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Event:
NYF 58: Traumen vs Tijhoff
Date: Mar 16, 2024 |
#R1#
Montoya swinging wildly here.
Ruiz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Montoya swings for the body but Ruiz moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Montoya. Ruiz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Montoya misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Montoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#T1#
Montoya misses the body punch
and Ruiz counters with a slapping leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ruiz.
Ruiz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Montoya checks a leg kick.
Ruiz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Montoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Montoya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Montoya misses with the combination.
Ruiz throwing a counter right hand but Montoya manages to avoid it.
Montoya 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.
Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Montoya.
Ruiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ruiz thuds his right hand into Montoya's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.#T2#
Ruiz thows a body kick. Montoya tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A nice leg kick from Ruiz, right into the meat of the thigh.
Montoya misses with a body shot.
Montoya misses with the combination.
Ruiz misses with a leg kick
and Montoya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Montoya takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Montoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruiz.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ruiz.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Montoya clinches. #T3#
Ruiz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Montoya in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.#BC2#
Montoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruiz throws a low kick but Montoya avoids it.
Montoya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Montoya tries to bum rush Ruiz with a series of wild strikes but Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montoya lands a slapping body shot.
Ruiz throws a leg kick but Montoya checks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Montoya.
Montoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Ruiz is predictable there
and Montoya counters with a lovely straight right hand!#CUT2#It looks like Anthony Ruiz has been cut.
Montoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruiz scores with a hook.#T4#
Ruiz feints and then cracks Montoya's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Montoya down.
Ruiz thows a leg kick but Montoya checks it
and Montoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montoya throws a hook but Ruiz avoids it easily.
Montoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Montoya gets in close and tags Ruiz with a short punch that almost sends Ruiz to the mat! Oh Ruiz is in big trouble! He turns his back on Montoya, trying to create some distance but Montoya rushes him, striking wildly and Ruiz goes down! The referee tackles Montoya into the cage to end the fight! Montoya is one violent man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Inigo Montoya!
Inigo Montoya made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'You are using Bonetti's Defense against me, ah? Naturally, you must expect me to attack with Capo Ferro? Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa... which I have!'. |
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Event:
NYF Fight Night Tokyo
Date: Feb 10, 2024 |
#R1#
Robertson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Robertson looks to land a combination but Ruiz avoids it well.
Robertson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ruiz ducks under a wild hook from Robertson.
Ruiz half committed to a counter leg kick.
Robertson scores with a jab.
A big right from Robertson misses.
Ruiz thinks about countering with a head kick.
Robertson throws a poor cross that misses
and Ruiz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Robertson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robertson.
Robertson misses with an uppercut
and Ruiz counters with a body kick that stops Robertson in his tracks momentarily. #KD2#
Robertson throws a left that rocks Ruiz and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Robertson dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Ruiz regain composure!
#ROC2#Ruiz is rocked!#CUT2#It looks like Anthony Ruiz has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robertson cracks Ruiz with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Robertson immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Ruiz is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Robertson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reece Robertson! |
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Event:
NYF 50: Makoba vs Simons III
Date: Jan 20, 2024 |
#R1#
Tucker misses with a double jab.
Ruiz misses with a kick to the body
and Tucker counters with a nice uppercut.
Ruiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tucker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tucker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ruiz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tucker misses with a body shot.
Tucker cracks Ruiz with a good jab.#ROC2#Ruiz is rocked!#CUT2#It looks like Anthony Ruiz has been cut.
Ruiz thows a leg kick but Tucker checks it
and Tucker counters with a big right hand! Oh Ruiz is in trouble here! Tucker follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeffrey Tucker! |
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Event:
NYF 47: Simons vs Makoba II
Date: Dec 30, 2023 |
#R1#
Tokoro misses the jab.
Tokoro misses the jab.
Ruiz throws out a counter right but Tokoro avoids it with no problem.
Hideo Tokoro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tokoro misses with a hook.
Ruiz throws a front kick aimed at Tokoro's knee but Tokoro avoids it well.
Ruiz slips a jab and a cross from Tokoro.
A cross from Ruiz lands.
Ruiz connects with a looping right hand.
Tokoro 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.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tokoro crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ruiz - the referee stops the clock and Tokoro gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ruiz. Tokoro manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ruiz blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Ruiz finds it's target.
Ruiz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tokoro throws out the jab.
Ruiz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tokoro looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruiz is just out of range.
Tokoro misses with a two punch combination.
#T1#
Tokoro misses with a lunging right hand
and Ruiz counters with a straight right hand.
Ruiz throws a looping overhand right but Tokoro ducks down to avoid it.
Ruiz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tokoro finds it's way round the side to connect with Ruiz's head.
Tokoro throws a right hand that Ruiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruiz also avoids with ease.
Ruiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruiz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tokoro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Ruiz.
Tokoro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruiz unleashes a big counter combination but Tokoro bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ruiz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ruiz misses with a kick to the body.
Tokoro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tokoro misses with a looping right.
A jab from Ruiz misses.
Ruiz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.#T2#
Tokoro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Tokoro misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tokoro.
Ruiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tokoro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tokoro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tokoro lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tokoro.#ROC#Ruiz is rocked!
Tokoro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruiz moves away.
Ruiz is still on wobbly legs! Can Tokoro finish him?
Good leg kick by Ruiz.
Ruiz seems to have recovered his senses.
Tokoro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
Ruiz moves away from the strike by Tokoro.
Tokoro takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tokoro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruiz throws out a counter right but Tokoro avoids it with no problem.#T3#
Tokoro scores with the left hand. Ruiz knows he should have avoided that one.
Tokoro misses with a double jab.
Tokoro moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRuiz.
Tokoro misses with a hook
and Ruiz counters with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ruiz. That's going to slow Tokoro down.
Jab by Tokoro.
Tokoro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruiz moves away.
Tokoro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tokoro misses with a shot to the body
and Ruiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz scores with a kick to the body.
Tokoro takes one on the button.
Ruiz slips under a jab from Tokoro.
Tokoro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tokoro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruiz.
Ruiz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tokoro had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Tokoro tries to bum rush Ruiz with a series of wild strikes but Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Despite the aggression on Ruiz's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ruiz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruiz avoids the body shot from Tokoro.
Tokoro misses the shot to the body.
Tokoro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ruiz tries to work over Tokoro's front leg with a kick but Tokoro checks it.
Ruiz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tokoro throws a series of punches but Ruiz avoids them all with ease.
Tokoro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tokoro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruiz throws a low kick, looking for Tokoro's leg but Tokoro calmly moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruiz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tokoro eats them both and turns towards Ruiz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hideo Tokoro will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Ruiz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tokoro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ruiz throws a leg kick but Tokoro sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tokoro misses with a series of wild punches.
Tokoro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tokoro swinging wildly here.
Ruiz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ruiz lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokoro misses with an uppercut
and Ruiz counters with a straight right hand.
Ruiz lands a head kick. Tokoro smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tokoro checks the leg kick.#T1#
Ruiz lands with an overhand left.
Ruiz thuds his shin into the meat of Tokoro's side.
Ruiz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tokoro throws a series of punches but Ruiz moves out of range.
Tokoro cracks Ruiz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ruiz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ruiz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tokoro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruiz.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tokoro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tokoro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ruiz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ruiz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tokoro.
Ruiz steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Ruiz. #T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruiz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tokoro.
Ruiz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tokoro missing with a left hand there. Ruiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tokoro throws a series of strikes that have Ruiz backpedaling.
Tokoro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ruiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tokoro.
Ruiz appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tokoro misses with a two punch combination.
Ruiz lands with a right hand.
Tokoro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tokoro throws a series of punches but Ruiz moves out of range.
Tokoro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hideo Tokoro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tokoro throws a one two combo.
#T3#
Tokoro throws out a loose jab but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tokoro throws a right and a left that Ruiz avoids nicely.
As Tokoro backs off Ruiz throws a huge counter combo but Tokoro manages to avoid it all.
Tokoro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ruiz finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tokoro.
Despite the aggression on Ruiz's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tokoro.
Tokoro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tokoro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big right from Tokoro misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruiz.
Good exchange - Ruiz coming out on top.
Tokoro throws a sloppy body shot
and Ruiz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tokoro is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ruiz throws a looping overhand right but Tokoro ducks down to avoid it.
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!
Tokoro slips a straight right by Ruiz.#T4#
Tokoro just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tokoro. Ruiz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tokoro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruiz counters with a nice leg kick.
Tokoro looks to land a combination but Ruiz avoids it well.
Ruiz unleashes a big counter combination but Tokoro bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ruiz throws a front kick aimed at Tokoro's knee but Tokoro avoids it well.
A quick step to the side and Tokoro tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tokoro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ruiz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tokoro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ruiz's head.
Tokoro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tokoro misses with a looping left.
Tokoro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ruiz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anthony Ruiz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!#R3#
Tokoro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruiz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ruiz throws a counter combo.
Ruiz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ruiz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tokoro throws out the jab.
Tokoro throws a shot from downtown. Ruiz moves away and avoids it.
Tokoro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruiz.
Tokoro misses with a looping left.
Tokoro misses with the combination.
Tokoro misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokoro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruiz can pounce on him.
Tokoro throws a sloppy body shot
and Ruiz counters with a left and a right that stings Tokoro.
Ruiz dodges the punch combination from Tokoro.
#T1#
Ruiz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A combination from Tokoro does no damage.
Ruiz lands a high kick!
Ruiz defending well as Tokoro loads up on a big left hand.
Tokoro looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruiz is just out of range.
Ruiz avoids the body shot from Tokoro.
Tokoro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ruiz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ruiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ruiz misses with a head kick.
Tokoro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruiz.
#T2#
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tokoro takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ruiz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ruiz misses with an uppercut. Tokoro saw that one coming.
Tokoro blocks the body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tokoro throws a lazy right hand but Ruiz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruiz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tokoro looks to land a right hand but Ruiz moved out of range.
Tokoro just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz throws out a counter right but Tokoro avoids it with no problem.
Ruiz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tokoro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruiz moves away.
Ruiz lands a two punch combo.
Tokoro will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.#T3#
Ruiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tokoro.
Ruiz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ruiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruiz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Tokoro. That snapped Ruiz's head back.
A telegraphed right hand from Tokoro misses the target.
Ruiz counters with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Tokoro.
Tokoro misses the body punch
and Ruiz counters with a head kick.
Ruiz lands with a thumping leg kick.
#T4#
Tokoro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruiz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tokoro is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A nice leg kick from Ruiz, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruiz scores with a push kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz is looking to chop away at Tokoro's legs.
Ruiz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tokoro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tokoro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Ruiz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A lazy left from Ruiz finds it's target.
A cross from Ruiz lands.
