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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarkko Ruutu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
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219 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Joseph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jarkko Ruutu!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Joseph coming out on top.
Joseph drops his hands momentarily and Ruutu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruutu.
Joseph fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Joseph.
Joseph closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ruutu throws a right hand that Joseph ducks under and follows up with a left that Joseph also avoids with ease.
Ruutu throws out a loose jab but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruutu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ruutu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Ruutu misses.
Joseph scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ruutu misses with a wild body shot.
Jarkko Ruutu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruutu cracks Joseph with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Ruutu.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joseph.
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Ruutu.
Joseph uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruutu.
Joseph moves out of range as Ruutu strikes.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joseph keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruutu.
Ruutu throws a hook to the side of Joseph's head but Joseph sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruutu's head.
Joseph lands a nice looking body kick.
Ruutu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Ruutu misses with an uppercut. Joseph saw that one coming.
Joseph throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruutu looks to land a left hand but Joseph moved out of range nicely.
Ruutu throws a combination. Joseph tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ruutu might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Joseph fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joseph misses with a combination
letting Ruutu counter with a right hand.
Joseph scores a takedown into full mount!
Joseph is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Joseph in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ruutu keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joseph with good strikes from the mount here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph landing shots from mount.
Ruutu is rocked!
It looks like Jarkko Ruutu has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph lands a big shot to the head and Ruutu winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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