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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruzic comes to the cage accompanied by Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky. Tamad comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Joker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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192 lbs
38 - 16 - 2 |
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184 cm
30
200 lbs
14 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josip Ruzic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Juan Tamad!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic goes for a double leg but Tamad avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Tamad continues to drive forward.
Tamad takes a shot to the head.
Ruzic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tamad or not.
Tamad is looking to break free of the clinch but Ruzic has double underhooks.
Ruzic blocking some punches.
Ruzic breaks the clinch.
Ruzic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tamad is out of range.
Ruzic misses the shot to the body.
Tamad slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tamad keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick misses from Tamad.
Ruzic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Not Yours in the buildup to the fight.
Ruzic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tamad was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruzic.
Juan Tamad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruzic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tamad slips a straight right by Ruzic.
Tamad has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ruzic is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A left lands for Tamad.
Ruzic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tamad to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruzic controls Tamad momentarily but Tamad frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tamad is one step ahead there.
Ruzic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tamad scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tamad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tamad throws a big right hand that misses.
Ruzic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tamad throwing strikes from guard but Ruzic blocks nicely.
Tamad stopping the sweep attempt from Ruzic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tamad is posturing up here but Ruzic has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Tamad tries to roll out but it's too tight and Tamad has to tap! Slick submission there by Ruzic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Josip Ruzic!
A very excited looking Josip Ruzic 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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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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