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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Ruska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sotiropoulos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Humbling River 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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27
166 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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175 cm
25
162 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Ruska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Sotiropoulos!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruska throws a looping overhand right but Sotiropoulos ducks down to avoid it.
Ruska pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ruska misses with a few strikes there.
Ruska connects with an inside leg kick.
Ruska tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sotiropoulos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ruska throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruska fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sotiropoulos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruska was well out of range. Poor timing from Sotiropoulos.
Ruska tries to clinch but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Ruska gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sotiropoulos.
Ruska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sotiropoulos was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruska.
Jab, jab by Sotiropoulos - just one landing.
A good leg kick by Ruska.
Ruska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ruska throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruska throws a lazy right hand but Sotiropoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sotiropoulos tries to keep at a distance but Ruska has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sotiropoulos avoiding damage.
Sotiropoulos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruska throws a body punch but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Ruska misses with a hook
and Sotiropoulos counters with a good low kick that Ruska was not able to check.
Ruska clobbers Sotiropoulos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ruska throws an overhand right that lands on Sotiropoulos's shoulder, as Sotiropoulos tries to avoid the shot.
Ruska throws a series of punches but Sotiropoulos avoids them all with ease.
George Sotiropoulos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruska lands an overhand right.
Sotiropoulos misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruska misses with a right hand
and Ruska takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ruska with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ruska takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sotiropoulos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Ruska misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sotiropoulos. Ruska does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruska darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sotiropoulos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sotiropoulos lands a leg kick that knocks Ruska off balance momentarily.
Sotiropoulos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sotiropoulos thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Sotiropoulos misses.
Ruska has his takedown stuffed
and Sotiropoulos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruska is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos misses with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Ruska.
Ruska misses with a left hand
and Sotiropoulos counters with a straight right hand.
Sotiropoulos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ruska looks to land a combination but Sotiropoulos avoids it well.
Ruska closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sotiropoulos misses with a body punch.
Sotiropoulos gets through Ruska's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruska misses with a body punch.
Ruska misses with some punches.
Sotiropoulos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruska backwards.
Sotiropoulos works on Ruska's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos lands a body punch.
Sotiropoulos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sotiropoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sotiropoulos breaks the clinch.
Ruska tries for a takedown but Sotiropoulos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ruska looks to land a right hand but Sotiropoulos moved out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid leg kick lands there for Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sotiropoulos lands with a good body shot.
Dan Ruska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sotiropoulos lands a jab to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot lands for Sotiropoulos.
It looks like Dan Ruska has been cut.
Sotiropoulos lands an overhand right.
Ruska takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Sotiropoulos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Ruska's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sotiropoulos connects with a body shot.
Ruska lands a glancing blow to the side of Sotiropoulos's head.
Ruska tries to bum rush Sotiropoulos with a series of wild strikes but Sotiropoulos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sotiropoulos lands with a shot to the body.
A lazy left from Sotiropoulos finds it's target.
Ruska misses with an uppercut.
Ruska rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sotiropoulos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruska on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruska is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sotiropoulos.
Ruska is rocked!
Nice body punch from Sotiropoulos.
Oh Ruska is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sotiropoulos lands a nice looking body shot.
Ruska seems to have got his legs back now.
Ruska's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sotiropoulos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ruska scrambles back to his feet.
George Sotiropoulos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sotiropoulos.
Ruska avoids the body shot from Sotiropoulos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruska doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sotiropoulos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ruska has time to react.
Sotiropoulos lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Ruska falls backwards - clearly groggy! Sotiropoulos dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Sotiropoulos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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