|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Landen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theodore Ruxpin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
 |
|
 |
| 170 cm
22
168 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
|
180 cm
22
164 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
|
Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Landen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Theodore Ruxpin!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landen throws a leg kick but Ruxpin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ruxpin looks to land a right hand but Landen moved out of range.
Ruxpin misses with a wild combination.
Nice straight punches there by Landen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Landen.
Ruxpin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Landen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Landen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ruxpin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ruxpin throws a jab when Landen was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruxpin with a hook.
Landen moves out of range of the leg kick from Ruxpin.
It looked like Landen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ruxpin.
Nice body punch from Landen.
Landen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Ruxpin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruxpin moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruxpin.
A right hook to the body lands for Landen.
Ruxpin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Landen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Landen blocking some punches.
Landen digs a right hand underneath Ruxpin's ribcage. Ruxpin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ruxpin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ruxpin misses with a body punch.
Ruxpin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Landen.
Ruxpin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ruxpin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ruxpin lands a hook that snaps the head of Landen backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Landen.
Landen controlling the action here for a moment.
Landen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruxpin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Landen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ruxpin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ruxpin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ruxpin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ruxpin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ruxpin has Landen pressed against the cage, preventing Landen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Landen blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ruxpin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ruxpin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ruxpin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruxpin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruxpin looking to slow down the pace here.
Ruxpin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruxpin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Landen.
Ruxpin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Landen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ruxpin backwards.
Ruxpin lands an uppercut.
Landen struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruxpin controls his hands.
Landen working aggressively here.
Landen misses with some punches.
Ruxpin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ruxpin fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Landen fails to land.
Landen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruxpin misses with a punch to the body.
Landen working hard to break the clinch.
Ruxpin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ruxpin working Landen over with knees to the body.
Ruxpin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Landens head.
Landen blocks an elbow strike from Ruxpin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruxpin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Landen avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Landen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruxpin backwards.
Ruxpin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Landen fails to land.
A short uppercut from Landen.
Ruxpin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landen lands with a right to the head.
Ruxpin tries to work over Landen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ruxpin throws a head punch that misses.
Landen throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruxpin.
Ruxpin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Landen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruxpin lands with a short shot to the head.
Ruxpin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruxpin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ruxpin letting Landen take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Ruxpin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Landen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ruxpin counters by clinching up.
Landen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Landen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ruxpin.
Ruxpin throws a low kick, looking for Landen's leg but Landen calmly moves out of range.
Landen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Landen swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruxpin.
Ruxpin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Landen.
Ruxpin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Landen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Landen with a jab.
Landen shoots for a double leg takedown but Ruxpin sprawls well. He's pushed Landen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruxpin misses with a hook. Landen ducked under it nicely.
Landen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick from Landen lands but Ruxpin takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Ruxpin misses.
Landen throwing a counter right hand but Ruxpin manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by Landen.
Paul Landen is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruxpin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Landen slips under a jab from Ruxpin.
Landen lands an overhand right.
Ruxpin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ruxpin misses with a body shot.
Ruxpin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Landen.
Ruxpin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Landen.
Landen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ruxpin steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Landen.
Ruxpin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landen moves away.
Ruxpin avoids the body shot from Landen.
Ruxpin throws a hook to the side of Landen's head but Landen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Landen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A nice leg kick lands there from Landen.
Ruxpin throws a nice looking combination but Landen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ruxpin looks to land a right hand but Landen moved out of range.
Landen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruxpin moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ruxpin wants to counter the offense by Landen and move into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landen misses with a low kick.
Landen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ruxpin throws out the jab.
Ruxpin fails to land with a series of punches.
Landen checks a low kick from Ruxpin.
Ruxpin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Landen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ruxpin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Paul Landen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Landen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Landen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruxpin.
Ruxpin throws an overhand right that lands on Landen's shoulder, as Landen tries to avoid the shot.
Landen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Landen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ruxpin lands a right hook to the body.
Ruxpin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Landen's calf.
Ruxpin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Landen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruxpin blocks the body kick.
Ruxpin motions for Landen to come forward. Ruxpin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Landen shoots in and bounces Ruxpin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ruxpin keeping moving, preventing Landen from controlling successfully.
Ruxpin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Landen trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruxpin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruxpin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen stays in close to Ruxpin's body and controls the position.
Ruxpin wants to sweep but no luck.
Landen trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ruxpin manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Landen keeping moving, preventing Ruxpin from controlling successfully.
Landen is trying to control the position but Ruxpin postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Paul Landen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A cross from Landen lands.
Landen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruxpin manages to avoid it.
Landen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruxpin.
Ruxpin throws a right hand that Landen ducks under and follows up with a left that Landen also avoids with ease.
Ruxpin swings for the body but Landen moves out of range.
Ruxpin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ruxpin slips a jab from Landen.
Landen ducks right into an uppercut from Ruxpin.
Nice defenses there by Landen.
Landen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruxpin's sensitive parts.
A left lands for Landen.
Theodore Ruxpin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruxpin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Landen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ruxpin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Landen.
Landen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruxpin misses with a double jab.
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!
Landen throws a body punch but Ruxpin moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruxpin lunges at Landen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Landen's hand.
Landen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ruxpin throws a chopping leg kick but Landen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Landen.
Landen lands with a good body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Landen, right into the meat.
Ruxpin fails to land with a series of punches.
Landen blocks the body kick.
Ruxpin tries a low kick but Landen avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Landen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Landen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Landen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ruxpin throws a leg kick
and Landen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Landen scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruxpin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruxpin tries to clinch up.
Ruxpin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Landen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruxpin checks a leg kick nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Ruxpin. Those never looked like landing.
Ruxpin clinches up against the cage.
Ruxpin looking to slow down the pace here.
Landen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ruxpin tries to land a knee to the head but Landen blocks with his arms.
Landen blocks an uppercut.
Ruxpin working aggressively here.
Landen digs a right hand underneath Ruxpin's ribcage. Ruxpin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Landen works on Ruxpin's body with a couple of short punches.
Landen tries to work over Ruxpin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ruxpin is looking to control Landen's arms but Landen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ruxpin has his back to the cage.
A short uppercut from Landen.
Ruxpin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Landen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Ruxpin.
Landen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Landen lands a left hand.
Ruxpin is rocked!
Landen misses with a punch to the body.
Ruxpin is still on wobbly legs! Can Landen finish him?
Ruxpin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ruxpin seems to have recovered his senses.
Ruxpin is trying to stall.
Ruxpin throws a head punch that misses.
Landen managing to block the knees to the body from Ruxpin.
Landen slowing the pace effectively.
Landen working aggressively here.
Ruxpin working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen is trying to break the clinch but Ruxpin is controlling him.
Landen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruxpin backwards.
Ruxpin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Landen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ruxpin can turn it around.
Landen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ruxpin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruxpin misses with the head strike.
Ruxpin trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Landen.
Ruxpin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ruxpin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ruxpin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruxpin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Landen blocks it with crossed arms.
Landen swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruxpin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Landen lands with a light punch inside.
Landen tries a body shot but Ruxpin blocks it.
Landen pushes Ruxpin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruxpin.
A shot in the inside from Landen.
The fighters are playing wrist control here with Ruxpin pressed against the cage. Landen frees himself up and cracks Landen with an uppercut straight from the bowels of hell! Ruxpin crumples to the floor, out cold! Landen jumps on to the cage and takes in the roar of the crowd! That was nasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul Landen!
Paul Landen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
80% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
