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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darryl Haze (ranked 2381 p4p, 2844 weight class) and Quebro Tua Cara (ranked 234 p4p, 267 weight class). Darryl Haze could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Quebro Tua Cara's chin.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darryl Haze !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Quebro Tua Cara!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua Cara misses with a double jab.
Tua Cara smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tua Cara doesn't manage to clinch there - Haze circles away.
A jab from Haze misses.
Haze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tua Cara.
Tua Cara throws a right hand that Haze ducks under and follows up with a left that Haze also avoids with ease.
Haze is looking to counter with a body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Haze there.
Haze scores with a spinning back kick!
Tua Cara with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Haze to score with a decent uppercut.
Tua Cara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tua Cara closes the distance and clinches.
Tua Cara stalling against the cage.
Haze lands a body punch.
Haze lands an elbow inside that Tua Cara shrugs off.
It looks like Quebro Tua Cara has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tua Cara backwards.
Haze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tua Cara lands a right hand.
Haze has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Tua Cara regains guard immediately.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze trying to control the position from guard on top but Tua Cara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tua Cara wants to get back to his feet but Haze is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze trying to control the position from guard on top but Tua Cara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tua Cara working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haze .
Haze throwing strikes from guard but Tua Cara blocks nicely.
Tua Cara keeping full guard, as Haze tries to pass.
Haze wants to control from the top but Tua Cara keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Haze is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Haze in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Haze lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Haze 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Haze 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tua Cara is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Haze throws a big elbow that misses.
Tua Cara wants to get back to his feet but Haze is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua Cara has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Haze has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Haze tries to work over Tua Cara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haze misses with a punch to the body.
Tua Cara lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tua Cara creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tua Cara managing to block the knees to the body from Haze .
Tua Cara working aggressively here.
Tua Cara wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haze throws a punch but it's blocked by Tua Cara.
Haze is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tua Cara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tua Cara throws a combination that misses
and Haze counters with a nice uppercut.
Quebro Tua Cara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haze tries to keep at a distance but Tua Cara has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tua Cara lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tua Cara keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haze 's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haze .
Tua Cara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tua Cara misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tua Cara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haze has been working on his balance at Gumburcules Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Tua Cara.
A jab from Tua Cara misses.
Tua Cara connects with a right hand. Haze shakes it off.
Tua Cara fails to land with a series of punches.
Tua Cara walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tua Cara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Haze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Haze is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Haze cracks Tua Cara with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Haze avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Darryl Haze will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quebro Tua Cara's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tua Cara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haze throws a quick counter kick to the body but Tua Cara avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Haze there.
Darryl Haze is winning the standup battle so far.
Haze with a hook.
Tua Cara has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tua Cara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tua Cara takes one to the side of the head.
Haze lands a nice hook to Tua Cara's body. Tua Cara takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Haze missing with a left hand there. Tua Cara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tua Cara misses with a two punch combination.
Haze swats away the attempt to clinch by Tua Cara.
A counter left hand to the body from Haze misses its target.
Tua Cara bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tua Cara tries to clinch there but Haze circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haze takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tua Cara clinches.
Tua Cara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haze backwards.
Tua Cara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tua Cara misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tua Cara blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tua Cara's elbow.
Tua Cara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tua Cara but Tua Cara pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tua Cara is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Haze .
A slow jab from Haze misses its intended target.
Tua Cara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haze .
Haze misses with a looping left.
Tua Cara staying out of range there.
As Haze backs off Tua Cara throws a huge counter combo but Haze manages to avoid it all.
Haze misses with a looping right.
Tua Cara unleashes a big counter combination but Haze bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Haze throws an overhand right that lands on Tua Cara's shoulder, as Tua Cara tries to avoid the shot.
Tua Cara tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tua Cara takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A right-left combo lands from Tua Cara.
Haze throws a wild body kick that Tua Cara sees coming a mile off.
Haze lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tua Cara moves into range and clinches up with Haze .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze struggles to land a body shot inside as Tua Cara controls his hands.