Tokoro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tokoro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ruiz. That one must have hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Ruiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruiz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz 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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Event:
NYF 44: Sillalahi vs Yordan IV
Date: Dec 02, 2023 |
#R1#
Kakuzo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
Kakuzo lands a jab to Ruiz's midsection.
Kakuzo misses with a looping left.#TD#
Ruiz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kakuzo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kakuzo wants to pass the guard but Ruiz is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruiz trying to control the position.
Ruiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kakuzo trying to control but Ruiz is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kakuzo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kakuzo with a flurry of punches that miss. #SUB#
Kakuzo drops back looking for a leg! Ruiz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ruiz manages to kick Kakuzo off! Kakuzo jumps back into Ruiz's guard.
Ruiz is controlling Kakuzo's posture.#T1#
Kakuzo trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kakuzo.
Kakuzo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kakuzo postures up in Ruiz's guard and throws a big left but Ruiz blocks it.
Kakuzo trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kakuzo is looking to work some ground and pound but Ruiz has wrist control.
Kakuzo is fighting to break Ruiz's control of his arms but Ruiz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.#T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kakuzo stays in close to Ruiz's body and controls the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ruiz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kakuzo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ruiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#CL#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kakuzo clinches with his opponent.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
#TD#
Kakuzo pulls Ruiz into guard.
Kakuzo keeping moving, preventing Ruiz from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Kakuzo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ruiz defends well.
Kakuzo is trying to keep Ruiz in close.
#T3#
Ruiz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kakuzo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kakuzo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ruiz is one step ahead there.
Kakuzo keeping moving, preventing Ruiz from controlling successfully.
Ruiz wants to pass the guard but Kakuzo is keeping the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kakuzo is on top in guard.
#REVR#
Kakuzo trying to control but Ruiz is working from the bottom.
Kakuzo throws a big elbow that misses. #T4#
Kakuzo won't allow Ruiz to sweep him here.
Ruiz has momentary wrist control but Kakuzo slips an elbow through the middle.
Ruiz wants to sweep but no luck.
Ruiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kakuzo.
Kakuzo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kakuzo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ruiz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kakuzo's guard. #REVB##SUB#
Kakuzo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ruiz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ruiz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kakuzo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ruiz manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVR#
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruiz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ruiz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kakuzo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kakuzo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nakagome Kakuzo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2##TD#
Kakuzo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kakuzo working the ground and pound.
Ruiz tries to improve position but can't.
Ruiz is not content to let Kakuzo control the position.
Ruiz is looking to reverse the position.
Kakuzo trying to control the position but Ruiz is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A control attempt from Ruiz but he's now mounted!
Ruiz tries to hold on but Kakuzo postures up.
A nice elbow there by Kakuzo.#T1#
Ruiz just holding on.
Ruiz gets back to half guard.
Kakuzo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kakuzo uses his free foot to push down on Ruiz's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ruiz.
Kakuzo connects with a bit shot that sees Ruiz covering up! More strikes from Kakuzo and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kakuzo is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nakagome Kakuzo! |
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Event:
NYF Fight Night 15
Date: Nov 10, 2023 |
#R1#
Dujardin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dujardin lands a body shot.
Ruiz connects with the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Ruiz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ruiz.
Ruiz wants to clinch.
Ruiz tries to clinch up but Dujardin circles away and keeps his distance.
Ruiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dujardin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ruiz at a distance.
Ruiz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ruiz wants to clinch.
Ruiz throws a hook but Dujardin avoids it easily.
Dujardin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ruiz moves forwards but Dujardin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ruiz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dujardin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Ruiz misses with a hook. Dujardin ducked under it nicely. #T1#
Ruiz scores with a three punch combo!
Dujardin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dujardin throws a body shot but no joy.
Ruiz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ruiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ruiz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dujardin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dujardin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ruiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Dujardin circles away.
Dujardin feinted with a counter takedown.
Dujardin misses with a left hand
and Ruiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ruiz lands a jab to the nose.
Ruiz takes one to the side of the head.
Anthony Ruiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dujardin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ruiz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruiz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruiz misses with a low kick.
Dujardin throws a good cross that connects.
Ruiz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ruiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T2#
Ruiz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dujardin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dujardin avoids the head kick by Ruiz.
Dujardin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ruiz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ruiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dujardin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dujardin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dujardin connects with a nice looking jab.
Dujardin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#CL2#
Dujardin gets tackled into the cage by Ruiz. Ruiz maintains the clinch.
Dujardin tries to throw a body punch but Ruiz avoids it by throwing Dujardin back against the cage.
Ruiz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Dujardin blocks with his arms.
Ruiz tries to land knees in the clinch but Dujardin avoids the damage to the body.
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
#T3##TD#
Dujardin tightens his grip and picks Ruiz up, before dumping him to the ground. Ruiz manages to land in guard.
Ruiz looking for a sweep. Not yet Ruiz, not yet.
Dujardin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dujardin wants to pass the guard but Ruiz is keeping the position.
Dujardin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ruiz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dujardin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dujardin looking to pass the guard.
Ruiz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dujardin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ruiz's head.#T4#
Dujardin postures up.
Ruiz is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ruiz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dujardin controls the pace.
Dujardin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dujardin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dujardin postures up and lands a big shot to Ruiz's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dujardin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dujardin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dujardin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dujardin throws a strike but Ruiz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruiz wants to control from the top but Dujardin keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Olivier Dujardin 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.#R2#
Dujardin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ruiz misses with a kick to the body
letting Dujardin counter with a right hand.
Ruiz tries to clinch but Dujardin moves out of range.
Dujardin attempts a counter takedown but Ruiz avoids it well and moves away.
Dujardin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dujardin keeps the fight on the outside.
Ruiz throws a head kick that misses
and Dujardin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dujardin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dujardin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ruiz lands with a kick to the temple. Dujardin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" #CUT2#It looks like Olivier Dujardin has been cut.
Dujardin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ruiz darts in trying to clinch
and Dujardin counters with a straight right hand.
Dujardin looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruiz is just out of range.
Dujardin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
Dujardin defending well as Ruiz loads up on a big left hand.
Dujardin throwing a counter right hand but Ruiz manages to avoid it.#T1#
Ruiz moves to clinch but Dujardin breaks away #TD#
and Dujardin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dujardin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Dujardin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dujardin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ruiz is staying active underneath Dujardin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ruiz is trying to stand up here but Dujardin is controlling him well.
Dujardin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ruiz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dujardin is working away from the top position though.
Ruiz tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Dujardin has advanced to mount. Uh oh. #T2#
Dujardin working Ruiz over with strikes here. #ROC#Ruiz is rocked!
Dujardin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ruiz's face.
Ruiz is still in real trouble! Can Dujardin finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dujardin breaks from Ruiz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dujardin connects with a bit shot that sees Ruiz covering up! More strikes from Dujardin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dujardin is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olivier Dujardin!
A very excited looking Olivier Dujardin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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Event:
NYF 38: Traumen vs Adams
Date: Oct 14, 2023 |
#R1##CL2#
Ruiz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Walsh - that landed with a thud.
Ruiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walsh blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Walsh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walsh misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ruiz.
Walsh scores with a hook to the body.
Ruiz missing with knees to the body.
Ruiz blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Walsh 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.
Walsh lands with a short shot to the head. #T1#
Walsh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walsh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walsh working aggressively here.
Ruiz looking to throw knees to the head but Walsh is blocking nicely.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Walsh blocks with his arms.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walsh scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruiz looks winded!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walsh.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Ruiz blocking some punches.
Ruiz missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Walsh fails to land.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
#T2#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walsh.
Walsh misses with the head strike.
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Walsh misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walsh avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Ruiz.
Ruiz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ruiz.
Walsh lands with a right to the head.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Ruiz blocks an uppercut.
Walsh working aggressively here.
#BC#
Walsh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kaiden Walsh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T3#
Ruiz defending well as Walsh loads up on a big left hand.
Donk. Walsh catches Ruiz right on the button with a cross.
Ruiz scoring well with a low kick there.
Walsh drops Ruiz with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Ruiz! Walsh dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaiden Walsh!
A very excited looking Kaiden Walsh made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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Event:
NYF Fight Night 11
Date: Sep 22, 2023 |
#R1#
Fuisse dives in for a single leg takedown but Ruiz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ruiz throws a head kick that half lands.
Fuisse shoots in for a takedown but Ruiz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.#CL#
Ruiz closes the distance and pushes Fuisse back into the cage.
Ruiz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fuisse can't break the clinch.
Ruiz looking to throw knees to the head but Fuisse is blocking nicely.
Ruiz landing knees to the body.
Fuisse looks winded!
Ruiz connects with a knee to the head.
#CUT#It looks like Jacob Fuisse has been cut.
Ruiz lands a big knee to the head and Fuisse goes down! Ruiz pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ruiz!
After winning the bout, Anthony Ruiz thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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Event:
TWGC 40 (185lbs, D3): Los Angeles Qualifier - Round 2
Date: Sep 03, 2023 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Anthony Ruiz! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Danielos Tiger!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.#CL#
Ruiz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ruiz is trying to drag Tiger to the mat but Tiger just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tiger has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ruiz is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tiger to keep the fight standing.
Tiger has Ruiz pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ruiz manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ruiz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Ruiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tiger is pressed up against the cage. Ruiz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tiger down to the mat. Tiger avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ruiz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL#
Ruiz rushes Tiger and presses him up against the cage.
Tiger jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ruiz walks away with a smile on his face. Tiger gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tiger moves in looking to clinch but Ruiz pushes him off.#CL#
Ruiz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tiger gets underhooks to prevent Ruiz's takedown attempt.
Ruiz tries to pull guard but Tiger won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD#
Ruiz drags the fight down to the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.#SUB2#
Tiger drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tiger jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tiger pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruiz is keeping the position for now. #T1#
Tiger passes Ruiz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruiz is looking to improve his position.
#SUB#
Ruiz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ruiz won't allow Tiger to pass to mount.
Still in half guard, Tiger seems content to control.#T2#
Ruiz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ruiz wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Tiger trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Ruiz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tiger gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tiger sitting in guard, not really doing much. #T3#
Ruiz trying to keep a closed guard but Tiger is proving a slippery customer.
#SUB#
Ruiz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tiger doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tiger manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruiz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tiger tries to free his leg and advance position but Ruiz is retaining full guard.
Ruiz keeping moving, preventing Tiger from controlling successfully. #T4#
Tiger tries to free his leg and advance position but Ruiz is retaining full guard.
Tiger trying to control but Ruiz is working from the bottom.
Ruiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ruiz is trying to keep Tiger in close.
Tiger pushes down on Ruiz's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tiger is thwarting Ruiz's attempts to control the position.#T5#
Ruiz is not content to let Tiger control the position.#SUB2#
Tiger is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tiger working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Ruiz's thigh. Ruiz counters though and makes it back to full guard. #SUB#
Ruiz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Tiger has passed into half guard!
