PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iago Farfan (ranked 373 p4p, 679 weight class) and Myles Ruth (ranked 54 p4p, 89 weight class). 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.

Farfan
vs
Ruth

195 cm
28
265
14 - 7 - 0

195 cm
34
250
20 - 10 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iago Farfan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Myles Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farfan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruth.
Farfan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Rubber Guard Emporium in the buildup to the fight.
Ruth throws a body punch but Farfan moves out of range.
Farfan lands a really nice looking cross but Ruth seems unphased.
A punch combination from Farfan misses.
Ruth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farfan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Ruth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Farfan tried to counter with a leg kick but Ruth avoided it.
Farfan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruth lands a glancing blow to the side of Farfan's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruth stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Farfan.
Ruth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Farfan half committed to a counter leg kick.
Farfan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Myles Ruth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruth looks to score with a jab to the body but Farfan is just out of range.
Ruth lands with an overhand left.
Ruth looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farfan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ruth misses with a body shot.
Farfan throwing a counter right hand but Ruth manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Farfan.
Ruth slips under a jab.
Farfan throws an overhand right that lands on Ruth's shoulder, as Ruth tries to avoid the shot.
Ruth just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruth is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Farfan rather than just go for the knockout.
Farfan swings widly with a right hand
and Ruth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ruth looks to throw the jab but Farfan is out of range.
Ruth throws a jab when Farfan was well out of range.
Ruth lands with a nice body punch.
Farfan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruth lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Farfan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruth.
Ruth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Farfan doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruth misses with an uppercut
and Farfan counters with a straight right hand.
Farfan throws the left hand but Ruth avoids the punch easily.
Ruth throws a body punch but Farfan moves out of range.
Farfan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ruth.
Ruth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Farfan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruth. Farfan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruth scores with a jab to the head.
Farfan ducks under a wild hook from Ruth.
Farfan is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farfan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruth ducks under a wild hook from Farfan.
Ruth misses with a lunging right hand
and Farfan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ruth stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Farfan.
Ruth throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Farfan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Farfan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ruth 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.
Ruth misses the shot to the body.
As Ruth backs away, Farfan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ruth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Farfan.
A nice side step and Ruth releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Farfan lands a leg kick that knocks Ruth off balance momentarily.
Ruth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Farfan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruth throws a right hand that misses
and Farfan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruth misses the shot to the body.
Farfan half committed to a counter leg kick.
A big right from Ruth misses.
Ruth throws a body punch but Farfan moves out of range.
Farfan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Farfan misses with a hook. Ruth ducked under it nicely.
Farfan tries to score with a low kick but Ruth moves his leg out of the way.
Ruth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Farfan moves away.
Farfan throws a leg kick but Ruth moved away.
A big right from Farfan misses.
Ruth misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Farfan counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Myles Ruth has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruth. Farfan does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Myles Ruth will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Myles Ruth's cut.
That's time! Farfan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Farfan lands with a right hand.
Ruth scores with a nice right hand.
Farfan moves out of range of the strikes.
Farfan throws a low kick but Ruth avoids it.
Ruth throws a shot from downtown. Farfan moves away and avoids it.
Farfan moves out of range of the strikes.
Farfan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ruth throws a body punch but Farfan moves out of range.
Farfan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ruth on the side of the head.
Ruth misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Ruth misses.
Ruth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Farfan slips under a jab.
Farfan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Farfan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Farfan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Farfan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Farfan slips under a jab.
Farfan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ruth looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ruth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Farfan moves away.
Farfan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruth.
Farfan connects with a leg kick.
Farfan misses with a kick to the body.
Farfan misses the shot to the body.
Farfan thuds a left hand into Ruth's body.
Ruth is breathing heavily.
Ruth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Farfan.
Ruth avoids the body shot from Farfan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farfan connects with a body shot.
Farfan scores with a head kick.
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!
Farfan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruth.
Ruth throws a body punch but Farfan moves out of range.
Farfan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Farfan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ruths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Farfan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Farfan throws a poor cross that misses
and Ruth counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Farfan slips under a jab.
Farfan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Farfan misses with a hook.
Ruth swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Farfan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruth. Farfan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farfan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ruth just manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Farfan as he connects with a hook.
Ruth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Farfan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Iago Farfan is winning the standup battle so far.
Ruth scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ruth throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Ruth misses its intended target.
Ruth connects with a nice looking jab.
Farfan scores with a jab. Ruth acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ruth misses with a lunging right hand
and Farfan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Farfan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Farfan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A jab from Ruth misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruth throws a jab when Farfan was well out of range.
Farfan throwing a counter right hand but Ruth manages to avoid it.
That kick from Farfan tenderised Ruth's leg. Ruth is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ruth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Farfan manages to avoid it.
Farfan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A shot to the body from Ruth misses
and Farfan counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Ruth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Farfan sends Ruth crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Farfan is motioning to the referee to let Ruth up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Ruth is rocked!
Ruth swings widly with a right hand
and Farfan counters with a big right hand! Oh Ruth is in trouble here! Farfan follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iago Farfan!
A victorious Iago Farfan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.