PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nacho Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Randale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruiz comes to the cage accompanied by Perfect Smile - Petalos de Rosa. Randale has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. The key to victory for Nacho Ruiz has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ruiz
vs
Randale

167 cm
18
252 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

189 cm
26
257 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

HeavyWeight Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nacho Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roger Randale!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz throws a sloppy head kick and Randale moves out of range easily.

Randale moves into range and clinches up with Ruiz.
Randale lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Nacho Ruiz has been cut.
Ruiz cracks Randale with a nice body shot.
Ruiz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Randale's elbow.

Randale breaks from the clinch.
Ruiz throws a one two combo.

It looks like Roger Randale has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Ruiz misses.

Randale clinches with his opponent.
Ruiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Randale with a knee to the head.
Randale lands a knee to the body.
Randale misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Randale misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Randale fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Randale gets tackled into the cage by Ruiz. Ruiz maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Randale looking to throw knees to the head but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
Ruiz blocking some punches.
Ruiz is trying to maintain a safe position but Randale gets an underhook and turns Ruiz into the cage.
Randale throws a head punch that misses.
Randale tries a body shot but Ruiz blocks it.
A body shot lands from Randale.
Randale lands a knee to the head.
Randale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Randale blocks an elbow strike from Ruiz.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Randale trying to land knees to the body.
Ruiz is pushing Randale up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Randale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Randale connects with an inside leg kick.
Ruiz throws an overhand right that lands on Randale's shoulder, as Randale tries to avoid the shot.

Randale has closed the distance and engaged Ruiz in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Randale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Randale lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ruiz scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circling - Ruiz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Randale throws a nice looking combination but Ruiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Randale darts in trying to clinch
and Ruiz counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randale is looking to clinch but Ruiz is avoiding it.

Ruiz clinches up with Randale and pushes him back against the cage.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.

Randale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Randale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Randale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ruiz avoids it.
Randale blocks a body shot from Ruiz.
Randale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Randale blocks an elbow strike from Ruiz.
Randale lands a left hand.
Randale lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randale misses with a knee strike.
Randale stalling in the clinch but Ruiz improves position.
Randale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short left from Ruiz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Randale misses with a knee strike.
Randale is struggling to control the position.

Randale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruiz. Randale does a little dance to reset his feet.

Ruiz has managed to clinch.
Randale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Randale.
Ruiz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Randale throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Roger Randale will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ruiz scores with a jab.
Nacho Ruiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Randale lands with a slapping head kick.
Ruiz scores with a jab. Randale acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nacho Ruiz is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruiz throws a hook to the side of Randale's head but Randale sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Randale tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ruiz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Randale thinking.
Ruiz scores with a jab.
Ruiz stuns Randale with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Ruiz. Those never looked like landing.
Ruiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Ruiz digs a good hook to Randale's body.
Ruiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruiz jabs Randale to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Randale.
Randale is breathing heavily.
Ruiz lands a nice looking body shot.
Ruiz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Ruiz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Randale doesn't seem phased though.
Ruiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Randale.
Randale uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruiz.
Randale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruiz lands a jab to Randale's midsection.
Ruiz scores with a jab to the body.
Ruiz digs a good hook to Randale's body.
Ruiz scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Randale throws a wild hook but Ruiz just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Randale gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Ruiz raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nacho Ruiz!
A very excited looking Nacho Ruiz rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.