PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quim Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastos has chosen No More Mr. Nice Guy as his entrance music. Quim Bastos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Rua
vs
Bastos

185 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Quim Bastos!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Quim Bastos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastos lands a head kick!

It looks like Mauricio Rua has been cut.
Bastos misses with a kick to the body.
Bastos tries to score with a low kick but Rua moves his leg out of the way.
Rua avoids the head kick by Bastos.
Rua moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bastos throws a leg kick but Rua sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bastos.
Bastos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua moves out of range as Bastos throws a body kick.
Bastos blocks the body kick.
Bastos blocks a head kick by Rua.
Bastos throws a lazy body kick
and Rua counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bastos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rua has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rua and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bastos misses with the body kick
and Rua counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rua avoids the body shot from Bastos.
Rua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bastos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rua. That did some damage!
Rua avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bastos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bastos misses with a body kick.
Bastos throws the kick towards the body but Rua avoids it.
Bastos throws a head kick but Rua moves out of range.
Bastos is looking to land body kicks.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Bastos circles away.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Bastos misses with a hook.
Rua wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a sloppy head kick and Bastos moves out of range easily.
Rua avoids a kick to the body.
Bastos throws a sloppy head kick
and Rua counters with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Bastos misses.
Bastos throws a nice head kick!
A low kick from Bastos misses
and Rua counters with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Bastos misses.
Bastos avoids the head kick by Rua.
Rua tries to clinch up.
Bastos throws a wild body kick that Rua sees coming a mile off.
Rua tries to clinch but Bastos is having none of it.
Bastos swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Bastos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bastos thows a leg kick but Rua checks it
and Rua counters with a low kick, right behind Bastos 's knee.
Rua blocks a head kick by Bastos.
Bastos throws a sloppy head kick and Rua moves out of range easily.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Rua finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rua has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bastos.
Bastos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rua throws a push kick but Bastos slaps the foot to one side.
Rua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bastos.
Rua takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bastos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bastos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A jab from Bastos misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bastos. That's going to slow Rua down.
Bastos throws a chopping leg kick but Rua manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bastos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bastos misses with an uppercut.
Rua slips under a jab from Bastos.
Bastos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rua throws a head kick but Bastos moves out of range.
Rua avoids a kick to the body.
Bastos misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bastos tries a head kick but it misses.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bastos connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bastos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rua sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Quim Bastos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bastos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rua throws a push kick but Bastos slaps the foot to one side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bastos.
Bastos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bastos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rua blocks a head kick by Bastos.
Rua has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bastos.
Crunch! Bastos slams his shin into Rua's torso.
Rua takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rua takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bastos.
Bastos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rua might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bastos lands with a nice body kick.
Bastos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from Bastos does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastos misses the shot to the body.
Bastos connects with a high kick.
Rua avoids the head kick by Bastos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bastos. That's going to slow Rua down.
Bastos gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rua counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bastos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice body kick from Bastos.
Bastos lands a slapping body shot.
Bastos throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua avoids the head kick by Bastos.
Bastos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rua will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bastos feints and then cracks Rua's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rua down.
Bastos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rua is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bastos circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Rua drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Bastos follows Rua to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quim Bastos!