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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Horace Cuba (ranked 1907 p4p, 2709 weight class) and Oscar Meyer (ranked 244 p4p, 318 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Horace Cuba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Meyer!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuba shoots for a double leg takedown but Meyer sprawls well. He's pushed Cuba's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cuba rushes Meyer and presses him up against the cage.
Meyer goes for a takedown attempt but Cuba pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cuba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meyer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cuba throws a jab but it's blocked by Meyer.
Cuba is looking to clinch but Meyer is avoiding it.
Cuba pushes Meyer up against the cage in a clinch.
Meyer stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuba tries a knee to the head but Meyer blocks it.
Cuba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Meyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meyer shoots in but no luck this time.
Cuba wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuba feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Meyers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
No luck for Meyer with that takedown attempt.
Horace Cuba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oscar Meyer.
Cuba doesn't manage to clinch there - Meyer circles away.
Meyer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cuba but Cuba pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cuba wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Meyer tries to clinch there but Cuba circles away.
As Meyer looks to move away, Cuba throws a big counter combo but Meyer just gets out of the way.
Meyer checks a low kick from Cuba.
Meyer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cuba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cuba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Meyer throws a big shot that misses.
Cuba tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Meyer manages to circle out of the way.
Cuba looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Meyer is fending him off so far but Cuba persists. Nope, Meyer circles away and we're back to standing.
Meyer raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cuba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Meyer at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer dives in for a single leg takedown but Cuba sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Meyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuba manages to avoid it.
Meyer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cuba tries to avoid it but Meyer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cuba to the ground. Cuba escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Meyer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A punch combination from Cuba misses.
Cuba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meyer has a takedown stuffed.
Cuba shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Meyer pinned against the cage. Meyer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Meyer misses with a takedown attempt
and Cuba counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuba lands a head shot.
Cuba connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cuba lands a nice shot to the body.
Meyer shoots and misses
and Cuba counters with a left to the body.
Cuba lands a lovely overhand right.
Cuba clinches.
Meyer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cuba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Meyer backwards.
Cuba content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cuba lands an elbow just above Meyer 's eye.
It looks like Oscar Meyer has been cut.
Cuba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer can't find room to land a body shot as Cuba controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cuba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Meyer's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyer blocks the elbow strike.
Cuba is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cuba displaying some good clinch control by pressing Meyer up against the cage.
Cuba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Meyer backwards.
Meyer takes a shot to the head.
Cuba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Meyer looking to throw knees to the head but Cuba is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Cuba.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Horace Cuba dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Meyer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Meyer throws a head kick but Cuba moves out of range.
Cuba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cuba prevents a body shot from Meyer.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Horace Cuba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cuba has Meyer up against the cage in a clinch.
Cuba is stalling here.
Meyer tries to pull guard but Cuba forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer is trying to push Cuba away but Cuba has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meyer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cuba rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Meyer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horace Cuba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cuba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cuba throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Meyer on the side of the head.
Cuba throws a leg kick that is checked
and Meyer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cuba moves out of range as Meyer throws a body kick.
Cuba lands a really nice looking cross but Meyer seems unphased.
Cuba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Meyer can do to turn this around?
Cuba throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meyer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jab by Cuba.
Cuba connects with the punch.
Cuba throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer misses with a kick to the body.
As Meyer tries to get set, Cuba tries to push him back and clinch up but Meyer manages to avoid the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away.
Meyer takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuba misses with a straight right.
Cuba closes this distance looking for a takedown but Meyer circles away.
Meyer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meyer throws a sloppy head kick and Cuba moves out of range easily.
Meyer throws a sloppy head kick and Cuba moves out of range easily.
Meyer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cuba counters with a nice uppercut.
Cuba connects with a good right hand that stumbles Meyer. Meyer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cuba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cuba counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer fails with a takedown attempt.
Horace Cuba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oscar Meyer.
Meyer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cuba cracks Meyer with a good jab.
Cuba has managed to clinch.
Meyer is trying to break free.
Cuba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Meyer wants a takedown but no success here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuba scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cuba lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cuba prevents the takedown attempt.
Cuba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Meyer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cuba has Meyer pressed against the cage, preventing Meyer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
I was talking to Cuba's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cuba.
Meyer can't get the takedown.
Come on Cuba - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cuba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Meyer backwards.
Cuba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stalling in the clinch from Cuba.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Horace Cuba dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Meyer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Meyer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Meyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cuba throws a series of punches but Meyer avoids them all with ease.
Cuba scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cuba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Meyer keeps the fight on the outside.
Cuba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meyer doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer clinches with his opponent.
Meyer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cuba prevents it.
Meyer tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meyer is defending well for now.
Cuba misses with an elbow over the top.
Cuba lands with a light punch inside.
Cuba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Meyer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Horace Cuba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oscar Meyer.
Meyer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cuba with a knee to the head.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Cuba with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Cuba to work.
Cuba leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is working for takedown but Cuba is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cuba throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meyer tries to score a body lock takedown but Cuba shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cuba misses with a knee to the head.
Cuba pushes Meyer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cuba dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Meyer leaning his opponent against the cage.
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!
A short right from Cuba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuba slows down the pace here.
Meyer breaks the clinch.
Meyer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cuba tries to counter by clinching up but Meyer breaks away and moves out of range.
Meyer misses with a takedown attempt - Cuba sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cuba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cuba is looking to slow Meyer down with leg kicks.
Cuba misses with a wild body shot.
Meyer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer closes the distance and clinches.
Cuba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Meyer blocks it with crossed arms.
Meyer manages to break the clinch.
Horace Cuba is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheers as Cuba lands an impressive looking overhand right. Meyer doesn't seem phased though.
Cuba loads up on a big right hand but Meyer slips the punch.
Meyer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Meyer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Meyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cuba.
Cuba tries to clinch there but Meyer circles away.
Jab, jab by Meyer - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oscar Meyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A left lands for Cuba.
And that's the end of the fight!
Horace Cuba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cuba 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horace Cuba!
An out of breath Horace Cuba thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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