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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kaiden Walsh (ranked 1565 p4p, 2313 weight class) and Anthony Ruiz (ranked 213 p4p, 302 weight class). Ruiz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DB7 - Squid Game Drill. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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13 - 9 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaiden Walsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Walsh - that landed with a thud.
Ruiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walsh blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Walsh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walsh misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ruiz.
Walsh scores with a hook to the body.
Ruiz missing with knees to the body.
Ruiz blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Walsh 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.
Walsh lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walsh working aggressively here.
Ruiz looking to throw knees to the head but Walsh is blocking nicely.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walsh scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruiz looks winded!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walsh.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Ruiz blocking some punches.
Ruiz missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Walsh fails to land.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walsh.
Walsh misses with the head strike.
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Walsh misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walsh avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Ruiz.
Ruiz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ruiz.
Walsh lands with a right to the head.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Ruiz blocks an uppercut.
Walsh working aggressively here.
Walsh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kaiden Walsh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz defending well as Walsh loads up on a big left hand.
Donk. Walsh catches Ruiz right on the button with a cross.
Ruiz scoring well with a low kick there.
Walsh drops Ruiz with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Ruiz! Walsh dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaiden Walsh!
A very excited looking Kaiden Walsh made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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