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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Godofredo Ruiz (ranked 2591 p4p, 298 weight class) and Ray Nathan (ranked 1821 p4p, 231 weight class). Ruiz's entrance music is Bone Thugs n Harmony | Thuggish Rubbish Bone. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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188 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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189 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Godofredo Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Nathan!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz misses the shot to the body.
Nathan ducks under a wild hook from Ruiz.
Nathan steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Ruiz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nathan has time to react.
Ruiz misses with a hook
and Nathan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruiz lands a really nice looking cross but Nathan seems unphased.
Nathan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nathan flicks out a counter leg kick but Ruiz steps away.
Ruiz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nathan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ruiz really felt that one!
Nathan slips a straight right by Ruiz.
Nathan feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nathan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ruiz to score with a decent uppercut.
Nathan moves away from the strike by Ruiz.
Nathan appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ruiz misses the shot to the body.
Nathan staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz misses with a right hand
and Nathan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ruiz throws an off balance right hand
and Nathan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ruiz's knee momentarily.
Ruiz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ruiz throws a right hand that misses
and Nathan counters with a leg kick.
Nathan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruiz.
Nathan moves out of range of the strikes.
Ruiz backing away here, and Nathan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ruiz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nathan.
Nathan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nathan cracks Ruiz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ruiz lands a right hook to the body.
Ruiz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nathan counters with a three punch combo that has Ruiz backing up. Ruiz nods at Nathan to acknowledge the strikes.
Godofredo Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruiz misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz throws a sloppy body shot
and Nathan counters by clinching up.
Nathan blocks an uppercut.
Nathan is struggling to control the position.
Ruiz misses with a body punch.
Nathan just leaning against Ruiz, taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruiz.
Nathan tries to score a body lock takedown but Ruiz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nathan fails to land.
Ruiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nathan tries to work over Ruiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nathan misses with a body punch.
Ruiz lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ruiz.
Nathan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nathan lands a shoulder strike.
Ruiz misses with the head strike.
Nathan misses with a punch to the body.
Nathan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ruiz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Nathan can turn it around.
Ruiz breaks from the clinch.
Ruiz misses the shot to the body.
Nathan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ruiz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ruiz instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Ruiz - that landed with a thud.
Nathan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ruiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nathan jumps guard and drags Ruiz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nathan looking for a guillotine here but Ruiz defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz wants to pass the guard but Nathan is keeping the position.
Ruiz trying to control but Nathan is working from the bottom.
Nathan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
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!
Nathan looking for a triangle here. Ruiz is fighting it but it looks tight! Nathan pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Ruiz is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ray Nathan!
During a confident post fight interview, Ray Nathan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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