PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casey Madden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mona Rudao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rudao has chosen Rebel Yell as his entrance music. Mona Rudao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Madden
vs
Rudao

185 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

The Exiled
Pitt Nutrition (160 Recovery, Stamina and Muscle)

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Casey Madden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mona Rudao!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madden shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rudao defends it nicely.
Rudao works the jab nicely.
Rudao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rudao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Madden.
Rudao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Madden.
Madden scores with the left hand. Rudao knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Mona Rudao has been cut.
Madden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rudao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rudao moves in looking to clinch but Madden pushes him off.
Madden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rudao manages to avoid it.
Madden scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rudao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rudao staying out of range there.
Rudao tries to clinch there but Madden circles away.
Rudao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mona Rudao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Madden manages to avoid it.
Madden thows a body shot but no joy.
Madden misses with a body kick.
Rudao walks into a stiff left hand from Madden.
Rudao wants to clinch up but Madden keeps it at a distance.
Madden misses with an uppercut.
Rudao moves in looking to clinch but Madden pushes him off.
Madden misses the shot to the body.
Madden just misses with a punch to the body.
Rudao wants to clinch up but Madden keeps it at a distance.

Rudao clinches up with Madden and pushes him back against the cage.
Madden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Madden.
Rudao prevents a body shot from Madden.
Rudao is leaning against Madden and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Madden.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Madden misses with some punches.
Rudao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Madden scores with a nice short uppercut.
Madden stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Madden.
Rudao lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rudao is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Madden.
Rudao has a couple of punches blocked by Madden.
Madden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Madden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Madden is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Madden is looking to break free of the clinch but Rudao has double underhooks.
Rudao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rudao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Madden working aggressively here.
Rudao blocks an uppercut.

Madden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rudao looks to clinch
and Madden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madden tries to land a front kick but Rudao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Madden looks to score with a jab to the body but Rudao is just out of range.

Rudao moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Madden.

Madden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rudao just misses with a punch to the body.
Rudao jabs at Madden's body.
Rudao slips a jab from Madden.
Rudao moves in looking to clinch but Madden pushes him off.
Madden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rudao was well out of range. Poor timing from Madden.
Rudao's jab looks to have found its range, popping Madden under the eye.
Rudao closes the distance but Madden moves to the side

and Madden counters with a single leg into guard. Rudao didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rudao is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Madden is controlling him.
Madden throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rudao works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madden stops Rudao from standing up.
Rudao keeping moving, preventing Madden from controlling successfully.
Madden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Madden trying to control the position from guard on top but Rudao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Casey Madden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mona Rudao's cut.
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.

Rudao avoids the body shot from Madden.
Rudao's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rudao duly obliges.

Rudao closes the distance and clinches.
Madden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Rudao.
Rudao swings wildly with an uppercut but Madden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Madden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
Madden tries to break free but Rudao pushes him back against the cage.
Madden is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rudao gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Madden has Rudao pushed against the cage.
Rudao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rudao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madden's elbow.
Casey Madden has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Madden pushes Rudao back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rudao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madden's elbow.
Madden misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madden is looking to control Rudao's arms but Rudao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Madden has his back to the cage.
Rudao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madden's elbow.
Rudao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madden's elbow.
Rudao digs a right hand into Madden's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Madden's gas tank.
Madden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Madden breaks from the clinch.
Rudao drops his hands momentarily and Madden takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rudao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Rudao finds it's way through Madden's defenses.

Rudao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Madden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Madden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Madden wants a takedown.
Rudao lands a hook that snaps the head of Madden backwards.
Rudao pushes Madden back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Rudao.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rudao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madden's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Madden lands a right hand.
Rudao throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rudao.
Rudao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Madden is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rudao is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Casey Madden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rudao gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Madden.
A nice left hand lands by Rudao.
Rudao works on Madden's body with a couple of short punches.
Rudao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Madden prevents a body shot from Rudao.
Madden takes a shot to the head.
Rudao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rudao misses with a body punch.
Rudao lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Madden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madden tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rudao misses with a punch to the body.

Madden breaks the clinch.
Rudao misses with the combination.
Rudao tries to close the distance and clinch up but Madden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mona Rudao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rudao is looking to clinch.
Rudao wants to clinch up but Madden keeps it at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rudao is trying to stall.
Madden is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rudao is defending well.
Rudao scores with a hook to the body.
Madden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudao has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madden can't find room to land a body shot as Rudao controls the action.
Rudao can't find room to land a body shot as Madden controls the action.
Madden stalling the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rudao.
Madden prevents a body shot from Rudao.
Madden lands with a light punch inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rudao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Madden.
Madden blocks a body shot from Rudao.
Rudao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madden's elbow.
Madden scores with a shot to the side of Rudao's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rudao blocking some punches.
Rudao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rudao misses with a punch to the body.
Madden is trying to break free.
Rudao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mona Rudao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mona Rudao's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rudao looks to clinch
and Madden makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Madden fails to land with a series of punches.
Rudao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madden moves away.

Rudao moves into the clinch.
Madden pushes Rudao back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rudao lands a left hand.
Madden swings wildly with an uppercut but Rudao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rudao tries to throw a body punch but Madden avoids it by throwing Rudao back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Madden fails to land.
Madden holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Madden drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rudao gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Madden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rudao pushes Madden back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rudao gets through Madden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Madden stalling in the clinch but Rudao improves position.
Madden goes for a takedown attempt but Rudao pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rudao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rudao moves to clinch but Madden breaks away

and Madden counters with a takedown into side control.
Rudao wants to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madden throws a strike aimed at the side of Rudao's head but Rudao avoids it well.
Madden working the strikes but Rudao uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Madden looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rudao with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Madden throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Madden trying to advance position but Rudao counters by regaining guard.
We've been hearing that Madden has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Madden trying to control the position from guard on top but Rudao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Madden's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Madden trying to move into half guard but instead Rudao has managed to sweep!
Madden looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rudao puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Rudao tries to stand but can't do so whilst Madden controls his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madden trying to get back to full guard but Rudao takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Madden tries to reverse the position but Rudao maintains control.
Rudao wants to stand but Madden is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Madden is working to get back to half guard.
Madden tries to hold on but Rudao pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Madden is trying to reverse the position but instead Rudao has taken his back - oops!

And that's the end of the fight!
Casey Madden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Madden has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Casey Madden!