Gracie vs Ruth

Who won Gracie vs Ruth?

Neiman Gracie beat Ed Ruth by submission in the 4th round during the main card of Bellator 213, on Saturday 15th December 2018 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Gracie vs Ruth stats

Neiman Gracie stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Ed Ruth made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Neiman Gracie's 14th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Neiman Gracie's Bellator record stood at 10-4-0, while Ed Ruth's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Ruth had a massive power advantage over Gracie, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Gracie's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gracie had a massive advantage over Ruth, boasting a 88% submission rate over Ruth's 0%.

Neiman Gracie was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Gracie had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ruth. Despite this, Ruth had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Gracie was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Ruth, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 48 to Ruth's 24.

Gracie vs Ruth form

Neiman Gracie had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Magomed Umalatov at PFL 9: 2024 Playoffs on 23rd August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Don Madge at PFL 6: 2024 Regular Season on 28th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Goiti Yamauchi at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Before that, he had been defeated by Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

He had lost to Logan Storley at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Gracie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Ruth's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 11 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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