PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taco Mcgibblets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taz Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mcgibblets might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to enrique iglesiasI Like It (Jersey Shore Version). Rutten comes into a darkened arena with his song building. IF I DIE TONIGHT kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mcgibblets has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Mcgibblets
vs
Rutten

176 cm
25
173 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

180 cm
24
182 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Revolution Fatigues

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Taco Mcgibblets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taz Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten avoids the body shot from Mcgibblets.
Taz Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcgibblets's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rutten connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mcgibblets scrambles back to his feet.
Rutten scores with a nice head shot.
Mcgibblets scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mcgibblets takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mcgibblets is breathing heavily.
Rutten lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rutten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mcgibblets.
Rutten getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rutten lands a nice hook to Mcgibblets's body. Mcgibblets takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rutten scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mcgibblets in his tracks.
Rutten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mcgibblets takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rutten lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rutten lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten connects with a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rutten.
Rutten lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mcgibblets takes a step back to recover.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mcgibblets crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rutten - the referee stops the clock and Mcgibblets gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rutten. Mcgibblets manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mcgibblets.
Rutten looks to land a combination but Mcgibblets avoids it well.

Rutten darts in and clinches Mcgibblets up against the cage.
Rutten misses with a punch to the body.
Mcgibblets takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rutten lands a left hand.
Rutten lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Rutten.
Rutten digs a right hand into Mcgibblets's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mcgibblets's gas tank.
Rutten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Rutten.
Rutten controlling the action here for a moment.
Rutten lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rutten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Rutten - that landed with a thud.
Rutten cracks Mcgibblets with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Rutten.
Rutten connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Rutten.
Rutten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mcgibbletss head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A hook to the body from Rutten.
Rutten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Rutten.
Rutten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rutten scores a nice knee to the body.
Rutten lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mcgibblets backwards.
Rutten manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rutten working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Mcgibblets is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rutten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oh Mcgibblets is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rutten ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten works Mcgibblets's body with a nice hook.
Rutten walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Mcgibblets drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Rutten swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Mcgibblets's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taz Rutten!
After the big win, Taz Rutten made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Conviction and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.