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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between marco ruas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael weston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, marco ruas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael weston!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ruas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but weston was well out of range. Poor timing from ruas.
ruas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
ruas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but weston moves away.
The fighters circling - weston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
weston throws a nice looking combination but ruas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
ruas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from weston.
weston bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A punch combination from weston misses.
weston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from ruas.
weston paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like marco ruas has been cut.
ruas throws a hook but weston blocks it.
ruas slips a straight right by weston.
ruas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from weston misses.
weston thows a left - swing and a miss!
ruas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
weston ducks under a wild hook from ruas.
ruas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ruas throws a big shot that misses.
ruas ducks under a wild hook from weston.
ruas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
ruas moves out of range of the strikes.
ruas scores with the left hand. weston knows he should have avoided that one.
ruas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
ruas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts ruas, as that shot connected.
weston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
weston misses with a hook. ruas ducked under it nicely.
ruas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and weston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
weston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
ruas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
weston looks to throw the jab but ruas is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by weston there.
ruas tests weston's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
weston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from ruas.
ruas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from weston.
weston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
ruas jabs at weston's body.
weston takes a swing at ruas's ribcage but misses.
weston tries to clinch but ruas moves out of range.
ruas throws a predictable looking body shot
and weston counters with a right hand to the body.
ruas defending well as weston loads up on a big left hand.
weston slips under a jab from ruas.
ruas misses with a body punch
and weston counters with a right hand to the body.
weston tries to clinch but ruas is having none of it.
weston throws a jab when ruas was well out of range.
weston throws the left hand but ruas avoids the punch easily.
weston throws a lazy right hand but ruas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ruas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as weston throws out the jab.
ruas lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from weston misses.
A slow jab from weston misses its intended target.
ruas looks to land a left hand but weston moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - weston looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
weston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from ruas.
A left lands for weston.
weston throws a shot from downtown. ruas moves away and avoids it.
weston avoids the body shot from ruas.
weston looks to score with a jab to the body but ruas is just out of range.
weston thows a left - swing and a miss!
weston tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ruas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
ruas misses with a body shot
and weston cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
weston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Decent striking displayed by weston there.
ruas misses with a body shot.
A left lands for weston.
ruas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - ruas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
weston connects with a looping right hand.
weston connects with a single shot there.
weston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by ruas.
weston swings for the body but ruas moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ruas misses with a body punch
and weston counters with a nice uppercut.
weston thows a left - swing and a miss!
weston moves forwards but ruas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
weston lands with a hook. ruas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael weston dominated that round.
The cut man is working on marco ruas's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
ruas misses the body punch
and weston cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
weston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
ruas is rocked!
ruas moves out of range of the strikes.
Oh ruas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
ruas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from weston.
ruas seems to have got his legs back now.
ruas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from weston.
Michael weston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
ruas thows a left - swing and a miss!
ruas looks to land a combination but weston avoids it well.
A slow jab from weston misses its intended target.
ruas throws a hook to the side of weston's head but weston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
ruas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but weston was well out of range. Poor timing from ruas.
ruas slips under a jab from weston.
Nice defenses there by ruas.
weston cracks ruas with an open hand slap.
ruas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
marco ruas's cut is getting worse.
weston throws the left hand but ruas avoids the punch easily.
weston misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
weston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from ruas.
ruas throws the left hand but weston avoids the punch easily.
ruas with a nice cross.
weston connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between ruas's hands.
weston misses with an uppercut.
weston just misses with a punch to the body.
weston tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big left from weston misses.
ruas slips under a jab.
A jab from weston does it's job there.
weston takes a swing at ruas's ribcage but misses.
ruas swats away the attempt to clinch by weston.
ruas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
weston with a jab.
weston might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ruas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as weston throws out the jab.
ruas thuds a left hand into weston's body.
weston slips a straight right by ruas.
weston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by ruas.
A big right from ruas misses.
weston looks to land a right hand but ruas moved out of range.
weston works the jab nicely.
A combination from weston does no damage.
weston scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
weston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
ruas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
weston lunges at ruas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by ruas's hand.
weston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from ruas.
weston throws a big shot that misses.
weston scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
weston forces ruas back against the cage and clinches.
ruas is trying to break the clinch but weston has him pressed against the cage.
weston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
weston keeps control of ruas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
weston wants to get back to striking at distance but ruas won't allow it.
weston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
weston breaks the clinch.
weston slips a straight right by ruas.
ruas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from weston.
That's four 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.
No joy there for ruas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
ruas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
ruas takes a swing at weston's ribcage but misses.
ruas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
weston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ruas.
ruas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from weston.
ruas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from weston.
ruas throws the left hand but weston avoids the punch easily.
ruas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. weston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
weston takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
weston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from ruas.
ruas misses with a few strikes there.
A slow jab from weston misses its intended target.
weston blocks a jab.
ruas walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael weston showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on marco ruas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
weston looks to throw the jab but ruas is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from ruas misses the target.
ruas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
weston throws a jab but it's blocked by ruas.
weston needs to keep his hands up - ruas had a free shot at his head there.
ruas throws a body punch but weston moves out of range.
ruas misses with a body shot
and weston counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
weston throws a hook to the side of ruas's head but ruas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
ruas defending well as weston loads up on a big left hand.
weston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
ruas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
ruas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
ruas misses with a straight left.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
ruas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
ruas misses with a hook.
weston ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
weston drops ruas with a nice combination! weston dives into ruas's guard, looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
weston gets to his feet - ruas follows without any prompting.
ruas tests weston's chin there with a solid looking shot.
weston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ruas.
weston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
marco ruas's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
weston throws a jab when ruas was well out of range.
weston with a nice cross.
A big left from weston misses.
ruas defending well as weston loads up on a big left hand.
weston has managed to clinch.
weston breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
ruas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
ruas loads up on a big right hand but weston slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
weston throws a big shot that misses.
weston throws a lazy right hand but ruas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
weston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from ruas.
ruas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as weston throws out the jab.
weston lands a jab to the head.
weston lunges at ruas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by ruas's hand.
weston clobbers ruas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
weston lands an overhand right.
Jeez, marco ruas's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
weston avoids the body shot from ruas.
weston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
ruas moves out of range as weston strikes.
ruas staying out of range there.
weston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
weston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but ruas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
ruas misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
weston looks to land a right hand but ruas moved out of range.
Michael weston is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice shot by weston.
ruas throws a hook but weston avoids it easily.
weston slips a straight right by ruas.
A big left from ruas misses.
Nice uppercut there from weston.
The fighters circling - weston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
weston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
ruas walks into a jab.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at marco ruas's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Michael weston!
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