Rashidi Ellis vs. Josec Ruiz (21-06-2025) Full Fight

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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, your main event, 10 rounds in the World of Weight Division.

00:13And it's time for our main event here at Mill City Mayhem.

00:16Joseph Ruiz in the black and gold trunks taking on Rashidi Ellis in the white, turquoise, and a few other colors on those trunks.

00:24Nice outfit tonight from Rashidi.

00:26I like it.

00:27Looking to get win number 27.

00:31Ruiz coming in at 24, 8, and 3.

00:3317 of those wins by knockout.

00:35As we mentioned, Ray, a smaller fighter coming up in weight.

00:39Ruiz has campaigned over the last few years mostly between 130 and 135 pounds.

00:44He's a former title holder at 126 back in 2019.

00:47So he is smaller coming up in weight, but he did clock in at 147 yesterday on the scales.

00:52Ellis has fought as high as 54 in his career.

00:57Now really settling in comfortably at welterweight.

00:59World rated.

01:00This is where he's most likely going to be for quite a while.

01:06This is where he wants to campaign and get for that world title right now, 147.

01:10It's wide open.

01:11He just had, oh my God, I went blank.

01:18He just lost in Times Square.

01:23He beat Ryan Garcia.

01:25That's right.

01:25I'm drawing a blank as well, but you're right.

01:27The division is wide open, and Ellis has called them all out, whether it's Jaron Enos, Brian Norman, Mario Barrios.

01:33Only one loss on his record.

01:35That was to Romain Villa back in 2022, I believe.

01:41And Ellis took some time off after that.

01:43Ended up with TCL for the Boston Butchers.

01:45Last year went 11-1 with the Butchers.

01:47He's already 10-2 this year.

01:48So he has been going back and forth between Butchers and then still establishing his footing in his pro career.

01:53So he's been very busy in 2025.

01:56But they seem to concentrate on the boxing, though.

01:59When you get a cut in that one round, you've got to take some time off.

02:05It's tough.

02:05It's happened to a few fighters.

02:07It happened to, most recently, Amelia Moore, the newly debuting female sensation.

02:13She had campaigned mostly with the Butchers last year, suffered a massive cut in her 2025 debut with the Butchers,

02:20and now she's out for quite some time.

02:21So you're right.

02:22I think when you're this close to a title opportunity, it could be more productive for you to focus on one thing.

02:28But Ellis has been able to successfully, so far, knock on wood, go back and forth.

02:32And it's keeping him active, keeping him fresh between fights.

02:34As I always say, I'm more happy when you prove me wrong.

02:39Beautiful left hook by Rashidi.

02:42It's done.

02:43Ruiz right here.

02:47Ruiz, as we mentioned, last time out in April went the distance with Albert Bell, who's now 27-0.

02:52And that fight was at 135, so Ruiz capable of going rounds.

02:58Mouthpiece comes out.

03:02The referee not sure whose mouthpiece it is.

03:05But it is Ruiz's, and they've got to wash it off quick.

03:08You can throw it in, you can wash it out either way.

03:12So a quick break in the action.

03:13And that loss, by the way, that we mentioned for Ellis, was in 2023, not 2022.

03:21And that was when he had taken some time off.

03:24Coming from a very prestigious fighting family, his brother, Ronald, sister Rashida.

03:30Right now, Rashidi has been the more active of the three.

03:34You see that fancy footwork by Ellis.

03:36That's why they call him Speedy.

03:40Ruiz charging him with a couple of shots.

03:41Ruiz, that's the only way you can find Rashida.

03:45You've got to rush in and pin him to the rope.

03:48You've got to cut the ring off, and it's hard to do against a fighter that fast.

03:51But Ruiz, again, he's a small fighter, so he's got a little speed.

03:55But I don't know if he gets the butt spears, Rashida.

03:58It's hard.

03:58Not many are as fast.

04:00That's why they call him Speedy.

04:01Round one of the books.

04:02Again, this one's scheduled for 10.

04:04Take a look back here, Ray, at some of the action.

04:06You see Rashida.

04:07He sets off them three, four-punch combinations.

04:10It looks like he threw one punch, and his footwork is extraordinary.

04:15He jumps out the way.

04:16You see Ruiz trying to glue him to the rope.

04:20But you have no way of gluing him there.

04:29Ellis continuing to climb the ladder in the world rankings.

04:32Right now, number seven in the WBO.

04:35That's as high as he's been in his career.

04:37And that WBC belt that he has around the waist, that WBC U.S. silver welterweight title, keeps him in the conversation among the WBC as well.

