PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christoph Janetzky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janetzky's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Escapado - Montgomery Mundtot. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Janetzky
vs
Rua

180 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
174 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

ANABOLIC **160**

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christoph Janetzky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Rua!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.
Rua moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Rua moves into range and clinches up with Janetzky.
Janetzky trying to stall but Rua improves his position.
Rua is pushing Janetzky up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Janetzky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Janetzky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Janetzky can't break the clinch.
Janetzky dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rua holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Janetzky gets control of Rua's arms and successfully pulls guard. Janetzky will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rua throws an elbow that misses. Janetzky uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rua's guard. Nice move by Janetzky!
Janetzky throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Janetzky stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Janetzky has managed to clinch.
Rua blocks an elbow strike from Janetzky.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Janetzky tries to land a knee to the head but Rua blocks with his arms.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Janetzky's ribcage.
Rua lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Janetzky backwards.
Rua lands with a right to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Janetzky is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua presses Janetzky against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Janetzky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janetzky letting Rua take a breather here.
Janetzky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Rua.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Janetzky takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Christoph Janetzky has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rua receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Rua stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua cracks Janetzky with a nice body shot.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua stalls.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Janetzky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Rua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua is pushing Janetzky up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Good body shot from Rua.
Rua lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua lands an elbow just above Janetzky 's eye.
Rua has Janetzky pressed against the cage.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Rua.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Rua.
Rua stalling.
Rua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua scores with a shot to the side of Janetzky's head.
Rua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rua lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Janetzky.
Rua lands a shot to the body.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Janetzky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Janetzky in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rua.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Janetzky in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua has Janetzky pressed against the cage.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christoph Janetzky's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rua scores with a leg kick.
Janetzky has a takedown stuffed.
Rua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rua throws a series of punches but Janetzky moves out of range.

Janetzky tries to keep at a distance but Rua has taken the fight into the clinch.
Janetzky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Janetzky is rocked!
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Janetzky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Janetzky is pressed against the cage. Rua pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Janetzky! Two more big strikes from Rua and Janetzky crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Gabriel Rua!
Gabriel Rua took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, L.A. Elite Clothing Co ($10 shorts and shirt) for their support in the buildup to the fight.