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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Ruaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elidio Munhoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruaz comes to the cage accompanied by My Unborn - Tupac. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
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190 cm
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200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Ruaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Elidio Munhoz!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruaz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Munhoz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ruaz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Munhoz is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ruaz shoots and misses
and Munhoz counters with a takedown into side control.
Munhoz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Munhoz is trying to get an arm triangle but Ruaz is defending well.
Munhoz prevents Ruaz from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Munhoz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Munhoz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Munhoz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ruaz manages to work his way to half guard, despite Munhoz's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munhoz blocks the strikes from Ruaz.
Ruaz manages to get to full guard.
Ruaz lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Ruaz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Munhoz's guard.
Munhoz looks gassed!
Ruaz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Munhoz's head.
Munhoz has momentary wrist control but Ruaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Ruaz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Munhoz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Munhoz trying to keep a closed guard but Ruaz is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Munhoz has momentary wrist control but Ruaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Munhoz looking for a guillotine here but Ruaz defends easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ruaz drops back looking for a leg! Munhoz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Munhoz manages to kick Ruaz off! Ruaz jumps back into Munhoz's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munhoz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ruaz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Munhoz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ruaz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Munhoz's head.
Ruaz postures up and lands a big shot to Munhoz's brow.
Munhoz keeping full guard, as Ruaz tries to pass.
Ruaz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ruaz cracks Munhoz with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munhoz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ruaz trying to control but Munhoz is working from the bottom.
Ruaz scoring with some ground and pound.
Ruaz works over Munhoz with some ground and pound from guard.
Ruaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ruaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruaz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Munhoz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ruaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Munhoz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruaz is really struggling to control Munhoz but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Munhoz's head.
Ruaz wants to pass the guard but Munhoz is keeping the position.
Munhoz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Munhoz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ruaz has his takedown stuffed
and Munhoz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Marcos Ruaz will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ruaz misses with a double jab.
Munhoz shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ruaz's guard.
Ruaz working for a triangle but Munhoz defends it easily.
Munhoz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Munhoz won't allow Ruaz to sweep him here.
Ruaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Munhoz trying to control but Ruaz is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munhoz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ruaz controls Munhoz momentarily but Munhoz frees himself.
Ruaz working for a triangle but Munhoz defends it easily.
Ruaz wants to sweep here but Munhoz controlling him for the moment.
Ruaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Munhoz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruaz can't do much from the bottom here.
Munhoz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ruaz striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Ruaz tries to buck Munhoz off but Munhoz is having none of it.
Ruaz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ruaz gets back to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ruaz is on top in guard.
Munhoz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ruaz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruaz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruaz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ruaz 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.
Munhoz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ruaz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Munhoz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Munhoz working a defensive guard here.
Ruaz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Munhoz keeping full guard, as Ruaz tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ruaz throwing strikes but missing.
Marcos Ruaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ruaz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Munhoz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Munhoz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ruaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruaz fails with the takedown
and Munhoz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Munhoz.
Ruaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Elidio Munhoz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Ruaz stuffs the takedown attempt from Munhoz. Munhoz gets slowly back to his feet.
Ruaz lands with a kick to the temple. Munhoz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ruaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruaz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Munhoz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ruaz's guard.
Ruaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruaz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Munhoz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munhoz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ruaz's head.
Ruaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Munhoz.
Ruaz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Munhoz is trying to stand up here but Ruaz is controlling him well.
Munhoz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Munhoz wants to get back to full guard.
Ruaz is trying to work for a kimura but Munhoz is defending well.
Ruaz tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Munhoz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ruaz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Munhoz tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Munhoz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ruaz.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ruaz lands with a slapping head kick.
Ruaz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Munhoz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ruaz!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruaz is trying to escape the mount.
Munhoz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Munhoz is going olschool here, as he tries to force Ruaz to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ruaz shrugs it off.
Ruaz is working to get back to half guard.
Munhoz looking to ground and pound but Ruaz is blocking nicely.
Ruaz is looking to improve his position but Munhoz isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ruaz flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Munhoz looking to secure an arm triangle but Ruaz defends it well.
Munhoz working for a submission but Ruaz is keeping him at bay.
Munhoz is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ruaz is surviving well by controlling Munhoz's body position as best he can.
Munhoz has hold of Ruaz's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ruaz manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Munhoz blocks Ruaz's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elidio Munhoz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Munhoz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Elidio Munhoz!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Elidio Munhoz!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Elidio Munhoz!
Elidio Munhoz wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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