PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricard Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Never More (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuenca's entrance music is 2pac - Troublesome '96. A fine choice. More has chosen Never More as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cuenca
vs
More

189 cm
36
210 lbs
29 - 14 - 0

190 cm
38
215 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricard Cuenca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Never More!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
More avoids a kick to the body.
Cuenca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from More.
Cuenca connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Never More has been cut.
Cuenca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract More.
Cuenca tries to clinch but More is having none of it.
More has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cuenca.
Cuenca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've been informed that More has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
More moves out of range as Cuenca strikes.
Cuenca throws a head kick that half lands.
More is looking to score with low kicks.
More blocks a jab.
More looks to land a left hand but Cuenca moved out of range nicely.
Cuenca scores with a nice head shot.
Cuenca ducks under a wild hook from More.
A head kick by More misses
and Cuenca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
More takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cuenca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
More swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
More lands with a good body shot.
More cracks the inside of Cuenca's front leg.
More lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A swing and a miss from Cuenca.
More fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuenca manages to avoid it.
Cuenca slips under a jab from More.
More misses with a kick to the body
and Cuenca connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
More throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cuenca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cuenca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cuenca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cuenca just misses with a punch to the body.
More ducks under a wild hook from Cuenca.
Cuenca throws a wild body kick that More sees coming a mile off.
More takes a swing at Cuenca's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - More throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
More takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
More ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick from More misses.
More fakes the leg kick and cracks Cuenca in the body.
Cuenca has been working on his boxing with his coaches at School Of Fighting in the buildup to the fight.
Cuenca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but More manages to avoid it.
Cuenca lands a leg kick that knocks More off balance momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Cuenca blocks the leg kick.
Cuenca throws the kick towards the body but More avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cuenca, right into the meat.
Cuenca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cuenca takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Cuenca misses.
Cuenca throws out a leg kick but More moves out of range and Cuenca only half commits.
Cuenca ducks under a wild hook from More.
An inside leg kick from More misses.
Cuenca dips to his left and cracks More with an uppercut!
More throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
More cracks Cuenca with an open hand slap.
More throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Cuenca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
More takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cuenca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from More.
Cuenca throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck More on the side of the head.
More throws a head kick that half lands.
More scores with a punch to the head.

Cuenca forces More back against the cage and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cuenca just misses with a elbow thrown towards More's brow.
Cuenca tries a knee to the head but More blocks it.
Cuenca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Cuenca lands an elbow inside.
Still in the clinch, Cuenca scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cuenca pushes off an throws an elbow but More leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
More leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cuenca scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cuenca scores with a hook to the body.
More looking to slow down the pace here.
More doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
More is trying to stall.
Cuenca lands a left hand that snaps the head of More backwards.
Cuenca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
More pressing his opponent against the cage.
More tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cuenca lands with a left to the head.
More looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cuenca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
More on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That has opened up Never More's cut even more.
Cuenca jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

More is rocked!
Cuenca closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops More! Cuenca dives in looking to finish! More is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricard Cuenca!
Ricard Cuenca thanked the fans post fight for their support.