PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Ruddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Sekish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustafa Sekish is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ruddock
vs
Sekish

185 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
203 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Ruddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mustafa Sekish!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sekish clinches up with Ruddock and pushes him back against the cage.
Sekish lands an elbow just above Ruddock 's eye.
Ruddock being controlled against the cage.
Ruddock is looking to break free of the clinch but Sekish has double underhooks.
Sekish avoiding damage.
Sekish blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sekish creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruddock's defenses.
Ruddock is looking to break free of the clinch but Sekish has double underhooks.
Ruddock is trying to break the clinch but Sekish has him pressed against the cage.
Sekish lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sekish throws an elbow but misses.
Sekish taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sekish misses with an elbow over the top.
Sekish keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ruddock's efforts to push away.
Ruddock is trying to break the clinch but Sekish has him pressed against the cage.
Sekish comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sekish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ruddock backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sekish lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sekish lands an elbow that stopped Ruddock in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Tom Ruddock has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruddock.
Ruddock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sekish slowing the pace effectively.
Sekish trying to land knees to the body.
Sekish throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ruddock blocks an elbow strike.
Ruddock is trying to break the clinch but Sekish has him pressed against the cage.
Ruddock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ruddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruddock can't break the clinch.
Ruddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sekish lands with a short shot to the head.
Sekish trying to land knees to the body.
Sekish lands an elbow inside that Ruddock shrugs off.
Sekish lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sekish lands an elbow inside that Ruddock shrugs off.
Sekish stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sekish lands a damaging elbow.
Ruddock can't break the clinch.

Ruddock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruddock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sekish.
Mustafa Sekish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sekish fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ruddock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice defenses there by Sekish.
Sekish darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ruddock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sekish throws an overhand right that lands on Ruddock's shoulder, as Ruddock tries to avoid the shot.
Ruddock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sekish moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sekish takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sekish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruddock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big left from Sekish misses.
Nice defenses there by Ruddock.
Ruddock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sekish tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Sekish does no damage.
Sekish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruddock takes one to the chin there.
Ruddock staying out of range there.
Sekish checks a leg kick.
Sekish looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruddock is just out of range.
A big right from Sekish misses.
Sekish throws a hook to the side of Ruddock's head but Ruddock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ruddock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sekish.
Ruddock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sekish.
Sekish getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ruddock tries to bum rush Sekish with a series of wild strikes but Sekish uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sekish throws an overhand right that lands on Ruddock's shoulder, as Ruddock tries to avoid the shot.
Ruddock throws a series of punches but Sekish avoids them all with ease.
Ruddock swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sekish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruddock misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sekish connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ruddock momentarily.
Ruddock misses with a wild body shot.
Ruddock throws a looping overhand right but Sekish ducks down to avoid it.
Sekish tries to work over Ruddock's front leg with a kick but Ruddock checks it.
Sekish dips to his left and cracks Ruddock with an uppercut!

Sekish drops Ruddock with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Ruddock looks back up at him and smiles so Sekish waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Ruddock is rocked!
Sekish flashes Ruddock a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Ruddock's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Ruddock crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Sekish punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mustafa Sekish!
Our winner, Mustafa Sekish, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.