PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Pedro has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Thomas Rutherford's chin.

Rutherford
vs
Pedro

187 cm
24
202 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

176 cm
27
202 lbs
19 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Rutherford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Pedro!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutherford circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rutherford throws a jab when Pedro was well out of range.
Rutherford throws a jab but it's blocked by Pedro.
Pedro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rutherford connects with a nice looking jab.
Pedro tries to clinch up.
Rutherford was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rutherford lands a nice hook to Pedro's body. Pedro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rutherford tries to land a front kick but Pedro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pedro throws a front kick that sends Rutherford stumbling back into the cage.
Pedro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rutherford lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pedro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rutherford throws a quick counter head kick but Pedro was just out of range.
Rutherford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pedro.
A big left from Pedro misses.
Rutherford just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pedro thumps Rutherford with a low kick.
Rutherford misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pedro! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutherford takes a swing at Pedro's ribcage but misses.
Pedro lands a nice hook to Rutherford's body. Rutherford takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rutherford swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pedro.
Pedro throws a low kick, looking for Rutherford's leg but Rutherford calmly moves out of range.
Pedro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Pedro closes the distance and clinches.
Rutherford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pedro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pedro tries a body shot but Rutherford blocks it.
Pedro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rutherford.
Rutherford has a couple of punches blocked by Pedro.
A body shot lands from Pedro.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Pedro controls his hands.
Pedro tries to throw a body punch but Rutherford avoids it by throwing Pedro back against the cage.
Rutherford gets through Pedro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Pedro controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Pedro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pedro lands with a right to the head.
Rutherford is trying to force a seperation but Pedro has the dominant position.
A shot in the inside from Pedro.
Pedro has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rutherford seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pedro can turn it around.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutherford prevents a body shot from Pedro.
Rutherford scores with a shoulder strike.
Pedro gets through Rutherford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rutherford misses with a body punch.
Rutherford throws a punch but it's blocked by Pedro.
Pedro working aggressively here.
Pedro working aggressively here.
Pedro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Rutherford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pedro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rutherford throws a push kick but Pedro slaps the foot to one side.
Pedro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pedro tries to clinch but Rutherford is having none of it.
Pedro wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford keeps the fight on the outside.
Rutherford takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Pedro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pedro throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rutherford fails to land.
Pedro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Pedro controls the action.
Pedro lands with a short shot to the head.
Pedro blocking some punches.
Rutherford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Pedro.
Rutherford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutherford lands with a short shot to the head.
Pedro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rutherford backwards.
Rutherford takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pedro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutherford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutherford lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rutherford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
Pedro digs a right hand underneath Rutherford's ribcage. Rutherford let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pedro misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Pedro.
Rutherford lands a shoulder strike.
Rutherford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pedro backwards.
Rutherford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pedro.
I was talking to Rutherford's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pedro scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pedro misses with a punch to the body.
Pedro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutherford is working Pedro over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pedro fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but George Pedro will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pedro scores with a punch to the head.
Rutherford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rutherford takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pedro misses with a kick to the body.
Rutherford works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pedro throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Rutherford crashing down! Rutherford tries to stagger back to his feet but Pedro just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Rutherford asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Pedro!