#T6#
Ruiz is staying active underneath Tiger, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tiger passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Ruiz (0) vs (3) Tiger
Ruiz is looking for a sweep.
Tiger tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Tiger happy to just control the position for now. #T7#
Ruiz tries to buck Tiger off but Tiger is having none of it.
Ruiz is being controlled here.
Ruiz is looking to regain half guard here but Tiger keeps moving and retains side control.
Ruiz stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Tiger in side control, just content to control the action for now. #T8#
Tiger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruiz keeps working.
Ruiz manages to work his way to half guard, despite Tiger's best efforts.
Tiger is looking to advance position but Ruiz won't allow it.
Tiger seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ruiz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #SUB#
Ruiz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tiger passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Ruiz (0) vs (6) Tiger#T9#
Ruiz is working to get back to half guard.
Tiger takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ruiz gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Ruiz is defending against the submission attempts here by Tiger.
Tiger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruiz keeps working. #T10##SUB2#
Tiger seems to be working for a kimura but Ruiz defends the submission attempt.#SUB2#
Tiger looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ruiz has his hands clasped together around Tiger's back. He's all about the action.#T11##SUB#
Ruiz actively working from the bottom here.#SUB2#
Tiger seems to be working for a kimura but Ruiz defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Ruiz with the active half guard here but Tiger passes nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Ruiz (0) vs (9) Tiger
Ruiz tries to buck Tiger off but Tiger is having none of it.#T12#
You can see the frustration on Ruiz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tiger is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Ruiz will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.#SUB2#
Tiger is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ruiz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Tiger working away.
Tiger tries to move into full mount but can't pass Ruiz's legs. #T13#
Ruiz seems a little lost for a moment, as Tiger dominates the positioning.
It looks like Tiger might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Ruiz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tiger off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Ruiz (4) vs (9) Tiger#SUB#
Ruiz is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Tiger is defending well though. Ruiz let's go of the attempt for now.#SUB#
Ruiz is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Tiger has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Ruiz controlling the position well here. Tiger rolled but Ruiz kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
#T14##SUB#
Tiger defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Tiger manages to reverse the position and now he's in Ruiz's guard. Nice work there by Tiger.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ruiz (4) vs (11) Tiger
Tiger looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB#
Ruiz looking for subs off his back but Tiger has passed one foot through into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tiger wins on points by 11 to 4. |
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Event:
TWGC 40 (185lbs, D3): Los Angeles Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Sep 02, 2023 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Larry Salad Dressing! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Anthony Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Salad Dressing avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
#CL2#
Ruiz closes the distance and pushes Salad Dressing back into the cage.
Ruiz tries to score a body lock takedown but Salad Dressing shows good agility there to stay on his feet.#TD2#
Ruiz jumps into guard, dragging Salad Dressing to the mat.
Salad Dressing sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ruiz seems keen to control Salad Dressing's posture.
Ruiz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salad Dressing is one step ahead there.
Ruiz is trying to control the position but Salad Dressing postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salad Dressing trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB2#
Ruiz is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Salad Dressing rolls with it to try and escape but Ruiz cranks on the arm and Salad Dressing is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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Event:
NYF 27: Tonioli vs Williams 2
Date: Jul 22, 2023 |
#R1#
Ruiz lands a leg kick that knocks Lauzier off balance momentarily.
Ruiz tries to score with a low kick but Lauzier moves his leg out of the way.
Ruiz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lauzier shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ruiz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lauzier swings widly with a right hand
and Ruiz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lauzier looks to land a left hand but Ruiz moved out of range nicely.
Ruiz with a nice calf kick.
Lauzier misses with a straight left.
Lauzier misses with a straight right.
And Ruiz counters with a quick kick to the body but Lauzier blocks it.
Ruiz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lauzier uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ruiz has time to react.
A left lands for Ruiz.
Lauzier slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lauzier throws a hook but Ruiz blocks it.
Ruiz slips under a jab from Lauzier.
Lauzier looks to throw the jab but Ruiz is out of range.
Lauzier keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ruiz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ruiz throws a one two combo.
#CUT#It looks like Gabriel Lauzier has been cut.
A jab from Ruiz misses.
Ruiz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T1#
Ruiz is looking to slow Lauzier down with leg kicks.
Ruiz is looking to clinch.
Lauzier with a nice cross.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ruiz, as that shot connected.
Lauzier cracks Ruiz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lauzier lands a really nice looking cross but Ruiz seems unphased.
Ruiz lands a lovely overhand right.
Ruiz throws a jab when Lauzier was well out of range.
Ruiz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lauzier throws the left hand but Ruiz avoids the punch easily.
Lauzier throws an off balance right hand
and Ruiz counters with a series of strikes. Lauzier will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lauzier throws a looping overhand right but Ruiz ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Ruiz.
Ruiz lands with a nice body kick.
Lauzier missing with a left hand there. Ruiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been told by Ruiz's head coaches at California Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ruiz throws a series of punches but Lauzier avoids them all with ease.
Ruiz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It seemed like Lauzier was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lauzier looks to throw the jab but Ruiz is out of range.
Lauzier cracks Ruiz with a good jab.#T2#
Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lauzier.
Gabriel Lauzier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruiz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lauzier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ruiz moves out of range as Lauzier strikes.
Lauzier ducks under a wild hook from Ruiz.
Ruiz tries to clinch there but Lauzier circles away.
It seemed like Lauzier was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lauzier scores with a jab. Ruiz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ruiz moves out of range as Lauzier strikes.
Ruiz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lauzier throws a big shot that misses.
Lauzier takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ruiz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lauzier counters with a nice uppercut.
Lauzier is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ruiz had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ruiz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ruiz wants to clinch.
Ruiz ducks under a wild hook from Lauzier.
Lauzier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ruiz misses the jab.#T3#
Ruiz moves forwards but Lauzier connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ruiz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lauzier throws out the jab.
Lauzier takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lauzier throws an overhand right that lands on Ruiz's shoulder, as Ruiz tries to avoid the shot.
Lauzier misses the jab.
Lauzier connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lauzier avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ruiz misses with a low kick.
Lauzier looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ruiz moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Lauzier misses.
Lauzier lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lauzier throws a jab but it's blocked by Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Lauzier.
Lauzier smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ruiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Lauzier circles away.
Lauzier throws a hook to the side of Ruiz's head but Ruiz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ruiz ducks under a wild hook from Lauzier.
Lauzier might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lauzier ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lauzier throws out the jab. #T4#
Ruiz throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Lauzier misses.
Ruiz misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lauzier darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ruiz misses with a combination
and Lauzier counters with a nice uppercut.
Ruiz tries to clinch but Lauzier moves out of range.
Ruiz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lauzier swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#CL#
Ruiz drives through and clinches with Lauzier against the cage.
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lauzier misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lauzier working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lauzier looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lauzier tries to circle away but Ruiz has him pinned against the cage.
Lauzier is trying to break the clinch but Ruiz has him pressed against the cage.
Lauzier has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gabriel Lauzier will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Lauzier's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2#
Ruiz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lauzier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lauzier throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ruiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lauzier misses the jab.
As Lauzier looks to move away, Ruiz throws a big counter combo but Lauzier just gets out of the way.
Ruiz closes the distance but Lauzier moves to the side
and Ruiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ruiz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ruiz defending well as Lauzier loads up on a big left hand. #CL#
Ruiz has Lauzier up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruiz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lauzier tries to circle away but Ruiz has him pinned against the cage.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lauzier lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lauzier wants to break free but Ruiz has control.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lauzier has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lauzier looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lauzier has had enough of the clinch but Ruiz keeps him there for the moment.
Ruiz lands a good knee to the midsection. Lauzier won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lauzier is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#T1#
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Ruiz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
#BC2#
Lauzier breaks from the clinch.
Ruiz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lauzier misses the jab.
Lauzier misses with a looping left.
Ruiz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lauzier throws an overhand right that lands on Ruiz's shoulder, as Ruiz tries to avoid the shot.
Lauzier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Lauzier misses its intended target.
Ruiz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lauzier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ruiz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lauzier misses with an uppercut.
Ruiz wants to clinch.#T2#
Lauzier on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ruiz. Ruiz obviously looking to wear him down.
Ruiz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lauzier lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good shot there by Lauzier.
Ruiz throws an overhand right that lands on Lauzier's shoulder, as Lauzier tries to avoid the shot.
Lauzier dodges the punch combination from Ruiz.
Lauzier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruiz ducks under a wild hook from Lauzier.
Gabriel Lauzier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from Lauzier misses.
Ruiz moves out of range of the strikes.
Ruiz is looking to clinch.
Lauzier checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lauzier catches Ruiz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lauzier's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lauzier! But no joy.#T3#
A big right from Ruiz misses.
Lauzier misses with a left hand
and Lauzier takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lauzier ducks under a wild hook from Ruiz.
Lauzier shoots for a takedown but Ruiz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ruiz lands with a hook. Lauzier tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ruiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Lauzier circles away.
Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lauzier.
Ruiz defending well as Lauzier loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Lauzier misses.
Ruiz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lauzier cracks Ruiz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Lauzier throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick from Ruiz lands but Lauzier takes it in his stride.
Ruiz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lauzier is out of range.
A big right from Lauzier misses.
As Lauzier tries to get set, Ruiz tries to push him back and clinch up but Lauzier manages to avoid the attempt.
Ruiz is looking to clinch but Lauzier is avoiding it.
Ruiz moves in looking to clinch but Lauzier pushes him off.
Ruiz staying out of range there.
Ruiz blocks a jab.
Ruiz is looking for a counter combo.#T4#
Ruiz cracks Lauzier with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lauzier throws an overhand right that lands on Ruiz's shoulder, as Ruiz tries to avoid the shot.
Lauzier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lauzier throws a shot from downtown. Ruiz moves away and avoids it.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lauzier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lauzier lands a jab.
Lauzier cracks Ruiz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ruiz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Lauzier misses.
Ruiz tries to counter by clinching up but Lauzier breaks away and moves out of range.
Ruiz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruiz staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Ruiz.
Ruiz looks to land a left hand but Lauzier moved out of range nicely.
Lauzier throws a shot from downtown. Ruiz moves away and avoids it.
Lauzier connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lauzier misses with a hook. Ruiz ducked under it nicely.
Ruiz connects with a looping right hand.
Ruiz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lauzier connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ruiz scrambles back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gabriel Lauzier will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Lauzier's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3#
Lauzier misses with a straight right.
It looked like Ruiz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lauzier misses with an uppercut.
Lauzier steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruiz.
Lauzier throws out a counter right but Ruiz avoids it with no problem.
Lauzier misses with a looping right.
Lauzier gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Lauzier throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lauzier misses with a looping right.
A cross from Lauzier lands.
Ruiz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lauzier ducks under a wild hook from Ruiz.
