PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Azamat Secoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Ruggiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Secoy
vs
Ruggiero

188 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Azamat Secoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benjamin Ruggiero!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Secoy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruggiero misses with a low kick as Secoy jumps back.
Secoy 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.
Ruggiero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Secoy.
Secoy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruggiero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruggiero lands a head kick. Secoy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Azamat Secoy has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Secoy. Ruggiero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruggiero is looking to chop away at Secoy's legs.
Secoy throws a series of punches but Ruggiero avoids them all with ease.
Secoy throws a body punch but Ruggiero moves out of range.
Ruggiero throws a sloppy head kick and Secoy moves out of range easily.
Ruggiero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ruggiero moves out of range of the strikes.
Secoy looks to land a combination but Ruggiero avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruggiero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruggiero looks to clinch
letting Secoy counter with a right hand.
Ruggiero staying out of range there.
Secoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Secoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruggiero is looking to clinch but Secoy is avoiding it.
Ruggiero scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that misses.

Ruggiero rushes Secoy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Secoy has Ruggiero pressed against the cage, preventing Ruggiero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Ruggiero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruggiero wants to clinch.
Ruggiero throws a head kick but Secoy moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Secoy fails to land with a series of punches.
Secoy throws a series of punches but Ruggiero moves out of range.
Secoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Secoy throws a looping overhand right but Ruggiero ducks down to avoid it.
Secoy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ruggiero.
Ruggiero fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Secoy checks it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruggiero cracks the inside of Secoy's front leg.
Ruggiero throws a leg kick but Secoy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Secoy fails to land with a series of punches.
Secoy is breathing heavily.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ruggiero misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Secoy. Those never looked like landing.
Ruggiero thows a leg kick but Secoy checks it
and Secoy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ruggiero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Secoy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Secoy checks a low kick from Ruggiero.
Secoy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruggiero throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Secoy's head.
Ruggiero throws a head kick but Secoy moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruggiero.
Ruggiero scores with a head kick. Secoy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
An inside leg kick lands from Ruggiero.
Secoy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruggiero lands with a slapping head kick.
Ruggiero avoids the body shot from Secoy.
Ruggiero feints and then cracks Secoy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Secoy down.
Ruggiero tries to clinch but Secoy moves out of range.
Ruggiero throws a leg kick but Secoy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that half lands.
Secoy misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Secoy.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ruggiero.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruggiero connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Secoy avoids the head kick by Ruggiero.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Ruggiero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Azamat Secoy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ruggiero clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ruggiero wants to break free but Secoy has control.
Ruggiero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Secoy wants to stall.
Ruggiero tries to circle away but Secoy has him pinned against the cage.
Secoy has Ruggiero pressed against the cage, preventing Ruggiero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Secoy stalling in the clinch but Ruggiero improves position.
Ruggiero tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruggiero tries to break free but Secoy pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruggiero has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ruggiero wants to get back to striking at distance but Secoy won't allow it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Secoy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ruggiero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Secoy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ruggiero is keeping busy.
Ruggiero has had enough of the clinch but Secoy keeps him there for the moment.
Secoy wants to stall.
Ruggiero is trying to break the clinch but Secoy is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruggiero can't break the clinch.

Ruggiero breaks from the clinch.
Ruggiero is looking to score with low kicks.
Secoy misses the shot to the body.
Ruggiero tries a head kick but it misses.
Secoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruggiero was well out of range. Poor timing from Secoy.
Secoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Secoy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Secoy checks the leg kick.
Ruggiero buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Secoy misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Ruggiero misses
and Secoy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ruggiero misses with a kick to the body.
Ruggiero 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.
Secoy fails to land with a series of punches.
Secoy misses with a looping right.
Benjamin Ruggiero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Secoy misses the shot to the body.
Secoy swinging wildly here.
Secoy blocks a head kick by Ruggiero.

Ruggiero clinches with his opponent.
Secoy tries to stall but Ruggiero uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A bit of stalling here from Secoy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ruggiero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Secoy. Those never looked like landing.
Secoy looks to land a left hand but Ruggiero moved out of range nicely.
Secoy misses with a body shot.
Secoy throws a right and a left that Ruggiero avoids nicely.
A big left from Secoy misses.
Secoy is looking to wear down Ruggiero with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Ruggiero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Secoy prevents Ruggiero from breaking the clinch.
Ruggiero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Secoy prevents Ruggiero from breaking the clinch.
Ruggiero is trying to force a seperation but Secoy has the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruggiero wants to break free but Secoy has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Ruggiero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Azamat Secoy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ruggiero fakes the leg kick and cracks Secoy in the body.
Secoy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruggiero misses with the body kick
and Secoy counters with a three punch combo that has Ruggiero backing up. Ruggiero nods at Secoy to acknowledge the strikes.
Ruggiero is looking to clinch but Secoy is avoiding it.
Secoy throws a right hand that Ruggiero ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruggiero also avoids with ease.
Ruggiero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ruggiero misses with a head kick.
Benjamin Ruggiero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Secoy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ruggiero throws a head kick but Secoy moves out of range.
Ruggiero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Secoy throws a nice looking combination but Ruggiero bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Secoy throws a series of punches but Ruggiero moves out of range.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruggiero tries a low kick but Secoy avoids it.
Ruggiero throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Secoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters circling a little - Ruggiero finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ruggiero throws a sloppy head kick and Secoy moves out of range easily.
Secoy moves out of range of the body kick.
Ruggiero scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Secoy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruggiero circles away quickly and effectively.
Secoy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
An inside leg kick lands from Ruggiero.
Ruggiero lands with a thumping leg kick.
Azamat Secoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruggiero misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ruggiero buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Secoy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruggiero can pounce on him.
Ruggiero keeps Secoy at a distance using the push kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ruggiero. Secoy shrugs it off though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruggiero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Secoy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruggiero throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Secoy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ruggiero. That's going to slow Secoy down.
Secoy misses the shot to the body.
Secoy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ruggiero tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Secoy is able to avoid easily.
Benjamin Ruggiero is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Secoy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruggiero moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Secoy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Secoy throws a series of punches but Ruggiero avoids them all with ease.
Ruggiero throws a low kick but Secoy moves out of range easily.
Ruggiero throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Secoy.
Secoy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ruggiero buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Secoy takes a swing at Ruggiero's ribcage but misses.
Ruggiero lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ruggiero.
Ruggiero misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Secoy misses the shot to the body.
Secoy throws a right and a left that Ruggiero avoids nicely.
Secoy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruggiero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruggiero throws a head kick that misses.
Ruggiero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Secoy blocks a head kick by Ruggiero.
Ruggiero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Secoy.
Ruggiero throws a leg kick
and Secoy counters with a one-two to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruggiero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Secoy.
Ruggiero connects with an inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benjamin Ruggiero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruggiero has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Ruggiero!