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Sad Knockout of the Day: Murilo Rua Wrecked by Paulo Filho in Comeback Fight

“Don’t call it a comeback! No seriously, don’t – I plan on pulling out of my next fight.”

Not to be outdone by One FC, last night’s hilariously named Best of the Best event in Belem, Brazil saw Murilo Rua and Paulo Filho come out of retirement for a pointless, irrelevant rematch. On paper, it’s pretty sad and kind of scary to see Murilo Rua, who looked completely washed up in his retirement fight against Tom Watson at last year’s BAMMA 6, step in the cage for one final fight. But his opponent is Paulo Filho, so it’ll be a small miracle if the troubled Rohypnol loving Brazilian even shows up, yet alone shows up in shape and ready to fight, right? Things can’t get too ugly for Ninja, can they?

Dude…you have no idea. Rua manages to do dick before getting tagged repeatedly by Filho’s sloppy haymakers, which were eerily reminiscent of this. The fight is mercifully stopped just forty eight seconds in, yet the internet is still crying early stoppage. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m okay with letting this one end while Ninja can still brush his teeth without assistance.

Props to Zombie Prophet for the video.

“Don’t call it a comeback! No seriously, don’t – I plan on pulling out of my next fight.”

Props to Zombie Prophet for the video.

And to think, at one point in time these guys were two of Pride’s best middleweights. Age can do a lot to a fighter, I guess (and drug usage probably doesn’t help either). Thanks for proving that Filho’s victory over Rua back at Pride Bushido 10 wasn’t a fluke, guys. Now please never get in the cage again.

@SethFalvo

Bamma 6 Results & Videos: Watson vs. Ninja, Trigg vs. Phillips

(Tom Watson vs. Murilo Rua)

If you’re here to read about Murilo Rua running through Tom Watson to claim the Bamma Middleweight strap, have a seat, we need to talk. “Ninja” looked content to stand and bang with Watson early on, but he was clearly getting the worst of the exchanges. By round two, the damage from Watson’s leg kick assault showed in every step Rua took. From there the hobbled fighter served as target practice for “Kong”, whose time at Tristar and Greg Jackson’s has clearly paid off. To his credit Ninja never stopped fighting, at least not until that head kick from Watson put him out on his feet. Following the third round TKO loss, Rua took to twitter to thank his family and friends for their support and to announce his retirement from MMA.

Video of the Trigg-Phillips fight, and full results, after the jump.

(Tom Watson vs. Murilo Rua)

(Frank Trigg vs. John Phillips)

Trigg wasted little time in getting “The White Mike Tyson” to the mat, securing a takedown just thirty seconds into their bout. From half guard, Trigg landed a big elbow and opened up a deep gash over Phillips’s left eye. Blood poured directly into Phillips’s eye and was clearly causing him trouble, but the ground and pound continued until the 2:20 mark, when the referee halted the action to have the cut checked out and cageside physicians called an end to the fight.

Event results, via Bloody Elbow:

Tom Watson def Murilo Rua by TKO Round 3.

Frank Trigg def John Phillips by TKO (cuts) Round 1.

Matt Ewin def Ivan Salaverry by Decision.

Valentino Petrescu def Joao Paulo de Souza by Decision.

Leonoardo Santos def Jason Ball by Decision

Che Mills def Marcio Cesar by KO Round 1

Scott Jansen def Craig Chesters by TKO Round 1

Catalin Zmarandescu def Sharif Mohammed Ali by Submission (Forearm Choke of Shame) Round 1

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