PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and A Sid Reflux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reflux has chosen The Way Of The Fist as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rutten
vs
Sid Reflux

181 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bas Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, A Sid Reflux!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reflux fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Rutten decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Rutten there.

It looks like A Sid Reflux has been cut.

Rutten is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Reflux works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rutten scoring with some ground and pound.

Reflux throws his legs up looking for a submission but Rutten uses it to pass to side control.
Check out the look on Rutten's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Reflux is rocked!
Reflux tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Reflux is still on wobbly legs! Can Rutten finish him?
Rutten happy to just control the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rutten thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Reflux seems to have recovered his senses.
Reflux is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rutten working away.
Reflux tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rutten advances to full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Reflux is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rutten trying to control but Reflux is having none of it.
Reflux tries to improve his position but instead Rutten has taken his back!
Reflux looks gassed!
Rutten throwing damaging strikes from the back! Reflux could be in trouble here!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Rutten.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reflux is keeping busy.
Rutten lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The has opened up A Sid Reflux's cut even more.
Reflux is taking damage to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten avoiding Reflux 's attempts to control his hands.

Rutten working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Reflux trying to control but not successfully.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Rutten.
Rutten is controlling the position but Reflux somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Reflux trying to hold on to Rutten's head to control him but Rutten postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reflux is trying to control but Rutten manages to pass to mount!
Rutten lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Reflux in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reflux really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rutten is landing with some decent strikes but Reflux is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rutten avoids the attempt from Reflux to control.
Reflux tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reflux is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Rutten with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Rutten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on A Sid Reflux's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reflux doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Rutten counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Reflux!
Reflux is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reflux taking shots to the head.
Reflux really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rutten wants to control the pace but Reflux is squirming around nicely.

Rutten has hold of Reflux's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Reflux manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rutten prevents Reflux from getting the reversal.
Reflux wants to hold on but Rutten pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten lands a heavy elbow.
Rutten controlling from the full mount.
Rutten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rutten connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rutten working the ground and pound effectively.

The cut above A Sid Reflux's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Reflux manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Rutten is pressing down on Reflux's thigh, looking to free his foot. Reflux is holding on for now.
Rutten trying to control from Reflux's half guard. Reflux has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten looking to pass the guard.
Reflux is trying to control the position but Rutten postures up.
Reflux keeping full guard, as Rutten tries to pass.
Rutten wants to control from the top but Reflux keeps moving.
Rutten advances to half guard.
Rutten tries to pass the half guard into mount. Reflux knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Reflux is staying active underneath Rutten, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Reflux works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rutten lands a couple of digs.
Rutten lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rutten works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rutten drops an elbow to the side of Reflux's head.

A Sid Reflux's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at A Sid Reflux's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bas Rutten!