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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Villareal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tchuck Lideuu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lideuu's choice of entrance music: It's Dark and Hell is Hot by DMX. Richard Villareal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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189 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Villareal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tchuck Lideuu!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lideuu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Villareal tries to clinch there but Lideuu circles away.
Lideuu throws a leg kick but Villareal moved away.
Lideuu dips to his left and cracks Villareal with an uppercut!
Lideuu throws a shot to the body.
No luck for Villareal with that takedown attempt.
Villareal shoots for a double leg takedown but Lideuu sprawls well. He's pushed Villareal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Villareal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Villareal fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lideuu avoids it really well and circles away.
Villareal throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lideuu's waist but Lideuu gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Villareal off to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lideuu has closed the distance and engaged Villareal in a clinch.
Villareal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lideuu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Villareal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lideuu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villareal walks into a stiff left hand from Lideuu.
Lideuu has Villareal up against the cage in a clinch.
Villareal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lideuu misses with a straight left.
Villareal shoots in but no luck this time.
Villareal avoids the body shot from Lideuu.
Lideuu throws a jab but it's blocked by Villareal.
Lideuu moves into range and clinches up with Villareal.
Villareal is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice left hand lands by Villareal.
Villareal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lideuu smiles and moves away.
Lideuu defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Villareal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lideuu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Villareal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Villareal misses with a takedown attempt - Lideuu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Villareal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Villareal checks the leg kick.
Lideuu looks to score with a jab to the body but Villareal is just out of range.
A combination from Lideuu does no damage.
Lideuu tries to sprawl but Villareal drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Villareal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lideuu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Villareal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lideuu is looking for a sweep. Villareal is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villareal is thwarting Lideuu's attempts to control the position.
Villareal wants to work for an arm triangle but Lideuu is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Villareal not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lideuu is looking for a sweep. Villareal is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Villareal not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Villareal thows a huge punch but Lideuu dodges it nicely.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Horrible takedown by Villareal or perhaps it was just good defense by Lideuu which made him look bad.
Villareal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lideuu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lideuu stuffs the takedown.
Villareal tries to clinch up
and Lideuu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lideuu has Villareal up against the cage in a clinch.
Villareal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Villareal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villareal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Villareal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lideuu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Villareal, pushing him back against the cage.
Villareal misses with the head strike.
Villareal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lideuu's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tchuck Lideuu will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lideuu gets caught flat footed, as Villareal shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lideuu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Villareal trying to control but Lideuu is working from the bottom.
Lideuu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Villareal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Villareal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lideuu looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Villareal puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Villareal thows a huge punch but Lideuu dodges it nicely.
Villareal is trying to work for a kimura but Lideuu is defending well.
Villareal throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Villareal darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Villareal wants to control but Lideuu is keeping him busy.
Villareal is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lideuu!
Villareal tries to control but Lideuu wriggling away.
Lideuu is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lideuu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Villareal misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villareal prevents Lideuu from getting the reversal.
Villareal throwing strikes here but Lideuu is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lideuu wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Villareal.
Lideuu wants to control but Villareal is having none of it.
Villareal throws some wild stikes that Lideuu manages to avoid easily.
Villareal throwing strikes here but Lideuu is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Villareal there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Villareal throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Villareal looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villareal thowing shots but they're missing.
Villareal thowing shots but they're missing.
Lideuu is trying desperately to improve position.
Villareal controlling from the full mount.
Villareal throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Villareal thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lideuu is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Villareal misses with a head shot.
Lideuu tries to lock up and control but Villareal gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Villareal thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villareal thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Villareal tries to control but Lideuu wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Villareal 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. This is the final round!
Lideuu throws a shot from downtown. Villareal moves away and avoids it.
Lideuu throws a lazy right hand but Villareal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Villareal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lideuu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lideuu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Villareal doesn't manage to clinch there - Lideuu circles away.
Lideuu just misses with a punch to the body.
Villareal misses with a takedown attempt - Lideuu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lideuu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lideuu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villareal shoots in for a takedown but Lideuu shows good takedown defense.
Richard Villareal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Villareal has taken the fight to the clinch.
Villareal prevents a body shot from Lideuu.
Villareal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villareal working aggressively here.
Villareal manages to break the clinch.
Villareal fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Villareal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lideuu slips a straight right by Villareal.
Lideuu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lideuu throws a looping overhand right but Villareal ducks down to avoid it.
Lideuu throws out a powerful jab.
Villareal is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Villareal is looking to clinch.
Villareal ducks under a wild hook from Lideuu.
Villareal shoots for a takedown but Lideuu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Villareal shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lideuu's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Villareal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villareal throws a big right hand that misses.
Villareal postures up in Lideuu's guard and throws a big left but Lideuu blocks it.
Lideuu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lideuu has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Villareal gets to his feet - Lideuu follows without any prompting.
Lideuu wants to clinch.
Lideuu lands a glancing blow to the side of Villareal's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lideuu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lideuu tries to score with a low kick but Villareal moves his leg out of the way.
Villareal dodges the punch combination from Lideuu.
Villareal tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lideuu swivels and escapes.
Richard Villareal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lideuu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lideuu lands with a good body shot.
Villareal staying out of range there.
Lideuu is looking to chop away at Villareal's legs.
Villareal shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lideuu napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Villareal sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lideuu is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Villareal fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villareal connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lideuu some visible discomfort.
Lideuu is trying to get back to half guard.
Villareal stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Lideuu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Villareal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Villareal.
Lideuu moves into the clinch successfully.
Villareal lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Villareal fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Villareal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Villareal shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Villareal showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Villareal 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Villareal!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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