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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Ruas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yago Barros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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177 cm
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155 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Ruas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yago Barros!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ruas.
Barros is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ruas cracks Barros with a big right hand but Barros just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ruas lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ruas lands some shots froms side control.
Ruas happy to just control the position for now.
Barros taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ruas lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ruas lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Barros looks gassed!
Ruas prevents Barros from escaping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Ruas working away.
Ruas working the ground and pound.
Barros is looking to regain half guard here but Ruas keeps moving and retains side control.
Ruas is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Barros's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ruas lands an elbow.
Barros on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ruas landing a few strikes.
Barros takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Barros is not content to let Ruas control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruas lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ruas lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ruas lands a few punches from side control.
Ruas wants to control but Barros is keeping him busy.
Ruas taking a breather here.
Ruas lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruas lands some shots froms side control.
Ruas grinds an elbow into Barros's temple.
Ruas wants to control but Barros is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barros prevents Ruas from moving into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruas is chipping away with strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Ruas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Barros to see if he's OK.
Barros pushes Ruas away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ruas gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ruas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Barros to see if he's OK.
Barros prevents Ruas from improving position.
Barros taking a bit of punishment here - Ruas scoring with strikes.
Ruas lands a nice forearm strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruas is working Barros over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ruas scores with punches from side control.
Barros takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Check out the look on Ruas's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ruas scores with punches from side control.
Barros taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ruas is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ruas scoring with punches and elbows.
Ruas landing strikes.
Barros taking a bit of punishment here - Ruas scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matheus Ruas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ruas gets the takedown into side control.
Ruas scoring with punches from side control.
Ruas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barros keeps working.
Ruas working the ground and pound.
Ruas working the ground and pound from side control.
Ruas advances to mount.
Ruas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barros can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Barros wants to hold on but Ruas pushes him away.
Ruas landing strikes, looking to finish!
Barros is breathing heavily.
Ruas with a couple of short strikes.
Ruas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barros's face.
Ruas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barros's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ruas cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ruas breaks from Barros's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ruas with shots to the head and body - Barros looks very uncomfortable down there.
Barros is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ruas controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Barros that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ruas tries to control but Barros wriggling away.
Matheus Ruas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ruas raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ruas cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruas breaks from Barros's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Barros is looking to get to half guard.
Barros is squirming around, avoiding Ruas's attempts to control the action.
BOOM! Ruas connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ruas raining down shots from the mount!
Ruas with a couple of short strikes.
Ruas controlling the position easily from mount.
Ruas has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruas with good strikes from the mount here!
Ruas raining down shots from the mount!
Ruas controlling from mount.
Ruas lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruas lands with some strikes.
Barros's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
BOOM! Ruas connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ruas content just to control the position here.
Ruas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ruas is landing with some decent strikes but Barros is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ruas looking to finish Barros with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barros!
Ruas looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee warns Barros that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matheus Ruas dominated that second round.
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!
Ruas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Barros tries to clinch but Ruas is having none of it.
Ruas swats away the attempt to clinch by Barros.
Barros gets caught flat footed, as Ruas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Barros wants to stand but Ruas is controlling the position.
Ruas is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ruas postures up and lands a big shot to Barros's brow.
Ruas postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Barros takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ruas wants to control from the top but Barros keeps moving.
Ruas connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruas chips away with some ground and pound.
Ruas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ruas throwing strikes but missing.
Ruas lands a couple of digs.
Ruas working some strikes from top position.
Ruas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barros can do to turn this around?
Ruas stays in close to Barros's body and controls the position.
Barros is trying to keep Ruas in close.
Ruas seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Barros trying to keep a closed guard but Ruas is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ruas working some strikes from top position.
Ruas working some strikes from top position.
Barros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ruas.
Barros is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Ruas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ruas stands up over Barros, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ruas sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ruas working some strikes from top position.
Ruas trying to control but Barros is working from the bottom.
Ruas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruas with a nice head shot there.
Ruas working some strikes from top position.
Barros wants to sweep here but Ruas controlling him for the moment.
Ruas connects with a couple of short punches.
Ruas tries to free his leg and advance position but Barros is retaining full guard.
Ruas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ruas is in close to Barros's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ruas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ruas is in close to Barros's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ruas chips away with some ground and pound.
Ruas is pushing down on Barros's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barros is fighting to maintain full guard but Ruas has managed to sneak the leg through.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ruas connects with a nice short shot to Barros's temple.
Ruas moves into full mount! Barros won't be happy about that!
Ruas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barros?
Barros tries to hold on but Ruas pushes him away.
Barros working to try and regain half guard.
Ruas with shots to the head and body - Barros looks very uncomfortable down there.
Yago Barros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ruas raining down shots from the mount!
Ruas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barros looks a forlorn figure.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matheus Ruas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ruas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Matheus Ruas!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Matheus Ruas!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Matheus Ruas!
Matheus Ruas wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
30% |
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