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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Satriani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruiz kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is jukebox hero. Satriani is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Live Free or Let Me Die. Joe Satriani is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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205 lbs
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195 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Satriani!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satriani tries to clinch up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ruiz.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ruiz is chipping away with strikes.
Ruiz creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Satriani sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ruiz throws an elbow but Satriani slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ruiz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ruiz cracks Satriani with a big right hand but Satriani just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
What's Satriani going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Satriani takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Satriani wants to control but Ruiz postures up.
Ruiz throwing strikes but Satriani manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satriani is trying to get an arm triangle but Ruiz is defending well.
Ruiz wants to get back to his feet but Satriani drags him back down.
Ruiz trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Satriani has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Satriani tries to keep at a distance but Ruiz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ruiz tries to pull guard but Satriani won't allow it.
Satriani throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is trying to push Satriani away but Satriani has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters up against the cage, Satriani throws an elbow but misses.
Satriani lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Justin Ruiz has been cut.
Satriani manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Satriani successfully pulls guard.
Ruiz tries to free his leg and advance position but Satriani is retaining full guard.
Ruiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ruiz wants to stand but Satriani is controlling his posture from full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Satriani pulls Ruiz in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ruiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ruiz throws a big right hand that misses.
Satriani keeping full guard, as Ruiz tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Satriani is on top in guard.
Ruiz pulls Satriani in to control the position.
Satriani postures up in Ruiz's guard and throws a big left but Ruiz blocks it.
Ruiz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Satriani is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satriani loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruiz wants to get back to his feet but Satriani is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Satriani tries to stand but Ruiz is controlling from the bottom.
Ruiz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ruiz tries to get out of the position.
Satriani stands up from Ruiz's guard - Satriani perhaps looking for a knockout.
Satriani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruiz shoots in and bounces Satriani off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Satriani preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Ruiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Ruiz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Satriani darts in and clinches Ruiz up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Satriani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruiz's brow.
Ruiz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ruiz is looking to break free of the clinch but Satriani has double underhooks.
Satriani prevents a takedown attempt there.
Satriani stops a takedown attempt from Ruiz.
Ruiz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Satriani is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruiz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Satriani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Satriani lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Ruiz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Satriani after a bit of a struggle.
Ruiz managing to block the knees to the body from Satriani.
Satriani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Satriani looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Satriani lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satriani gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ruiz.
Satriani gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ruiz.
Satriani throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ruiz is looking to take this one to the mat.
Satriani throws an elbow but it misses.
Satriani has had enough of the clinch but Ruiz keeps him there for the moment.
Ruiz has hold of one of Satriani's legs. Satriani is fighting the takedown attempt but Ruiz gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Ruiz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Satriani is keeping the position for now.
Satriani is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Satriani works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ruiz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Satriani manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ruiz manages to get himself to full guard.
Satriani looking to sit in guard and control but Ruiz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ruiz stands up over Satriani, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Satriani has control of Ruiz's left arm, preventing Ruiz from doing any damage.
Ruiz stands up over Satriani, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz throws a big elbow that misses.
Ruiz working some strikes from top position.
Ruiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ruiz throws an elbow that misses. Satriani uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ruiz's guard. Nice move by Satriani!
Ruiz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Satriani wanted to stand there but Ruiz had control of the position.
Satriani wants to control from the top but Ruiz keeps moving.
Satriani thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ruiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz has a closed guard, preventing Satriani from standing up.
Satriani stands up from Ruiz's guard - Satriani perhaps looking for a knockout.
Satriani tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danga de danga de dang - Ruiz scores with a four punch combination!
Joe Satriani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ruiz counters with a single leg into guard. Satriani didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Ruiz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Justin Ruiz'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. This is the final round!
Ruiz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Satriani tries to clinch up but Ruiz circles away and keeps his distance.
Satriani lands a high kick!
Satriani doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruiz circles away.
Ruiz keeps the fight on the outside.
Ruiz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Satriani.
Satriani scores with a head kick. Ruiz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ruiz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Satriani sprawls well initially but Ruiz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Satriani avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ruiz.
Ruiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Satriani with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Satriani avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ruiz.
Satriani blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ruiz.
Ruiz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satriani regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Satriani works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ruiz throws a big elbow that misses.
Ruiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Satriani lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ruiz!
Ruiz tries to hold on but Satriani postures up.
Satriani throwing strikes here but Ruiz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Satriani looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ruiz is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satriani is landing with some decent strikes but Ruiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ruiz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Ruiz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Satriani tries to control but Ruiz wriggling away.
Satriani is landing with some decent strikes but Ruiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Satriani misses with a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Satriani throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Satriani thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Justin Ruiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Satriani thowing shots but they're missing.
Justin Ruiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Satriani prevents Ruiz from getting the reversal.
Satriani sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Ruiz blocking the ground and pound.
Satriani looking to control but Ruiz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ruiz is trying to escape the mount.
Joe Satriani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satriani is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ruiz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ruiz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Satriani throws some wild stikes that Ruiz manages to avoid easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satriani misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Satriani is landing with some decent strikes but Ruiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ruiz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satriani sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Satriani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ruiz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Ruiz!
Justin Ruiz made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Next time Joe why don't you play some music with some words in it moron!!! '.
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hype
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