Mauricio Ruffy brought the violence to UFC 301 when he brutally defeated the veteran lightweight Jamie Mullarkey.
In Saturday’s preliminaries at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Ruffy (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) blasted Mullarkey (17-8 MMA, 5-6 UFC) with an arsenal of strikes for a TKO stoppage at 4:42 of Round 1.
Ruffy’s right hand trips Mullarkey before a flying knee connects. A second right hand from Ruffy dropped Mullarkey and subsequent punches rained down. Mullarkey got up, but Ruffy stepped on him again. The second time Mullarkey fell to the canvas was enough for referee Mike Beltran to wave the fight off.
Luffy, 30, has won five fights in a row. All five victories were stoppages due to strikes. Saturday was his debut with the promotion after he earned his UFC contract with a TKO victory on Dana White’s Contender Series against Raimond Magomedaliev.
Mullarkey, 29, has lost two fights in a row and three of his most recent four. All three losses were knockouts/TKOs.
Updated UFC 301 results include:
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Maurício Ruffy won. Jamie Mullarkey via TKO (strike) – Round 1, 4:42
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Dione Barbosa won. Ernesta Kareckaite by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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Ismael Bonfim defeated. Vinc Pichel by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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Alessandro Costa won. Kevin Borjas via TKO (strike) – Round 2, 1:35
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