Yeah, he’s not like a pico type of sucks where it’s kinda flukey. I was pretty calm because although I’m not sure of how high Ed’s BJJ is, I assumed that people directly attacking his ankles would have been in his wheelhouse... dude looked as lost as Michael Johnson/ Kelvin Gastelum when a dude is on his ankles. Ruth is a PURE athlete with 5% of his build being a martial artist and maybe another 5% in being a fighter. He could still probably beat a couple top 15 guys via superior wrestling, but anyone with TDD would straight up embarrass him back.
Honestly though, his wrestling style in college was more sport oriented where he goes deep on ankles and uses the wrestling shoes like a gi. He’s also got some of the slickest wrestling transitions next to Yoel, but he doesn’t know how to impose his wrestling similar to Yoel.
What’s next for him? I considered him a very hot prospect until he lost to neiman gracie who is a nobody with average skills to this day. Since then, he has been on a downward trend with meh performances looking extremely lackadaisical. The hunger isn’t there. I mean to put it into normie terms with the wrestling accolades, Ruth is 1st round 1st pick while the other guy would have been lucky to even be considered by a team. Dude can’t even be a top 10 guy in bellator lmao