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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adolpho Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augustin Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruiz comes to the cage accompanied by Klutch-The Mob Goes Wild. Augustin Santiago looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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184 cm
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211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
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200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adolpho Ruiz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Augustin Santiago! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ruiz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Santiago is rocked! Santiago looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! Ruiz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santiago. Santiago is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruiz finish him? Ruiz looks to land a body kick but Santiago moved away. Ruiz misses with a two punch combination.
Ruiz clinches up against the cage. Santiago seems to have recovered his senses. Ruiz is trying to break free. Nice body punch from Ruiz - that landed with a thud.
Ruiz working some nice short punches in the clinch. Ruiz lands a shot to the body. Ruiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Santiago tries to stall but Ruiz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ruiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Ruiz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Ruiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruiz pushes Santiago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Ruiz working some nice short punches in the clinch. Ruiz is trying to break free. Ruiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Santiago tries to pull guard but Ruiz holds him up against the cage and eventually Santiago drops back down to his feet.
Ruiz trying to land knees to the body.
Santiago fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ruiz prevents Santiago from breaking the clinch. Ruiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Santiago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ruiz has him pressed against the cage. Ruiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Ruiz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santiago has him pressed against the cage. Ruiz digs a right hand underneath Santiago's ribcage. Santiago let out a lung full of air as it connected. Ruiz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santiago tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ruiz smiles and moves away.
Adolpho Ruiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Augustin Santiago. Nice takedown defense from Ruiz. No joy for Santiago on that attempt. Adolpho Ruiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Ruiz throws a series of punches but Santiago avoids them all with ease. Ruiz throws a series of punches but Santiago avoids them all with ease. Ruiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruiz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santiago moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Adolpho Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Ruiz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Santiago looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ruiz is fending him off so far but Santiago persists. Nope, Ruiz circles away and we're back to standing. Santiago tries to clinch but Ruiz moves out of range. Ruiz throws a left that rocks Santiago and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Ruiz dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Santiago regain composure!
Santiago is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Santiago really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ruiz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Ruiz advances to mount. Ruiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santiago's face.
BOOM! Ruiz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ruiz avoids the attempt from Santiago to control. Ruiz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Ruiz landing strikes from the mount and Santiago is in trouble! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Santiago is looking to get to half guard. Santiago in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Santiago is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ruiz lands a heavy elbow. Ruiz working the ground and pound effectively.
Ruiz is in the full mount, landing strikes. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Ruiz lands a big elbow. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Santiago is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Ruiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santiago's face.
Ruiz prevents Santiago from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santiago flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Santiago working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Ruiz. Santiago sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Ruiz decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet. Ruiz swinging wilding here.
Santiago swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruiz. Ruiz lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Santiago is looking to close the distance but Ruiz sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Santiago crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Santiago is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Adolpho Ruiz!
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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
78% |
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