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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Howard Stern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Moura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stern comes to the cage accompanied by The Great American Nightmare. Howard Stern has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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184 cm
19
197 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent |
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howard Stern! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruben Moura! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Moura looks to throw the jab but Stern is out of range. Moura scores with a one two! Stern had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Moura tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut there from Moura. Stern slips a jab and a cross from Moura.
Moura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stern throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Moura throws a half hearted mid kick. Stern avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moura is looking to land body kicks. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Moura has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Moura scores with a one two! Stern had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Moura keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stern uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moura. Moura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moura throws a head kick that misses. A punch combination from Moura misses. Stern looks to throw the jab but Moura is out of range. Moura uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Moura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruben Moura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Moura looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Stern shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Moura napping and manages to drive through into side control! The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Stern has hold of Moura's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Moura tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Stern cranks the arm and Moura screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Moura, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Howard Stern! Howard Stern really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Milwaukee's Best 160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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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
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