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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Ruden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Ruden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Randall Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham throws a sloppy head kick and Ruden moves out of range easily.
Cunningham throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Joe Ruden has been cut.
Cunningham connects with an inside leg kick.
Ruden throws a body punch but Cunningham moves out of range.
Ruden takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cunningham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cunningham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ruden blocks a head kick by Cunningham.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cunningham has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Cunningham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ruden connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cunningham throws a lazy head kick
and Ruden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ruden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cunningham.
Ruden appears to be looking for a big counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunningham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ruden lands a lovely overhand right.
Cunningham throws a head kick that half lands.
Ruden misses the jab.
Ruden digs a good body shot into Cunningham's ribs.
Ruden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ruden - that will leave a mark!
Ruden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cunningham.
Ruden slips a jab and a cross from Cunningham.
A big left from Cunningham misses.
Ruden takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ruden throws a leg kick but Cunningham moved away.
Ruden throws a body punch but Cunningham moves out of range.
Cunningham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cunningham throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cunningham plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Cunningham.
Cunningham throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruden.
Cunningham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cunningham is looking to land body kicks.
Cunningham lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Joe Ruden's cut is getting worse.
Randall Cunningham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruden moves into range and connects with a jab.
A head kick from Cunningham lands but Ruden takes it in his stride.
Good leg kick by Cunningham there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ruden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cunningham misses with a kick to the body.
Cunningham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cunningham checks a leg kick.
Cunningham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruden sizes up Cunningham with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cunningham slips a jab from Ruden.
Cunningham drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cunningham tries to clinch but Ruden is having none of it.
Cunningham goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ruden misses with a wild body shot.
Ruden throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruden lands a nice hook to Cunningham's body. Cunningham takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cunningham lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cunningham misses with a body shot.
Cunningham throws a head kick but Ruden moves out of range.
Cunningham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cunningham gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ruden to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ruden keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cunningham's head.
Ruden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cunningham is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ruden scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruden throws a big right hand that misses.
Cunningham wants to sweep here but Ruden controlling him for the moment.
Ruden postures up.
Ruden wants to control from the top but Cunningham keeps moving.
Cunningham tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ruden controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ruden trying to control the position from guard on top but Cunningham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruden postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Randall Cunningham will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Ruden's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cunningham darts in trying to clinch
enabling Ruden to counter with a crisp jab.
Cunningham throws a head kick that misses.
Ruden connects with a right hand. Cunningham shakes it off.
Cunningham throws a head kick that misses
and Ruden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ruden shoots in looking for a takedown. Cunningham tries to sprawl out of it but Ruden keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cunningham manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cunningham connects with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cunningham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cunningham blocks a jab.
Cunningham goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ruden lands a left and a right that send Cunningham crashing to the mat, dazed. Ruden thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Cunningham is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Ruden.
Cunningham is still on wobbly legs! Can Ruden finish him?
Cunningham throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cunningham slips a straight right by Ruden.
Ruden fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cunningham seems to have recovered his senses.
Cunningham misses with a low kick.
Ruden avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ruden on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cunningham. Cunningham obviously looking to wear him down.
Ruden blocks a head kick by Cunningham.
Ruden shoots in and gets a takedown into Cunningham's guard.
Ruden working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ruden is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ruden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ruden lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ruden with a nice head shot there.
Cunningham keeping full guard, as Ruden tries to pass.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruden loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruden trying to control the position from guard on top but Cunningham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruden sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ruden seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cunningham for as long as he can get away with.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A head kick misses from Cunningham.
Ruden seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ruden avoids the head kick by Cunningham.
Ruden appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ruden avoids the head kick by Cunningham.
Ruden misses with a wild body shot.
Ruden avoids the head kick by Cunningham.
Cunningham throws a head kick but Ruden moves out of range.
And Ruden counters with a quick kick to the body but Cunningham blocks it.
Cunningham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ruden looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ruden fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cunningham has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruden throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cunningham stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cunningham on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cunningham scores with a jab to the body.
Cunningham slips under a jab from Ruden.
Cunningham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ruden lands a big head kick that sends Cunningham tumbling to the mat! Ruden takes a step backwards and waves Cunningham back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruden fails with a takedown attempt.
Cunningham connects with a high kick.
Cunningham misses with a head kick.
Ruden defending well as Cunningham loads up on a big left hand.
Cunningham throws a head kick that Ruden semi-blocks.
Joe Ruden's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cunningham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ruden is out of range and Cunningham settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from Ruden on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ruden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cunningham was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruden.
Ruden misses the shot to the body.
Cunningham avoids the head kick by Ruden.
Cunningham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ruden throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Ruden dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Ruden's cut.
That's time! Ruden's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Ruden lands a nice looking body shot.
Cunningham steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruden.
Cunningham throws a front kick aimed at Ruden's knee but Ruden avoids it well.
Cunningham looks to land a combination but Ruden avoids it well.
Cunningham dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ruden. That did some damage!
Cunningham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruden.
Cunningham moves out of range of the leg kick from Ruden.
Cunningham thinks about the counter body kick.
Ruden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cunningham gets a clinch.
Ruden is leaning against Cunningham and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cunningham scores a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cunningham blocks a body shot from Ruden.
Ruden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Cunningham.
Cunningham tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cunningham moves away.
Ruden throws a jab but it's blocked by Cunningham.
Cunningham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruden misses with a straight right.
Ruden is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cunningham dodges the punch combination from Ruden.
Cunningham throws out a leg kick but Ruden moves out of range and Cunningham only half commits.
Cunningham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruden.
Cunningham fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ruden throws a one two combo.
Cunningham is looking to slow Ruden down with leg kicks.
Cunningham misses with a shot to the body
and Ruden counters with a left to the body.
Cunningham connects with a leg kick. Ruden looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ruden misses with a low kick.
Cunningham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruden moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruden's corner calls for a 1-2. Ruden obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Ruden on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cunningham defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ruden.
Cunningham throws a sloppy head kick and Ruden moves out of range easily.
Ruden connects with the punch.
Cunningham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cunningham pushes Ruden up against the cage in a clinch.
Cunningham gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ruden.
Ruden can't find room to land a body shot as Cunningham controls the action.
Cunningham blocks a body shot from Ruden.
Ruden is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cunningham gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Ruden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cunningham wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham breaks the clinch.
Ruden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cunningham tries to avoid it but Ruden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cunningham to the ground. Cunningham escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cunningham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruden manages to avoid it.
Cunningham tries a head kick but it misses.
Cunningham changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cunningham with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ruden tries for a takedown but Cunningham sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cunningham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cunningham lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ruden swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunningham.
Cunningham connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ruden.
Cunningham fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ruden.
Ruden misses with the combination.
Ruden throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruden misses with a looping right.
Cunningham only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cunningham throws a sloppy head kick
letting Ruden counter with a right hand.
Cunningham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruden lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ruden swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunningham.
A head kick misses from Cunningham.
Cunningham throws a sloppy head kick and Ruden moves out of range easily.
Ruden lands a left and a right that send Cunningham crashing to the mat, dazed. Ruden thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joe Ruden.
I think Ruden has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Joe Ruden!
Our winner, Joe Ruden, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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