PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Ring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bautista
vs
Ring

170 cm
23
207 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

184 cm
25
218 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Convicted Trap House

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Cripplers Corner

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fidel Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Ring!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista scoring well with a low kick there.

Ring gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bautista to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bautista sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ring keeping moving, preventing Bautista from controlling successfully.
Bautista is stalling in the full guard.
Bautista has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fidel Bautista has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ring misses with a hook
enabling Bautista to counter with a crisp jab.
Ring stuns Bautista with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bautista misses with a wild body shot.
Bautista fails to land the takedown.
Ring lands a nice looking body shot.
Bautista missing with a left hand there. Ring was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ring with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bautista looks to score with a jab to the body but Ring is just out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Ring. No joy for Bautista on that attempt.
A jab from Ring does it's job there.
Josh Ring is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ring throws a looping overhand right but Bautista ducks down to avoid it.
Ring ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bautista moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ring ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ring misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ring avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A cross from Bautista lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bautista throws a jab but it's blocked by Ring.
Bautista misses with a straight left.
Ring digs a good hook to Bautista's body.
Ring takes a swing at Bautista's ribcage but misses.
Ring takes a swing at Bautista's ribcage but misses.
Bautista throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ring.
Bautista takes a swing at Ring's ribcage but misses.
Ring throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bautista scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ring scores with a jab to the body.
Bautista does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista connects with a single shot there.
Bautista thows a body shot but no joy.
Bautista misses with a low kick.
Ring scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bautista misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ring.
Ring blocks a jab.
Bautista uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ring.
Ring scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bautista doesn't seem bothered though.
Bautista tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ring swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fidel Bautista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bautista throws a head kick that misses.
Bautista looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ring tests Bautista's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ring checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ring throws a body punch but Bautista moves out of range.
Bautista throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ring throws a looping overhand right but Bautista ducks down to avoid it.
Ring misses with an uppercut.
Bautista throws an off balance right hand
and Ring counters with a straight right hand.
Ring scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bautista doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ring avoids the head kick by Bautista.
Ring defending well as Bautista loads up on a big left hand.
Bautista finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice body punch from Ring.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Ring misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bautista. Ring does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ring takes a swing at Bautista's ribcage but misses.
Ring lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fidel Bautista will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ring misses with a straight right.
Bautista misses with a body shot.
Bautista walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ring checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bautista cracks a nice hook into Ring's ribs.
Bautista defending well as Ring loads up on a big left hand.
Bautista uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ring.
Bautista throws out a leg kick but Ring moves out of range and Bautista only half commits.
Bautista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ring jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bautista tries to move into range but Ring moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ring scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bautista doesn't seem bothered though.
Bautista lands a right hook to the body.
A big right from Ring misses.

Ring gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bautista stands up over Ring, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bautista throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ring works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bautista preventing the sweep.
Ring is trying to keep Bautista in close.
Ring might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bautista haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bautista is fighting to break Ring's control of his arms but Ring is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bautista might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Josh Ring.
Bautista pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Josh Ring seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bautista throws a lazy uppercut
and Ring counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bautista takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bautista fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ring lands a slapping body shot.
Ring throws a body punch but Bautista moves out of range.
Ring misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bautista.
Ring throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bautista throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ring ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista misses with a looping left.
Ring thows a body shot but no joy.
Ring throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ring throws a series of punches but Bautista avoids them all with ease.
Bautista shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ring throws a nice looking combination but Bautista bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bautista just misses with a punch to the body.
Ring defending well as Bautista loads up on a big left hand.
Ring misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bautista counters with a right hand to the body.
Ring scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bautista displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ring throws out the jab.
Ring ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bautista moves away.
Ring swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bautista makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ring walks into a straight right hand from Bautista.

It looks like Josh Ring has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bautista scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ring misses with a straight right.
Bautista stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice shot by Ring.
Bautista pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bautista is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ring avoids the body shot from Bautista.
Ring walks into a straight right hand from Bautista.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bautista ducks right into an uppercut from Ring.
Bautista does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bautista throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ring counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fidel Bautista dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Josh Ring's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bautista connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ring. Bautista does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ring takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bautista slips a jab and a cross from Ring.
Bautista misses with an uppercut
and Ring counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bautista tries to land a leg kick but Ring saw it coming and moves away.
Bautista pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ring rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bautista counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Bautista misses its intended target.
Ring uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ring swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ring slips under a jab from Bautista.
Ring moves away from the strike by Bautista.
Ring fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bautista manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ring scores with the left hand. Bautista knows he should have avoided that one.
Bautista uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ring misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Bautista misses.
Bautista throws a good cross that connects.
Ring waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bautista.
Ring uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bautista.
Ring misses with an uppercut.
Ring checks a low kick from Bautista.
Ring avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ring misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bautista lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bautista on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ring throws a hook but Bautista avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Ring. Those never looked like landing.
Ring walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bautista throws a body punch but Ring moves out of range.
Ring showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bautista.
Bautista digs a good body shot into Ring's ribs.
Ring displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bautista throws out the jab.
Ring throws a hook but Bautista blocks it.
Ring bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ring missing with a left hand there. Bautista was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut there from Ring.
Ring misses with a body shot.
Ring fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bautista uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ring.
Ring swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ring lands with a straight right. Bautista didn't see that one coming.
Bautista misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ring.
Ring avoids the body shot from Bautista.
Donk. Bautista catches Ring right on the button with a cross.
Ring fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bautista manages to avoid it.

Bautista changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ring looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ring tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bautista wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Josh Ring has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ring is trying to escape the position but Bautista is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bautista trying to control the action but Ring is working from the bottom.
Ring is being controlled here.
Ring wants to control but Bautista postures up.
Bautista lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ring is not content to let Bautista control the position.
Bautista lands a decent elbow from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fidel Bautista showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bautista has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fidel Bautista!
Fidel Bautista seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.