PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wandeco Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua comes to the cage accompanied by For Whom The Bell Tolls.. Eric Cain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rua
vs
Cain

183 cm
29
202 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Reaper Combatwear

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 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wandeco Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Cain!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cain throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Wandeco Rua has been cut.
Rua misses with a two punch combination.
Rua scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua checks a leg kick.
Rua thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cain if he has to take too many more of those.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rua misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Rua finds it's way through Cain's defenses.
Cain throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Cain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Rua misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rua takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Rua is rocked!
Rua has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cain.
Rua slips a jab and a cross from Cain.
Rua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rua stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rua.

Rua forces Cain back against the cage and clinches.
Cain tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rua smiles and moves away.

Cain closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cain lands in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain advances position into side control!
Rua is trying to control Cain's posture but Cain avoids it.
Rua is trying to improve his position.

Cain tries for a kimura but Rua is defending well.

Cain stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Wandeco Rua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cain fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rua takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rua misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wandeco Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Cain.
The crowd cheers as Rua lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cain doesn't seem phased though.
Jab by Cain.

Rua has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Cain jumps guard but Rua turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rua is working Cain over against the cage.
Cain fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cain looks gassed!
Rua pushes Cain back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua lands with a light punch inside.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cain or not.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Cain blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cain's face.
Rua's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Cain won't want to take too many of those.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cain blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cain is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Rua.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Cain is blocking nicely.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cain is defending well for now.
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Cain jumps guard but Rua stands there with Cain around his waist. Cain gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cain tries to pull guard but Rua holds him up against the cage and eventually Cain drops back down to his feet.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Cain tries to pull guard but Rua won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cain jumps guard but Rua turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Cain is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rua to keep the fight standing.
Rua holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Cain blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wandeco Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wandeco Rua's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from Cain does no damage.
Rua tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cain shoots in and drives through. Rua sprawls well.
Cain shoots in for a double leg but Rua sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cain blocks a head kick by Rua.
Rua moves in looking to clinch but Cain pushes him off.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
Rua misses with a two punch combination.
Cain dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Cain is looking to slow Rua down with leg kicks.

Rua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Wandeco Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Cain.
Cain throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rua blocks it with crossed arms.
Cain tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rua just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rua avoiding damage.
Cain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cain is breathing heavily.
Rua is pushing Cain up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cain jumps guard but Rua turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua working Cain over with knees to the body.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cain backwards.
Rua stalling.
Cain tries to pull guard but Rua holds him up against the cage and eventually Cain drops back down to his feet.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Rua working Cain over with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Rua.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Cain won't want to take too many of those.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Cain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rua walks away with a smile on his face. Cain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wandeco Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rua gets a clinch.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Rua.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cain blocks it with crossed arms.
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua looking to stall.
Rua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cain up against the cage.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Cain is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rua to keep the fight standing.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Cain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rua walks away with a smile on his face. Cain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.

Cain dives in and scores a takedown into Rua's guard.

Rua is working an open guard so Cain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Rua throws a leg kick which misses Cain's front leg but catches the back leg as Cain tries to avoid it.
Rua looks to land a combination but Cain avoids it well.
Cain is looking to land body kicks.
Cain tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Cain circles away.
Cain avoids the head kick by Rua.

Cain gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain prevents Rua from standing back up.

Cain seems to be working for a kimura but Rua defends the submission attempt.
Rua tries to kick Cain off but Cain keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rua tries to get to full guard but Cain has control of the leg.

Cain is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rua is just riding it out for now. Cain eventually gives up the hold.
Rua is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cain stops Rua from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wandeco Rua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wandeco Rua's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cain sizes up Rua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cain lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rua walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cain.
Rua tries to clinch up but Cain circles away and keeps his distance.
Good leg kick by Rua there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cain dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Cain cracks Rua with an open hand slap.
Rua displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cain.
Cain avoids the head kick by Rua.
Cain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cain paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Rua has taken the fight to the clinch.

Cain ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cain no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cain has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rua can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Cain is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rua gets to his feet. Cain looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Cain throws a chopping leg kick but Rua manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A bone on bone clash there as Rua blocks the leg kick.

Rua clinches.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wandeco Rua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cain fails to pull guard.
Cain is trying to break free.
A body shot lands from Rua.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Rua will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cain up against the cage.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Cain blocks it.
Eric Cain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cain jumps guard but Rua turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Wandeco Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Cain.
Cain tries to pull guard but Rua holds him up against the cage and eventually Cain drops back down to his feet.
A short body shot lands from Rua as the two fighters clinch.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cain blocks it with crossed arms.
Cain has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cain tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Cain managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Cain is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Cain is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rua to keep the fight standing.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Rua.
Rua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cain avoids it.
Cain jumps guard but Rua stands there with Cain around his waist. Cain gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Cain is blocking nicely.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Cain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rua walks away with a smile on his face. Cain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rua tries to bum rush Cain with a series of wild strikes but Cain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cain misses with a few strikes there.
Cain fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Rua.
Rua lands with a nice combination. Cain backs away looking to recover.
Nice shot lands for Cain.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Cain throws a lazy right hand but Rua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cain throws a sloppy head kick and Rua moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rua throws a nice head kick!
Cain lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rua takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rua.
Cain is trying to pull guard but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Cain tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Cain tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cain's face.
Cain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rua is defending well for now.
A short right from Rua on the inside.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cain.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wandeco Rua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rua, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wandeco Rua!
After winning the bout, Wandeco Rua thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.