04:47They have many title holders, and all of them, once they get established in the ranking system, can sometimes lead to opportunities.

04:55And that's what Ellis wants.

04:56He just wants a chance to go in there and possibly fight for a world title.

04:59And he feels this is his year.

05:00He's 32.

05:01This is right around the time where, you know, you want to get that chance.

05:04This is the biggest guy here.

05:05Yeah.

05:05Why does he put more pressure?

05:07Show him you're the biggest guy.

05:11Beautiful.

05:12That's good.

05:16That was going to the body.

05:20Showing off that hand speed.

05:22And we've got Ruiz who's pulled up in this weight.

05:26She, I'd see him sit down and just back up, Ruiz.

05:31Show him I'm the big guy.

05:32Don't come and get back down to your weight.

05:34Yeah.

05:39Ruiz, as we mentioned, was born in Honduras, moved to Miami roughly around 2018, 2019,

05:45and has fought mostly on U.S. soil since that time.

05:48Fought Gabriel Flores, Jr. in the bubble back in 2020.

05:55If you remember in Vegas, they had the bubble during the pandemic.

05:59Fought Henry LeBron at Madison Square Garden.

06:01So he's had some big fights, too.

06:03And he's just three and six in his last nine.

06:05But he's fought some, again, tough competition.

06:07Ellis, no stranger to that.

06:09Ellis, of course, is on that list of tough competitors for Joseph Ruiz.

06:14And Ruiz is fast.

06:20I'll give him that.

06:23Some good three, four-punch combos from Ruiz.

06:26Not much landing.

06:26And now Ruiz doing a little showboating.

06:28He covers up good.

06:30You know, a lot of the punches, it looks beautiful to the crowd that Ellis is landing in.

06:36But they're on his gloves.

06:37He's blocking it very well.

06:38See, this is where Ruiz wants him.

06:45Blue to those ropes.

06:56Ellis is sitting on these punches.

07:00This is where I can see him coming forward.

07:02Back him up.

07:02One of the things that Ellis has done that has impressed me in his Boston Butcher TCL run

07:12in his pro career is being able to adjust to the different styles.

07:15Team Combat League is one round.

07:16You've got to come out firing.

07:18You've got to remember, and it's a subconscious thing.

07:20But to come back to a ten-round fight, you have an opportunity to pace yourself a bit.

07:23It's not that same frenetic pace.

07:25And I talked to Rasheed about that.

07:27I asked him, I said, why are you jumping into the combat one-round thing?

07:34He goes, first, take me well, Coach Ray.

07:38And second, I like to fight.

07:40There you go.

07:40Third, I can adjust to anything.

07:42And he proved me wrong.

07:43He went up there.

07:44I didn't think he could do the one-round.

07:47I always said, you know, a good pro fighter adjusts from round to round.

07:52Oh, there's some shots there.

07:53Overhand right sends Ruiz into the ropes.

07:55And the mouthpiece came out at the same time.

07:57I'm seeing a return of the Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas.

08:01Yes.

08:01And I find my mouthpiece.

08:04Ruiz took two hard overhand rights after that flurry.

08:09And the second one sends to the ropes.

08:11And left Barty shot.

08:12Yeah.

08:13So great job by Ellis.

08:14As you mentioned, Ray, going downstairs to set it up.

08:17See right here, boom, Barty shot.

08:19And then those two right hands over the top landed.

08:24Good four-punch combo by Rashidi Ellis to score the knockdown at the end of round number two.

08:30And this is where Ellis begins to take control.

08:32He gets that flurry, gets that knockdown early in the fight, and then just really settles into a pace.

08:37And we'll see if, in fact, that is what happens and if Ruiz can keep up.

08:41I think Rashidi just realized, I am the bigger guy.

08:46And I'm going to back this little guy up.

08:49And I think I'm done.

08:50And that's the toughest part, Ray, I think, for the smaller footer coming up in weight.

08:54Is that play progresses, that bigger footer just wears on you after a while.

08:58Yes, he wears on you.

09:00You can see Rashidi, that left hook to the body.

09:02That's what's tied at all.

09:04Then he came back to the left up top and the right dropped him down.

09:06Like I say all the time, pick him up and make him fall.

09:13Round three about to get underway.

09:14Rashidi Ellis in a groove right now as we enter into our main event.

09:19Ray Oliveira, Michael Parenti bringing you the action here as the sweat is flying into the broadcast booth.

09:25We thank you for joining us tonight on Swerve Combat.

09:29Ellis in the multicolored trunks taking on Josec Ruiz in the black and the gold.

09:33And Ellis scored a knockdown at the close of round number two.

