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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtly Ambrose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meyer comes to the cage accompanied by I'd Love to Knock the Hell out of You. Ambrose has chosen Me and You - Nero as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
26 - 14 - 0 |
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202 cm
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268 lbs
10 - 3 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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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
26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtly Ambrose!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ambrose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ambrose looks to land a left hand but Meyer moved out of range nicely.
Ambrose wants to land a leg kick but Meyer is out of range.
Meyer misses with a wild combination.
Ambrose lands a right hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ambrose.
Meyer misses with a low kick.
A big left from Ambrose misses.
Meyer throws a poor cross that misses
and Ambrose counters with a low kick, right behind Meyer 's knee.
Meyer misses with a body shot.
Ambrose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ambrose was well out of range. Poor timing from Meyer.
Ambrose gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Meyer counters with an inside leg kick.
Ambrose looks to land a left hand but Meyer moved out of range nicely.
Ambrose uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Kurt Meyer has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meyer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer connects with a jab.
Meyer tries a low kick but Ambrose avoids it.
Ambrose fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Meyer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ambrose misses with a hook. Meyer ducked under it nicely.
Meyer lands with a right hand.
Meyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ambrose misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Ambrose.
Meyer misses with a low kick.
Meyer throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Ambrose to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meyer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ambrose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ambrose throws a low kick but it's checked well by Meyer.
Meyer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ambrose.
Meyer throws a shot from downtown. Ambrose moves away and avoids it.
Meyer 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.
Ambrose lands a head shot.
Ambrose closes the distance and pushes Meyer back into the cage.
Meyer lands a right hand.
Ambrose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Ambrose fails to land.
Ambrose tries to throw a body punch but Meyer avoids it by throwing Ambrose back against the cage.
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Meyer fails to land.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Ambrose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meyer.
A head punch on the inside from Ambrose fails to land.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Meyer is trying to stall.
Ambrose prevents Meyer from breaking the clinch.
Meyer lands a hook that snaps the head of Ambrose backwards.
Ambrose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meyer breaks from the clinch.
Meyer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ambrose can pounce on him.
Meyer missing with a left hand there. Ambrose was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Ambrose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose moves out of range as Meyer strikes.
Ambrose moves away from the strike by Meyer.
Ambrose getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ambrose uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meyer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meyer misses the shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Meyer.
Meyer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ambrose moves into the clinch successfully.
Ambrose has a couple of punches blocked by Meyer.
A head punch on the inside from Meyer fails to land.
Ambrose lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ambrose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose misses with a punch on the inside.
Meyer tries to circle away but Ambrose has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtly Ambrose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Meyer's cut.
That's time! Meyer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Meyer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Meyer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ambrose.
Ambrose misses the shot to the body.
Meyer keeps the fight on the outside.
Ambrose closes the distance but Meyer moves to the side
and Meyer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Meyer.
Ambrose throws a poor cross that misses
and Meyer counters with a thumping low kick.
Ambrose takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Ambrose throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ambrose walks into a stiff left hand from Meyer.
Ambrose sizes up Meyer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Meyer misses with a body punch
and Ambrose counters with an outside leg kick.
Meyer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ambrose.
Ambrose takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ambrose is looking to slow Meyer down with leg kicks.
Meyer fails to land with a series of punches.
Meyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meyer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Meyer looks to land a right hand but Ambrose moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Ambrose misses the target.
Ambrose throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ambrose pushes Meyer up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ambrose.
Kurt Meyer's cut is getting worse.
A right handed body shot lands from Ambrose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ambrose lands with a right to the head.
Meyer is trying to break free.
Meyer is trying to push Ambrose away but Ambrose has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose has a couple of punches blocked by Meyer.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Meyer tries to break the clinch but Ambrose is controlling the position.
Ambrose is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short uppercut from Ambrose.
Curtly Ambrose seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ambrose can't find room to land a body shot as Meyer controls the action.
Ambrose prevents Meyer from breaking the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ambrose lands a left hand.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Meyer working hard to break the clinch.
Meyer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Meyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Ambrose.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meyer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose digs a right hand underneath Meyer's ribcage. Meyer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ambrose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Ambrose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Ambrose has him pressed against the cage.
Meyer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Meyer misses with a punch to the body.
Meyer blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meyer.
Ambrose misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meyer.
Meyer working hard to break the clinch.
Meyer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ambrose backwards.
Ambrose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meyer working aggressively here.
Ambrose is struggling to control the position.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Meyer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meyer on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ambrose 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.
Meyer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Meyer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ambrose misses with an uppercut. Meyer saw that one coming.
Meyer throws a one two combo.
Ambrose uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meyer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyer lands a two punch combo.
Ambrose throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Meyer misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Curtly Ambrose will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kurt Meyer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ambrose tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meyer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ambrose misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Ambrose.
Meyer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ambrose can pounce on him.
Meyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ambrose 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.
Meyer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Ambrose misses the target.
Meyer throws a hook but Ambrose blocks it.
Nice shot by Ambrose.
Curtly Ambrose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyer throws a head kick but Ambrose moves out of range.
Ambrose takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ambrose connects with a leg kick. Meyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ambrose moves away.
Meyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Ambrose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose misses with a low kick.
Ambrose throws a nice outside leg kick.
Meyer lands a nice looking body shot.
Ambrose takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ambrose.
Ambrose wants to slow Meyer down by chopping away at his legs.
Meyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meyer throws a leg kick
and Ambrose counters with a good low kick that Meyer was not able to check.
A jab from Meyer misses.
Meyer is looking to score with low kicks.
Ambrose instigates a clinch.
Ambrose throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Meyers head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Ambrose is controlling him.
Meyer prevents a body shot from Ambrose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyer takes a shot to the head.
Ambrose lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Ambrose has Meyer pressed against the cage, preventing Meyer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ambrose digs a right hand into Meyer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Meyer's gas tank.
Meyer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ambrose has him pressed against the cage.
Meyer has had enough of the clinch but Ambrose keeps him there for the moment.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Ambrose is controlling him.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Meyer.
Meyer lands a hook that snaps the head of Ambrose backwards.
Meyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Ambrose has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Curtly Ambrose is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ambrose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ambrose creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meyer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ambrose has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Ambrose.
Kurt Meyer's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ambrose working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meyer tries to break free but Ambrose pushes him back against the cage.
Ambrose keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meyer's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ambrose.
Ambrose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meyer's elbow.
Meyer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kurt Meyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose swings wildly with an uppercut but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ambrose.
Meyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Ambrose has double underhooks.
Ambrose lands a right hand.
Ambrose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meyer backwards.
Jeez, Kurt Meyer's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ambrose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer misses with the head strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meyer is trying to force a seperation but Ambrose has the dominant position.
Ambrose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Ambrose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curtly Ambrose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ambrose has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtly Ambrose!
Curtly Ambrose 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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