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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Ruas (ranked 1268 p4p, 1539 weight class) and Arm Pitts (ranked 196 p4p, 234 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rickson Ruas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arm Pitts!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruas bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Pitts is looking for a sweep.
Pitts is not content to let Ruas control the position.
Ruas 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.
Pitts is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pitts is still trying to improve position.
Ruas throws a strike aimed at the side of Pitts's head but Pitts avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruas misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Ruas tries for a kimura but Pitts is defending well.
Ruas is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitts is looking for a sweep.
Ruas in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pitts tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pitts keeps working.
Sloppy strikes there by Ruas.
Pitts is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ruas looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Pitts is avoiding damage well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pitts struggling a bit here.
Pitts tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruas trying to control the action but Pitts is working from the bottom.
Ruas wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Pitts, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Pitts's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ruas tries for a kimura but Pitts is defending well.
Ruas trying to control the action but Pitts is working from the bottom.
Ruas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitts is looking for a sweep.
Ruas tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ruas throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ruas tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pitts is trying to improve his position.
Ruas throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Pitts is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ruas misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pitts keeps working.
Sloppy strikes there by Ruas.
Ruas working the body and head with strikes.
Ruas tries to score with some ground and pound. Pitts controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ruas tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ruas working the ground and pound but Pitts is defending the strikes.
Pitts tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruas working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pitts is trying to get back to half guard.
Pitts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ruas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pitts managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ruas.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rickson Ruas dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ruas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pitts sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ruas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Rickson Ruas has been cut.
Ruas has his takedown stuffed
and Pitts counters with a nice uppercut.
Pitts lands a big uppercut and Ruas crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ruas looks OK. Pitts waves Ruas back to his feet!
Ruas is rocked!
Rickson Ruas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruas misses with a takedown attempt
and Pitts counters with a nice right hand that sends Ruas toppling to the canvas! Ruas scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Pitts finish him?!
Oh Ruas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rickson Ruas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pitts darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Ruas's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Pitts before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arm Pitts!
Arm Pitts is the new middleweight champion!
A victorious Arm Pitts thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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