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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between J J Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Manuel Arboleda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arboleda is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ASTAROTH - GUERRA DE METAL. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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157 lbs
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, J J Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humberto Manuel Arboleda!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arboleda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tucker thows a body kick. Arboleda tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tucker misses with a low kick.
Arboleda checks a low kick from Tucker.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tucker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've been told by Tucker's head coaches at Beauty School that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch but Tucker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but Tucker is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tucker looks for the body kick but Arboleda saw that one coming.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tucker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tucker wants to slow Arboleda down by chopping away at his legs.
Arboleda throws a head kick but Tucker moves out of range.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tucker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tucker looks to land a right hand but Arboleda moved out of range.
Arboleda tries to clinch there but Tucker circles away.
Tucker misses with a leg kick.
Tucker throws a head kick but Arboleda moves out of range.
Tucker lands a nice shot that snaps Arboleda's head back.
Tucker checks the leg kick.
Arboleda 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arboleda lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick.
Arboleda keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Arboleda lands with a kick to the ribs.
Arboleda tries to clinch up but Tucker circles away and keeps his distance.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Tucker is having none of it.
Arboleda lands with a right hand.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tucker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tucker tries a head kick but it misses.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Tucker pushes him off.
Tucker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Arboleda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tucker. Tucker obviously looking to wear him down.
A slow jab from Tucker misses its intended target.
Arboleda wants to clinch up but Tucker keeps it at a distance.
Tucker throws out a leg kick but Arboleda moves out of range and Tucker only half commits.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tucker. That's going to slow Arboleda down.
Arboleda needs to keep his hands up - Tucker had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arboleda tries to keep at a distance but Tucker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tucker misses with a knee to the head.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda pushes off an throws an elbow but Tucker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Arboleda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tucker.
Tucker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tucker avoids the elbow strike from Arboleda, against the cage.
Arboleda scores with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tucker.
Tucker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Humberto Manuel Arboleda has been cut.
Tucker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Arboleda.
Tucker avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Arboleda misses with a body punch.
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but Tucker avoids the damage to the body.
Tucker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arboleda misses with a knee strike.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Arboleda avoiding damage.
Arboleda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda blocks a body shot from Tucker.
Tucker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Arboleda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Arboleda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tucker is trying to push Arboleda away but Arboleda has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Arboleda tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arboleda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Arboleda looking to slow down the pace here.
Tucker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arboleda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Arboleda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tucker dodges an elbow strike from Arboleda.
Arboleda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like J J Tucker has been cut.
Arboleda blocks a body shot from Tucker.
Tucker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tucker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tucker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Arboleda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker tries to work over Arboleda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda takes an elbow to the forehead.
Arboleda misses with a knee to the head.
Tucker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tucker lands with a short shot to the head.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the head but Tucker blocks with his arms.
Tucker has a couple of punches blocked by Arboleda.
Tucker trying to land knees to the body.
Arboleda lands a good knee to the midsection. Tucker won't want to take too many of those.
Arboleda presses Tucker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tucker is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tucker.
Tucker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Arboleda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arboleda can't find room to land a body shot as Tucker controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tucker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tucker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tucker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tucker lands a high kick!
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Arboleda moves out of range easily.
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 J J Tucker will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Arboleda checks the leg kick nicely there.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tucker swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
J J Tucker is winning the standup battle so far.
Tucker throws a looping overhand right but Arboleda ducks down to avoid it.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Tucker pushes him off.
Arboleda keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Tucker pushes him off.
Arboleda checks the leg kick nicely there.
Arboleda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tucker tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Tucker is having none of it.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Tucker pushes him off.
Tucker throws a chopping leg kick but Arboleda manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tucker gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Arboleda.
Arboleda avoiding damage as Tucker throws knees to the body.
Tucker misses with a knee strike.
Arboleda avoids a wild elbow strike from Tucker.
Tucker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arboleda lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda working Tucker over with knees to the body.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Arboleda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Arboleda keeps control of Tucker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Arboleda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tucker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Arboleda prevents a body shot from Tucker.
