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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Ettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruzic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky. Ettish is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by With Karate I'll Kick Your Ass. Josip Ruzic had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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192 lbs
38 - 14 - 2 |
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198 lbs
27 - 17 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josip Ruzic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fred Ettish!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic lands with a right hand.
Ruzic throws a leg kick but Ettish sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ruzic tries a head kick but it misses.
Ettish scores with a kick to the body.
Ruzic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ettish throws a leg kick
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
Ettish keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ettish is looking to land body kicks.
Ruzic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ettish misses with a leg kick.
Ruzic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ruzic misses with a low kick.
Ruzic throws a sloppy head kick and Ettish moves out of range easily.
Ettish lands with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body punch from Ettish.
Ruzic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fred Ettish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ettish cracks the inside of Ruzic's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ettish with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ettish looks for the body kick but Ruzic saw that one coming.
Ettish pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ettish stuns Ruzic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ettish tried to score with a low kick but Ruzic checks it.
Ruzic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A lazy body kick from Ettish
and Ruzic counters with a thumping low kick.
Ettish waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ruzic.
Ettish lands a slapping body shot.
Ettish tests Ruzic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ruzic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ettish moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fred Ettish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruzic throws a leg kick
and Ettish cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ettish fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ettish.
Ettish scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ruzic blocks the body kick.
Ettish connects with a leg kick. Ruzic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ruzic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ruzic has his takedown stuffed
and Ettish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ettish slips under a jab from Ruzic.
Ruzic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruzic misses with a body shot
and Ettish counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ettish with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ruzic is breathing heavily.
Ruzic throws a body kick that misses.
Ettish keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruzic.
Ruzic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ettish sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josip Ruzic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ettish can pounce on him.
Ettish scores with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Ettish.
Ettish works Ruzic's body with a nice hook.
Ettish throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ettish uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruzic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ruzic lands a jab to the head.
Ettish lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ruzic takes a step back to recover.
Ettish throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A shot to the liver by Ettish. Beautiful body shot.
Ettish looks to land a body kick but Ruzic moved away.
Ruzic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ruzic is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic drops his hands momentarily and Ettish needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Ruzic just on the top of the head. Ruzic drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Ruzic - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Fred Ettish!
Fred Ettish seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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