Ruth vs Kunimoto

Who won Ruth vs Kunimoto?

Ed Ruth beat Kiichi Kunimoto by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 224, on Friday 12th July 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Ruth vs Kunimoto stats

Ed Ruth stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kiichi Kunimoto made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Ed Ruth's Bellator record stood at 8-3-0, while Kiichi Kunimoto's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Ruth had a massive power advantage over Kunimoto, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Kunimoto's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kunimoto had a massive advantage over Ruth, boasting a 50% submission rate over Ruth's 0%.

Ed Ruth was the younger man by 10 years, at 34 years old.

Ruth had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kunimoto. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Ruth was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 10 years and 7 months later than Kunimoto, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 41 less professional rounds, 24 to Kunimoto's 65.

Ruth vs Kunimoto form

Ruth had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jason Jackson at Bellator 231 on 25th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kiichi Kunimoto at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Neiman Gracie at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by submission in the 4th round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had defeated Ion Pascu at Bellator 196 on 6th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BOK Hall, Budapest, Hungary.

He was victorious against David Mundell at Bellator 178 on 21st April 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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Ruth's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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