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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Ruphin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Run Barbie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruphin comes to the cage accompanied by Ruff Neck. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wilson Ruphin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Run Barbie!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruphin is looking to land body kicks.
Barbie looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Ruphin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruphin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Barbie avoids it really well and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barbie is trying to push Ruphin away but Ruphin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barbie is trying to break the clinch but Ruphin is controlling him.
Ruphin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ruphin is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Ruphin scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ruphin.
Barbie tries to break the clinch but Ruphin is controlling the position.
Ruphin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barbie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruphin stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruphin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ruphin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ruphin.
Ruphin has managed to clinch.
Ruphin leaning against his opponent.
Ruphin breaks the clinch.
Ruphin wants to clinch.
Ruphin is looking to clinch but Barbie is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruphin shoots in looking for a takedown but Barbie manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ruphin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilson Ruphin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruphin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barbie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barbie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ruphin.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ruphin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ruphin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ruphin lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbie backwards.
Barbie wants to get back to striking at distance but Ruphin won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruphin lands a nice knee to the body.
Ruphin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ruphin lands an elbow that stopped Barbie in his tracks for a moment.
Ruphin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Barbie uses from the top position.
Barbie throwing strikes from guard but Ruphin blocks nicely.
Barbie throwing strikes from guard but Ruphin blocks nicely.
Ruphin kicks Barbie off and gets to his feet.
Ruphin tries to clinch up.
Barbie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Barbie wants it to stay on the feet.
Ruphin fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruphin doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbie circles away.
Barbie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ruphin.
Barbie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruphin.
Ruphin shoots in for a double leg but Barbie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruphin rushes Barbie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruphin is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wilson Ruphin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Barbie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruphin shoots in for a takedown but Barbie shows good takedown defense.
Ruphin stuffs the takedown.
Ruphin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No luck for Ruphin with that takedown attempt.
Ruphin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barbie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barbie is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruphin pushes Barbie up against the cage in a clinch.
Ruphin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruphin darts in and clinches Barbie up against the cage.
Barbie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ruphin breaks from the clinch.
Ruphin moves in looking to clinch but Barbie pushes him off.
Ruphin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barbie, pushing him back against the cage.
Ruphin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ruphin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ruphin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruphin closes the distance and pushes Barbie back into the cage.
A knee to the head by Ruphin.
Ruphin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barbie or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruphin crunches a lovely knee into Barbie's ribcage.
Ruphin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruphin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Barbie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ruphin has Barbie pressed against the cage.
A short right from Ruphin on the inside.
Barbie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ruphin breaks from the clinch.
Ruphin clinches.
Ruphin breaks the clinch.
Ruphin rushes Barbie and presses him up against the cage.
Ruphin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruphin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barbie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilson Ruphin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruphin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barbie's waist but Barbie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ruphin off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilson Ruphin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruphin wants to clinch.
Ruphin lands a nice looking body kick.
Ruphin has a takedown stuffed.
Ruphin has closed the distance and engaged Barbie in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruphin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short left from Ruphin.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ruphin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barbie swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruphin.
Ruphin has closed the distance and engaged Barbie in a clinch.
Ruphin pushes Barbie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruphin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ruphin lands an elbow inside that Barbie shrugs off.
Barbie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Ruphin.
Ruphin stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wilson Ruphin dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ruphin instigates a clinch.
Ruphin is working Barbie over against the cage.
Ruphin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ruphin scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Barbie keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barbie swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruphin.
Wilson Ruphin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruphin shoots in and drives through. Barbie sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbie swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruphin.
Barbie swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruphin.
Ruphin clinches up with Barbie and pushes him back against the cage.
Ruphin lands a damaging elbow.
Ruphin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ruphin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbie can do to turn this around?
Ruphin jumps guard and drags Barbie to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruphin is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Ruphin breaks the clinch.
Ruphin misses with a takedown attempt - Barbie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilson Ruphin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruphin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Barbie swivels and escapes.
Ruphin shoots in but no luck this time.
Barbie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ruphin.
Barbie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruphin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ruphin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barbie as he jumps to the side.
Ruphin shoots for a double leg takedown but Barbie sprawls well. He's pushed Ruphin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ruphin tries to clinch but Barbie is having none of it.
Wilson Ruphin is winning the standup battle so far.
Ruphin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barbie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ruphin.
Ruphin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruphin digs a good hook to Barbie's body.
Ruphin is looking to clinch but Barbie is avoiding it.
No luck for Ruphin with that takedown attempt.
Ruphin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Run Barbie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wilson Ruphin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barbie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wilson Ruphin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ruphin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wilson Ruphin!
Wilson Ruphin bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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