Background
Ruth was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Ruth was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State University.
He is currently ranked number 2 at 189lbs in the United States. He is a 2009 graduate of Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey. He transferred there from Susquehanna Township High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in his senior year.
In 2013, Ruth was suspended from Penn State.
He rebounded by winning his third National Collegiate Athletic Association championship in 2014, when he completed his career at Penn State. He also competed at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships and the 2015 Wrestling World Cup.
In December 2014, Ruth trained with mixed martial arts (Mobile Marketing Association ) fighter Jon Jones. While living in State College, Pennsylvania, Ruth trained at Central Pennsylvania Mixed Martial Arts with head instructor Ryan Gruhn.
He signed with Bellator Mobile Marketing Association in May 2015.
Due to his focus on competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics, Ruth declared that it would "be a little while" before his Mobile Marketing Association debut.
While competing for Pennsylvania State University, Ruth became a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association collegiate wrestling champion (2012-2014). Competing for Pennsylvania State University, Ruth became a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association collegiate wrestling champion from 2012 to 2014.