Nick Ring tried to be elusive, but doing that for 15 minutes fighting in the Denver altitude is a major task. Tim Boetsch waited for Ring to slow down in the latter rounds and when he got his hands on him, he beat up him on the ground to win over the judges in a unanimous decision victory, 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27.
Ring, a former cast member on Season 11 of "The Ultimate Fighter," was unbeaten coming into the fight. Boetsch (14-4, 5-3 UFC) looks like a new fighter down at middleweight. He had moderate success at light heavyweight, but the weight cut has allowed him to really play up his inside power in striking and clinch situations.
Ring (12-1, 2-1 UFC) allowed Boetsch to get his hands on him way too much in the second and third rounds. The thickly-muscled former college wrestler dropped Ring to his knees with right hand. Ring rose quickly and tried to survive in the clinch. He threw some knees and he one of them. Boetsch slammed him down and eventually got into position to slap on a guillotine choke. Ring avoided a finish, but he was getting tired.
Boetsch's dirty boxing took a further toll and Ring hit the mat again at the end of the second. Boetsch nearly finished Ring with a nasty kimura, but ran of out time. It was more of the same in the third. Boetsch executed a beautiful throw in the final 90 seconds of the fight and roughing up Ring throughout the third. He sent Ring flipping into air and landed on top of him to knock the wind out of the Canadian.
It was all about the gameplan for Boetsch.
"I was trying to land one big punch in that first round and that doesn't work in the UFC," said Boetsch.
Between the first and second rounds, his corner urged him to get back to what they had talked about before the fight. Boetsch did so and it led to a solid win.
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