M. Ruffy made his UFC debut (Photo: Twitter/@ufcnews)
Ladies and gentlemen, nice to meet you: Maurício Ruffy. In his first fight in the organization, the Fighting Nerds prospect showed the reasons for all the hype surrounding his name even before his debut. On the preliminary card of UFC 301, held in Rio de Janeiro, light weight (up to 70,3kg) dominated Jamie Mullarkey categorically and achieved a beautiful knockout in the first round.
At just 30 years old, Maurício Ruffy wins his fifth consecutive victory in his career, his first in Ultimate and now has a record of 10 triumphs and only one setback as a professional.
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From the first bell ringing, Maurício took control of the distance but was still studying the best opportunity to strike. With about three minutes left, the Brazilian landed a cross that exploded squarely in the Australian's face. Ruffy continued to work his jabs well and quickly bleed his rival.
Mullarkey was not intimidated and continued walking forward, threatening the Brazilian who responded with a beautiful pair of crosses that exploded again at his rival. Mauricio continued to land excellent combinations on Jamie, and after a flying knee that hit the Australian squarely, the Brazilian had the calm and patience to add some hard blows until the central referee interrupted.
Dione Barbosa beat Ernesta Kareckaite via unanimous decision
Third duel of the night, the clash between Dione Barbosa e Ernesta Kareckaite was marked by the alternation of strategies. The flyweight (up to 56,7kg) from Tupiniquim started the confrontation well in striking, imposing an intense rhythm and making her opponent uncomfortable. However, soon after, the Lithuanian managed to remain standing and balanced the confrontation.
From the second half onwards, Ernesta began to impose herself in striking over the Brazilian, who was unable to respond to her rival's attacks and saw all her takedown attempts fail due to the European's good defense. Dione tried another takedown in the final minute, but Kareckaite defended well again and canceled out another attack from the Brazilian.
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