PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mack Johnstown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastiaan Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebastiaan Rutten has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Johnstown
vs
Rutten

190 cm
29
265 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

185 cm
26
240 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mack Johnstown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastiaan Rutten!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnstown closes the distance and pushes Rutten back into the cage.
Johnstown throws an elbow that misses.
I was talking to Johnstown's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rutten struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnstown controls his hands.
Johnstown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnstown misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Rutten.
Johnstown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rutten's elbow.
Johnstown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnstown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rutten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnstown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutten lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnstown pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutten lands a left hand.
Rutten lands a left hand.
Rutten takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Sebastiaan Rutten has been cut.
Johnstown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnstown pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnstown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rutten.
Johnstown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johnstown misses with an elbow strike.
Johnstown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rutten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutten lands a body shot.
Johnstown is breathing heavily.

Rutten breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten clobbers Johnstown with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnstown throws a head kick but Rutten moves out of range.
And Rutten responds with a good body kick, but Johnstown manages to step out the way in time.
Johnstown misses with a body kick.
Rutten misses with a kick to the body.
Rutten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnstown.
Johnstown lands a really nice looking cross but Rutten seems unphased.
Rutten avoids the head kick by Johnstown.
Johnstown swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rutten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnstown steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rutten. That one must have hurt.
Johnstown wants to slow Rutten down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnstown throws a body kick that misses
and Rutten finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johnstown on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rutten drops Johnstown with a straight right hand, right on the button! Rutten follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastiaan Rutten!
Sebastiaan Rutten decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.