Ruiz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lauzier's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz ducks right into an uppercut from Lauzier.
A slow jab from Lauzier misses its intended target.
Ruiz misses with an uppercut. Lauzier saw that one coming.
Ruiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lauzier throws out a loose jab but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lauzier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #T1#
Ruiz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lauzier.
Lauzier misses with a hook.
Lauzier lands a lovely overhand right.
Ruiz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Lauzier misses.
Lauzier blocks a head kick by Ruiz.
Lauzier throws the left hand but Ruiz avoids the punch easily.
Lauzier swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a leg kick but Lauzier moved away.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lauzier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruiz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lauzier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lauzier throws a hook to the side of Ruiz's head but Ruiz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A clash of legs there as Lauzier blocks the low kick.
Ruiz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lauzier.
Ruiz throws the left hand but Lauzier avoids the punch easily.#T2#
Lauzier throws a hook to the side of Ruiz's head but Ruiz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lauzier connects with a looping right hand.
Ruiz slips under a jab from Lauzier.
Ruiz throws a sloppy head kick and Lauzier moves out of range easily.
Ruiz is looking to clinch but Lauzier is avoiding it.
Ruiz ducks under a wild hook from Lauzier.
A swing and a miss from Lauzier.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruiz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lauzier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a jab when Lauzier was well out of range.
Ruiz throws a lazy right hand but Lauzier sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruiz slips a jab from Lauzier.
It looked like Ruiz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ruiz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ruiz misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Lauzier throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lauzier on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ruiz ducks right into an uppercut from Lauzier.
Lauzier scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.#T3#
Ruiz's corner calls for a 1-2. Ruiz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ruiz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ruiz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lauzier backs up against the cage.
Lauzier swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruiz.
It seemed like Lauzier was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Lauzier throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lauzier missing with a left hand there. Ruiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lauzier circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Lauzier.
Lauzier misses with an uppercut. Ruiz saw that one coming.
Lauzier tests Ruiz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gabriel Lauzier is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lauzier misses with an uppercut. Ruiz saw that one coming.
Lauzier throws the left hand but Ruiz avoids the punch easily.
Ruiz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ruiz with a nice calf kick.
Lauzier misses with an uppercut. Ruiz saw that one coming.
Lauzier throws a hook but Ruiz avoids it easily.#T4#
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lauzier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lauzier smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lauzier rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ruiz counters with a nice uppercut.
Lauzier throws a big shot that misses.
Ruiz is looking to counter the offense by Lauzier and move into the clinch.
Ruiz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ruiz throws out a loose jab but Lauzier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lauzier misses with a hook. Ruiz ducked under it nicely.
Lauzier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ruiz throwing a counter right hand but Lauzier manages to avoid it.
Lauzier smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ruiz defending well as Lauzier loads up on a big left hand. #CL#
Ruiz closes the distance and pushes Lauzier back into the cage.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruiz keeps control of Lauzier as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruiz. #BC2#
Lauzier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lauzier walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.#CL#
Ruiz moves into range and clinches up with Lauzier.
Anthony Ruiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gabriel Lauzier.
I've got Lauzier winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gabriel Lauzier!
A very excited looking Gabriel Lauzier made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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Event:
NYF 22: Tonioli vs Ruiz 2
Date: Jun 10, 2023 |
#R1#
Ruiz blocks a jab.
Tonioli on the wrong end of a nice jab.#KD#
Tonioli lands a big right hand that sends Ruiz crashing to the mat! Tonioli stays standing though and waves Ruiz back to his feet!#ROC#Ruiz is rocked!#CUT#It looks like Anthony Ruiz has been cut.
Tonioli plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Ruiz to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Ruiz just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vinicius Tonioli!
Vinicius Tonioli retains his middleweight title! |
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Event:
NYF 19: Ribeiro vs Gracie
Date: May 20, 2023 |
#R1#
Ruiz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
#TD2#
Goldberg feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Goldberg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ruiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ruiz is trying to keep Goldberg in close.
#SUB#
Goldberg content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Ruiz has locked up a guillotine! Ruiz's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Goldberg is holding on here and Ruiz must be using up a lot of energy. Goldberg has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Ruiz gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Anthony Ruiz!
Our winner, Anthony Ruiz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Gregor Goldberg was interviewed post fight and said 'I was poisoned'. |
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Event:
NYF 14: Ferguson vs Donal
Date: Apr 01, 2023 |
#R1#
Jass misses with a body punch
and Ruiz counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters. #CL#
Ruiz moves into the clinch.
Jass wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jass takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jass takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ruiz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruiz with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Ruiz.
Jass looks winded!
Ruiz with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. #ROC#Jass is rocked!
Ruiz jerks Jass's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Jass drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Ruiz goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Ruiz because Jass was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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Event:
NYF:Fight Night 1
Date: Mar 10, 2023 |
#R1#
Ruiz misses with a lunging right hand
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Ruiz.
Williams is looking for the big counter here.
Ruiz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Ruiz counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ruiz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Williams misses with a hook to the body
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Ruiz's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz connects with a high kick.
Ruiz misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Ruiz misses with a few strikes there.
Williams changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.#T1#
Ruiz lands a jab to the nose.
Williams misses with a body shot
and Ruiz counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Ruiz to acknowledge the strikes.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Ruiz slips the punch.
Ruiz throws a head kick that misses #TD2#
and Williams counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Williams throws an elbow that misses. Ruiz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Williams's guard. Nice move by Ruiz!#REVR#
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Williams can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ruiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruiz being controlled here momentarily.
Ruiz showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #T2#
Williams keeping moving, preventing Ruiz from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is controlling Ruiz's posture.#SUB#
Ruiz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ruiz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. #SUB#
Ruiz drops back looking for a leg! Williams is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Williams manages to kick Ruiz off! Ruiz jumps back into Williams's guard.
Ruiz tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard. #T3#
Williams managing to control the position.
Williams throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ruiz's guard. #REVB#
Williams is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Williams lands a couple of elbows.
Williams controlling from the top position.
Ruiz wants to sweep here but Williams controlling him for the moment. #T4#
Williams is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Williams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ruiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
Williams controls from within his opponent's guard. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Williams throws an off balance right hand
letting Ruiz counter with a right hand.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A head kick misses from Ruiz.
And Williams tries to counter it with a takedown but Ruiz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Williams throws the left hand but Ruiz avoids the punch easily.
Ruiz throws a lazy head kick #TD2#
and Williams counters with a single leg into guard. Ruiz didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Ruiz has wrist control.
Williams stands up over Ruiz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ruiz keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams throws an elbow that misses. Ruiz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Williams's guard. Nice move by Ruiz!#REVR#
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams is pulling down on Ruiz's head. It's preventing any offense from Ruiz, at least for the moment.
Ruiz showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #T1#
Ruiz being controlled here momentarily.
Williams trying to control the position.
Williams has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ruiz trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet. #SUB2#
Williams looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Williams throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ruiz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ruiz wants to pass the guard but Williams is keeping the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ruiz trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ruiz throws a nice head kick!
Williams missing with a left hand there. Ruiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ruiz throws a counter high kick but Williams was just alert enough to avoid it.#T3#
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Ruiz misses with the body kick#TD2#
and Williams counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Ruiz!
Williams cracks Ruiz with a big right hand but Ruiz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Williams scoring with punches and elbows.
Williams landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Williams in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Williams trying to control the position but Ruiz is working away.
The strikes coming from Williams are missing the target in this wave of attacks. #T4#
Ruiz is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Williams throwing shots but missing, from side control. #SUB2#
Williams looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The strikes coming from Williams are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Williams working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams working the head with strikes. #ROC2#Ruiz is rocked!
Williams controlling the position from side mount.
Oh Ruiz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ruiz sneaks back into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Ruiz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!#R3#
Williams connects with a crisp jab.
Ruiz seems to have got his legs back now.
Ruiz misses with a head kick.
Ruiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruiz dips to his left and cracks Williams with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries to clinch but Ruiz is having none of it.
Ruiz throws a body kick that misses #TD2#
and Williams counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ruiz keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. #T1##SUB2#
Williams wants to work for an arm triangle but Ruiz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ruiz trying to control from the bottom.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ruiz trying to control but Williams postures up.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.#T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Williams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Williams is taking a breather. Ruiz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Williams is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williams is keen to just control but Ruiz is a slippery customer.
Williams thows a huge punch but Ruiz dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Williams there.
Joey Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#T3#
Ruiz is refusing to be controlled, as Williams sits in half guard.
Ruiz tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Ruiz. That snapped Williams's head back.
Williams closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ruiz counters with a flying knee. Nice. #T4#
Williams dives in for a single leg takedown but Ruiz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ruiz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Williams connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Anthony Ruiz is winning the standup battle so far.
Ruiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a series of strikes. Ruiz will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ruiz tries to land a body kick
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab by Williams.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Williams!
A relieved looking Joey Williams thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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Event:
NYF 6: Kuznecov vs St Claire
Date: Jan 27, 2023 |
#R1#
Ruiz throws a right and a left that Bramble avoids nicely.
Bramble let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ruiz with a nice calf kick.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ruiz. That's going to slow Bramble down.
Ruiz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ruiz jabs Bramble right on the nose. Bramble blinks but takes it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruiz.
Bramble looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ruiz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ruiz lands a high kick!
Bramble staying out of range there.
Bramble looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ruiz lands with a kick to the temple. Bramble shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Ruiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Ruiz lands a nice shot that snaps Bramble's head back.
#ROC#Bramble is rocked!
Bramble has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ruiz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bramble is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruiz finish him?#T1#
Ruiz tries to bum rush Bramble with a series of wild strikes but Bramble uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ruiz lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Bramble can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Ruiz and Bramble drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Ruiz.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ruiz!
After winning the bout, Anthony Ruiz thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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Event:
NYF 5
Date: Jan 07, 2023 |
#R1##CL#
Machine has Ruiz up against the cage in a clinch.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz lands a good knee to the midsection. Machine won't want to take too many of those.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine lands a damaging elbow. #CUT#It looks like Anthony Ruiz has been cut.
Machine blocking some punches.
Machine throws an elbow that misses.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Machine.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Machine is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. #CUT2#It looks like Alexis Machine has been cut.
A knee to the head by Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz landing knees to the head.
Ruiz with a knee to the head.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
#T1#
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Ruiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Machine blocks it.
A knee to the head by Ruiz.
Ruiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Machine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ruiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Machine managing to block the knees to the body from Ruiz.
Ruiz takes an elbow to the temple.
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!
Ruiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machine is defending well for now.#T2#
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruiz dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Machine throws an elbow that misses.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I was talking to Machine's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Machine blocks it.
Machine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruiz's defenses.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Ruiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. #T3#
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Machine.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Machine blocks it.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ruiz landing knees to the head.
Ruiz misses with the head strike.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruiz's defenses.
