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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archie Moore (ranked 341 p4p, 57 weight class) and Donnito Mustacho (ranked 108 p4p, 16 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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201 lbs
23 - 7 - 0 |
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195 cm
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203 lbs
34 - 12 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donnito Mustacho!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore cracks Mustacho with an open hand slap.
A chopping leg kick lands by Moore.
Mustacho swings widly with a right hand
and Moore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moore scores with a kick to the midsection.
Moore throws a push kick but Mustacho slaps the foot to one side.
Moore smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mustacho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mustacho throws out a counter right but Moore avoids it with no problem.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mustacho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moore has him pressed against the cage.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Moore.
It looks like Donnito Mustacho has been cut.
Mustacho looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mustacho blocks a body shot from Moore.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mustacho is trying to break the clinch but Moore is controlling him.
Mustacho lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moore.
A short body shot lands from Moore as the two fighters clinch.
Moore avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore effectively controlling the action here.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mustacho in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore gets through Mustacho's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Moore lands a nice shot to the body.
Moore stalls.
Mustacho blocks a body shot from Moore.
Mustacho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mustacho.
Mustacho chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Moore can pounce on him.
Moore just misses with a punch to the body.
Moore lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Moore has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mustacho takes one to the chin there.
Moore lands a nice looking body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Moore.
Moore fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mustacho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Moore connects with a right hand. Mustacho shakes it off.
Mustacho walks into a straight right hand from Moore.
Mustacho throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Moore. Mustacho shrugs it off though.
Moore throws a nice outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moore. Mustacho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moore cracks Mustacho with an open hand slap.
Mustacho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moore.
Mustacho was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moore.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore throws a right hand that Mustacho ducks under and follows up with a left that Mustacho also avoids with ease.
A slow jab from Mustacho misses its intended target.
Archie Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mustacho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moore is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mustacho takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Moore tried to score with a low kick but Mustacho checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mustacho! But no joy.
Mustacho gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Decent striking displayed by Moore there.
Moore tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Moore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Moore connects with a looping right hand.
Mustacho throws a big shot that misses.
Moore cracks Mustacho with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mustacho moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moore. Mustacho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mustacho ducks under a wild hook from Moore.
Mustacho tries to counter by closing the distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Moore 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 Mustacho has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mustacho and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mustacho sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Moore takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Moore throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Moore dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mustacho. That did some damage!
Moore works Mustacho's body with a nice hook.
Moore throws a sloppy body shot
and Mustacho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore scores with a decent looking hook.
Moore connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Moore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donnito Mustacho's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mustacho lands a front kick.
Moore scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mustacho doesn't seem bothered though.
Mustacho's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Moore.
A jab from Moore does it's job there.
Moore throws a good cross that connects.
Moore fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mustacho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Moore moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Moore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mustacho can do to turn this around?
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Moore tries to bum rush Mustacho with a series of wild strikes but Mustacho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Moore instigates a clinch.
Moore has Mustacho pushed against the cage.
Mustacho is trying to break the clinch but Moore is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from Moore as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mustacho.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore tries to land a knee to the head but Mustacho blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mustacho letting Moore take a breather here.
A short right from Moore on the inside.
Mustacho has had enough of the clinch but Moore keeps him there for the moment.
Archie Moore has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Moore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mustacho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mustacho manages to break the clinch.
A lazy left from Moore finds it's target.
Mustacho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Moore scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mustacho defending well as Moore loads up on a big left hand.
Moore lands a jab to the head.
Good leg kick by Mustacho there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
Mustacho only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a nice hook to Mustacho's body. Mustacho takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mustacho 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mustacho lands with a light punch inside.
Moore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mustacho is breathing heavily.
Moore working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mustacho is looking to break free of the clinch but Moore has double underhooks.
Moore tries a knee to the head but Mustacho blocks it.
Moore stalling the fight.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mustacho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mustacho is trying to force a seperation but Moore has the dominant position.
Moore scores a nice knee to the body.
Mustacho wants to get back to striking at distance but Moore won't allow it.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is working Mustacho over against the cage.
Moore tries to land knees in the clinch but Mustacho avoids the damage to the body.
Moore has Mustacho pushed against the cage.
Moore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mustacho or not.
Moore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mustacho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mustacho tries to throw a body punch but Moore avoids it by throwing Mustacho back against the cage.
Mustacho misses with a punch to the body.
Moore is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mustacho is defending well for now.
Moore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mustacho has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moore stalling against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Moore.
Moore working aggressively here.
Mustacho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mustacho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore wants to clinch.
Moore backing away here, and Mustacho unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Moore jabs at Mustacho's body.
Moore scores with a punch to the head.
Archie Moore is winning the standup battle so far.
Moore fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mustacho avoids a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab from Moore.
Moore lands with a hook. Mustacho tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Moore closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mustacho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Moore dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donnito Mustacho's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Moore lands a nice looking body shot.
Moore bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mustacho's head.
Moore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mustacho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mustacho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Moore.
Mustacho attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mustacho on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Moore, right into the meat.
Mustacho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moore.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moore.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Moore.
Mustacho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Moore connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mustacho momentarily.
Moore fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mustacho.
Moore connects with a right hand. Mustacho shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mustacho has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Moore.
Mustacho ducks right into an uppercut from Moore.
Mustacho is rocked!
Moore throws a body punch but Mustacho moves out of range.
Mustacho goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moore.
Moore lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mustacho will feel that in the morning.
Moore lands a big right hand that sends Mustacho crashing to the mat! Moore stays standing though and waves Mustacho back to his feet!
Mustacho is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moore lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mustacho at a distance.
Mustacho takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Moore throws a front kick that sends Mustacho stumbling back into the cage.
Moore scores with a jab to the body.
Moore lands with a thumping leg kick.
Donnito Mustacho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mustacho seems to have recovered his senses.
Moore lands the left hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Moore.
Moore lands a nice looking body kick.
Moore scores with a hook to the body. Mustacho takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Moore throws a head kick that misses.
You can see that Mustacho has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Moore misses with a head kick.
Mustacho looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Moore thuds his shin into the meat of Mustacho's side.
Mustacho with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Moore to score with a decent uppercut.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Moore - that will leave a mark!
Mustacho takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Moore changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Moore lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mustacho will feel that in the morning.
Mustacho moves forwards but Moore connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Moore cracks a nice hook into Mustacho's ribs.
A good leg kick by Moore.
Mustacho walks forward, straight into a front kick from Moore.
Archie Moore is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moore with a nice cross.
Moore lands with a shot to the body.
Moore cracks Mustacho with a right hand to the side of the head.
Moore keeps Mustacho at a distance using the push kick.
Nice body kick from Moore.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moore lands a really nice looking cross but Mustacho seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Moore.
Moore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mustacho! But no joy.
Mustacho moves into range and clinches up with Moore.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Mustacho throws a head punch that misses.
Moore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mustacho backwards.
Mustacho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moore's elbow.
Mustacho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mustacho cracks Moore with a nice body shot.
Moore prevents a body shot from Mustacho.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Mustacho.
Moore keeps control of Mustacho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mustacho misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Archie Moore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moore has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archie Moore!
Archie Moore looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I am the Barbarian!'.
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hype
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RATING
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