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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rachid Hadji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Ruggiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruggiero comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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168 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rachid Hadji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benjamin Ruggiero!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruggiero swats away the attempt to clinch by Hadji.
Ruggiero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hadji.
Hadji tries to clinch but Ruggiero is having none of it.
Hadji swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruggiero uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hadji.
Hadji takes a swing at Ruggiero's ribcage but misses.
Hadji throws a poor cross that misses
and Hadji takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hadji misses with a body punch
and Ruggiero counters with a nice uppercut.
Ruggiero looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruggiero trying to pass the guard but Hadji defending well.
Hadji looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ruggiero works his way into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruggiero has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Hadji is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ruggiero yanks on the arm and Hadji is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ruggiero.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Benjamin Ruggiero!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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