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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ruiz (ranked 2690 p4p, 4876 weight class) and Vigmar Friomannsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruiz's entrance music is DB7 - Squid Game Drill. A fine choice. Vigmar Friomannsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vigmar Friomannsson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz slips a jab from Friomannsson.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ruiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
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.
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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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