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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Charleston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruiz comes into the arena with El niño maravillas blaring out of the sound system. James Charleston is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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195 lbs
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195 lbs
10 - 23 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pablo Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Charleston!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charleston throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Pablo Ruiz has been cut.
Charleston instigates a clinch.
Charleston manages to break the clinch.
Ruiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Charleston rushes Ruiz and presses him up against the cage.
Ruiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charleston just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruiz's brow.
Ruiz is working for takedown but Charleston is calmly controlling the position for now.
Charleston lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Charleston throws a knee to the head but misses.
Charleston tries to pull guard but Ruiz won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charleston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ruiz tries to score a body lock takedown but Charleston shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Charleston with a knee to the head.
Ruiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charleston throws a head kick but Ruiz moves out of range.
Charleston shoots for a takedown but Ruiz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ruiz shoots for a double leg takedown but Charleston sprawls well. He's pushed Ruiz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruiz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Charleston did well to prevent Ruiz getting side control.
Charleston is trying to stand up here but Ruiz is controlling him well.
Charleston won't allow Ruiz to pass to mount.
Ruiz looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Charleston is trying to stand up here but Ruiz is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Charleston is trying to stand.
Ruiz not doing much here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Charleston clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Charleston.
Ruiz has clasped his hands together around Charleston's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charleston is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The referee asks Ruiz politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ruiz prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charleston tries to escape but Ruiz is in control.
Ruiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Charleston keeps working.
Charleston tries to escape but Ruiz is in control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ruiz just content to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Charleston instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Charleston misses with a knee to the head.
Charleston manages to break the clinch.
Charleston closes the distance and clinches.
Ruiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruiz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Charleston counters by moving into the clinch.
Charleston manages to pull guard.
Ruiz won't allow Charleston to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charleston keeping moving, preventing Ruiz from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Charleston dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Ruiz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Charleston rushes Ruiz and presses him up against the cage.
Charleston tries a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Charleston throws an elbow but misses.
Charleston is pushing Ruiz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ruiz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Charleston prevents it.
A short left from Ruiz.
Charleston tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charleston is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruiz is defending well for now.
Ruiz pushes off an throws an elbow but Charleston leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Charleston is stalling here.
Charleston misses with a knee strike.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Charleston blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charleston misses with a knee to the head.
Charleston blocks an uppercut.
Ruiz breaks from the clinch.
Charleston wants to clinch up but Ruiz keeps it at a distance.
Ruiz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Charleston fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ruiz, pushing him back against the cage.
Ruiz trying to control the position but instead, Charleston has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ruiz into the cage.
Ruiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice sprawl there from Charleston as Ruiz shoots in.
Ruiz misses with a takedown
and Charleston counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Charleston.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charleston breaks from the clinch.
Charleston closes the distance and pushes Ruiz back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charleston dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Charleston jumps guard but Ruiz stands there with Charleston around his waist. Charleston gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Charleston with a knee to the head.
Charleston escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charleston takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiz manages to break the clinch.
Ruiz misses with a looping left.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Charleston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pablo Ruiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charleston tries to clinch but Ruiz moves out of range.
Charleston doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruiz circles away.
Ruiz half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Charleston lands a head kick. Ruiz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
James Charleston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ruiz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charleston is looking to clinch.
Ruiz is looking for a counter combo.
Sloppy strikes from Ruiz. Those never looked like landing.
Charleston moves in looking to clinch but Ruiz pushes him off.
Ruiz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Charleston pinned against the cage. Charleston gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Charleston closes the distance and clinches.
Charleston lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Ruiz is trying to pull guard but Charleston has him pressed against the cage.
Ruiz manages to break the clinch.
Charleston lands with a kick to the temple. Ruiz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ruiz is rocked!
Charleston gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oh Ruiz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charleston pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Ruiz! Charleston unloads with more strikes and Ruiz sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Charleston!
In defeat, Pablo Ruiz stepped up to the mic, saying 'Dude that was tough '.
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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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