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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stu Ungar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ungar's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. The crowd seem to be enjoying Victorio's choice of entrance music: Massive Attack - Angel. Jonny Victorio has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stu Ungar's chin.
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184 cm
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268 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
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193 cm
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253 lbs
25 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stu Ungar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Victorio! The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Victorio cracks a nice hook into Ungar's ribs. Victorio punishes Ungar's body with a nice straight punch. Ungar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Victorio scores with a nice head shot. Nice cross by Victorio. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ungar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ungar there as he acknowledges the shot. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ungar, right into the meat.
Victorio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ungar moves away. Ungar just misses with a punch to the body.
Victorio missing with a left hand there. Ungar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Jonny Victorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Ungar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Victorio paws at him with a jab and circles away. Ungar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Victorio, pushing him back against the cage. Ungar gets through Victorio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Ungar pushes Victorio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Ungar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Victorio.
Ungar slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Victorio tries to throw a body punch but Ungar avoids it by throwing Victorio back against the cage. Ungar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Victorio trying to control the position but instead, Ungar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Victorio into the cage. Ungar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Ungar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Victorio leaning his opponent against the cage. Victorio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Victorio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Victorio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ungar.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ungar throws a wild body kick that Victorio sees coming a mile off. Ungar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victorio moves away. Ungar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Victorio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Victorio misses with a body kick. Victorio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Ungar dodges the punch combination from Victorio.
Ungar walks into a left hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ungar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ungar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Victorio paws at him with a jab and circles away. Ungar connects with a body shot. Ungar scores with a hook to the body. Victorio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Ungar stuns Victorio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. A head kick misses from Victorio. Ungar thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ungar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victorio. Victorio blocks a leg kick. Ungar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Victorio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Victorio looks winded! Ungar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Victorio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ungar throws a shot to the body.
Ungar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ungar throws a leg kick which misses Victorio's front leg but catches the back leg as Victorio tries to avoid it. Ungar clobbers Victorio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Ungar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Victorio paws at him with a jab and circles away. Ungar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Victorio was well out of range. Poor timing from Ungar. Ungar is looking to wear down Victorio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Ungar takes the fight into the clinch. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Victorio is trying to force a seperation but Ungar has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A nice right hand lands inside from Ungar. Ungar lands with a light punch inside. Ungar misses with a punch to the body.
Victorio wants to get back to striking at distance but Ungar won't allow it.
Ungar is pressed up against the cage. Victorio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ungar down to the mat. Ungar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Victorio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ungar. Stu Ungar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Ungar throws a head kick that misses. Ungar scores with a hook to the body. Victorio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Ungar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Ungar checks the leg kick nicely there.
A lazy left from Ungar finds it's target.
It looks like Jonny Victorio has been cut. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ungar misses the shot to the body. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ungar checks a leg kick. Ungar avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Ungar throws a head kick that misses. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stu Ungar dominated that round. The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio'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.
Ungar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Victorio throws a quick inside leg kick. Ungar jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Victorio tries to score with a low kick but Ungar moves his leg out of the way. Nice uppercut there from Victorio. Ungar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Ungar wants to clinch up but Victorio keeps it at a distance. Ungar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Victorio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Victorio feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ungar's calf. Ungar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Victorio tries a head kick but it misses.
Victorio throws a body punch but Ungar moves out of range. Victorio misses with a lunging right hand
and Ungar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Victorio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Victorio throws a low kick but Ungar moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Victorio just misses with a punch to the body.
Victorio sizes up Ungar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Ungar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Victorio.
Victorio looks to throw the jab but Ungar is out of range. Ungar tries to clinch but Victorio moves out of range. Ungar blocks a head kick by Victorio.
