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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Brandstatter (ranked 1637 p4p, 978 weight class) and Angelo Moore (ranked 200 p4p, 130 weight class). Brandstatter comes to the cage accompanied by The Maestro. Wolfgang Brandstatter had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Wolfgang Brandstatter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Moore!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brandstatter lands with a nice body kick.
Moore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brandstatter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandstatter tries to clinch there but Moore circles away.
Moore stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Brandstatter throws a hook but Moore avoids it easily.
Brandstatter connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Moore's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brandstatter throws a lazy body kick
and Moore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wolfgang Brandstatter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brandstatter finds it's way round the side to connect with Moore's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandstatter clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandstatter tries to stall but Moore uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brandstatter can't break the clinch.
Brandstatter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brandstatter doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Moore throws a jab when Brandstatter was well out of range.
Jab by Moore.
Brandstatter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
Brandstatter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Moore throws a jab when Brandstatter was well out of range.
Brandstatter tries to counter by clinching up but Moore breaks away and moves out of range.
Moore connects with a solid leg kick.
Moore misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brandstatter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Moore walks into a left hand.
Brandstatter misses the body punch
and Moore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Moore looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A clash of legs there as Moore blocks the low kick.
Brandstatter closes the distance and pushes Moore back into the cage.
Brandstatter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brandstatter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moore is looking to clinch but Brandstatter is avoiding it.
Brandstatter scores with the left hand. Moore knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter is looking to clinch but Moore is avoiding it.
Moore lands a nice shot that snaps Brandstatter's head back.
Brandstatter moves into the clinch.
Brandstatter breaks the clinch.
Brandstatter checks a low kick from Moore.
Brandstatter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brandstatter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moore at a distance.
Brandstatter looks to land a left hand but Moore moved out of range nicely.
Moore doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brandstatter. Moore does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Moore! But no joy.
Moore on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brandstatter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moore prevents a body shot from Brandstatter.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Brandstatter controls the action.
Brandstatter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brandstatter has Moore pressed against the cage.
Brandstatter breaks the clinch.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brandstatter.
Moore shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brandstatter doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Moore throws the left hand but Brandstatter avoids the punch easily.
Brandstatter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Brandstatter dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Brandstatter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moore, pushing him back against the cage.
Brandstatter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brandstatter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Brandstatter controls the action.
Brandstatter breaks from the clinch.
Brandstatter loads up on a big right hand but Moore slips the punch.
Brandstatter wants to clinch
and Moore counters with a straight right hand.
Wolfgang Brandstatter is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandstatter doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Moore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Moore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Brandstatter moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.
Brandstatter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moore can do to turn this around?
Moore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandstatter jabs at Moore's body.
Moore takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Brandstatter has Moore up against the cage in a clinch.
Brandstatter breaks the clinch.
Brandstatter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brandstatter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Moore looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brandstatter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Moore tries to move into range but Brandstatter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Moore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Moore on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter cracks Moore with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Brandstatter throws a wild body kick that Moore sees coming a mile off.
Moore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Moore misses with a looping left.
Brandstatter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Moore! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandstatter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Moore doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brandstatter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Moore under the eye.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moore checks a leg kick.
Moore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brandstatter tries to land a leg kick but Moore saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Moore swats away the attempt to clinch by Brandstatter.
Brandstatter rushes Moore and presses him up against the cage.
Moore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brandstatter just misses with a punch to the body.
Moore defending well as Brandstatter loads up on a big left hand.
Brandstatter backing away here, and Moore unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Brandstatter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Moore stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brandstatter works Moore's body with a nice hook.
Brandstatter thuds his right hand into Moore's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Brandstatter. That snapped Moore's head back.
Brandstatter moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.
Moore ducks under a wild hook from Brandstatter.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brandstatter misses with a wild body shot.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandstatter lands a nice looking body shot.
Moore loads up on a big right hand but Brandstatter slips the punch.
Moore motions for Brandstatter to come forward. Moore throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandstatter doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Brandstatter misses with a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Brandstatter dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Moore avoids the body shot from Brandstatter.
Moore throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brandstatter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brandstatter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brandstatter rushes Moore and presses him up against the cage.
Brandstatter misses with some punches.
Brandstatter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore cracks Brandstatter with a nice body shot.
Brandstatter trying to stall but Moore improves his position.
Brandstatter lands with a short shot to the head.
Brandstatter is trying to maintain a safe position but Moore gets an underhook and turns Brandstatter into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandstatter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moore throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brandstatter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Moore thinking.
Brandstatter closes the distance and clinches.
Brandstatter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brandstatter dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Moore lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brandstatter backwards.
Moore tries a body shot but Brandstatter blocks it.
Moore tries a body shot but Brandstatter blocks it.
Brandstatter tries to break the clinch but Moore is controlling the position.
Brandstatter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brandstatter.
Brandstatter throws a head punch that misses.
Moore blocking some punches.
Angelo Moore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Brandstatter.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brandstatter.
Moore misses with a body punch.
Moore lands an uppercut.
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brandstatter stalling.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moore has Brandstatter pressed against the cage, preventing Brandstatter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brandstatter misses with a punch to the body.
Brandstatter can't break the clinch.
Moore has Brandstatter pressed against the cage, preventing Brandstatter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Moore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brandstatter backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Moore.
Moore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brandstatter.
It seemed like Moore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Moore blocks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Moore on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brandstatter moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.
Brandstatter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Moore throws out a powerful jab.
Brandstatter lands a leg kick that knocks Moore off balance momentarily.
Moore avoids the body shot from Brandstatter.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brandstatter moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.
Moore throws out a counter right but Brandstatter avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter slips a jab from Moore.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brandstatter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Moore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brandstatter is looking to clinch.
Moore circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brandstatter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandstatter wants to clinch up but Moore keeps it at a distance.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brandstatter lands with a straight right. Moore didn't see that one coming.
Brandstatter is looking to chop away at Moore's legs.
Moore feints a counter leg kick.
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 Wolfgang Brandstatter.
Well Brandstatter 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfgang Brandstatter!
In his post fight interview, Wolfgang Brandstatter started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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