PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Torrance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torrance comes into the arena with Shadow on the Sun by Audioslave blaring out of the sound system. Renato Rua has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Torrance
vs
Rua

175 cm
25
181 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

178 cm
25
182 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Torrance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Renato Rua!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rua swings for the body but Torrance moves out of range.
Rua feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Torrance's calf.
Torrance misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Torrance takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rua dodges the punch combination from Torrance.
Rua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torrance moves away.
Rua misses with a low kick as Torrance jumps back.
Rua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Torrance, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Torrance misses with a body shot
and Rua counters with a leg kick.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
Rua fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torrance walks into a jab.
Torrance gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua misses the shot to the body.
Torrance keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rua is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Torrance rather than just go for the knockout.
Rua lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Torrance as Rua shoots in.
Rua walks into a stiff left hand from Torrance.
Torrance just misses with a punch to the body.
Torrance tries to clinch but Rua moves away
and Rua makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Torrance lands a lovely overhand right.
A big left from Torrance misses.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Rua connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rua goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Torrance lands a jab to Rua's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rua.
Rua throws a front kick aimed at Torrance's knee but Torrance avoids it well.
Rua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Torrance's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torrance.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Rua throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rua throws a leg kick but Torrance sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Torrance connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Torrance keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torrance cracks Rua with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rua buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torrance swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Torrance checks a low kick from Rua.
Rua lands a nice looking body shot.
Torrance missing with a left hand there. Rua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torrance was well out of range. Poor timing from Rua.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rua walks into a straight right hand from Torrance.
Torrance connects with a right hand. Rua shakes it off.
Torrance swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Torrance is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Torrance will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rua punishes Torrance's body with a nice straight punch.
Rua misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Torrance counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jack Torrance is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Torrance throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Rua lands with a kick to the temple. Torrance shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Torrance showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rua.
Rua digs a good hook to Torrance's body.
Torrance buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torrance throws a shot from downtown. Rua moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Torrance. Those never looked like landing.
Rua scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Torrance misses the jab.
A big right from Torrance misses.
Rua scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torrance thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rua chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rua digs a good hook to Torrance's body.
Rua scores with a nice strike.
Rua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torrance lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rua circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua punishes Torrance's body with a nice straight punch.
Torrance is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rua. Torrance does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rua fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Rua dominated that round.
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.

Torrance throws a right and a left that Rua avoids nicely.
Torrance drops his hands momentarily and Rua takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Torrance throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torrance misses with an uppercut.
Torrance swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rua lands a lovely overhand right.
Torrance throws a looping overhand right but Rua ducks down to avoid it.
Torrance blocks the body kick.
Rua takes one on the button.
Torrance uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rua.
Rua 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.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Torrance.
Rua thows a body shot but no joy.
Rua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torrance moves away.
Torrance misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torrance was well out of range. Poor timing from Rua.
Rua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rua throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rua sizes up Torrance with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Torrance lands a slapping body shot.
Torrance throws a right hand that misses
and Rua makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Renato Rua seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rua. Torrance does a little dance to reset his feet.
Torrance misses with a hook to the body
and Rua counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Rua throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Torrance misses with a straight right.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Torrance throws a combination that misses
and Rua counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torrance misses with an uppercut
and Rua counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Torrance's hands.
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!
Rua looks to land a body kick but Torrance moved away.
Rua dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrance misses the jab.
A shot to the body from Rua misses
enabling Torrance to counter with a crisp jab.
A cross from Torrance lands.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rua.
Rua throws a body punch but Torrance moves out of range.
Rua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torrance was well out of range. Poor timing from Rua.
A big right from Torrance misses.
Rua thuds his shin into the meat of Torrance's side.
Torrance throws a looping overhand right but Rua ducks down to avoid it.
Rua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Torrance lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rua lands a leg kick that knocks Torrance off balance momentarily.
Rua thows a body shot but no joy.
Rua lunges at Torrance with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Torrance's hand.
Torrance connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Torrance swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Torrance fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Torrance.
Rua throws a front kick aimed at Torrance's knee but Torrance avoids it well.
Torrance connects with a looping right hand.
Torrance misses with a straight right.
Torrance thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rua misses with a looping left.
Torrance moves out of range as Rua throws a body kick.
Rua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheers as Rua lands an impressive looking overhand right. Torrance doesn't seem phased though.
A punch combination from Torrance misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rua misses with a jab to the body
and Torrance counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torrance throws a right hand that misses
enabling Rua to counter with a crisp jab.
Rua throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Torrance takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Torrance checks the leg kick nicely there.
The fighters circling - Torrance throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rua tests Torrance's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Torrance misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua moves out of range as Torrance strikes.
Rua moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Torrance thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Rua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rua ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Torrance stuffs the takedown.
Torrance misses with a straight right.
Torrance chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rua can pounce on him.
Rua lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rua slips a jab from Torrance.
Torrance takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rua lands a nice hook to Torrance's body. Torrance takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Torrance is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rua throws a front kick aimed at Torrance's knee but Torrance avoids it well.
Rua lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rua throws a body punch but Torrance moves out of range.
Torrance throws an overhand right that lands on Rua's shoulder, as Rua tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua takes a swing at Torrance's ribcage but misses.
Rua scores with a nice strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut there from Rua.
Rua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torrance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrance takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Torrance uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rua.
Rua throws a shot to the body.
Rua scores with a punch to the head.
Rua feints and then cracks Torrance's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torrance down.
Rua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torrance throws out the jab.
Torrance throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rua counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rua. That's going to slow Torrance down.
Rua thumps Torrance with a low kick.
Rua lands a front kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Rua finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rua throws a sloppy head kick and Torrance moves out of range easily.
A punch lands to the side of Torrance 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rua pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torrance takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Torrance takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jack Torrance is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rua lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good shot there by Rua.
Rua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rua pivots, looking for a leg kick but Torrance is out of range and Rua settles back down.
Torrance throws a shot from downtown. Rua moves away and avoids it.
Rua misses with a straight right.
Rua has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Torrance has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rua.
Rua avoids the body shot from Torrance.
Torrance looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Torrance throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua feints and then cracks Torrance's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torrance down.
Torrance throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rua on the side of the head.
Torrance throws a right hand that misses
and Rua counters with a good low kick that Torrance was not able to check.
Rua with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Torrance chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rua can pounce on him.
Rua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torrance moves away.
Rua looks to score with a jab to the body but Torrance is just out of range.
Jack Torrance has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Rua lands a nice shot to the body.
Torrance takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Torrance takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rua misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rua chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torrance misses with a hook. Rua ducked under it nicely.
Rua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rua lands a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Torrance.
Rua throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Torrance sizes up Rua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Torrance throws out a loose jab but Rua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Torrance might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rua drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rua with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torrance takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by Rua.
Rua buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Rua comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rua 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Rua!
Post fight, an emotional Renato Rua said 'Yo baby!'.