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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tama Ruiha (ranked 2381 p4p, 3019 weight class) and Philip Driver (ranked 311 p4p, 387 weight class). Ruiha comes to the cage accompanied by Polynesian Traditional Music. 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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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tama Ruiha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Philip Driver!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiha gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruiha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Driver lands a right hand.
Ruiha has a couple of punches blocked by Driver.
Ruiha lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ruiha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Ruiha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruiha working aggressively here.
Driver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ruiha misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Driver.
A short right from Ruiha.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Driver.
Ruiha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruiha is working Driver over against the cage.
Ruiha tries a body shot but Driver blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Driver throws a head punch that misses.
Driver struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruiha controls his hands.
Driver throws a head punch that misses.
Ruiha blocks an uppercut.
Driver lands with a left to the head.
Ruiha misses with the head strike.
Ruiha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiha lands an uppercut.
Driver is trying to break free.
Driver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ruiha lands a left hand.
Ruiha works on Driver's body with a couple of short punches.
Driver looks winded!
Ruiha gets through Driver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Driver takes a shot to the head.
Driver working hard to break the clinch.
Ruiha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Driver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Driver misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruiha.
Ruiha lands a hook that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Ruiha misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruiha.
Driver blocking some punches.
Driver throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruiha.
Ruiha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ruiha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driver is trying to break the clinch but Ruiha has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ruiha.
A head punch on the inside from Ruiha fails to land.
Driver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ruiha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Driver misses with a body punch.
Ruiha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruiha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Driver.
Driver misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ruiha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Driver.
Ruiha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Driver pushes Ruiha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiha lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Ruiha.
Ruiha looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A right hand to the body from Driver.
Driver blocking some punches.
Ruiha lands a hook that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruiha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Driver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Driver tries to throw a body punch but Ruiha avoids it by throwing Driver back against the cage.
Driver throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruiha.
Ruiha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Driver throws a head punch that misses.
Driver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Driver blocking some punches.
Ruiha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Driver misses with the head strike.
Ruiha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ruiha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Driver throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruiha.
A head punch on the inside from Ruiha fails to land.
Ruiha lands a shoulder strike.
Ruiha swings wildly with an uppercut but Driver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiha misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Driver fails to land.
Ruiha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Driver misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driver working aggressively here.
Ruiha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Driver pushes Ruiha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Driver is trying to push Ruiha away but Ruiha has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ruiha has a couple of punches blocked by Driver.
Ruiha swings wildly with an uppercut but Driver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiha working aggressively here.
Driver blocking some punches.
Driver is trying to break the clinch but Ruiha is controlling him.
A short right from Ruiha.
Ruiha misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruiha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruiha has a couple of punches blocked by Driver.
Ruiha working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ruiha.
Driver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruiha's elbow.
Ruiha working aggressively here.
Ruiha lands a nice uppercut.
Ruiha can't find room to land a body shot as Driver controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tama Ruiha dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ruiha moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ruiha tries to close the distance and clinch but Driver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruiha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Driver on the side of the head.
Driver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiha manages to avoid it.
Ruiha misses with an uppercut
and Driver counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ruiha blocks a body shot from Driver.
Ruiha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Ruiha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ruiha scores with a shot to the side of Driver's head.
Tama Ruiha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ruiha lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ruiha working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ruiha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ruiha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Driver is breathing heavily.
Ruiha lands with a right to the head.
Driver scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Ruiha.
Ruiha misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Driver has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiha pushes Driver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ruiha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Driver can do to turn this around?
Ruiha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Driver is rocked!
A short left from Ruiha.
Driver is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruiha finish him?
Ruiha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ruiha creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Driver's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Driver drops to his knees and Ruiha pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tama Ruiha!
An out of breath Tama Ruiha thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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