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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Terry Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moreno Cuenca has chosen Yo, el vaquilla as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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134 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Terry Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreno Cuenca misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Moreno Cuenca.
Moreno Cuenca stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Moreno Cuenca wants it to stay on the feet.
Moreno Cuenca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moreno Cuenca tries to work over Tate's front leg with a kick but Tate checks it.
Tate gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tate blocks the elbow strike.
Tate lands a nice uppercut.
Tate effectively controlling the action here.
Tate lands a nice shot to the body.
Moreno Cuenca looking to throw knees to the head but Tate is blocking nicely.
Tate dodges an elbow strike from Moreno Cuenca.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tate pushes Moreno Cuenca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Moreno Cuenca throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Tate.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate tries to work over Moreno Cuenca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tate dodges an elbow strike from Moreno Cuenca.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tate.
Tate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Tate.
Moreno Cuenca pushes off an throws an elbow but Tate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moreno Cuenca misses with an elbow over the top.
Moreno Cuenca misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tate.
Tate pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Moreno Cuenca on the inside.
Tate misses with some punches.
Moreno Cuenca's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moreno Cuenca with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moreno Cuenca throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tate blocks it with crossed arms.
Tate lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tate lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Tate on the inside.
Tate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tate lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tate swings wildly with an uppercut but Moreno Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Tate.
Tate working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moreno Cuenca misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate blocking some punches.
Moreno Cuenca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Moreno Cuenca misses with a punch to the body.
Tate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tate scores with a shoulder strike.
Moreno Cuenca landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tate lands an uppercut.
Tate struggles to land a body shot inside as Moreno Cuenca controls his hands.
Moreno Cuenca misses with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Moreno Cuenca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tate's elbow.
Tate blocks the elbow strike.
Moreno Cuenca tries to land knees in the clinch but Tate avoids the damage to the body.
Tate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tate scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tate stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Moreno Cuenca landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreno Cuenca is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tate - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Moreno Cuenca tries to work over Tate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moreno Cuenca throws an elbow that misses.
Tate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tate fails to land.
Tate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tate lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moreno Cuenca blocks an uppercut.
Tate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moreno Cuenca tries to land a knee to the head but Tate blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Tate fails to land.
Tate wants to stall.
Moreno Cuenca missing with knees to the body.
Tate trying to control the position but instead, Moreno Cuenca has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tate into the cage.
Moreno Cuenca misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno Cuenca landing knees to the body.
Moreno Cuenca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tate stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moreno Cuenca misses with an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate avoids the elbow strike from Moreno Cuenca, against the cage.
Moreno Cuenca blocks a body shot from Tate.
Tate lands a nice uppercut.
Moreno Cuenca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tate looking to stall.
Moreno Cuenca with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tate scores with a nice hook to the head.
Moreno Cuenca misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Moreno Cuenca.
Moreno Cuenca is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Moreno Cuenca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tate's defenses.
It looks like Terry Tate has been cut.
Moreno Cuenca pushes Tate back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Terry Tate will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Terry Tate'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.
Tate fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Moreno Cuenca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tate.
Tate slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Moreno Cuenca feints and then cracks Tate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tate down.
Moreno Cuenca is looking to slow Tate down with leg kicks.
Moreno Cuenca misses with a few strikes there.
Moreno Cuenca throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tate manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Moreno Cuenca on his heels. He'll look to pass Moreno Cuenca's guard now, I'm sure.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Moreno Cuenca is trying to keep Tate in close.
Moreno Cuenca avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tate throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tate looking to pass the guard.
Tate scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Moreno Cuenca keeping full guard, as Tate tries to pass.
Tate trying to control but Moreno Cuenca is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moreno Cuenca is trying to keep Tate in close.
Moreno Cuenca wants to sweep here but Tate controlling him for the moment.
Tate forces his way into half guard.
Tate misses with a head shot. Moreno Cuenca uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate looking to pass the guard.
Tate with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tate missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tate throws a strike but Moreno Cuenca rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tate looking to control.
Moreno Cuenca's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Moreno Cuenca stopping the sweep attempt from Tate.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moreno Cuenca wants to control from the top but Tate keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate trying to control the position.
Tate lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Moreno Cuenca!
Tate landing punches.
Tate landing strikes from the mount.
Tate landing strikes from the mount and Moreno Cuenca is in trouble!
Moreno Cuenca is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tate scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Terry Tate overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate landing strikes from the mount and Moreno Cuenca is in trouble!
Moreno Cuenca working to try and regain half guard.
Moreno Cuenca is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tate 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.
Tate connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Moreno Cuenca is rocked!
Tate unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Moreno Cuenca wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Tate celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Tate!
Terry Tate decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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