PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ramses Rudd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rudd
vs
Pierre

192 cm
18
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ramses Rudd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lucky Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre avoids the body shot from Rudd.
Rudd scores with a sloppy right hand. Pierre should have avoided that one.
Rudd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pierre.
Rudd throws a series of strikes that have Pierre backpedaling.
Ramses Rudd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Pierre.
Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rudd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rudd throws a right hand that Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Pierre also avoids with ease.
Rudd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rudd scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pierre doesn't seem bothered though.
Rudd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pierre takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rudd throws a series of punches but Pierre avoids them all with ease.
Rudd connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pierre's hands.
Pierre needs to keep his hands up - Rudd had a free shot at his head there.
Rudd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rudd is looking to wear down Pierre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A punch combination from Pierre misses.
Rudd misses with a combination

and Pierre counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pierre.
Rudd wants to break free but Pierre has control.
Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rudd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rudd can't break the clinch.

Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudd throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pierre counters with a nice body kick.

Pierre clinches up against the cage.
Pierre leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pierre keeps control of Rudd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pierre tries a knee to the head but Rudd blocks it.
Pierre with a knee to the head.
Rudd blocks the elbow strike.
Rudd tries to break the clinch but Pierre is controlling the position.
Rudd is trying to break the clinch but Pierre has him pressed against the cage.

Pierre breaks the clinch.
Rudd throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pierre holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pierre stalling the fight.
Rudd is trying to break the clinch but Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pierre prevents Rudd from breaking the clinch.
Rudd has had enough of the clinch but Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
Rudd can't break the clinch.
Rudd has had enough of the clinch but Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
Pierre keeps control of Rudd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pierre.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pierre throws an elbow but misses.
Rudd has had enough of the clinch but Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
Rudd tries to break the clinch but Pierre is controlling the position.
Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rudd's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudd wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierre won't allow it.
Rudd is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rudd misses with a hook.
Pierre scores with a nice body kick.
Rudd just misses with a punch to the body.
Pierre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pierre. Rudd shrugs it off though.
Rudd is breathing heavily.
Pierre lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rudd throws a combination that misses
and Pierre counters with a left and a right that stings Rudd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rudd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Pierre breaks the clinch.
Pierre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pierre lands a head kick!
Pierre lands with a kick to the temple. Rudd shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rudd misses with a body shot.
Rudd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Rudd circles away.
Rudd goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rudd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rudd falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pierre counters with a nice body kick.
Some wild striking there from Rudd.
Pierre dodges the punch combination from Rudd.
Pierre staying out of range there.
Pierre plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rudd takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Rudd pushes him off.
Rudd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Pierre has Rudd up against the cage in a clinch.

Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rudd misses with a double jab

and Pierre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudd wants to break free but Pierre has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rudd's brow.

Pierre breaks the clinch.
Rudd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pierre scores with a head kick.
Rudd throws out a loose jab but Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Rudd.
Rudd lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rudd bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rudd thuds a left hand into Pierre's body.
Rudd takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rudd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pierre counters with a big head kick but Rudd shrugs it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rudd throws a jab but it's blocked by Pierre.
Rudd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rudd will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rudd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rudd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Pierre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pierre missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucky Pierre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rudd misses with the combination.
Rudd misses the shot to the body.
Lucky Pierre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pierre misses with a double jab.
Pierre lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rudd lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rudd misses with a wild body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Rudd.
Nice straight punches there by Pierre. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pierre.
Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rudd loads up on a big right hand but Pierre slips the punch.
Rudd takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rudd falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pierre counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rudd is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Pierre has managed to clinch.
Pierre keeps control of Rudd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pierre is breathing heavily.
Rudd is looking to break free of the clinch but Pierre has double underhooks.
Rudd wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierre won't allow it.
Rudd is looking to break free of the clinch but Pierre has double underhooks.
Rudd is looking to break free of the clinch but Pierre has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudd wants to break free but Pierre has control.
Rudd wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierre won't allow it.
Pierre prevents Rudd from breaking the clinch.
Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but Rudd is blocking nicely.
Pierre keeps control of Rudd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rudd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pierre counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Rudd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rudd throws a right hand that Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Pierre also avoids with ease.
Rudd swinging wilding here.
Rudd throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pierre.
Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Rudd bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pierre lands with a slapping head kick.
Rudd fails to land with a series of punches.
Rudd changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rudd throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pierre counters with a good, hard body kick but Rudd shrugs it off.
Rudd connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pierre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rudd throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Rudd. That snapped Pierre's head back.
Rudd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rudd avoids the head kick by Pierre.
Rudd goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rudd misses with a double jab
and Pierre makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pierre tries to clinch but Rudd is having none of it.
Rudd throws a combination that misses
and Pierre counters with a head kick.
Rudd falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pierre counters with an outside leg kick.
Rudd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rudd ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rudd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rudd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rudd lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pierre backs up against the cage.
Rudd lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudd scores with a decent looking hook.
Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Rudd.
Rudd scores with a hook to the body. Pierre takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pierre lands an overhand right.
Nice body punch from Rudd.
Pierre on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rudd.
Pierre takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rudd throws a combination. Pierre tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rudd!

Pierre is rocked!
Danga de danga de dang - Rudd scores with a four punch combination!
Pierre is still on wobbly legs! Can Rudd finish him?
Rudd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudd lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rudd connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Pierre! He's out on his feet! Rudd rushes in and drops Pierre with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ramses Rudd!