PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nuke Laloosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Handsome Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handsome Rutten has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Laloosh
vs
Rutten

200 cm
33
220 lbs
28 - 10 - 0

188 cm
27
224 lbs
13 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Hellbent
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nuke Laloosh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Handsome Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Laloosh pushes Rutten up against the cage in a clinch.
Rutten misses with some punches.
Rutten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laloosh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutten lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rutten lands with a left to the head.
Rutten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laloosh takes a shot to the head.
Rutten misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Laloosh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laloosh misses with a head kick.
Rutten steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Laloosh. That one must have hurt.
Rutten punishes Laloosh's body with a nice straight punch.
Rutten slips under a jab from Laloosh.
Rutten looks to throw the jab but Laloosh is out of range.
Laloosh is looking to counter punch.
Rutten takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laloosh throws a hook but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten moves forwards but Laloosh connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laloosh takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laloosh finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rutten misses with a looping left.
Laloosh's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Laloosh duly obliges.
Laloosh takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rutten throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A leg kick checked by Rutten.
Rutten takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rutten takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rutten looks to throw the jab but Laloosh is out of range.
Laloosh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laloosh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laloosh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rutten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laloosh misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten misses the jab.
Laloosh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutten manages to avoid it.
Rutten misses with a wild body shot.
Laloosh throws a leg kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Laloosh.
Laloosh is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Laloosh scores with a decent looking hook.
Laloosh throws a looping overhand right but Rutten ducks down to avoid it.
Laloosh lands with a straight right. Rutten didn't see that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Laloosh.
Laloosh sizes up Rutten with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Laloosh scores with a leg kick.
Laloosh is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Laloosh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rutten.
Laloosh swings for the body but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laloosh moves away.
As Rutten backs away, Laloosh returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh is looking to land body kicks.
Rutten appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rutten looks to land a left hand but Laloosh moved out of range nicely.
Good leg kick by Laloosh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laloosh takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rutten swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laloosh throws an off balance right hand
letting Rutten counter with a right hand.
Laloosh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rutten counters with a nice leg kick.
Rutten throws a leg kick
and Laloosh counters with a body kick that stops Rutten in his tracks momentarily.
Laloosh scores with a nice strike.
Laloosh lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rutten scoring well with a low kick there.
Laloosh darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laloosh tries to land a body kick
and Rutten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Nuke Laloosh has been cut.
Laloosh takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh throws a lazy right hand but Rutten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rutten gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Laloosh is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rutten ducks under a wild hook from Laloosh.
Laloosh misses with a body kick.
Laloosh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nuke Laloosh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutten swings for the body but Laloosh moves out of range.
Laloosh uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rutten has time to react.
Laloosh slips a straight right by Rutten.
Laloosh darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Rutten rushes Laloosh and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laloosh swings wildly with an uppercut but Rutten uses good head movement to avoid it.

Laloosh breaks from the clinch.
Laloosh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuke Laloosh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nuke Laloosh'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.

Jab from Laloosh.
Laloosh throws a lazy right hand but Rutten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laloosh looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Laloosh throws a leg kick
and Rutten counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by Rutten.
Laloosh looks to land a right hand but Rutten moved out of range.
Laloosh throws a looping overhand right but Rutten ducks down to avoid it.
Rutten is looking to land body kicks.
Rutten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laloosh.
Laloosh fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rutten on the side of the head.
Laloosh misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laloosh looks to land a right hand but Rutten moved out of range.
Laloosh throws a hook but Rutten avoids it easily.
Laloosh feints and then cracks Rutten's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rutten down.

Rutten has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laloosh working aggressively here.
Laloosh has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rutten blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rutten as Laloosh tries to tie him up.
Rutten lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laloosh.
Laloosh wants to stall.
Rutten digs a right hand underneath Laloosh's ribcage. Laloosh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Laloosh throws a punch but it's blocked by Rutten.
A right hand to the body from Laloosh.
Laloosh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laloosh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rutten can do to turn this around?
Laloosh lands with a left to the head.
Rutten working aggressively here.
Rutten misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Rutten breaks from the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Laloosh blocks the low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh throws a hook but Rutten avoids it easily.
Laloosh throws a leg kick but Rutten checks it.
Laloosh avoids a kick to the body.
Laloosh looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Laloosh rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rutten counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Laloosh throws a front kick aimed at Rutten's knee but Rutten avoids it well.
Laloosh blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Rutten there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laloosh's corner calls for a 1-2. Laloosh obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laloosh thows a leg kick but Rutten checks it
letting Rutten counter with a right hand.
Rutten slips a straight right by Laloosh.
Rutten tries to move into range but Laloosh moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rutten misses with a hook. Laloosh ducked under it nicely.
Laloosh moves away from the strike by Rutten.
An attempted straight right counter from Laloosh misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Laloosh doesn't seem bothered though.
Rutten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laloosh motions for Rutten to come forward. Laloosh throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A telegraphed right hand from Laloosh misses the target.
Laloosh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rutten moves out of range as Laloosh strikes.
Laloosh throws a hook but Rutten avoids it easily.
Rutten slips a jab from Laloosh.
A jab from Rutten does it's job there.
Rutten jabs Laloosh right on the nose. Laloosh blinks but takes it well.
Rutten lands a nice hook to Laloosh's body. Laloosh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laloosh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laloosh.
A nice side step and Rutten releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rutten moves out of range as Laloosh throws a body kick.
Laloosh moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Rutten lands.

Laloosh is rocked!
Rutten missing with a left hand there. Laloosh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laloosh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rutten.
Laloosh throws a right and a left that Rutten avoids nicely.
Laloosh lands with an overhand left.
Laloosh moves to clinch but Rutten breaks away
and Rutten counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rutten throws a hook but Laloosh avoids it easily.
Laloosh takes a swing at Rutten's ribcage but misses.
Rutten throws a counter combo.
Rutten fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Handsome Rutten will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nuke Laloosh's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rutten tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laloosh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rutten counters with a nice uppercut.
Laloosh fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rutten lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A low kick from Laloosh misses
and Rutten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laloosh connects with a leg kick. Rutten looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Laloosh misses the shot to the body.
Rutten let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Laloosh lands with a right hand.
Laloosh throws a lazy uppercut

and Rutten counters with a nice right hand that sends Laloosh toppling to the canvas! Laloosh scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Rutten finish him?!
Oh Laloosh is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laloosh throws an overhand right that lands on Rutten's shoulder, as Rutten tries to avoid the shot.
Laloosh rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rutten scores with a counter punch that sends Laloosh to the canvas! Rutten smells blood - he's punishing Laloosh with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Laloosh has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Handsome Rutten!
Handsome Rutten is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Handsome Rutten, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.