Arboleda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tucker misses with an elbow strike.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
Arboleda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Arboleda's defenses.
Tucker presses Arboleda against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Arboleda misses with the head strike.
Tucker is looking to break free of the clinch but Arboleda has double underhooks.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Arboleda has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tucker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arboleda avoids it.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arboleda lands an uppercut.
Arboleda crunches a lovely knee into Tucker's ribcage.
A shot in the inside from Arboleda.
Arboleda is looking to control Tucker's arms but Tucker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Arboleda has his back to the cage.
Tucker misses with the head strike.
Arboleda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tucker scores with a shoulder strike.
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but Tucker avoids the damage to the body.
Tucker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arboleda pushes off an throws an elbow but Tucker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Arboleda tries to throw a body punch but Tucker avoids it by throwing Arboleda back against the cage.
Tucker misses with an elbow over the top.
Arboleda avoids a wild elbow strike from Tucker.
Tucker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda misses with an elbow over the top.
Tucker misses with a body punch.
Arboleda lands a nice knee to the body.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tucker misses with a punch on the inside.
Tucker wants to break free but Arboleda has control.
Tucker throws an elbow but it misses.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
Tucker scores with a hook to the body.
Arboleda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tucker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tucker avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arboleda takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from Tucker - that landed with a thud.
Tucker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Tucker manages to break the clinch.
Tucker clinches up with Arboleda and pushes him back against the cage.
Arboleda struggles to land a body shot inside as Tucker controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tucker lands a nice uppercut.
Arboleda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Arboleda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tucker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tucker tries to land knees in the clinch but Arboleda avoids the damage to the body.
Tucker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Arboleda blocks a body shot from Tucker.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tucker.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tucker is defending well for now.
Tucker tries a knee to the head but Arboleda blocks it.
Tucker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tucker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tucker tries to land a knee to the head but Arboleda blocks with his arms.
Arboleda takes a shot to the head.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Arboleda.
Arboleda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arboleda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Humberto Manuel Arboleda will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tucker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arboleda lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tucker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tucker swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Arboleda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tucker lands a knee to the head.
Tucker misses with a knee to the head.
Tucker misses with a knee strike.
Tucker connects with a knee to the head.
Tucker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arboleda managing to block the knees to the body from Tucker.
Arboleda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tucker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Tucker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tucker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker wants to slow Arboleda down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Arboleda blocks the leg kick.
Arboleda lands with a nice body kick.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
Tucker misses with a head kick.
Tucker misses with a low kick.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but Tucker is avoiding it.
Arboleda wants to clinch.
Arboleda moves to clinch but Tucker breaks away
and Tucker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Arboleda moves out of range easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tucker darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tucker forces Arboleda back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tucker.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arboleda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arboleda looking to slow down the pace here.
Arboleda takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tucker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tucker avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tucker avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
Tucker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arboleda lands an elbow that stopped Tucker in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arboleda obliges.
Tucker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker pushes Arboleda up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Arboleda.
Tucker lands a knee to the body.
Arboleda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tucker tries to land knees in the clinch but Arboleda avoids the damage to the body.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Tucker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tucker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to clinch up
and Tucker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Arboleda misses with a body kick.
Tucker blocks a head kick by Arboleda.
Tucker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tucker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Arboleda.
Tucker swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.
Tucker blocks a head kick by Arboleda.
Arboleda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tucker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tucker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tucker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Arboleda takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Arboleda darts in trying to clinch
and Tucker counters with a nice uppercut.
That has opened up Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tucker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tucker closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Tucker.
Tucker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arboleda avoids a wild elbow strike from Tucker.
Tucker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arboleda's elbow.
Arboleda tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tucker avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
Tucker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Arboleda misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tucker.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Tucker.
A knee to the head by Tucker.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tucker.
Tucker breaks from the clinch.
Tucker pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that's the end of the fight!
J J Tucker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tucker 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... J J Tucker!
After the fight, J J Tucker was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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