PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between BJ Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrews's entrance music is Inflikted. A fine choice. Ruiz has chosen jukebox hero as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Andrews
vs
Ruiz

183 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

170 cm
28
205 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, BJ Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews slips under a jab.
Andrews ducks under a wild hook from Ruiz.
The fighters circling - Ruiz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruiz slips under a jab from Andrews.
Ruiz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruiz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ruiz throws a lazy uppercut
and Andrews counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Justin Ruiz has been cut.
Andrews is looking to chop away at Ruiz's legs.
Ruiz thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruiz thuds his right hand into Andrews's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ruiz throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz misses with a right hand

and Andrews counters with a takedown into side control.

Andrews tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Andrews has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Andrews is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ruiz has escaped the position, nice work there.

Andrews working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ruiz gets back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Andrews is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ruiz sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is thwarting Ruiz's attempts to control the position.
Andrews prevents Ruiz from improving his position.

Andrews seems to be looking for submissions.
Andrews stops Ruiz from getting back to his feet.
Ruiz tries to roll over but Andrews keeps him under control.
Andrews is thwarting Ruiz's attempts to control the position.
Ruiz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Andrews. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Andrews seems to be working for a kimura but Ruiz defends the submission attempt.

Andrews is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Andrews is looking for a kimura here.
Ruiz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Andrews wants to work for an arm triangle but Ruiz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Andrews wants to free his trapped foot but Ruiz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ruiz is looking for a sweep. Andrews is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ruiz taking some punishment here, with Andrews in his half guard.
Andrews is thwarting Ruiz's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Justin Ruiz was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ruiz misses with a jab to the body
enabling Andrews to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrews swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruiz throws an off balance right hand
and Andrews counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz looks to score with a jab to the body but Andrews is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ Andrews dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Ruiz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Andrews shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ruiz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Andrews in his tracks.
Ruiz throws a big shot that misses.
Andrews defending well as Ruiz loads up on a big left hand.
Ruiz cracks Andrews with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ruiz thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Andrews moves away.
A jab lands there for Ruiz.
Ruiz looks to score with a jab to the body but Andrews is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruiz looks to score with a jab to the body but Andrews is just out of range.
Andrews bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ruiz misses with an uppercut.
Ruiz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ruiz misses with an uppercut

and Andrews counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
BJ Andrews overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ruiz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Andrews drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ruiz manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Andrews has Ruiz in his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrews keeping full guard, as Ruiz tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrews trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Andrews looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ruiz is one step ahead there.
Ruiz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ruiz!
Ruiz tries to reverse the position but Andrews maintains control.
Andrews looking to ground and pound but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
Ruiz really wants to buck Andrews off and get back to his feet.
Andrews will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ruiz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ruiz tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Andrews with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruiz is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is landing with some decent strikes but Ruiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

The cut above Justin Ruiz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Andrews has hold of Ruiz's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ruiz manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Andrews misses with a head shot.
Ruiz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Andrews looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ruiz tries to reverse the position but Andrews maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruiz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ruiz is working to get back to half guard.
Ruiz wants to hold on but Andrews pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that BJ Andrews will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Justin Ruiz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ruiz throws a poor cross that misses
and Andrews counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Andrews ducks under a wild hook from Ruiz.
A big right from Ruiz misses.
Andrews wants to slow Ruiz down by chopping away at his legs.
Andrews avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Andrews slips under a jab.
Ruiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Ruiz does it's job there.
A slow jab from Ruiz misses its intended target.
Some wild striking there from Ruiz.
Ruiz swings widly with a right hand
and Andrews counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ruiz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ruiz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz throws a shot to the body.
Ruiz misses with a hook.
Andrews walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Andrews throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruiz.
Ruiz tries to bum rush Andrews with a series of wild strikes but Andrews uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Justin Ruiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Andrews missing with a left hand there. Ruiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Andrews scores with a three punch combo!
Justin Ruiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). BJ Andrews!
BJ Andrews really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.