Post by The Sandmen on Jun 23, 2017 7:36:42 GMT -5
Bas Rutten glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Randy Couture raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
Randy Couture comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Randy Couture fakes a punch and launches himself over Bas Rutten
Great move by Couture who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Randy Couture shoots and grab both of Bas Rutten's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Couture lifted El Guapo's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture pushes Bas Rutten against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Bas Rutten struggles not allowing Randy Couture improve his position.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture tries to pass to half guard...
Bas Rutten's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten sits up and gets an arm around Couture's neck!
Couture pushes Bas Rutten back to the ground.
Bas Rutten gets sloppy and Randy Couture tries to take advantage...
Randy Couture throws down elbows...
El Guapo is not making himself an easy target.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture tries to pass to half guard...
Bas Rutten can't prevent his opponent from passing. Couture looks to work from half guard.
Randy Couture is in half guard over El Guapo
El Guapo measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Couture blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Couture is trying to counter now!
Good looking punches from Randy Couture on the ground
deflected by El Guapo.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
El Guapo launches a furious low kick!
Couture receives a hard blow on his right leg!
Bas Rutten tries a middle kick
Randy Couture blocks and steps away.
El Guapo misses a step and Randy Couture sees an opportunity to counter him!
Couture is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten shows great balance while pushing away Randy Couture
Good front kick from El Guapo!
Randy Couture blocks
Poorly executed technique. Randy Couture looks to counter!
Randy Couture tries to bring the fight to the ground
El Guapo goes down.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Couture launches a barrage of elbows over El Guapo's face!
Bas Rutten blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Couture moves on the ground
Couture cannot take advantage in the ground
Couture clumsily fails here and it's time for Bas Rutten to fight back!
El Guapo tries to close his guard around Couture
He succeeds!
Randy Couture is in closed guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture storms over El Guapo with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Bas Rutten blocks them all showing some great skills here.
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in closed guard over El Guapo
Couture works on the ground with his fingers over El Guapo's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Randy Couture is in closed guard over El Guapo
Couture is in closed guard... El Guapo tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Randy Couture!
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Bas Rutten in his guard...
Bas Rutten keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes El Guapo's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in half guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture tries to free his leg
Randy Couture uses some of his skill by jumping out of El Guapo's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Couture tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Randy Couture is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Couture launches a barrage of elbows over El Guapo's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if El Guapo doesn't fight back!
Randy Couture is in full mount over Bas Rutten
El Guapo is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes Couture's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Bas Rutten uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
El Guapo tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
El Guapo tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Couture from the side mount!
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
El Guapo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture attempts to trap Bas Rutten in his guard.
Bas Rutten keeps control and remains in side mount.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in El Guapo's side.
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
El Guapo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
El Guapo tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
El Guapo tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Bas Rutten uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Bas Rutten in his guard...
Bas Rutten keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
BJJ! That is what must be passing through El Guapo's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
El Guapo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Couture clumsily fails here and it's time for Bas Rutten to fight back!
El Guapo fires a barrage of punches at Couture's head!
This is bad! El Guapo is just pounding on Randy Couture's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Couture looks to be in very good shape.
Couture looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Bas Rutten's punches
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's chin with an uppercut while El Guapo lands some great crosses.
El Guapo's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
El Guapo goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Couture's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Randy Couture tries to bring the fight to the ground
El Guapo goes down.
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture pushes Bas Rutten against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Couture jumps and tries to free his leg! El Guapo doesn't allow this but Randy Couture is able to get half guard here.
Randy Couture is in half guard over El Guapo
Couture launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Bas Rutten is not able to stop El Guapo ground skills and Randy Couture moves to side mount!
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Couture launches a vicious knee to Bas Rutten's head!
Bang! You can hear Bas Rutten's coner yelling to their fighter to escape now!
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
El Guapo measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Couture blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
1:28 Round 2 and El Guapo is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
El Guapo tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Randy Couture doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
An overhand right from Bas Rutten that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Couture's stops that one with his face! How is Couture standing?!
El Guapo jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Couture sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
The two exchange wildly
Couture is connecting with a few punches
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Couture wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Bas Rutten is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to Couture's face.
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
after measuring the distance El Guapo jump forward with a flying knee
Bas Rutten's knee landed perfectly on Couture's chest, from the look of his face that must have really hurt
The clock says 2:45 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Bas Rutten slightly pushes Couture into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Incredible high kick!
Couture is worried!
Randy Couture seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Bas Rutten!
Brutal-looking high kick from Bas Rutten!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Couture's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Randy Couture seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Bas Rutten!
El Guapo avoids a dangerous strike from Couture
and counters with a solid straight!
Couture moves to shoot
but Bas Rutten delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Couture's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Randy Couture's Left eye
Solid low kick from Bas Rutten.
For sure, that had to hurt!
Couture hyper-extended his left leg
The clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Bas Rutten tries a high kick!
Couture was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Couture crumples to the mat and El Guapo moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
Couture's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Randy Couture's Left cheek
Winner is Bas Rutten by KO (High kick) at 3:47 Round 2
Statistics: Bas Rutten
Punches 4/11 (36%)
Kicks 8/10 (80%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/9 (44%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 296 s
Statistics: Randy Couture
Punches 7/8 (88%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 10/45 (22%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 296 s
Big win for Bas. Bas says, "Yo bro I still here, I ain't goin' no's wheres." Fact-quote.
