PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricard Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mek Ju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuenca comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac - Troublesome '96. Ricard Cuenca could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mek Ju's chin.

Cuenca
vs
Ju

189 cm
25
196 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
34
190 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Backyard Fighting

Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricard Cuenca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mek Ju!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuenca takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ju tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cuenca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ju throws a head kick that misses.
Ju throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cuenca throws a head kick that misses

and Ju counters by moving into the clinch.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
Ju throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cuenca blocks it with crossed arms.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cuenca managing to block the knees to the body from Ju.
Ju throws an elbow but it misses.
Cuenca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ju throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cuenca tries to work over Ju's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cuenca can't find room to land a body shot as Ju controls the action.
Cuenca lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ju throws an elbow but misses.
Cuenca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cuenca avoiding damage as Ju throws knees to the body.
Cuenca content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Cuenca blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ju looking to throw knees to the head but Cuenca is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ju just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cuenca's brow.
Cuenca avoids a wild elbow strike from Ju.
Cuenca avoids a wild elbow strike from Ju.
Ju tries a knee to the head but Cuenca blocks it.
Ju throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cuenca struggles to land a body shot inside as Ju controls his hands.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but Cuenca blocks with his arms.
Cuenca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ju landing knees to the head.
Ju using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ju throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cuenca blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Cuenca.
A short right from Ju.
Cuenca takes an elbow to the temple.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
Ju missing with knees to the body.
Cuenca avoiding damage as Ju throws knees to the body.
Cuenca presses Ju against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cuenca managing to block the knees to the body from Ju.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuenca pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ju throws an elbow but it misses.
Cuenca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cuenca blocks an elbow strike from Ju.
Ju misses with a knee strike.
Cuenca scores with a shot to the side of Ju's head.

Cuenca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ricard Cuenca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cuenca checks a low kick from Ju.
Cuenca lands a leg kick that knocks Ju off balance momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Cuenca blocks the leg kick.
Cuenca takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cuenca misses with a two punch combination.
Ju throws a leg kick but Cuenca checks it.
Cuenca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ju throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cuenca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Ju there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ju.
Ju feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cuencas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ju fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cuenca.
Cuenca on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ju checks the leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Cuenca blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Ju.
Ju avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A head kick misses from Ju.
Ju swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cuenca counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca connects with a leg kick. Ju looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ju on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ju fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ju misses with a leg kick
and Cuenca counters with a head kick.
Cuenca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ju takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cuenca throws a head kick but Ju moves out of range.
Cuenca wants to land a leg kick but Ju is out of range.
Cuenca moves out of range of the leg kick from Ju.
Ju tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ju shoots in but Cuenca avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ju checks a leg kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mek Ju will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ju is looking to clinch but Cuenca is avoiding it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ju lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cuenca has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cuenca and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A low kick from Ju is predictable there
and Cuenca makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cuenca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ju.
A big right from Ju misses.
Ju comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cuenca. That's going to slow Ju down.
Ricard Cuenca is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for Cuenca.
Ju shoots for a takedown but Cuenca saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cuenca.
Ju takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuenca lands a brutal head kick. Ju looks out on his feet and Cuenca throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Ricard Cuenca!
Ricard Cuenca retains his middleweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ricard Cuenca waved his t-shirt featuring Fury Nutrition Inc.'s logo in front of the cameras.