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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Ruggiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winston Churchall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
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224 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Winston Churchall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinny Ruggiero!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruggiero darts in and clinches Churchall up against the cage.
Ruggiero lands a nice knee to the body.
Ruggiero scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Winston Churchall has been cut.
Churchall jumps guard but Ruggiero stands there with Churchall around his waist. Churchall gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Churchall tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ruggiero just stands there and leans against the cage.
Churchall wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Churchall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Churchall has picked Ruggiero up - he's going for a ride! Churchall dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ruggiero looking for submissions off his back.
Churchall is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruggiero is defending against the submission attempts here by Churchall.
Ruggiero wants to improve his position but Churchall is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruggiero is staying active underneath Churchall, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Churchall is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ruggiero is just riding it out for now. Churchall eventually gives up the hold.
Ruggiero tries to kick Churchall off but Churchall keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Churchall trying to control from half guard but Ruggiero is working away.
Churchall is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ruggiero defends it well.
Ruggiero tries to kick Churchall off but Churchall keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchall looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Churchall is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ruggiero is defending against the submission attempts here by Churchall.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ruggiero tries to kick Churchall off but Churchall keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Churchall wants to take a breather but Ruggiero is having none of it.
Churchall lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Churchall throwing shots but Ruggiero is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchall wants to pass the guard but Ruggiero is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Churchall is looking for a kimura but Ruggiero is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Churchall to get the leverage.
Churchall seems to be looking for submissions.
Churchall is looking for a kimura here.
Churchall is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ruggiero is just riding it out for now. Churchall eventually gives up the hold.
Churchall wants to pass the guard but Ruggiero is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchall prevents Ruggiero from improving his position.
Churchall is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ruggiero works his way to full guard. Good work.
Churchall throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ruggiero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Churchall drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ruggiero dives on top into guard.
Ruggiero must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Churchall has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ruggiero has passed into side control.
Churchall looking for a sweep but Ruggiero has passed into full mount! Oh no!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Winston Churchall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Winston Churchall's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ruggiero takes the fight into the clinch.
Ruggiero lands an elbow inside that Churchall shrugs off.
Churchall fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ruggiero can't find room to land a body shot as Churchall controls the action.
Ruggiero crunches a lovely knee into Churchall's ribcage.
Ruggiero connects with a knee to the head.
Ruggiero stalls.
Churchall jumps guard but Ruggiero stands there with Churchall around his waist. Churchall gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Churchall wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Churchall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruggiero is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ruggiero throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruggiero connects with a knee to the head.
Ruggiero misses with a knee to the head.
Churchall is trying to pull guard but Ruggiero turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ruggiero scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A knee to the head by Ruggiero.
Churchall tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ruggiero looking to throw knees to the head but Churchall is blocking nicely.
Churchall is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ruggiero lands a left hand.
Ruggiero lands a hook that snaps the head of Churchall backwards.
Ruggiero lands an uppercut.
Churchall is rocked!
Ruggiero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Churchall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vinny Ruggiero seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Churchall fails to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Churchall is trying to drag Ruggiero to the mat but Ruggiero just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ruggiero lands a big knee to the head and Churchall goes down! Ruggiero pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinny Ruggiero!
Vinny Ruggiero decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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