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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Sloan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ruiz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Orion. Mario Ruiz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Victor Sloan's chin.
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200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mario Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Sloan!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloan swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruiz.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ruiz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sloan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ruiz.
Ruiz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sloan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruiz.
A right hand to the body from Ruiz.
Ruiz dodges an elbow strike from Sloan.
Ruiz scores a nice knee to the body.
Ruiz wants to get back to striking at distance but Sloan won't allow it.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks it.
Sloan landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz jumps guard but Sloan stands there with Ruiz around his waist. Ruiz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ruiz tries to score a body lock takedown but Sloan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks with his arms.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sloan is looking for a takedown.
Sloan looks winded!
Ruiz tries to pull guard but Sloan won't allow it.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sloan's face.
Sloan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ruiz's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sloan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruiz's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz wants to take the fight to the mat but Sloan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sloan controlling the action here for a moment.
Sloan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz is looking for a takedown.
Ruiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sloan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ruiz is keeping busy.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ruiz tries to stall but Sloan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks with his arms.
Ruiz trying to stall but Sloan improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sloan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruiz pulls guard successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ruiz wants to get back to his feet but Sloan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sloan trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruiz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ruiz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sloan trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruiz keeping full guard, as Sloan tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloan trying to control but Ruiz is working from the bottom.
Sloan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sloan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ruiz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sloan has managed to get both his arms back between Ruiz's legs - danger averted.
Sloan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloan sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Victor Sloan will probably get the nod.
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.
Sloan throws a head kick that misses
and Ruiz counters with a nice leg kick.
Sloan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sloan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ruiz circles away.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Sloan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sloan.
A head kick misses from Sloan.
Sloan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ruiz moves out of range of the body kick from Sloan.
Sloan thumps Ruiz with a low kick.
Sloan blocks a leg kick.
Ruiz clinches up with Sloan and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sloan after a bit of a struggle.
Sloan has Ruiz pushed against the cage.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
Victor Sloan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sloan taking a breather.
Sloan is breathing heavily.
Ruiz manages to break the clinch.
Sloan throws a shot from downtown. Ruiz moves away and avoids it.
Ruiz darts in trying to clinch
and Sloan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That kick from Ruiz tenderised Sloan's leg. Sloan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ruiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruiz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruiz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz can't get the takedown.
Ruiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sloan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruiz.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks it.
Ruiz tries to pull guard but Sloan won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruiz jumps guard and drags Sloan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sloan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ruiz keeping moving, preventing Sloan from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sloan controls the pace.
Sloan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ruiz keeping moving, preventing Sloan from controlling successfully.
Sloan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruiz is keeping the position for now.
Sloan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloan pushes down on Ruiz's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ruiz is staying active underneath Sloan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ruiz flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloan blocks the strikes from Ruiz.
Sloan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruiz keeps working.
Sloan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Sloan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ruiz checks a low kick from Sloan.
Ruiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Sloan.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sloan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ruiz connects with a jab.
Sloan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sloan is looking for a kimura but Ruiz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sloan to get the leverage.
Ruiz flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sloan is controlling the pace.
Sloan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ruiz defends it well.
Sloan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan is working for a submission of some sort.
Ruiz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sloan is working away from the top position though.
Sloan trying to control from half guard but Ruiz is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is trying to stand back up but Sloan is controlling him
Sloan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sloan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ruiz is not content to let Sloan control the position.
Victor Sloan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sloan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Let's hope that Sloan has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloan seems to be looking for submissions.
Sloan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sloan avoids the attempt from Ruiz to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloan swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Victor Sloan!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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