09:39Opening up a pretty decent lead here going into round three.

09:42And we'll see how much longer Ruiz can hang against the bigger Ellis.

09:46We mentioned, Ray, during the pre-show that Ellis more of a natural 130, 135 coming up in weight to take on Rashidi Ellis.

09:54Who, by many accounts, is a bigger welterweight.

09:56Yeah, he definitely is.

09:59I would say that.

10:00You can see the belt on him.

10:01He's got wide shoulders.

10:02His legs are thick.

10:04But if he can rampain at 147, why not?

10:07Here he goes again with the hook.

10:11Ruiz in some trouble, but he fights off the ropes momentarily.

10:14He's stumbling around that, though.

10:15Punches starting to pile up for Ellis, and so is the damage to Ruiz.

10:21And still a lot of time to go here in round three.

10:24And you're right, Ray.

10:25Ellis is well-built, wide shoulders.

10:27He's fought at 154 in the pass.

10:29And you're right.

10:30If he can maintain 147 with that size, that's going to be tough to beat for anybody.

10:34And not that size.

10:35If you put, like I always say, if you get a tank, and if it can move fast, it can blow

10:41through everything, that's what Rashidi is.

10:43He's a tank, and he's got speed, and he can move through anything.

10:49Oh, my God.

10:50That one right hook to the body.

10:52Another.

10:53As he's backing up.

10:53Another body shot by Ellis sends Ruiz crashing to his knees.

10:58And Rashidi threw that as he's backing up.

11:00It was Ruiz who was the aggressor, and Ellis with a brilliant counter to the body to get

11:07the knockdown.

11:08And now he's going for the kill here.

11:09A lot of time in round three.

11:11He's sitting on that power.

11:14Ellis starting to pour it on, scoring the second knockdown of the fight.

11:19And we'll see if he can finish and close the show here in style.

11:22Trying to get win number 27.

11:24There's another knockdown.

11:26Oh, my.

11:27If he gets up in that, yeah, he is.

11:34I'm not sure he should, and they're going to wave it off.

11:36No, referee stops it.

11:38And that will do it.

11:39Rashidi Ellis, they call him speedy, and he makes quick work of Joseph Ruiz in our main event.

11:47What a sensational showing by Rashidi Ellis.

11:49That was incredible.

11:52I mean, the speed on him.

11:53I understand I say all the time they call him Rashidi, speedy Ellis, but look at the speed.

11:59Even the cameras, the slow-mo, he looks fast.

12:04But even on slow motion, he looks fast.

12:07It's ridiculous.

12:08Two body shots in this round that finished off Ruiz, and you're right, Ray.

12:13You can watch on television, you can watch highlights, but to sit here ringside and see him up close and personal,

12:18just to see that speed from Rashidi Ellis, it's impressive no matter how many times you watch it.

12:24He is just on a sensational run right now between Team Combat League and between his pro career.

12:30And now his third win under the CES banner, and no doubt, most likely, he will move up in the WBO rankings

12:37when they start to release the July and August rankings.

12:40Be very interested to see where they slot him and what is next for Ellis,

12:44but here's another look here right at the end of this fight.

12:47He turns it right over, he's sitting on that power, and actually backing up.

12:53He steps on that back right leg and grips that left hook to the body.

12:57Great job by Ellis, let's set it up to our ring announcer, Steve Mays, with the particulars.

13:02No black cooties, we in the streets again.

13:04He don't like the tension here, so he can get the real shit.

13:07We're going to be on Gemini now, 4-5, when it's Sunday at 2 a.m.

13:10She'll pop out, 2-0, 1-8.

13:12She'll pop out, 2-0, 1-8.

13:13She'll pop out, 2-0, 1-8.

13:14She'll pop out, 2-0, 1-8.

13:15Her baby daddy's my hand.

13:18I'ma trip out of you.

13:19I get that dick up, she might.

13:22She'll pop out, 2-0, 1-8.

13:23She'll pop out, 2-0, 1-8.

13:24Her baby daddy is my hand, I'ma trip out of you.

13:28Ladies, let me see how you're doing real quick in lines.

13:31Grabbing it over, let a nigga grab it.

13:33Everybody tripping out, yeah, it's a smash hit.

13:35Yeah, show me how you trip out.

13:37You can't do it, watch out.

13:38By the way, Ray, that welterweight you mentioned, Roley Romero.

13:42There you go.

13:45That's the fight I'd like to see.

13:46Yes.

13:47The winner of the main event at 2 minutes and 19 seconds

13:53of round number three by knockout, Speedy Rashidi Ellis.

14:10Speedy, I gotta get it.

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