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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reijo Ruthman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ruthman's choice of entrance music: Special Teamz - Get Down. Edgar Young has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Edgar Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Reijo Ruthman!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruthman misses with an uppercut.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruthman.
Young takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ruthman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ruthman circles away.
Ruthman tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Ruthman lands an overhand right.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ruthman circles away.
Ruthman scores with a nice strike.
Ruthman cracks the inside of Young's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Reijo Ruthman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruthman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruthman.
Ruthman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Young checks it well.
Ruthman tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edgar Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruthman lands a nice looking body shot.
Ruthman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young shoots in for a takedown but Ruthman shows good takedown defense.
Young fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ruthman throws a low kick, looking for Young's leg but Young calmly moves out of range.
Ruthman throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Young shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ruthman as he avoids it easily.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruthman.
Ruthman lands a nice looking body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Young shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ruthman as he jumps to the side.
An inside leg kick from Ruthman misses.
Young checks a leg kick.
Ruthman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Young.
Ruthman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ruthman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ruthman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Young's head.
Ruthman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruthman.
Young shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ruthman as he jumps to the side.
Ruthman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reijo Ruthman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Young moves out of range as Ruthman strikes.
Ruthman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ruthman pinned against the cage. Ruthman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ruthman circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruthman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ruthman misses with a hook.
Ruthman throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthman misses with a double jab.
Ruthman looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
A jab from Young misses.
Ruthman misses with a kick to the body.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Ruthman.
Ruthman scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruthman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruthman scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Young shoots in and gets a takedown into Ruthman's guard.
Ruthman working a defensive guard here.
Young scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ruthman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ruthman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Young!
Ruthman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ruthman controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Young is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruthman wants to get back to his feet but Young is holding on tight.
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.
Ruthman seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Young is holding on tight.
Ruthman wants to control the pace but Young is squirming around nicely.
Ruthman wants to control but Young has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young is controlling Ruthman's position as best he can from this difficult position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Edgar Young will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Ruthman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ruthman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young blocks a head kick by Ruthman.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Ruthman tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ruthman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ruthman misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruthman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ruthman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Young.
Ruthman tries to land a front kick but Young steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reijo Ruthman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruthman.
Young shoots in for a takedown but Ruthman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edgar Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ruthman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruthman throws a shot to the body.
Ruthman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruthman tries to land a front kick but Young steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Ruthman.
Young looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthman thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruthman is looking to land body kicks.
Young gets the takedown into side control.
Ruthman manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ruthman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Young.
Ruthman wants to control but Young is keeping busy.
Young missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Young missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ruthman gets full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Young accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Young with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ruthman wants to sweep but no luck.
Young drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ruthman dives on top into guard.
Ruthman wanted to stand there but Young had control of the position.
Ruthman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Reijo Ruthman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ruthman 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reijo Ruthman!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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