PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tigey Maquigregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chang Ru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ru is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Forbidden City. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maquigregor
vs
Ru

170 cm
19
139 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

171 cm
18
139 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tigey Maquigregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chang Ru!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maquigregor scores with a three punch combo!
A nice combination there by Maquigregor.
A punch combination from Maquigregor misses.
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch but Maquigregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ru misses with a body kick.
Maquigregor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maquigregor tries to bum rush Ru with a series of wild strikes but Ru uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maquigregor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch but Maquigregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tigey Maquigregor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maquigregor moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Maquigregor clinches with his opponent.
Ru gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ru looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Ru.
Ru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maquigregor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ru gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maquigregor stalls.
Ru trying to control the position but instead, Maquigregor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ru into the cage.
Maquigregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Ru has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ru managing to block the knees to the body from Maquigregor.
Ru lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maquigregor backwards.
Ru throws a knee to the head but misses.

Maquigregor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maquigregor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head kick misses from Maquigregor.
Maquigregor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maquigregor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maquigregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maquigregor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ru takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ru tries to clinch but Maquigregor moves out of range.
Ru is looking to clinch but Maquigregor is avoiding it.
Ru tries to clinch but Maquigregor moves out of range.
Maquigregor keeps the fight on the outside.
Maquigregor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ru throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick from Ru lands but Maquigregor takes it in his stride.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ru looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maquigregor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ru manages to circle out of the way.

Maquigregor clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Ru fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maquigregor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ru misses with a looping left.
Maquigregor scores with the left hand. Ru knows he should have avoided that one.
Ru misses with a body kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maquigregor!
Ru doesn't manage to clinch there - Maquigregor circles away.
Maquigregor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ru looks for the body kick but Maquigregor saw that one coming.
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch but Maquigregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maquigregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ru is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maquigregor misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from Ru on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ru throws a head kick but Maquigregor moves out of range.
Ru tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ru looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maquigregor moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ru tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maquigregor takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ru avoids the head kick by Maquigregor.
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maquigregor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick from Ru lands but Maquigregor takes it in his stride.
Ru takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ru lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Maquigregor throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maquigregor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ru.
Some wild striking there from Maquigregor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Maquigregor - that will leave a mark!
Maquigregor tries to bum rush Ru with a series of wild strikes but Ru uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ru tries to clinch but Maquigregor is having none of it.
Ru tries to clinch up but Maquigregor circles away and keeps his distance.
Maquigregor misses with the combination.
Ru explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ru has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ru scores with a jab to the head.
Maquigregor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As Maquigregor backs off Ru throws a huge counter combo but Maquigregor manages to avoid it all.

Maquigregor rushes Ru and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Maquigregor manages to break the clinch.
Ru looks for the body kick but Maquigregor saw that one coming.
Ru tries to clinch there but Maquigregor circles away.
Maquigregor has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ru.
Ru lands a head kick. Maquigregor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Both fighters circling a little - Ru finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Maquigregor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Maquigregor throws a head kick but Ru moves out of range.
Ru throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Maquigregor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ru. That one must have hurt.
Maquigregor is breathing heavily.
Ru fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ru misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maquigregor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ru throws a body kick that misses.
Ru tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ru tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigey Maquigregor 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.

Maquigregor throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Maquigregor has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Maquigregor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ru throws a nice head kick!
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maquigregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maquigregor walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ru.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ru. Maquigregor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ru lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ru throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ru throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Maquigregor moves into the clinch.

Maquigregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ru wants to clinch.
Maquigregor will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ru looks to land a left hand but Maquigregor moved out of range nicely.
Maquigregor throws a right hand that Ru ducks under and follows up with a left that Ru also avoids with ease.
Maquigregor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Maquigregor gets a clinch.
Ru misses with a knee to the head.
Maquigregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maquigregor avoids a wild elbow strike from Ru.

Maquigregor breaks the clinch.
Ru steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maquigregor. That one must have hurt.
Maquigregor lands a jab-cross combination.
Maquigregor moves out of range of the body kick from Ru.
Maquigregor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ru throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ru throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Maquigregor blocks the body kick.

Ru tries to keep at a distance but Maquigregor has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ru tries to land a knee to the head but Maquigregor blocks with his arms.
Maquigregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Maquigregor breaks the clinch.
Ru throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Maquigregor throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ru's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ru tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maquigregor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ru catches Maquigregor with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Maquigregor.
Some wild striking there from Maquigregor.
Maquigregor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maquigregor fails to land with a series of punches.

Maquigregor instigates a clinch.
Ru creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Maquigregor manages to break the clinch.
Good leg kick by Ru there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Maquigregor misses with the combination.
Tigey Maquigregor is winning the standup battle so far.
Maquigregor takes one to the side of the head.
Maquigregor tries to bum rush Ru with a series of wild strikes but Ru uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ru doesn't manage to clinch there - Maquigregor circles away.
Ru throws an overhand right that lands on Maquigregor's shoulder, as Maquigregor tries to avoid the shot.
Maquigregor swinging wildly here.
Maquigregor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor throws a right and a left that Ru avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ru! But no joy.
Maquigregor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ru counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maquigregor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maquigregor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ru replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Maquigregor blocks it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ru punishes Maquigregor's body with a nice straight punch.
Ru throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ru fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maquigregor lands a high kick!
Maquigregor lands a two punch combo.
Maquigregor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ru moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ru fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ru throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ru throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maquigregor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ru.
And Ru responds with a good body kick, but Maquigregor manages to step out the way in time.
Maquigregor seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Ru shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Maquigregor is backing up but Ru catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Maquigregor covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Ru Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chang Ru!
An out of breath Chang Ru thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.