PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Godofredo Ruiz (ranked 3048 p4p, 350 weight class) and Rielly Adams (ranked 2696 p4p, 323 weight class). Adams has chosen Walk as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ruiz
vs
Adams

189 cm
28
188 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
188 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Godofredo Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rielly Adams!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Godofredo Ruiz has been cut.
Adams misses with a looping left.
Ruiz is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Adams.
Adams throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Ruiz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ruiz has Adams pressed against the cage.
Ruiz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruiz lands a right hand.
Adams's coach down at Big Price MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Adams's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ruiz misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruiz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Ruiz on the inside.
Ruiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ruiz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
Ruiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ruiz lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz scores with a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from Ruiz.

Ruiz breaks the clinch.
Rielly Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Ruiz. Those never looked like landing.
A nice combination there by Adams.
Nice cross by Ruiz.
Adams misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Ruiz to counter with a crisp jab.
Adams looks to throw the jab but Ruiz is out of range.
Ruiz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Adams misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruiz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ruiz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Adams.
Adams thuds a left hand into Ruiz's body.
Adams misses with a looping right.
Ruiz seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz misses with a hook. Adams ducked under it nicely.
Ruiz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ruiz stuns Adams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ruiz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Adams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruiz slips a jab and a cross from Adams.
Adams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ruiz has time to react.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adams misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a lazy right hand but Ruiz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adams scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
Ruiz lands with a shot to the body.
Adams misses with a body shot
and Ruiz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ruiz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adams lands a head shot.
Adams misses with an uppercut.
Ruiz is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Adams.
Adams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ruiz is looking to counter the offense by Adams and move into the clinch.
Adams looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruiz is just out of range.
Ruiz seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rielly Adams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Godofredo Ruiz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Adams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Adams gets tackled into the cage by Ruiz. Ruiz maintains the clinch.
Ruiz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Ruiz as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
Ruiz is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ruiz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Ruiz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Adams is rocked!
Ruiz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Adams is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruiz finish him?
A nice left hand lands by Ruiz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ruiz lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Ruiz.
Adams is breathing heavily.
The referee calls for Ruiz to work.
Ruiz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
A hook to the body from Ruiz.
A body shot lands from Ruiz.
Ruiz cracks Adams with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ruiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ruiz pushes Adams against the cage. Ruiz is working some dirty boxing. Ruiz pushes off with a quick right hook! Adams goes down! Adams tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ruiz moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Godofredo Ruiz!
Godofredo Ruiz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.