PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruzic has chosen Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky as his entrance music. Josip Ruzic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Khavin
vs
Ruzic

196 cm
26
195 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

185 cm
28
192 lbs
24 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Konstantin Khavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josip Ruzic!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic throws a low kick, looking for Khavin's leg but Khavin calmly moves out of range.
Khavin throws a shot from downtown. Ruzic moves away and avoids it.
Ruzic defending well as Khavin loads up on a big left hand.
Ruzic throws a right and a left that Khavin avoids nicely.
Khavin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ruzic.
Ruzic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khavin fails to land with a series of punches.
Ruzic motions for Khavin to come forward. Ruzic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ruzic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khavin throws out a loose jab but Ruzic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khavin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ruzic misses with a wild body shot.
Khavin thows a body shot but no joy.
Khavin wants to clinch.
Khavin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ruzic.
Ruzic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khavin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic misses with a double jab.
Khavin blocks the body kick.
Ruzic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ruzic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khavin.
Nice defenses there by Khavin.
Ruzic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Khavin defends it nicely.
Khavin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ruzic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khavin swings for the body but Ruzic moves out of range.

Ruzic decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Khavin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ruzic working the head and body with strikes.
Khavin is trying to control but can't.
Khavin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ruzic wants to pass the guard but Khavin is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruzic passes to side control.
Ruzic cracks Khavin with a big elbow.
Ruzic misses with the ground and pound.
Ruzic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khavin keeps working.

Ruzic working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Khavin is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic lands some shots froms side control.
Ruzic tries to advance to mount but can't.
Ruzic is looking to take a break and control but Khavin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khavin is trying to control Ruzic's posture but Ruzic avoids it.
Ruzic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Khavin is working from the bottom.
Ruzic working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic moves into full mount!
Ruzic looking to control but Khavin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Khavin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruzic throws some wild stikes that Khavin manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josip Ruzic dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ruzic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Konstantin Khavin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruzic lands a leg kick that knocks Khavin off balance momentarily.
Khavin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ruzic looks to land a combination but Khavin avoids it well.
Khavin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Khavin throws the left hand but Ruzic avoids the punch easily.
Ruzic lands a jab to the nose.
Ruzic tried to score with a low kick but Khavin checks it.
Khavin throws an overhand right that lands on Ruzic's shoulder, as Ruzic tries to avoid the shot.
Ruzic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khavin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Khavin throws a series of punches but Ruzic avoids them all with ease.
Ruzic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Josip Ruzic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khavin lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khavin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruzic circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice body kick from Khavin.
Ruzic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic misses with a leg kick.
Khavin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Ruzic.
Ruzic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruzic scores with a leg kick.
Ruzic misses with a body kick.
Ruzic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khavin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ruzic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ruzic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ruzic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khavin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ruzic finds it's way round the side to connect with Khavin's head.
Khavin throws a series of punches but Ruzic avoids them all with ease.
Khavin looks to land a left hand but Ruzic moved out of range nicely.
Ruzic scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruzic moves out of range as Khavin strikes.
Konstantin Khavin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khavin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ruzic eats them both and turns towards Khavin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ruzic throws a low kick, looking for Khavin's leg but Khavin calmly moves out of range.
Ruzic cracks Khavin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Khavin lands with a slapping head kick.
Ruzic blocks a jab.
Khavin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ruzic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ruzic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruzic throws a body punch but Khavin moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Khavin.
Khavin tries to move into range but Ruzic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ruzic connects with an inside leg kick.
Khavin tests Ruzic's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Ruzic shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ruzic showed some decent athleticism there.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Khavin is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin trying to control from the bottom.
Ruzic frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ruzic unloading with bombs!
Josip Ruzic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Khavin blocking the ground and pound.

Ruzic is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Khavin to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Khavin shrugs it off.
Khavin slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic wants to advance to full mount but Khavin doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Ruzic tries to free his leg and advance position but Khavin is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khavin looking for a sweep. Not yet Khavin, not yet.
Ruzic throwing strikes but missing.
Ruzic wants to control from the top but Khavin keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruzic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josip Ruzic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Khavin misses with a leg kick.
Ruzic scores with a kick to the body.
Ruzic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruzic misses with a looping left.
Ruzic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ruzic throws a jab but it's blocked by Khavin.
Khavin slips under a jab.
Khavin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ruzic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khavin momentarily.
Khavin swings widly with a right hand
and Khavin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khavin blocks a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khavin, as that shot connected.
Khavin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruzic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khavin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Khavin.
Ruzic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
No luck for Ruzic with that takedown attempt.
Khavin ducks under a wild hook from Ruzic.
Ruzic looks to throw the jab but Khavin is out of range.
Ruzic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khavin lands with an uppercut that bounces Ruzic off the cage and back into range.
Khavin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khavin misses with the combination.
Ruzic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khavin.
Ruzic lands a nice shot to the body.
Khavin lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruzic's head.
Ruzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruzic throws the left hand but Khavin avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ruzic shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khavin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Khavin looking to control.
Khavin pulls Ruzic in close to his closed guard and prevents Ruzic from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ruzic is pushing down on Khavin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Khavin is fighting to maintain full guard but Ruzic has managed to sneak the leg through.
Khavin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ruzic is working away from the top position though.

Ruzic is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Khavin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin trying to control the position.
Ruzic throwing strikes but missing.
Josip Ruzic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ruzic is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ruzic throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ruzic wants to control from the top but Khavin keeps moving.
Konstantin Khavin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruzic controlling from the top position.

Josip Ruzic has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Ruzic or perhaps it was just good defense by Khavin which made him look bad.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khavin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khavin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ruzic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josip Ruzic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruzic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josip Ruzic!
Post fight, an emotional Josip Ruzic said 'You just got SMOKED, bitch!'.