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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seifer Almasy (ranked 1622 p4p, 186 weight class) and Victor Ruiz (ranked 2784 p4p, 317 weight class). Almasy comes to the cage accompanied by Slayer - South Of Heaven. Seifer Almasy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Victor Ruiz's chin.
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250 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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191 cm
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266 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Seifer Almasy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almasy feints and then cracks Ruiz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ruiz down.
Ruiz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ruiz lands in his opponent's guard.
Ruiz stopping the sweep attempt from Almasy.
Ruiz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almasy seems keen to control Ruiz's posture.
Almasy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz wants to control from the top but Almasy keeps moving.
Almasy keeping full guard, as Ruiz tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz throwing strikes but missing.
Ruiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Almasy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruiz on the ground.
Ruiz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Almasy is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Almasy has escaped and now he's on top!
Ruiz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Almasy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ruiz working for a triangle but Almasy defends it easily.
Ruiz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Almasy defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Almasy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Almasy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ruiz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Almasy postures up.
Ruiz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Almasy is aware though and is defending well.
Almasy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ruiz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Almasy has managed to get both his arms back between Ruiz's legs - danger averted.
Almasy tries to free his leg and advance position but Ruiz is retaining full guard.
Almasy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ruiz looking for a sweep. Not yet Ruiz, not yet.
Almasy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ruiz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Almasy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ruiz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Almasy defends well.
Almasy is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruiz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Almasy defends it easily.
Ruiz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Almasy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Almasy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ruiz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ruiz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Almasy defends it easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ruiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Almasy controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Ruiz 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.
Almasy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Almasy misses with a looping right.
Ruiz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Almasy scores with a jab.
It looks like Victor Ruiz has been cut.
Ruiz looks for a takedown but Almasy sprawls well.
A quick step to the side and Almasy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almasy looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Almasy backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Ruiz's temple! It sends Ruiz violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Almasy celebrates and the doctors try to help Ruiz!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Seifer Almasy!
An out of breath Seifer Almasy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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