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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Van Dam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Ruiz (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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188 cm
23
205 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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181 cm
31
205 lbs
13 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Van Dam! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Ruiz! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ruiz tries to clinch there but Dam circles away.
Ruiz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Ruiz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dam looking to score a takedown here. Ruiz is defending well but Dam drives through and ends up in Ruiz's guard. Ruiz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ruiz is in the full mount, landing strikes. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ruiz with a couple of short strikes. Ruiz lands a big elbow. Ruiz lands a nice shot to the head. Ruiz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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Dam is rocked! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Ruiz cracks Dam with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Ruiz!
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C
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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