RUF 68 is scheduled for Superstar Theatre on Friday, Might 2nd, and three names at the moment slated for the cardboard have a selected factor in frequent. None of them have been going the gap.
Ezra Elliott, Alex Preissing, and Marcos Encinas have mixed for 5 straight RUF finishes throughout the final three occasions. Zero selections. Most of them wrapped earlier than the second spherical. In the event you like fights that finish, this card seems to be like a strong start line.
Combat playing cards are at all times topic to alter. Matchups, weights, and order can shift proper up till combat evening. Test the latest updates earlier than planning.
Ezra Elliott: 6-0, Chasing One thing Larger
Elliott is essentially the most skilled title of the three, and his Fight Registry web page tells the story in a single quantity. End price: 100%.
He is 6-0 as a professional. 5 submissions, one TKO. His common combat size in wins is one minute and 35 seconds. His quickest submission was 61 seconds. He got here up via the Montana scene at Fusion Combat League, picked up a Legacy Combating Alliance win in March 2025, then submitted Darian Padgett at RUF 63 in June and De’Aundre Tipton at RUF 65 in November. Each first spherical, each by choke.
Elliott trains out of The MMA Lab in line with our information. He is at the moment scheduled to face Ashton Caniglia (7-8) at featherweight.
Notice for the report: Elliott has a non-regulated bout dated 04/04/2026 on his Fight Registry profile related to United Combat League. His official ABC-sanctioned report stands at 6-0.
Alex Preissing: Professional 2-0, Each Submissions, Each at RUF
Preissing has the cleanest RUF ending streak on the cardboard. He is 2-0 as a professional. Each fights got here at RUF. Each ended with submissions within the first spherical.
At RUF 65 in November, he took out Shawn Winland with a D’arce choke at 2:13 of spherical one. Three months later at RUF 66 in February, he caught Alexander Carrillo with a rear bare choke at 2:41 of spherical one. Identical spherical, comparable time stamp, two completely different finishes.
As an novice he went 5-1, with two submission wins and two choice wins. The professional model has been extra environment friendly. His end price is 100% and he has not seen the second spherical but as an expert.
Preissing is at the moment coaching out of Purple Hawk Academy based mostly on his lively Instagram. He is at the moment scheduled to face Kendell Ward (1-1) at flyweight. Ward is available in with a cut up report and Preissing has but to face a stay puncher who examined his stand-up. That may very well be the query this weekend.
Marcos Encinas: Two Newbie Fights, Two Finishes
Encinas is the most recent title of the three. Two novice bouts, each wins, each finishes.
His debut at RUF 65 was the form of outcome that will get remembered. He caught Omar Barrera with a knockout at 20 seconds of spherical one. Not a flash knockdown that changed into a stoppage. A clear 20-second KO in a flyweight novice debut. Three months later at RUF 66, he beat Paul Alvarado by TKO by way of physician stoppage in spherical two.
In accordance with our information, Encinas trains out of Arizona Fight Sports activities. He is at the moment scheduled for the prelims in opposition to Niko Mills (3-2). Mills has extra cage time to work with. For Encinas, that is the combat that tells you whether or not the early finishes scale up in opposition to somebody who has seen a couple of extra rounds.
What This Means for the Card
RUF 68 will not be a card the place these three are anticipated to headline. What they’ve in frequent is current type that implies Superstar Theatre followers aren’t sitting via plenty of selections from this trio, no less than if the bouts land the way in which the general public card reveals.
Doorways open early. Weigh-ins run the day earlier than. We’ll be there overlaying all of it.
Information verified by way of Fight Registry as of April 23, 2026. Gymnasium affiliations pulled from MMA Stalker protection information and fighter social media the place accessible. Combat card is topic to alter. RUF 68 is scheduled for Friday, Might 2nd at Superstar Theatre, 440 N thirty second St, Phoenix, Arizona.
