PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Ruthlessness (ranked 1870 p4p, 1720 weight class) and Mitsu Misawa (ranked 257 p4p, 233 weight class). Ruthlessness kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Meek Mill - Going Bad (feat. Drake). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ruthlessness
vs
Misawa

182 cm
27
175
10 - 11 - 0

182 cm
24
174
6 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Ruthlessness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitsu Misawa!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Hemmingworth and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misawa wants to clinch up but Ruthlessness keeps it at a distance.

Misawa gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Misawa.
Ruthlessness misses with a punch on the inside.
Misawa has a couple of punches blocked by Ruthlessness.
Misawa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Misawa lands a nice shot to the body.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ruthlessness takes an elbow to the forehead.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misawa is working Ruthlessness over against the cage.
Ruthlessness misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misawa throws an elbow but misses.
Ruthlessness misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruthlessness.
Misawa takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Misawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ruthlessness working aggressively here.
Ruthlessness swings wildly with an uppercut but Misawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Misawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruthlessness working aggressively here.
I was talking to Ruthlessness's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthlessness blocks the elbow strike.
Misawa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness swings wildly with an uppercut but Misawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Misawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruthlessness fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Ruthlessness gets through Misawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Misawa scores with a shoulder strike.
Ruthlessness lands with a right to the head.
Ruthlessness misses with a punch on the inside.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Ruthlessness misses with a punch on the inside.
Misawa working aggressively here.
A short right from Ruthlessness on the inside.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Ruthlessness 's eye.
Misawa lands a body punch.
Misawa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruthlessness.
Misawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruthlessness backwards.
Ruthlessness lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ruthlessness fails to land.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Ruthlessness 's eye.
Misawa lands a damaging elbow.
Misawa tries to throw a body punch but Ruthlessness avoids it by throwing Misawa back against the cage.
Ruthlessness scores with a shot to the side of Misawa's head.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Ruthlessness tries a body shot but Misawa blocks it.
Ruthlessness doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misawa has a couple of punches blocked by Ruthlessness.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Misawa blocking some punches.
Ruthlessness stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ruthlessness gets through Misawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Ruthlessness in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ray Ruthlessness has been cut.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruthlessness leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness has a couple of punches blocked by Misawa.
Ruthlessness cracks Misawa with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misawa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruthlessness creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruthlessness blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Ruthlessness.
Ruthlessness misses with a punch to the body.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Misawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Misawa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ruthlessness seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Misawa can turn it around.
Ruthlessness misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruthlessness throws a punch but it's blocked by Misawa.
Misawa lands a right hand.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruthlessness leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ruthlessness lands a hook that snaps the head of Misawa backwards.
Ruthlessness lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Misawa tries to throw a body punch but Ruthlessness avoids it by throwing Misawa back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misawa.
Misawa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruthlessness leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A hook to the body from Ruthlessness.
Misawa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Misawa blocks a body shot from Ruthlessness.
Misawa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Misawa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ruthlessness lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthlessness lands a shoulder strike.
Misawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruthlessness's elbow.
A short right from Ruthlessness on the inside.
Misawa tries a body shot but Ruthlessness blocks it.
Ruthlessness swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruthlessness lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ruthlessness swings wildly with an uppercut but Misawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruthlessness lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ruthlessness softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ruthlessness lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ruthlessness avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Ruthlessness is leaning against Misawa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ruthlessness lands a body shot.
Misawa looks winded!
Ruthlessness lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruthlessness can't find room to land a body shot as Misawa controls the action.
Nice body punch from Ruthlessness - that landed with a thud.
Ruthlessness lands with a left to the head.
Ruthlessness throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Misawas head.
Ruthlessness scores with a shot to the side of Misawa's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Ruthlessness dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Ruthlessness's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ruthlessness misses with a body shot.
Misawa moves out of range as Ruthlessness strikes.
Ruthlessness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruthlessness throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Misawa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruthlessness throws a jab but it's blocked by Misawa.
Misawa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Misawa misses the shot to the body.
Misawa slips a jab from Ruthlessness.
Misawa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jab by Ruthlessness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruthlessness darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Misawa is rocked!
Ruthlessness cracks Misawa on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Misawa falls backwards against the cage. Ruthlessness follows up with more strikes that drop Misawa to his knees. Ruthlessness keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Misawa! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Ruthlessness!
In his post fight interview, Ray Ruthlessness started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.