PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between BJ Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brute Force (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Force comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Here Comes The Pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rua
vs
Force

182 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
175 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BJ Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brute Force!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua shoots for a takedown but Force saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Force closes the distance and clinches.
Rua fails to pull guard.
Force manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Force has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Rua clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Force trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Force throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Force not allowing Rua to control his hands.
Rua tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Force working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua tries to improve his position but instead Force has taken his back!
Force controls the position.
Force really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rua. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Force is hanging on to Rua's back as he tries to escape.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Force controls the position.
Force's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rua prevents Force from getting a body triangle.
Force lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Force is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Rua is defending well though. Force let's go of the attempt for now.
Force is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Force is trying to stick to Rua's back but Rua is turning into Force. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Force's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Rua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Force pulls Rua in to control the position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Brute Force just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Force misses with a two punch combination.

Force shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rua's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rua keeping moving, preventing Force from controlling successfully.

Rua had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Force is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Rua Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Force's back instead.
Rua is hanging on to Force's back as he tries to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua avoiding Force 's attempts to control his hands.

Rua looking for the RNC.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Rua's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Force trying to control the position but Rua manages to sink in the hooks.
Rua throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brute Force dominated that round.
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.

Force has Rua up against the cage in a clinch.
Rua is stalling here.

Rua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
BJ Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Force clinches with his opponent.
Rua wants to break free but Force has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Force prevents the takedown attempt.
Force looking to throw knees to the head but Rua is blocking nicely.

Force has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Rua is trying to keep an underhook but Force manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rua tries to roll over but Force keeps him under control.

Force is working for a kimura but Rua is defending it quite comfortably.
Force trying to pass the guard but Rua defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Force is thwarting Rua's attempts to control the position.
Force lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Force looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rua wants to control but Force is keeping busy.
Rua tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Force has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Force controlling the pace for now.
Force can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rua is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Force dominating with strikes here.
Rua is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Force blocks Rua's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Force trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Force working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A nice elbow there by Force.
Force tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Force wants to control the pace but Rua is squirming around nicely.
Force looking to finish Rua with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rua!
Force working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Force fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brute Force showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rua misses with a takedown attempt

and Force counters by moving into the clinch.
Rua jumps guard but Force stands there with Rua around his waist. Rua gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Force manages to pull guard.
Rua preventing the sweep.
Force is controlling Rua's posture.
Rua looking to pass the guard.
Rua stopping the sweep attempt from Force.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Force is keeping the position for now.
Force trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Force lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rua!
Rua in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Force putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Force controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Force landing shots from mount.
Rua really wants to buck Force off and get back to his feet.
Force can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rua is looking to escape.
Force lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua is trying to reverse the position but instead Force has taken his back - oops!
Force really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Rua.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Force's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Rua is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Force.
Force avoiding Rua 's attempts to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Force is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Rua is defending well though. Force let's go of the attempt for now.
Force controls the position.
Rua trying to control but not successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
I would not like to be Rua right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brute Force comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Force has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brute Force!