Randy Couture raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
Randy Couture comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Randy Couture fakes a punch and launches himself over Bas Rutten
Great move by Couture who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Randy Couture shoots and grab both of Bas Rutten's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Couture lifted El Guapo's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture pushes Bas Rutten against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Bas Rutten struggles not allowing Randy Couture improve his position.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture tries to pass to half guard...
Bas Rutten's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten sits up and gets an arm around Couture's neck!
Couture pushes Bas Rutten back to the ground.
Bas Rutten gets sloppy and Randy Couture tries to take advantage...
Randy Couture throws down elbows...
El Guapo is not making himself an easy target.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture tries to pass to half guard...
Bas Rutten can't prevent his opponent from passing. Couture looks to work from half guard.
Randy Couture is in half guard over El Guapo
El Guapo measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Couture blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Couture is trying to counter now!
Good looking punches from Randy Couture on the ground
deflected by El Guapo.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
El Guapo launches a furious low kick!
Couture receives a hard blow on his right leg!
Bas Rutten tries a middle kick
Randy Couture blocks and steps away.
El Guapo misses a step and Randy Couture sees an opportunity to counter him!
Couture is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten shows great balance while pushing away Randy Couture
Good front kick from El Guapo!
Randy Couture blocks
Poorly executed technique. Randy Couture looks to counter!
Randy Couture tries to bring the fight to the ground
El Guapo goes down.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Couture launches a barrage of elbows over El Guapo's face!
Bas Rutten blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Couture moves on the ground
Couture cannot take advantage in the ground
Couture clumsily fails here and it's time for Bas Rutten to fight back!
El Guapo tries to close his guard around Couture
He succeeds!
Randy Couture is in closed guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture storms over El Guapo with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Bas Rutten blocks them all showing some great skills here.
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in closed guard over El Guapo
Couture works on the ground with his fingers over El Guapo's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Randy Couture is in closed guard over El Guapo
Couture is in closed guard... El Guapo tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Randy Couture!
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Bas Rutten in his guard...
Bas Rutten keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes El Guapo's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in half guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture tries to free his leg
Randy Couture uses some of his skill by jumping out of El Guapo's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Couture tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Randy Couture is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Couture launches a barrage of elbows over El Guapo's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if El Guapo doesn't fight back!
Randy Couture is in full mount over Bas Rutten
El Guapo is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes Couture's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Bas Rutten uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
El Guapo tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
El Guapo tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Couture from the side mount!
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
El Guapo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture attempts to trap Bas Rutten in his guard.
Bas Rutten keeps control and remains in side mount.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in El Guapo's side.
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Randy Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
El Guapo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
El Guapo tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
El Guapo tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Bas Rutten uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Bas Rutten in his guard...
Bas Rutten keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Randy Couture
BJJ! That is what must be passing through El Guapo's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Couture
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
El Guapo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Couture clumsily fails here and it's time for Bas Rutten to fight back!
El Guapo fires a barrage of punches at Couture's head!
This is bad! El Guapo is just pounding on Randy Couture's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Couture looks to be in very good shape.
Couture looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Bas Rutten's punches
Couture measures the resilience of El Guapo's chin with an uppercut while El Guapo lands some great crosses.
El Guapo's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
El Guapo goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Couture's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Randy Couture tries to bring the fight to the ground
El Guapo goes down.
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over El Guapo
Randy Couture pushes Bas Rutten against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Couture jumps and tries to free his leg! El Guapo doesn't allow this but Randy Couture is able to get half guard here.
Randy Couture is in half guard over El Guapo
Couture launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Bas Rutten is not able to stop El Guapo ground skills and Randy Couture moves to side mount!
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Couture launches a vicious knee to Bas Rutten's head!
Bang! You can hear Bas Rutten's coner yelling to their fighter to escape now!
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
El Guapo measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Couture blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Randy Couture is in side mount over Bas Rutten
1:28 Round 2 and El Guapo is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
El Guapo tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Randy Couture doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
An overhand right from Bas Rutten that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Couture's stops that one with his face! How is Couture standing?!
El Guapo jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Couture sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
The two exchange wildly
Couture is connecting with a few punches
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Couture wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Bas Rutten is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to Couture's face.
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
after measuring the distance El Guapo jump forward with a flying knee
Bas Rutten's knee landed perfectly on Couture's chest, from the look of his face that must have really hurt
The clock says 2:45 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Bas Rutten slightly pushes Couture into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Incredible high kick!
Couture is worried!
Randy Couture seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Bas Rutten!
Brutal-looking high kick from Bas Rutten!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Couture's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Randy Couture seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Bas Rutten!
El Guapo avoids a dangerous strike from Couture
and counters with a solid straight!
Couture moves to shoot
but Bas Rutten delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Couture's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Randy Couture's Left eye
Solid low kick from Bas Rutten.
For sure, that had to hurt!
Couture hyper-extended his left leg
The clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Bas Rutten tries a high kick!
Couture was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Couture crumples to the mat and El Guapo moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
Couture's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Randy Couture's Left cheek
Winner is Bas Rutten by KO (High kick) at 3:47 Round 2
Statistics: Bas Rutten
Punches 4/11 (36%)
Kicks 8/10 (80%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/9 (44%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 296 s
Statistics: Randy Couture
Punches 7/8 (88%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 10/45 (22%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 296 s
Big win for Bas. Bas says, "Yo bro I still here, I ain't goin' no's wheres." Fact-quote.