Tua Cara trying to stall but Haze improves his position.
Haze misses with the head strike.
Tua Cara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Tua Cara misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Haze misses the target.
Haze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tua Cara slips under a jab.
Tua Cara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tua Cara displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Haze .
Haze lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tua Cara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haze takes one to the side of the head.
Tua Cara is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Haze explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Haze scores with a shot to the body.
Haze misses with a looping left.
Tua Cara moves into the clinch successfully.
Haze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Tua Cara.
Haze working aggressively here.
Tua Cara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tua Cara moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the liver by Haze . Beautiful body shot.
Haze changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tua Cara tries to avoid it but Haze manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tua Cara to the ground. Tua Cara escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darryl Haze . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tua Cara tries to clinch but Haze moves out of range.
Haze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tua Cara moves away.
Tua Cara avoids the body shot from Haze .
A combination from Tua Cara does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tua Cara wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze punishes Tua Cara's body with a nice straight punch.
Haze misses with a straight right.
Haze lands with a straight right. Tua Cara didn't see that one coming.
Tua Cara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quebro Tua Cara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tua Cara swinging wildly here.
Tua Cara misses with the combination.
Haze cracks Tua Cara with a good jab.
Haze connects with an inside leg kick.
Tua Cara lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haze backs up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tua Cara misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tua Cara!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Darryl Haze will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quebro Tua Cara's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Tua Cara takes one to the side of the head.
Haze scores with a hook to the body. Tua Cara takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tua Cara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haze looks to land a right hand but Tua Cara moved out of range.
Haze throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tua Cara clinches with his opponent.
Haze lands a right hand.
Tua Cara stalls.
Tua Cara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haze tries to throw a body punch but Tua Cara avoids it by throwing Haze back against the cage.
Tua Cara working Haze over with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haze has had enough of the clinch but Tua Cara keeps him there for the moment.
Tua Cara landing knees to the head.
Haze wants to get back to striking at distance but Tua Cara won't allow it.
Haze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Haze fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze tries to break free but Tua Cara pushes him back against the cage.
Tua Cara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quebro Tua Cara seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tua Cara missing with knees to the body.
Tua Cara stalling in the clinch but Haze improves position.
Haze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haze has hold of one of Tua Cara's legs. Tua Cara is fighting the takedown attempt but Haze gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tua Cara wants to stand up but Haze is controlling him.
Haze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Haze connects with a couple of short punches.
Haze wants to control from the top but Tua Cara keeps moving.
Tua Cara wants to stand but Haze is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua Cara manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Haze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tua Cara avoids the elbow strike from Haze , against the cage.
Tua Cara has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Haze seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tua Cara can turn it around.
Haze tries to throw a body punch but Tua Cara avoids it by throwing Haze back against the cage.
Haze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tua Cara shapes to counter with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haze takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tua Cara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tua Cara moves into the clinch.
Haze misses with a punch on the inside.
Haze misses with a body punch.
A short right from Tua Cara.
Tua Cara unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tua Cara has Haze pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haze lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tua Cara crunches a lovely knee into Haze 's ribcage.
Haze throws a punch but it's blocked by Tua Cara.
Quebro Tua Cara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haze manages to break the clinch.
Haze blocks a jab.
Darryl Haze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haze throws a wild body kick that Tua Cara sees coming a mile off.
Haze lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tua Cara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haze lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Haze . Tua Cara shrugs it off though.
Haze bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tua Cara's head.
Tua Cara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Tua Cara misses.
Haze fails to land the takedown.
Tua Cara is looking for the big counter here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Haze .
Tua Cara has managed to clinch.
Haze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tua Cara pushes Haze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tua Cara tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haze drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tua Cara is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darryl Haze . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tua Cara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haze throws a shot from downtown. Tua Cara moves away and avoids it.
Haze darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Quebro Tua Cara.
I think Haze 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Darryl Haze !
A relieved looking Darryl Haze thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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