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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johan Farfy Iii (ranked 1630 p4p, 246 weight class) and John Ruth (ranked 537 p4p, 88 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
28 - 14 - 1 |
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178 cm
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195 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Johan Farfy Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, John Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruth throws a body shot but no joy.
Farfy Iii fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Farfy Iii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farfy Iii staying out of range there.
Farfy Iii throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ruth stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Farfy Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Farfy Iii throws a right hand that Ruth ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruth also avoids with ease.
Ruth moves to clinch but Farfy Iii breaks away
and Farfy Iii counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruth takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Farfy Iii digs a good body shot into Ruth's ribs.
Ruth throws a left and a right that both miss
and Farfy Iii counters with a straight right hand.
Farfy Iii digs a good hook to Ruth's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Farfy Iii misses with a looping left.
Farfy Iii looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruth looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Farfy Iii takes one on the button.
No joy there for Farfy Iii, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Farfy Iii. Ruth does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Ruth on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Farfy Iii with a hook.
Ruth throws a shot from downtown. Farfy Iii moves away and avoids it.
Ruth moves out of range of the strikes.
Johan Farfy Iii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farfy Iii leaves Ruth with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Farfy Iii ducks under a wild hook from Ruth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farfy Iii scores with a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Farfy Iii misses.
Ruth tests Farfy Iii's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farfy Iii throws a body punch but Ruth moves out of range.
Ruth shoots for a double leg takedown but Farfy Iii sprawls well. He's pushed Ruth's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Farfy Iii is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ruth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farfy Iii misses with the combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Farfy Iii!
Johan Farfy Iii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Farfy Iii just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ruth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Farfy Iii misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ruth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Farfy Iii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Farfy Iii.
Farfy Iii is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Farfy Iii misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ruth lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ruth.
Farfy Iii tries to throw a body punch but Ruth avoids it by throwing Farfy Iii back against the cage.
Ruth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Farfy Iii or not.
Farfy Iii takes a shot to the head.
Ruth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruth tries for a takedown but Farfy Iii manages to get underhooks.
Johan Farfy Iii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Ruth.
Farfy Iii blocks a body shot from Ruth.
A nice left hand lands by Ruth.
Farfy Iii misses with some punches.
Ruth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruth working aggressively here.
Farfy Iii tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruth gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Ruth postures up in Farfy Iii's guard and throws a big left but Farfy Iii blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ruth throws a big right hand that misses.
Ruth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruth is working Farfy Iii over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ruth throwing strikes but missing.
Ruth lands a couple of elbows.
Ruth trying to control but Farfy Iii is working from the bottom.
Farfy Iii wants to get back to his feet but Ruth is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Farfy Iii dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ruth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Farfy Iii misses with a body shot
and Ruth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circle momentarily. Farfy Iii darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ruth lands a right hook to the body.
Ruth works Farfy Iii's body with a nice hook.
Ruth is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johan Farfy Iii is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Farfy Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Farfy Iii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Farfy Iii tests Ruth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Farfy Iii thuds a left hand into Ruth's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farfy Iii missing with a left hand there. Ruth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Farfy Iii misses with a lunging right hand
and Ruth connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Ruth misses.
Farfy Iii lands with a nice combination. Ruth backs away looking to recover.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Farfy Iii!
Farfy Iii throws a jab when Ruth was well out of range.
And Ruth tries to counter it with a takedown but Farfy Iii pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ruth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farfy Iii.
Farfy Iii throws a jab but it's blocked by Ruth.
Farfy Iii swings widly with a right hand
and Ruth counters with a left hand that sends Farfy Iii to the canvas!
Farfy Iii is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruth content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oh Farfy Iii is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ruth postures up in Farfy Iii's guard and throws a big left but Farfy Iii blocks it.
Ruth looking to pass the guard.
Ruth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ruth loads up on a big left hand. Farfy Iii felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Ruth looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Farfy Iii can't hide his disappointment, as Ruth celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Ruth!
John Ruth opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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hype
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RATING
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