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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ras Li Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judah has chosen Limb By Limb as his entrance music. Ras Li Judah is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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187 cm
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205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
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215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Rutherford! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ras Li Judah! The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Judah throws a lazy right hand but Rutherford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Rutherford throwing a counter right hand but Judah manages to avoid it. Judah throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Rutherford counters with a nice body kick. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Judah, right into the meat.
A low kick from Rutherford misses and Judah counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Judah takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rutherford slips under a jab. Judah misses with a low kick. Judah walks into a stiff left hand from Rutherford.
It looks like Ras Li Judah has been cut. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rutherford slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Rutherford throws a body kick that misses and Judah counters with a low kick, right behind Rutherford 's knee. Judah takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Rutherford is looking to land body kicks. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Judah! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Judah avoids a kick to the body.
Rutherford misses with the body kick and Judah counters with a slapping leg kick. Judah ducks under a wild hook from Rutherford. Nice body kick from Rutherford. Rutherford shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Judah connects with a body shot that sends Rutherford's belly button to the back. Judah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutherford manages to avoid it. Rutherford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Judah. Rutherford is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Rutherford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah. Rutherford appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Rutherford works the jab nicely. Judah scores with a nice head shot. Thomas Rutherford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Judah moves away from the strike by Rutherford. Judah takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Rutherford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Judah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Rutherford misses with a left hand and Judah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rutherford. Judah throws a body shot but no joy. Rutherford scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Judah takes one on the button. Judah takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Rutherford lands a big uppercut and Judah crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Judah looks OK. Rutherford waves Judah back to his feet!
Judah is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rutherford just misses with a punch to the body.
Judah goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Rutherford scores with a body shot.
Rutherford looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Rutherford waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Judah. Judah blocks the body kick.
Judah scores with a jab to the head.
Judah scores with a decent looking hook. Judah connects with a leg kick. Rutherford looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Judah fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Rutherford lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judah's sensitive parts. Rutherford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judah throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rutherford takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Judah will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rutherford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Rutherford throws a body kick that misses and Judah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Rutherford swings away with a body shot that misses
and Judah counters with a left to the body. Rutherford lands the left hand. Judah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rutherford is out of range. Judah walks into a straight right hand from Rutherford. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A jab lands there for Rutherford. Rutherford slips under a jab from Judah. Rutherford misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Rutherford dominated that round. The cut man is working on Ras Li Judah's cut. 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.
Rutherford throws a low kick but it's checked well by Judah. Judah tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Thomas Rutherford is winning the standup battle so far. Some bone on bone action there as Judah checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Rutherford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it. Judah moves out of range of the strikes. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Judah might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rutherford has got the better of the exchanges. Rutherford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah. Rutherford takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rutherford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage! Rutherford walks into a jab. Rutherford missing with a left hand there. Judah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Rutherford throws the left hand but Judah avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rutherford with a nice cross. Judah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Judah connects with an inside leg kick. Judah throws a nice inside leg kick. Judah gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Rutherford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it. Rutherford rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Judah counters with a nice right hand that sends Rutherford toppling to the canvas! Rutherford scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Judah finish him?!
Rutherford is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Rutherford takes one to the chin there. Oh Rutherford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Judah walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Rutherford drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Judah swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Rutherford's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ras Li Judah! Our winner, Ras Li Judah, 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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