PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Lewis (ranked 1307 p4p, 180 weight class) and Jethro Rusted (ranked 1157 p4p, 152 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jethro Rusted was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Lewis
vs
Rusted

180 cm
29
187 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

185 cm
35
191 lbs
28 - 15 - 1

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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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jethro Rusted!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rusted throws a hook but Lewis avoids it easily.
Rusted slips a straight right by Lewis.
Nice defenses there by Rusted.
Rusted with the counter takedown but Lewis avoids it easily.
Lewis slips a straight right by Rusted.
Rusted takes a swing at Lewis's ribcage but misses.
Rusted goes for a double leg but Lewis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Lewis continues to drive forward.
Rusted walks into a straight right hand from Lewis.
Rusted has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Lewis looks to land a left hand but Rusted moved out of range nicely.
A good leg kick by Rusted.
Rusted jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rusted throws a low kick but Lewis moves out of range easily.
Lewis misses with a straight right.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Rusted.
Rusted tried to score with a low kick but Lewis checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Rusted.
Lewis thumps Rusted with a low kick.
Ray Lewis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rusted blocks the body kick.
Rusted tries to bum rush Lewis with a series of wild strikes but Lewis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rusted throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rusted swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis thinks about countering with a body kick.
Rusted throws a sloppy body shot
and Lewis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lewis throws a hook but Rusted blocks it.
Rusted throws a hook but Lewis avoids it easily.
Rusted slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rusted lands a leg kick that knocks Lewis off balance momentarily.
Rusted scores with a hook.
Rusted swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
A punch lands to the side of Lewis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jethro Rusted seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rusted lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lewis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rusted fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lewis is looking for a counter combo.
Lewis missing with a left hand there. Rusted was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rusted is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Rusted throws an off balance right hand
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rusted moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rusted throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lewis quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Lewis misses with a looping right.
Rusted just misses with a punch to the body.
Rusted throws a leg kick
and Lewis counters with a right hand to the body.
Lewis cracks the inside of Rusted's front leg.
Rusted throws an off balance right hand
and Lewis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rusted thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rusted checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Rusted misses.
Rusted misses the shot to the body.
Lewis throws a hook but Rusted blocks it.
Lewis misses with a looping right.
Rusted uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lewis.
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rusted takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rusted lands a leg kick that knocks Lewis off balance momentarily.
Lewis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rusted scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rusted lands a glancing blow to the side of Lewis's head.
Rusted avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rusted scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis checks the leg kick.
Lewis staying out of range there.
Rusted scores with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Lewis.
And Rusted tries to counter it with a takedown but Lewis pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rusted fails to land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Rusted there.
Rusted ducks under a wild hook from Lewis.
Rusted feints and then cracks Lewis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lewis down.
Rusted tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lewis is able to avoid easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Lewis as he connects with a hook.
Rusted thumps Lewis with a low kick.
Rusted throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Lewis will probably get the nod.
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.

Lewis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rusted scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lewis doesn't seem bothered though.
Rusted swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rusted throws a leg kick that misses.
Lewis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rusted wants to slow Lewis down by chopping away at his legs.
Lewis appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jab from Rusted.
Lewis jabs Rusted to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rusted blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rusted on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lewis moves away from the strike by Rusted.
Lewis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rusted lands a leg kick that knocks Lewis off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusted throws a right and a left that Lewis avoids nicely.
Rusted misses with a lunging right hand
and Lewis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rusted is looking to score with low kicks.
Lewis digs a good body shot into Rusted's ribs.
Lewis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lewis throws an overhand right that lands on Rusted's shoulder, as Rusted tries to avoid the shot.
Ray Lewis is winning the standup battle so far.
A cross from Rusted lands.
Rusted shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lewis as he avoids it easily.
Lewis throws a hook but Rusted avoids it easily.
Lewis moves out of range of the strikes.
Rusted throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lewis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rusted.
Lewis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rusted.
A quick step to the side and Lewis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rusted lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lewis's sensitive parts.
A jab from Lewis does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rusted lands a jab to Lewis's midsection.
Lewis moves out of range of the body kick from Rusted.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lewis.
Rusted fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Rusted.
Lewis misses with a hook. Rusted ducked under it nicely.
Lewis dodges the punch combination from Rusted.
Lewis went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lewis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rusted is looking to slow Lewis down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rusted misses with an uppercut
and Lewis counters with an outside leg kick.
Rusted punishes Lewis's body with a nice straight punch.
Lewis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rusted. Rusted circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lewis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rusted throws a sloppy body shot
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Rusted is rocked!
Rusted throws a body punch but Lewis moves out of range.
Rusted misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lewis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rusted manages to avoid it.
Rusted swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lewis.
Lewis misses with a body kick.
Rusted throws the left hand but Lewis avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Rusted misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Rusted is predictable there
and Lewis counters with a straight right hand.
Rusted is still on wobbly legs! Can Lewis finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis moves out of range of the body kick.
Rusted on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rusted is breathing heavily.
Lewis steps in with a hook that catches Rusted right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Lewis follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Rusted looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Lewis!
A relieved looking Ray Lewis thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Jethro Rusted had this to say: 'Fuck this shit, I might be retiring soon.'.