Ungar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ungar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Victorio misses with a wild body shot. Victorio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ungar manages to avoid it. Ungar tries to land a front kick but Victorio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Victorio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Victorio looks to land a left hand but Ungar moved out of range nicely. Victorio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ungar sees it coming and avoids it easily. Ungar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ungar throws a low kick but Victorio moves out of range easily. Ungar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Ungar throws out a loose jab but Victorio uses good head movement to avoid it. Victorio misses with a looping left. Ungar throws a sloppy head kick and Victorio moves out of range easily. Ungar cracks the inside of Victorio's front leg. Ungar blocks the body kick.
Victorio misses with a wild body shot. A good leg kick by Ungar. Victorio connects with a leg kick. Ungar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Victorio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Victorio moves out of range as Ungar strikes. Ungar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Victorio on the side of the head. Victorio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ungar throws a nice outside leg kick. Victorio is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ungar misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Ungar misses and Victorio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Ungar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Victorio manages to avoid it. Ungar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Victorio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Victorio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Ungar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Victorio. Victorio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ungar. Ungar thows a left - swing and a miss! Ungar misses with the combination.
Victorio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ungar sees it coming and avoids it easily. Ungar walks into a stiff left hand from Victorio. Victorio connects with a jab. Ungar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victorio.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Victorio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ungar. Victorio misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ungar throws a push kick but Victorio slaps the foot to one side. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ungar, as that shot connected.
Ungar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A cross from Ungar lands. Ungar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ungar throws a solid leg kick but Victorio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ungar. A telegraphed right hand from Ungar misses the target. Ungar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Victorio looks to land a right hand but Ungar moved out of range. Victorio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ungar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Victorio moves out of range as Ungar strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stu Ungar dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
A left lands for Ungar. Nice defenses there by Victorio. Ungar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victorio moves away. Ungar lands a head kick!
Ungar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Victorio lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Ungar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ungar jabs at Victorio's body. Ungar avoids the body shot from Victorio.
Victorio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ungar.
Victorio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Ungar lands with a shot to the body. Victorio misses with a body shot.
Stu Ungar is winning the standup battle so far. Ungar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Decent striking displayed by Ungar there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Victorio takes a shot right to the bread basket. Ungar lands with a straight right. Victorio didn't see that one coming. Ungar misses with a low kick as Victorio jumps back. Some wild striking there from Ungar.
Ungar feints and then cracks Victorio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Victorio down. Victorio misses with a hook
and Ungar counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Victorio thinking. Ungar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Victorio doesn't seem bothered though. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ungar misses with a low kick. Ungar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Victorio throws out the jab. Nice shot by Ungar.
That has opened up Jonny Victorio's cut even more. Ungar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Victorio thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Victorio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Victorio misses the jab. Ungar dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Ungar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Victorio can do to turn this around? Ungar misses with a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ungar.
Ungar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Victorio paws at him with a jab and circles away. Victorio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ungar. Victorio shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Ungar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Ungar. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Victorio. Ungar shrugs it off though. Ungar connects with an inside leg kick. Victorio throws a head kick that misses and Ungar counters with a lovely straight right hand! Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ungar.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Victorio scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. A jab from Ungar finds it's way through Victorio's defenses. Stu Ungar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Ungar thows a body shot but no joy. Jonny Victorio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Victorio fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Victorio. Ungar does a little dance to reset his feet. Victorio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ungar. Ungar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Victorio throws a quick inside leg kick. Victorio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ungar misses with a body shot.
Ungar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Victorio manages to avoid it. Jab, jab by Victorio - just one landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Victorio with a nice cross. Ungar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ungar slips a jab from Victorio. Ungar misses with a body shot.
Victorio avoids the body shot from Ungar.
Victorio throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Victorio throws a nice inside leg kick. Victorio misses the shot to the body. Ungar tries to clinch but Victorio moves out of range. Victorio tries to work over Ungar's front leg with a kick but Ungar checks it. Ungar throws a series of punches but Victorio avoids them all with ease. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Victorio throws a lazy uppercut
letting Ungar counter with a right hand. Ungar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Victorio misses.
And that's the end of the fight! Stu Ungar showed his dominance in that final round. Well Ungar 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27 Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27 Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stu Ungar! Stu Ungar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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