Ruiz scores a nice knee to the body.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruiz's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz lands a good knee to the midsection. Machine won't want to take too many of those.
Ruiz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.#T4#
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Machine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruiz missing with knees to the body.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ruiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruiz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Machine seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ruiz can turn it around.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alexis Machine will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2##CL#
Machine moves into range and clinches up with Ruiz.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Ruiz lands a shoulder strike.
Ruiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Machine blocks it with crossed arms.
Machine lands an elbow inside that Ruiz shrugs off.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it.
Ruiz looking to throw knees to the head but Machine is blocking nicely.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machine lands an elbow just above Ruiz 's eye. #CUT#That has opened up Anthony Ruiz's cut even more.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Machine lands an elbow just above Ruiz 's eye. #ROC#Ruiz is rocked!#CUT#The cut above Anthony Ruiz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ruiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiz is still on wobbly legs! Can Machine finish him?
Ruiz trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Machine avoiding damage as Ruiz throws knees to the body.
#T1#
Machine lands a nice elbow. #CUT#Anthony Ruiz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ruiz dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Ruiz dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruiz's defenses.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anthony Ruiz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alexis Machine!
Alexis Machine took some time post fight to say the following; 'Well, well, well, feed me crack and call me a bitch!'. |
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Event:
NYF 2: Tank vs Kuznecov
Date: Dec 17, 2022 |
#R1#
Garrison throws a right hand that Ruiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruiz also avoids with ease.
Garrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garrison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ruiz with a jab.
Garrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Garrison. Those never looked like landing. #CL#
Ruiz has closed the distance and engaged Garrison in a clinch.
Ruiz lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Ruiz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
#CUT#It looks like Gary Garrison has been cut.#KD#
Ruiz has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Garrison goes down! Ruiz pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
#ROC#Garrison is rocked!
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!
Garrison is being controlled here.
Garrison is still in real trouble! Can Ruiz finish him?
Ruiz advances to mount. #SUB#
Ruiz is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Garrison can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
#SUB#
Ruiz jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Garrison manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Garrison seems to have recovered his senses.
Ruiz works to advance to full mount. Garrison defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. #T1##SUB#
Ruiz wants to finish this one by submission but Garrison is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ruiz. #SUB#
Ruiz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.#SUB#
Ruiz has hold of Garrison's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Garrison manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ruiz wants to control the pace but Garrison is squirming around nicely. #SUB#
Ruiz is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Garrison can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
#T2#
Garrison is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Garrison is squirming around, avoiding Ruiz's attempts to control the action.
Garrison wants to get back to his feet.
Ruiz looking to control but Garrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #SUB#
Ruiz looking for a guillotine from mount but Garrison is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Ruiz wants to finish this one by submission but Garrison is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ruiz.
Ruiz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.#T3#
Garrison is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ruiz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garrison is looking to escape.
Garrison really wants to buck Ruiz off and get back to his feet. #SUB#
Ruiz is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Garrison has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ruiz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garrison is looking to escape. #T4#
Ruiz controlling the pace for now.
Garrison is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
#SUB#
Ruiz is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Garrison to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Garrison shrugs it off.
Ruiz wants to control the pace but Garrison is squirming around nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gary Garrison's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Ruiz cracks Garrison with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ruiz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garrison takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ruiz throws a head kick that Garrison semi-blocks.
Ruiz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ruiz's corner calls for a 1-2. Ruiz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ruiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Garrison has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ruiz connects with a crisp jab. #CL#
Ruiz rushes Garrison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#KD#
Ruiz connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Garrison goes down! Ruiz jumps into full mount looking to finish!
#SUB#
Ruiz is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Garrison has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Garrison! #SU2#
Garrison stands up and waves to Ruiz to follow him.
Garrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
#CL#
Ruiz gets in close and instigates a clinch. #T1#
Ruiz has Garrison pressed against the cage, preventing Garrison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ruiz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garrison's efforts to push away.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garrison's efforts to push away.
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garrison lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ruiz obliges.
Garrison is breathing heavily.
Ruiz scores a nice knee to the body.
Ruiz lands a knee to the body.
#KD#
Ruiz has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Garrison goes down! Ruiz pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#SUB#
Ruiz is working to tighten his grip on Garrison's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Garrison has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Ruiz is really squeezing tight and eventually Garrison passes out! Ruiz breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Gary Garrison spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back'. |
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Event:
Highland 203
Date: Oct 30, 2022 |
#R1#
Ruiz misses with a straight left.
Tonioli is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ruiz.
Ruiz misses with a leg kick #CL#
and Tonioli counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tonioli stalling the fight.
Tonioli stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tonioli works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ruiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tonioli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Tonioli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tonioli lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Tonioli works on Ruiz's body with a couple of short punches.
Tonioli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ruiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tonioli blocks it with crossed arms.
Tonioli throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ruiz looks winded!
Tonioli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tonioli lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tonioli has Ruiz pushed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Tonioli.
Tonioli pushes Ruiz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #T1#
Nice body punch from Tonioli.
Tonioli lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tonioli lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Tonioli pushes Ruiz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ruiz takes a shot to the head.
Tonioli definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tonioli leaning against his opponent.
Ruiz tries to pull guard but Tonioli forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tonioli lands a shoulder strike. #ROC#Ruiz is rocked!
Ruiz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tonioli seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ruiz can turn it around.
A right handed body shot lands from Tonioli.
Ruiz is still on wobbly legs! Can Tonioli finish him?
A hook to the body from Tonioli.
Tonioli pushes Ruiz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tonioli scores with a hook to the body.
Tonioli lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Tonioli.
Tonioli lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ruiz to his knees! Tonioli keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinicius Tonioli! |
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Event:
TR84: Labor Day Bonanza
Date: Sep 03, 2022 |
#R1##CL#
Ruiz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ra Min, pushing him back against the cage.
Ra Min takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ruiz tries to land knees in the clinch but Ra Min avoids the damage to the body.
Ra Min blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ra Min lands a hook that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Ra Min with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ra Min takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ruiz tries to land knees in the clinch but Ra Min avoids the damage to the body.
Ra Min tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruiz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ra Min backwards.
Ra Min on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ra Min blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ra Min misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruiz.
Ra Min gets through Ruiz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#TD#
Ruiz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Ruiz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SUB#
Ruiz is looking to cinch up a triangle. Ra Min throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Ruiz's body to avoid the submission. Ruiz has instead reached around Ra Min's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Ruiz arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 07, 2022 |
#R1#
Ruiz slips a jab from Friomannsson.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ruiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.#CUT#It looks like Vigmar Friomannsson has been cut.
Ruiz wants a takedown.
Friomannsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Friomannsson looking to slow down the pace here.
I was talking to Ruiz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Friomannsson tries to break the clinch but Ruiz is controlling the position.
Ruiz blocks an uppercut.
Ruiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Friomannsson is defending well for now.
Ruiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Friomannsson avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Friomannsson is working Ruiz over against the cage.
Friomannsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ruiz or not.
Ruiz looking to throw knees to the head but Friomannsson is blocking nicely.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz landing knees to the head.
Friomannsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruiz's elbow.
Friomannsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ruiz won't allow it.
#T1#
Friomannsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Friomannsson working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Friomannsson.
Friomannsson is trying to break the clinch but Ruiz is controlling him.
Ruiz with a knee to the head.
#TD#
Ruiz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Friomannsson wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Ruiz's closed guard. He's half up but Ruiz has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Ruiz pivots and extends the arm, Friomannsson falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Ruiz! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
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Event:
RISE X1:
Date: Jun 26, 2022 |
#R1#
Some wild striking there from Ruiz.
We've been hearing reports that Thibodeaux has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Thibodeaux takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ruiz throws a head kick but Thibodeaux moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ruiz throws a push kick but Thibodeaux slaps the foot to one side. #TD#
Thibodeaux shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ruiz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Thibodeaux prevents Ruiz from escaping the position.
Ruiz wants to control but Thibodeaux postures up.#SUB#
Thibodeaux tries for a kimura but Ruiz is defending well.
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The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruiz seems a little lost for a moment, as Thibodeaux dominates the positioning.#T1#
Ruiz wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Ruiz being controlled for a moment.
Ruiz is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Thibodeaux is controlling him well.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ruiz misses with a head kick.
Thibodeaux tries to counter with a takedown but Ruiz is quick to defend against it.
Ruiz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thibodeaux half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ruiz looks to land a body kick but Thibodeaux moved away.#CL#
Thibodeaux moves into range and clinches up with Ruiz.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ruiz obliges.
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ruiz working hard to break the clinch.
Ruiz tries to circle away but Thibodeaux has him pinned against the cage.
Ruiz trying to land knees to the body.
Thibodeaux is trying to pull guard but Ruiz has him pressed against the cage.
Ruiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thibodeaux managing to block the knees to the body from Ruiz.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thibodeaux avoids it.
Ruiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thibodeaux blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thibodeaux avoids it.#TD#
Thibodeaux is trying to trip Ruiz. He has hold of a leg but Ruiz is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Thibodeaux persists though and gets the takedown into guard.#T3#
Ruiz is pulling down on Thibodeaux's head. It's preventing any offense from Thibodeaux, at least for the moment.
Ruiz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Thibodeaux controls the pace.
Thibodeaux prevents Ruiz from getting back to his feet.
Ruiz wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Thibodeaux manages to pass to side control.
Thibodeaux not doing much here.
#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ruiz is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Thibodeaux in particular looking to stall.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
No luck for Thibodeaux with that takedown attempt.
Ruiz throws a head kick but Thibodeaux moves out of range.
Ruiz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
Thibodeaux defending well as Ruiz loads up on a big left hand.
Ruiz lands a jab-cross combination. #TD#
Thibodeaux shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ruiz manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ruiz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thibodeaux is controlling him.
Thibodeaux loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruiz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thibodeaux's guard. #REVB#
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Thibodeaux has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Ruiz doesn't defend quickly enough and Thibodeaux has managed to lock this one up! Can Ruiz escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Thibodeaux on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Sauvage Thibodeaux!
A relieved looking Sauvage Thibodeaux thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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Event:
RISE 62:
Date: May 08, 2022 |
#R1##TD2#
Sanchez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.#SUB2#
Sanchez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ruiz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sanchez scores with punches from side control. #SUB2#
Sanchez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Sanchez goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Ruiz rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sanchez's guard! Nice work there by Ruiz!
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ruiz manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVB#
Ruiz trying to control the position.
Sanchez preventing the sweep. #T1#
Sanchez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Ruiz blocks nicely.
Sanchez passes Ruiz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sanchez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sanchez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
It looks like Sanchez might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Sanchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ruiz is staying active underneath Sanchez, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ruiz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sanchez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sanchez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ruiz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ruiz trying to control the position.
