PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rutten's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, El Guapo Likes to Dance. Hugo Chavez has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Rutten
vs
Chavez

190 cm
27
220 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
223 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bas Rutten!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugo Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten tries to land a body kick
and Chavez counters with a low kick, right behind Rutten 's knee.
Rutten cracks a nice hook into Chavez's ribs.
Chavez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rutten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bas Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Rutten.
Chavez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chavez.
Rutten is looking to slow Chavez down with leg kicks.
Rutten lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Chavez jabs Rutten to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutten ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Chavez lands a high kick!
Chavez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chavez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chavez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez throws out a loose jab but Rutten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutten avoids the head kick by Chavez.
Rutten cracks the inside of Chavez's front leg.
A head kick misses from Chavez.
Chavez 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.
Chavez connects with a high kick.
Rutten avoids the head kick by Chavez.
Chavez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chavez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rutten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chavez misses with a leg kick.
Chavez throws an overhand right that lands on Rutten's shoulder, as Rutten tries to avoid the shot.
Rutten lands with an overhand left.
Rutten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten tries to clinch but Chavez is having none of it.

Rutten closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chavez is defending well for now.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chavez is defending well for now.
Chavez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rutten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chavez's defenses.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chavez misses with a hook.
Rutten tries to land a body kick
and Chavez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rutten's knee momentarily.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Rutten moved out of range nicely.
Rutten throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Chavez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A punch combination from Chavez misses.
Rutten throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chavez on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez connects with a high kick.
Rutten connects with a leg kick. Chavez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chavez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chavez connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Rutten does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Chavez.
Rutten avoids the head kick by Chavez.
Chavez blocks a head kick by Rutten.
Rutten with a hook.
Rutten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Chavez misses with an uppercut. Rutten saw that one coming.
Rutten thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Rutten does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Rutten.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rutten is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chavez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Rutten is predictable there
enabling Chavez to counter with a crisp jab.
Rutten lands a lovely overhand right.
Rutten lets loose with a powerful body kick. Chavez will feel that in the morning.
Rutten throws a sloppy head kick and Chavez moves out of range easily.
Rutten is looking to clinch.
Chavez 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.

Rutten drives through and clinches with Chavez against the cage.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chavez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but Chavez blocks it.
Rutten working aggressively here.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Chavez avoids the damage to the body.
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 Bas Rutten 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.

Rutten lands a front kick.
Rutten misses with a double jab.
Rutten is looking to clinch.
Chavez misses with a body shot.
Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Rutten is just out of range.

Chavez tries to keep at a distance but Rutten has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rutten lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rutten throws an elbow but misses.
Chavez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rutten clinches.
Chavez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rutten looking to throw knees to the head but Chavez is blocking nicely.
Chavez tries to break free but Rutten pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Chavez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chavez avoids it.

Chavez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chavez misses with a head kick.
Chavez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chavez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rutten momentarily.
Bas Rutten is winning the standup battle so far.
Rutten tried to score with a low kick but Chavez checks it.
Rutten throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Chavez throws the left hand but Rutten avoids the punch easily.
Rutten throws the kick towards the body but Chavez avoids it.
Rutten misses with a kick to the body.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Rutten slips the punch.
Rutten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chavez.

Rutten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chavez, pushing him back against the cage.
Rutten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Chavez avoids the damage to the body.
Chavez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rutten just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chavez's brow.
Rutten throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rutten just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chavez's brow.
Rutten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten landing knees to the body.
Rutten landing knees to the body.
Rutten misses with an elbow over the top.
Rutten pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rutten scores a nice knee to the body.
Chavez is breathing heavily.
Rutten pushes off an throws an elbow but Chavez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rutten misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rutten as Chavez tries to tie him up.
Rutten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chavez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rutten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Chavez tries to score with a low kick but Rutten moves his leg out of the way.
Chavez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rutten thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez misses with a series of wild punches.
Rutten dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a wild body kick that Chavez sees coming a mile off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez scores with a one two! Rutten had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Chavez swats away the attempt to clinch by Rutten.

Rutten has closed the distance and engaged Chavez in a clinch.
Rutten is trying to maintain a safe position but Chavez gets an underhook and turns Rutten into the cage.
Chavez blocks an elbow strike.
Chavez stalling in the clinch but Rutten improves position.
Rutten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chavez blocks an elbow strike.
Chavez avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Rutten pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Rutten working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chavez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Rutten is tightening it up a little... Chavez has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Chavez reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Chavez taps out! Nice BJJ there by Rutten!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bas Rutten!
Bas Rutten retains his light heavyweight title!
Bas Rutten decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.