If Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was the Airforce then NCAA Wrestling would be the Marines, and Ed Ruth wants to fight for both branches of the service! The three time NCAA Wrestling Champion Ed Ruth is currently 4-0 in MMA as a professional with all 4 fights taking place inside the Bellator Cage.
Ed Ruth is scheduled to be back inside the cage at Bellator 196 against a veteran with almost 6x’s the amount of fight experience he has. Ruth will be facing Ion Pascu when Bellator heads to the Box Hall in Budapest Hungary.

Wrestling at Penn State which is the same university as Phil Davis. Check out the takedown clinic Ed Ruth did at the 2018 IBJJ Pan Ams. Competing in the Kimono Ed Ruth took a Bronze in the highly competitive adult Medium-Heavy weight division.


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