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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abdullah Zaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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182 cm
28
193 lbs
20 - 10 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
194 lbs
9 - 4 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abdullah Zaire! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Huerta! The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Huerta.
Huerta tries to score with a low kick but Zaire moves his leg out of the way. Huerta misses with a leg kick letting Zaire counter with a right hand. A leg kick checked by Zaire. Zaire lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Zaire lands a glancing blow to the side of Huerta's head. Zaire clinches with his opponent.
Zaire looking to throw knees to the head but Huerta is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Zaire fails to land. Zaire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Zaire can't find room to land a body shot as Huerta controls the action.
Zaire pushes Huerta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Zaire misses with a knee to the head. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Huerta is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Huerta is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Zaire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Huerta backwards. Huerta leaning against his opponent.
Huerta avoids the elbow strike from Zaire, against the cage.
Zaire is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Zaire misses with a punch to the body.
Huerta blocking some punches.
Zaire lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Huerta is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Nice elbow from Zaire. Zaire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Huerta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Zaire throws a head punch that misses. A bit of stalling here from Zaire.
Zaire misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zaire pressing his opponent against the cage. Zaire throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The referee is keeping an eye on Huerta - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Huerta takes a knee to the side of the body. A head punch blocked on the inside by Huerta. A short uppercut from Zaire. Huerta letting Zaire take a breather here. A head punch on the inside from Zaire fails to land. Come on Zaire - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Zaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Huerta.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zaire as Huerta tries to tie him up. Zaire misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zaire pushes Huerta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Zaire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Zaire scores with a nice short uppercut. Zaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Huerta. Zaire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Huerta is looking to control Zaire's arms but Zaire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Huerta has his back to the cage. Zaire creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Zaire lands a nice shot to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdullah Zaire dominated that 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.
Zaire lands with a good body shot. Huerta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Zaire misses with a head kick.
Zaire clinches. Huerta taking a breather. Zaire has a couple of punches blocked by Huerta.
Zaire digs a right hand into Huerta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Huerta's gas tank. Zaire stalling.
Zaire can't find room to land a body shot as Huerta controls the action.
Huerta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside. Huerta avoids a wild elbow strike from Zaire. Zaire misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Zaire drags the fight down to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Zaire wants to sweep but no luck. Zaire manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Huerta trying desperately to get to his feet.
Huerta taking shots to the head. Zaire looking to finish Huerta with some ground and pound. This is bad for Huerta! Zaire 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. Zaire with good strikes from the mount here! Huerta trying desperately to get to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Zaire fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zaire raining down shots from the mount! Zaire with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Zaire working for a guillotine from mount but Huerta is in no mood to give up. Zaire scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Huerta?
Zaire controlling from the full mount. Huerta wants to try and get back to his feet. Zaire with a couple of short strikes. A nice elbow there by Zaire. A big strike lands for Zaire! That's really hurt Huerta and he's turned his back - Zaire keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Zaire jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdullah Zaire! Abdullah Zaire very nearly forgot to thank Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
35% |
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