#SUB2#
Sanchez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ruiz is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sanchez, into his guard. #REVR#
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez is controlling Ruiz's posture.#T3#
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez has Ruiz pulled in close to control his posture.
Ruiz preventing the sweep.
Sanchez is trying to keep Ruiz in close.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sanchez is looking to sweep but instead, Ruiz has passed into half guard.
Sanchez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ruiz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ruiz's back!
Ruiz is in bad spot here.
#T4##SUB2#
Sanchez is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Ruiz is defending well though. Sanchez let's go of the attempt for now.
Sanchez is looking to control Ruiz but Ruiz is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Sanchez is not going to allow Ruiz to sit and survive in this position.
Ruiz tries to escape the position.
Sanchez is controlling the position but Ruiz somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB2#
Sanchez is trying to work for a kimura but Ruiz is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Sanchez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ruiz is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Ruiz circles away and we're back to standing.
Ruiz lands a head kick. Sanchez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ruiz throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Ruiz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ruiz connects with a looping right hand.
Ruiz scores with a nice strike.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sanchez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruiz.
Ruiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez shoots in but Ruiz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruiz connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez with a poor takedown
and Ruiz counters with a one-two to the body. #ROC#Sanchez is rocked!
Anthony Ruiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernesto Sanchez.#T1#
Ruiz drops Sanchez with a naaaaasty hook - Sanchez is in real trouble here! Ruiz dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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Event:
Outlaw 20 - Pollard vs Hickock
Date: Apr 09, 2022 |
#R1#
Ruiz cracks Mann with an open hand slap.
Ruiz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mann takes one to the chin there.#TD2#
Mann shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ruiz is looking to improve his position.
Mann is looking to advance position but Ruiz won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mann thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ruiz's head.
Ruiz is trying to stand up here but Mann is controlling him well.
Mann throwing shots but Ruiz is blocking nicely. #T1#
Mann drops an elbow to the side of Ruiz's head.
Ruiz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mann's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mann's back!
Ruiz doesn't have the hooks in and Mann manages to turn into his guard.
Mann is stalling in the full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Mann working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mann postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ruiz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ruiz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. #T2#
Mann trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mann won't allow Ruiz to get back to his feet.
Mann postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mann tries to free his leg and advance position but Ruiz is retaining full guard.
Ruiz trying to control the position.
Mann wants to pass the guard but Ruiz is keeping the position.
Mann looking to sit in guard and control but Ruiz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR##T3#
Mann keeping moving, preventing Ruiz from controlling successfully. #SUB2#
Mann has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ruiz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ruiz advances position into side control!
Mann struggling a bit here.#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ruiz tries to get to his feet but Mann is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Ruiz in his guard. #SUB2#
Mann escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ruiz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Mann is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Ruiz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ruiz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Mann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ruiz.
A lazy left from Ruiz finds it's target.#TD2#
Mann closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mann controlling the position from side mount.
Ruiz is looking to regain half guard here but Mann keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mann is chipping away with strikes.
Mann is working Ruiz over with some ground and pound from side control. #T1#
Mann working away.
Ruiz is looking to regain half guard here but Mann keeps moving and retains side control.
Ruiz tries to escape but Mann is in control.
Ruiz is looking to reverse the position.
Mann tries to advance to mount but can't.
Mann working away.
Mann in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mann tries to move to mount but Ruiz blocks the move with his legs. #T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.#SUB2#
Mann is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ruiz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mann misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
#SUB2#
Mann tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mann has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #SUB2#
Mann is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ruiz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #T3#
Mann working the ground and pound from side control.
Ruiz tries to improve position but can't.
Clay Mann has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mann wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruiz keeps working. #SUB2#
Mann thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ruiz is trying to work for a sweep but Mann has mounted him!
Mann landing strikes from the mount and Ruiz is in trouble!
Mann looking to control but Ruiz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ruiz is desperately trying to improve his position but Mann has a good base and remains in mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mann lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ruiz hang on?
Ruiz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clay Mann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!#R3##TD2#
Mann shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mann was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ruiz is trying to control Mann's posture but Mann avoids it.
Mann tries to advance to mount but can't.
Mann keeps trying to improve his position.
Mann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz is not content to let Mann control the position. #T1#
You can see the frustration on Ruiz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mann has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#SUB2#
Mann tries for a kimura but Ruiz is defending well.
Mann creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ruiz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mann looks up at the clock and then as Ruiz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mann smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mann working away.
Mann lands an elbow.
Mann laying and praying for a moment but Ruiz takes advantage and regains half guard.
Mann lands strikes from half guard.
Mann trying to control the pace.
Ruiz wants to get back to his feet.
#T3#
Mann missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #SUB2#
Mann is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ruiz gets back to full guard.
Ruiz wants to hit a sweep here but Mann passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ruiz there! #T4#
BOOM! Mann connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mann postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ruiz looks a forlorn figure.
Ruiz tries to hold on but Mann pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee warns Ruiz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
#ROC2#Ruiz is rocked!
Mann fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that's the end of the fight!
Clay Mann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mann has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clay Mann!
A relieved looking Clay Mann thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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Event:
Outlaw 15 - Dog vs Kireyev
Date: Mar 05, 2022 |
#R1#
Gage wants to slow Ruiz down by chopping away at his legs.
As Gage looks to move away, Ruiz throws a big counter combo but Gage just gets out of the way.
Gage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gage drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gage moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gage is looking to clinch but Ruiz is avoiding it.
Ruiz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ruiz delivers a nice body kick.
Gage looks winded!
Gage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ruiz cracks Gage with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Ruiz! Gage is out on his feet! Ruiz rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Gage is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Gage is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ruiz!
A victorious Anthony Ruiz thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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Event:
Outlaw 11 - Shooter vs Ruiz 2
Date: Feb 05, 2022 |
#R1#
Shooter lands a right hook to the body.
#TD#
Shooter looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Shooter engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Shooter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruiz on the ground.#SUB2#
Ruiz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Shooter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ruiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shooter makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Shooter controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ruiz trying to keep a closed guard but Shooter is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shooter is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shooter has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#T1#
Shooter's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Shooter looking to pass the guard.
Shooter scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shooter stopping the sweep attempt from Ruiz.
Shooter lands a couple of digs.
Shooter content to stall in guard here.
Shooter stops Ruiz from standing up.
Shooter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Shooter lands a couple of elbows.
Ruiz keeping full guard, as Shooter tries to pass. #T2#
Shooter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Shooter lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shooter's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ruiz being controlled here, momentarily.
Shooter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ruiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shooter postures up.
#T3#
Shooter landing with the ground and pound.
Shooter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Shooter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shooter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ruiz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Shooter not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ruiz is trying to control the position but Shooter postures up. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ruiz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shooter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ruiz. Ruiz obviously looking to wear him down.
Ruiz lands a leg kick that knocks Shooter off balance momentarily.
Shooter lands a jab.
Shooter swinging wildly here.
#T4#
Shooter just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ruiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruiz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shooter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shooter misses with a straight left.
Ruiz scores with a hook to the body. Shooter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shooter misses with an uppercut.
Ruiz scores with a kick to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruiz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shooter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruiz moves away.
Ruiz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anthony Ruiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruiz blocks a jab.
Ruiz throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Shooter slips under a jab.
That kick from Ruiz tenderised Shooter's leg. Shooter is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Manny Shooter will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2#
Shooter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shooter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ruiz.
Ruiz feints and then cracks Shooter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shooter down.
Ruiz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A slow jab from Shooter misses its intended target.
Ruiz has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.#TD#
Ruiz tries to sprawl but Shooter drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Shooter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ruiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if Shooter is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Ruiz wants to control but Shooter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shooter stalling. #T1#
Shooter is looking to advance position but Ruiz won't allow it.
Ruiz is looking to improve his position.
Shooter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shooter is controlling the pace.
Shooter throwing shots but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
Shooter controlling the action here. #SUB2#
Ruiz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shooter controlling the action here.
Shooter scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shooter trying to control the pace.
Shooter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shooter takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ground and pound from Shooter.
Shooter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #T3#
Shooter tries to pass to full mount but Ruiz defends it.
Shooter is taking a breather. Ruiz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Shooter throwing shots but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ruiz is trying to get back to full guard.
Shooter is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ruiz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ruiz.
Shooter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ruiz keeping moving, preventing Shooter from controlling successfully.
Shooter has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shooter sitting in guard here, content to control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Shooter distracts Ruiz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ruiz looking to control.
Shooter working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ruiz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Shooter controls the pace.
Ruiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
#SUB2#
Ruiz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Shooter engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shooter landing with the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Shooter dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3#
Ruiz throws a leg kick which misses Shooter's front leg but catches the back leg as Shooter tries to avoid it.
Shooter throws a poor cross that misses
and Ruiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shooter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ruiz.
Ruiz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!#TD#
Shooter throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ruiz was covering up waiting for the punch and Shooter finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Shooter engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Shooter passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ruiz being controlled for a moment.
Shooter wants to control but Ruiz is keeping him busy. #T1#
Shooter lands a few punches from side control.
Shooter trying to control the action but Ruiz is working from the bottom.
Ruiz tries to buck Shooter off but Shooter is having none of it.
Ruiz struggling a bit here.
Shooter controls the position from side control.
Shooter lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ruiz down.
#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ruiz tries to buck Shooter off but Shooter is having none of it.
Shooter trying to control the position but Ruiz is working away.
Ruiz is looking for a sweep.
Shooter scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shooter looks up at the clock and then as Ruiz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shooter smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Shooter connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ruiz some visible discomfort.
Ruiz can't do much from the bottom here.
Shooter landing a few strikes.
Shooter fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ruiz is not content to let Shooter control the position.
Shooter controlling the position from side mount. #T3#
Shooter grinds an elbow into Ruiz's temple.
Shooter is working Ruiz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Shooter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruiz keeps working.
Ruiz tries to improve position but can't.
Shooter wants to control but Ruiz is keeping him busy.
Shooter in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Shooter controlling from side mount.
Shooter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
#T4#
Shooter tries to move into full mount but can't pass Ruiz's legs.
Shooter landing a few strikes.
Ruiz is trying to get back to half guard.
Shooter working the ground and pound.
Shooter landing a few strikes.
Ruiz wants to get back to his feet.
Ruiz defending against the ground and pound.
Ruiz takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shooter cracks Ruiz with a big right hand but Ruiz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
#ROC#Ruiz is rocked!
Shooter remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Anthony Ruiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manny Shooter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ruiz is still in real trouble! Can Shooter finish him?
Shooter lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ruiz down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Shooter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shooter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Shooter!
Manny Shooter 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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Event:
Outlaw 9 - 170 Round 2
Date: Jan 15, 2022 |
#R1#
Ruiz swinging wildly here.
Shooter has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Indigo Nation Training Station in the buildup to the fight.
Ruiz scores with a nice strike.
