Ruzic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruzic throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Crazy counters by clinching up.
Ruzic tries to throw a body punch but Crazy avoids it by throwing Ruzic back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Crazy.
Crazy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crazy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Crazy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dog Crazy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Crazy lands a nice looking body shot.
Crazy is looking to clinch.
Ruzic swings for the body but Crazy moves out of range.
Ruzic misses with a head kick.
A jab from Ruzic finds it's way through Crazy's defenses.
Ruzic keeps the fight on the outside.

Crazy moves into the clinch.
Ruzic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ruzic misses with the head strike.
Ruzic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ruzic misses with the head strike.
Ruzic being controlled against the cage.
Crazy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruzic controls his hands.
Crazy missing with knees to the body.
Crazy misses with a body punch.
Crazy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crazy letting Ruzic take a breather here.

Ruzic breaks the clinch.
Ruzic lands a nice hook to Crazy's body. Crazy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Crazy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruzic is just out of range.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Josip Ruzic is winning the standup battle so far.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruzic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruzic fails with a takedown attempt.
Ruzic throws a looping overhand right but Crazy ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic swings for the body but Crazy moves out of range.
Ruzic throws a push kick but Crazy slaps the foot to one side.
Crazy tries to clinch up.
Crazy slips a straight right by Ruzic.
Ruzic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ruzic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruzic throws a series of punches but Crazy avoids them all with ease.
Ruzic throws a solid leg kick but Crazy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ruzic.
Ruzic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Crazy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
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!
Crazy tried to score with a low kick but Ruzic checks it.
Crazy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Crazy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic misses with a hook
enabling Crazy to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruzic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crazy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ruzic cracks Crazy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ruzic looks to land a right hand but Crazy moved out of range.
Crazy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruzic throws the kick towards the body but Crazy avoids it.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruzic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crazy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruzic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crazy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ruzic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruzic looks to land a left hand but Crazy moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruzic throws a leg kick
and Crazy counters with a big head kick but Ruzic shrugs it off.
Crazy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ruzic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crazy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ruzic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crazy scrambles back to his feet.
Crazy tries to clinch there but Ruzic circles away.
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!
Ruzic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crazy was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruzic.
Ruzic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crazy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruzic.
Crazy wants to clinch

and Ruzic counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ruzic.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Crazy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ruzic!

And that's the end of the fight!
Josip Ruzic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ruzic has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josip Ruzic!