Ruiz's coach down at Hollywood Superstar MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ruiz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ruiz checks the leg kick.
Shooter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ruiz moves out of range of the body kick from Shooter.
Shooter throws out a loose jab but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shooter.
Ruiz throws a counter combo.
Ruiz misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Shooter misses.
Ruiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shooter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shooter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruiz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruiz blocks the leg kick.
Shooter on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
#T1#
Ruiz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shooter misses the body punch
and Ruiz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ruiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shooter's sensitive parts.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruiz tries to clinch but Shooter is having none of it.
Ruiz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shooter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
Shooter throws a leg kick but Ruiz checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ruiz! But no joy.
Ruiz tries to clinch but Shooter moves out of range.
Ruiz throws out a loose jab but Shooter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shooter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruiz scores with a leg kick.
A big left from Ruiz misses.
A little feinted left hand from Shooter on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Shooter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ruiz sizes up Shooter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ruiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Shooter.
Shooter wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ruiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shooter.
Ruiz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shooter. #T2#
Ruiz darts in looking for a takedown but Shooter gets double underhooks and turns Ruiz into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shooter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ruiz.
Shooter throws a low kick but Ruiz avoids it.
Shooter throws out a leg kick but Ruiz moves out of range and Shooter only half commits.
Ruiz misses with a looping left.
Ruiz avoids the body shot from Shooter.
Ruiz fails to land with a series of punches.
Shooter defending well as Ruiz loads up on a big left hand.
Ruiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Shooter circles away.
Shooter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruiz.
Ruiz looks to land a combination but Shooter avoids it well.
Ruiz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shooter throws a body shot but no joy.
Ruiz throws a counter combo.
Ruiz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ruiz looks to land a left hand but Shooter moved out of range nicely.
Shooter throws a front kick aimed at Ruiz's knee but Ruiz avoids it well.
Ruiz feints a counter leg kick.
Shooter misses with a body kick. #T3#
Ruiz thumps Shooter with a low kick.
Shooter tests Ruiz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shooter is looking to wear down Ruiz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ruiz misses with the combination.
Ruiz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ruiz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shooter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shooter throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ruiz.
Shooter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruiz can pounce on him.
Shooter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ruiz is out of range.
Ruiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Ruiz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ruiz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shooter motions for Ruiz to come forward. Shooter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shooter moves forwards but Ruiz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shooter misses with a wild combination.
#T4#
Shooter looks for the body kick but Ruiz saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shooter misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shooter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
Shooter misses with a double jab.
Nice shot lands for Ruiz.
Shooter throws a push kick but Ruiz slaps the foot to one side.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shooter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shooter feinted with a counter takedown.
Shooter throws a one two combo.
Ruiz checks a leg kick.
Ruiz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ruiz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shooter misses the body punch
and Ruiz counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ruiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Shooter.
Shooter tried to score with a low kick but Ruiz checks it.
Ruiz looks to land a right hand but Shooter moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz dominated that 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.#R2#
Shooter lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruiz's head.
Ruiz thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Shooter if he has to take too many more of those.
Ruiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ruiz cracks Shooter with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shooter misses the shot to the body.
Ruiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shooter's sensitive parts.
Ruiz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shooter misses with a double jab.
Shooter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ruiz checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Ruiz.
Ruiz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ruiz misses with a right hand #TD#
and Shooter counters with a shoot takedown. Ruiz fights it but they end up in guard.
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!
Shooter sitting in guard, not really doing much. #SUB2#
Ruiz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#T1#
Shooter controlling from the top position.
Shooter continues to stall.
Shooter landing with the ground and pound.
Shooter trying to move into half guard but instead Ruiz has managed to sweep!#REVB#
Ruiz looking to pass the guard.
Ruiz looking to sit in guard and control but Shooter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR##T2#
Ruiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shooter showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3#
Shooter stopping the sweep attempt from Ruiz.
Shooter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Shooter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruiz on the ground.
Shooter controls the position.
Shooter is working Ruiz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ruiz is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Shooter asserts his dominance and retains side control.#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Shooter working the head and body with strikes.
Shooter in side control lands a decent elbow.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Shooter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruiz keeps working.
Ruiz is trying to get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here.
Ruiz is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruiz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Shooter off and has taken his back!
Shooter is keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Manny Shooter will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!#R3#
Shooter loads up on a big right hand but Ruiz slips the punch.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Shooter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruiz loads up on a big right hand but Shooter slips the punch.
Shooter misses with a body kick.
Shooter connects with a leg kick.
Ruiz scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruiz looks to throw the jab but Shooter is out of range.
Shooter went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ruiz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Shooter lands an overhand right.
Ruiz throws a shot from downtown. Shooter moves away and avoids it.
Ruiz blocks a low kick nicely.
Shooter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shooter takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shooter loads up on a big right hand but Ruiz slips the punch.
Shooter dodges the punch combination from Ruiz.
Ruiz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shooter. Shooter obviously looking to wear him down.
#T1#
Ruiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shooter.
Good work by Ruiz as he checks the leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Shooter.
Ruiz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shooter connects with an inside leg kick.
Ruiz lands a high kick!
Shooter wants to land a leg kick but Ruiz is out of range.
Ruiz throws out a counter right but Shooter avoids it with no problem.
Ruiz swinging wildly here.
Shooter is looking to chop away at Ruiz's legs.
Ruiz tries a quick counter leg kick but Shooter is wise to it.
An inside leg kick from Shooter misses.
Ruiz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ruiz misses with a few strikes there.
#T2#
Shooter throws a body shot but no joy.
Shooter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice leg kick from Ruiz, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruiz connects with an inside leg kick.
Ruiz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shooter. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shooter motions for Ruiz to come forward. Shooter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shooter misses with a wild body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Shooter as he connects with a hook.
Ruiz tries to clinch up.
Shooter looks for the body kick but Ruiz saw that one coming.
Ruiz scores with a leg kick.
Shooter throws a series of punches but Ruiz moves out of range.
Ruiz wants to counter with a clinch but Shooter pushes him away.
Shooter tests Ruiz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shooter dodges the punch combination from Ruiz.
Ruiz connects with a high kick. #T3#
Shooter attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ruiz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shooter.
Shooter feinted with a counter takedown.
Ruiz pushes Shooter away with a front kick.
Ruiz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruiz cracks Shooter with a good jab.
Shooter will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ruiz looks to clinch #TD#
and Shooter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ruiz won't be happy with that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shooter controlling the position from side mount.
Ruiz defending against the ground and pound.
Shooter misses with the ground and pound.
Ruiz pushes Shooter away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shooter gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Shooter wants to control but Ruiz is keeping him busy.
Ruiz is being controlled here. #T4#
Ruiz taking a bit of punishment here - Shooter scoring with strikes.
Ruiz is trying to control Shooter's posture but Shooter avoids it.
Manny Shooter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shooter working the body and head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shooter taking a breather here.
Shooter scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shooter taking a breather here.
Shooter's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Manny Shooter.
I think Shooter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw! |
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Event:
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Date: Dec 18, 2021 |
#R1#
Ruiz lands a jab-cross combination.
Ruiz cracks Lannister with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ruiz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruiz thumps Lannister with a low kick.
Lannister slips under a jab from Ruiz.
Lannister throwing a counter right hand but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
Ruiz wants to clinch but Lannister slips to the side
and Lannister cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a really nice looking cross but Lannister seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lannister takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lannister looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ruiz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ruiz lands with a cross. #ROC2#Lannister is rocked!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Ruiz! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anthony Ruiz!
In his post fight interview, Anthony Ruiz started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception. |
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Event:
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Date: Dec 13, 2021 |
#R1#
Foss throws a body kick that misses
letting Ruiz counter with a right hand. #CUT2#It looks like Mads Foss has been cut.
Foss takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ruiz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#ROC2#Foss is rocked!
Ruiz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Foss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruiz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ruiz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fosss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oh Foss is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A combination from Ruiz does no damage.
Ruiz misses with an uppercut.
Foss seems to have got his legs back now.
Ruiz is looking to clinch.
Ruiz throws the kick towards the body but Foss avoids it.
Foss was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ruiz wants to clinch.#T1#
Ruiz connects with a solid leg kick.
Ruiz is looking to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Ruiz. Those never looked like landing.
Foss tries to counter by clinching up but Ruiz breaks away and moves out of range.
Ruiz blocks a head kick by Foss.
Ruiz flicks out a counter leg kick but Foss steps away.
Ruiz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ruiz throws a lazy body kick
and Foss counters with a stiff right hand.
Foss gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ruiz is looking to clinch but Foss is avoiding it.
Foss is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ruiz.
Ruiz wants to clinch up but Foss keeps it at a distance.
Ruiz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Foss swivels and escapes.#T2#
Ruiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Foss circles away.
Ruiz scores with a leg kick.
Ruiz tries to bum rush Foss with a series of wild strikes but Foss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ruiz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ruiz slips a jab and a cross from Foss.
Ruiz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL#
Foss moves into the clinch.
Foss content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ruiz looking to throw knees to the head but Foss is blocking nicely.
Ruiz has Foss pressed against the cage, preventing Foss from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ruiz misses with a knee to the head.
Foss leaning against his opponent.
The referee calls for Foss to work.
Foss takes a knee right on the jaw!
#T3#
Foss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruiz's elbow.
Ruiz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Foss manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ruiz lands a nice knee to the body.
Foss is breathing heavily.#BC#
Foss manages to break the clinch.
Foss takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ruiz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Foss looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ruiz thuds his right hand into Foss's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ruiz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.#CUT2#Mads Foss's cut is getting worse.#CL#
Foss rushes Ruiz and presses him up against the cage.
Foss lands a hook to the side of the head.
Foss tries to work over Ruiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but Foss blocks with his arms.
#T4#
Ruiz is trying to force a seperation but Foss has the dominant position.
Ruiz is trying to break free.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
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!#KD2#
Ruiz has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Foss goes down! Ruiz pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
Foss prevents Ruiz from moving into mount.
Foss on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Foss tries to get out of the position.#SUB2#
Ruiz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #SUB2#
Ruiz is trying to get an arm triangle but Foss is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Foss's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ruiz trying to control the position but Foss is working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mads Foss's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Ruiz scores with a nice body kick.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Ruiz. Those never looked like landing.
As Ruiz tries to get set, Foss tries to push him back and clinch up but Ruiz manages to avoid the attempt.
Ruiz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Foss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Foss seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ruiz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Foss.
Ruiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ruiz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ruiz misses the jab.
Ruiz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Foss sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruiz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Foss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz throws a lazy right hand but Foss sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruiz moves in looking to clinch but Foss pushes him off.
Foss feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ruiz looks for the body kick but Foss saw that one coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Foss checks a leg kick. #T1#
Ruiz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ruiz lands with a slapping head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ruiz. That's going to slow Foss down.
Ruiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Foss.
Anthony Ruiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruiz scores with a one two! Foss had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A jab from Foss does it's job there.
Ruiz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Foss is able to avoid easily.
Ruiz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Foss takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foss moves in looking to clinch but Ruiz pushes him off.
Foss moves out of range of the strikes.#T2#
Foss sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ruiz misses the jab.
Ruiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ruiz tries to clinch but Foss is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ruiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Foss.
Ruiz lands with an overhand left.#CUT2#Mads Foss's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ruiz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
Ruiz avoids a kick to the body.
Ruiz misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Foss.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruiz.
Ruiz delivers a nice body kick.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T3#
Ruiz misses with a body kick.
Ruiz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Foss seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Foss throws a series of punches but Ruiz moves out of range.
Ruiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Foss is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Foss circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Ruiz tries to get set, Foss tries to push him back and clinch up but Ruiz manages to avoid the attempt.
Foss tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruiz misses with a few strikes there.
An attempted straight right counter from Foss misses the target.
Ruiz looks to land a combination. Foss sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ruiz misses with a body kick.
Foss keeps the fight on the outside.
A counter left hand to the body from Foss misses its target.#CL#
Foss clinches with his opponent.
#T4#
Ruiz lands with a short shot to the head. #BC#
Foss breaks from the clinch.
Ruiz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Foss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ruiz thuds his shin into the meat of Foss's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruiz lands with an uppercut that bounces Foss off the cage and back into range.
Foss moves forwards but Ruiz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ruiz.
Ruiz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Foss 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.
Some wild striking there from Ruiz.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mads Foss's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Ruiz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ruiz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Foss steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ruiz. That one must have hurt.
Foss wants to land a leg kick but Ruiz is out of range.
Foss throws a front kick aimed at Ruiz's knee but Ruiz avoids it well.
Foss takes one on the button.
Ruiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Foss is looking to counter the offense by Ruiz and move into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz throws a right and a left that Foss avoids nicely.
Foss is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ruiz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ruiz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ruiz.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Foss takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
#T1#
A combination from Ruiz does no damage.
Ruiz rushes Foss with punches - Foss moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Foss goes down! Ruiz follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 10, 2021 |
#R1#
Ruiz throws a body kick that misses.
Ruiz misses with a head kick.
Ruiz misses with a wild combination.
Alex steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ruiz.
Ruiz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Alex checks it well.
Alex dives in for a single leg takedown but Ruiz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Alex avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alex throws a body kick despite being completely out of range#KD#
and Ruiz counters with a flying knee that sends his opponent to the canvas! Ruiz looking to finish!
Ruiz looking to pass the guard. #SUB2#
Ruiz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ruiz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alex is keeping the position for now. #SUB2#
Alex is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T1#
Ruiz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alex is keeping the position for now.
Ruiz pushing down on Alex's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ruiz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ruiz is keen to just control but Alex is a slippery customer.
Alex misses with some strikes from the bottom.
#SUB#
Ruiz is trying to work for a kimura but Alex is defending well.
#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alex wants to control but Ruiz is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB#
Ruiz is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ruiz uses his free foot to push down on Alex's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Alex.
Ruiz takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Alex is really stuck here.
Alex really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ruiz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Alex is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Ruiz tries to get the hooks in deep but Alex pushed the leg off. #T3##SUB#
Ruiz has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Alex trying to control the action but Ruiz just sinks the hooks in. #SUB#
Ruiz is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
#SUB#
Ruiz seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Alex's chin but Alex turns very nicely into Ruiz's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Alex.
#SU2#
Ruiz is working an open guard so Alex takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.#T4##TD2#
Alex closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Alex working away.#SUB2#
Alex tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Alex has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Alex throwing strikes but Ruiz manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz tries to stand but Alex is controlling his head.
Alex tries to improve position but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Ruiz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ruiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alex paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruiz tries a low kick but Alex avoids it.
Ruiz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Alex. #CL2#
Alex rushes Ruiz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alex is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ruiz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Alex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruiz.
Alex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ruiz's efforts to push away.
Alex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
#T1#
Ruiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ruiz is trying to push Alex away but Alex has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ruiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#BC2#
Alex breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Alex checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. #TD2#
Alex feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ruiz pushes Alex off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Alex has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alex there as he acknowledges the shot.
Alex fails with the takedown
and Ruiz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anthony Ruiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emmet Alex.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ruiz.
Anthony Ruiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.#T2#
Alex keeps the fight on the outside.
Alex gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ruiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anthony Ruiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alex is breathing heavily.
Alex changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ruiz tries to avoid it but Alex manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ruiz to the ground. Ruiz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ruiz is looking for a counter combo.
Ruiz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Alex eats them both and turns towards Ruiz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ruiz, as that shot connected.
#ROC#Alex is rocked!
Alex keeps the fight on the outside.
Ruiz tries to clinch but Alex moves out of range.
Alex now looks to counter with a shot at the body.#CL2#
Alex clinches up with Ruiz and pushes him back against the cage.
Alex'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.
Alex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruiz's defenses. #BC2#
Alex pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Ruiz finds it's target.#T3#
Ruiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alex is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ruiz.
Alex is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruiz finish him?
Alex takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A punch combination from Alex misses.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ruiz. That's going to slow Alex down.
Look low, kick high! Ruiz uses the oldest trick in the book to send Alex tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Ruiz is absolutely delighted - when Alex wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anthony Ruiz!
Anthony Ruiz bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. |
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Event:
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Date: Dec 08, 2021 |
#R1#
Ruiz tries to clinch there but Donavan circles away.
Donavan attempts a counter takedown but Ruiz avoids it well and moves away.
Ruiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Donavan's sensitive parts. #TD#
Donavan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Donavan not doing much here.
Ruiz is looking to control Donavan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ruiz avoid being mounted?
Donavan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz is looking for a sweep. Donavan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Donavan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruiz on the ground.
Donavan trying to control the pace.
Donavan wants to pass to mount but Ruiz is defending the position. #T1#
Donavan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Donavan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Donavan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Anthony Ruiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ruiz throws a front kick that sends Donavan stumbling back into the cage.
Ruiz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donavan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruiz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Donavan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donavan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ruiz finds it's way round the side to connect with Donavan's head. #TD#
Donavan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ruiz to the mat! Ruiz manages to get full guard.
Donavan wants to stand but Ruiz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Donavan won't allow Ruiz to get back to his feet.
Donavan trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruiz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.#T3#
Ruiz working a defensive guard here.
Donavan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ruiz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ruiz misses with a head kick.
Donavan tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ruiz manages to circle out of the way.
Donavan misses with a low kick.
Ruiz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.#CUT2#It looks like Turk Donavan has been cut.#TD#
Donavan shoots in and bounces Ruiz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.#SUB#
Donavan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ruiz is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Donavan, into his guard. #REVB##T4##SUB2#
Ruiz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ruiz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Donavan looking for a sweep. Not yet Donavan, not yet. #SUB#
Donavan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ruiz wants to pass the guard but Donavan is keeping the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Donavan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Turk Donavan's cut.
That's time! Donavan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Ruiz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
#TD#
Donavan gets a takedown into half guard.
Ruiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #SUB2#
Donavan wants to stand up. He gets to his feet but Ruiz has locked on to a leg, he rolls the pair back to the ground and cranks on Donavan's ankle. The pair roll once more but Ruiz really cranks it and Donavan is forced to tap! Great counter grappling from Ruiz!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Ankle Lock). Anthony Ruiz! |
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Event:
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Date: Dec 02, 2021 |
#R1#
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruiz. #TD#
Winslow shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Winslow performing his best blanket impression for a moment. #SUB#
Winslow is looking for a kimura here.
Winslow looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Winslow is looking for a kimura but Ruiz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Winslow to get the leverage. #T1#
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Winslow in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Winslow is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ruiz sees it coming and defends easily.
Winslow throwing shots but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ruiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #SUB#
Winslow is looking for a kimura but Ruiz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Winslow to get the leverage. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Winslow tries to pass to full mount but Ruiz defends it. #SUB#
Winslow is working for a kimura but Ruiz is defending it quite comfortably.
#SUB#
Winslow is looking for a kimura here.
#SUB#
Ruiz is defending against the submission attempts here by Winslow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3##SUB#
Winslow seems to be working for a kimura but Ruiz defends the submission attempt.
Ruiz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Winslow. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#SUB#
Winslow is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ruiz defends it well.
Winslow content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Winslow working over Ruiz with some ground and pound. Ruiz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Winslow is looking to advance position but Ruiz won't allow it.
Winslow trying to control the pace.
Winslow passes the guard and advances to mount!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Winslow sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ephraim Winslow dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Ruiz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Winslow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Winslow tries to clinch up.
Winslow has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ruiz finds it's way round the side to connect with Winslow's head.
Ruiz throws a sloppy head kick and Winslow moves out of range easily.
Winslow takes a kick to the side of the head.#CUT2#It looks like Ephraim Winslow has been cut.
Ruiz connects with a nice looking jab.
Ruiz throws a head kick that Winslow semi-blocks.
Ruiz stuns Winslow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Winslow takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiz scoring well with a low kick there.
#CL2#
Ruiz forces Winslow back against the cage and clinches.
Ruiz lands a nice knee to the body.
Winslow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
#T1#
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Winslow is trying to pull guard but Ruiz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Winslow's face.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Winslow tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ruiz smiles and moves away.
Ruiz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ruiz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Winslow blocks a head kick by Ruiz.
Anthony Ruiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Winslow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anthony Ruiz seems to be getting the better of the standup.#TD#
Winslow gets a takedown into half guard.
Ruiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Winslow uses his free foot to push down on Ruiz's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ruiz. #T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winslow content just to control the position here. #SUB#
Winslow wants to finish this one by submission but Ruiz is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Winslow.
Winslow content just to control the position here. #T3#
Winslow's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.#T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.#SUB#
Winslow looking to secure an arm triangle but Ruiz defends it well.
Winslow seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Ruiz is holding on tight.
Ruiz is in a horrible position here. Winslow smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ruiz tries to hold on but Winslow postures up.
Winslow lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ruiz hang on?
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ruiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ephraim Winslow's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3##TD#
Winslow shoots in and gets a takedown into Ruiz's guard.
Winslow is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ruiz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Winslow puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Winslow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Winslow takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.#SUB#
Winslow is working for a submission of some sort.
Winslow content to control rather than advance. #T1#
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz trying to control but Winslow postures up.
Winslow is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ruiz!
Winslow takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee warns Ruiz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
#T2#
Winslow unloading with bombs!
Ruiz tries to control Winslow's body but Winslow pushes him off. Ruiz squirms to his side and now Winslow has his back! #SUB#
Ruiz won't enjoy being in this position. Winslow looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Ruiz is tapping - it's over boys! Winslow picks up the submission victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ephraim Winslow! |
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