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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricard Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuenca comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac - Troublesome '96. Morgan has chosen Johnny Cash - Hurt as his entrance music. Dexter Morgan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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197 lbs
18 - 4 - 0 |
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194 lbs
16 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricard Cuenca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuenca misses with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as Cuenca blocks the low kick.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morgan misses with a jab to the body
and Cuenca counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cuenca.
Morgan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cuenca lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Dexter Morgan has been cut.
Cuenca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morgan prevents a body shot from Cuenca.
Morgan avoids a wild elbow strike from Cuenca.
Cuenca tries a body shot but Morgan blocks it.
Our sources have told us that Cuenca has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Cuenca is controlling him.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morgan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morgan throws a hook but Cuenca blocks it.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morgan throws the kick towards the body but Cuenca avoids it.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Cuenca wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cuenca.
Cuenca fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cuenca shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morgan eats them both and turns towards Cuenca to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cuenca throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Cuenca with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morgan to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuenca slips under a jab.
Morgan connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cuenca momentarily.
Cuenca 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.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Cuenca moved away.
Morgan misses the jab.
Morgan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Cuenca slips under a jab from Morgan.
Cuenca thuds his right hand into Morgan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Cuenca walks into a left hand.
Cuenca smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cuenca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morgan.
Morgan throws out a loose jab but Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a lunging right hand
and Cuenca counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cuenca fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Cuenca moves out of range.
That kick from Cuenca tenderised Morgan's leg. Morgan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cuenca misses with the body kick
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick from Morgan misses.
Morgan throws a right hand that misses
and Cuenca moves into the clinch.
Morgan prevents a body shot from Cuenca.
Cuenca softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cuenca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cuenca working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuenca lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan working hard to break the clinch.
Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Cuenca has him pressed against the cage.
Cuenca lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Cuenca is controlling the position.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cuenca has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Cuenca.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Cuenca is controlling the position.
Cuenca keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Cuenca blocks with his arms.
Morgan tries to throw a body punch but Cuenca avoids it by throwing Morgan back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Cuenca.
Cuenca misses with a body punch.
Cuenca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch lands to the side of Morgan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cuenca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cuenca was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dexter Morgan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dexter Morgan'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.
Morgan dips to his left and cracks Cuenca with an uppercut!
Cuenca throws a wild body kick that Morgan sees coming a mile off.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Cuenca takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cuenca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cuenca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan motions for Cuenca to come forward. Morgan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crunch! Cuenca slams his shin into Morgan's torso.
Morgan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cuenca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morgan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cuenca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Cuenca counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Cuenca saw that one coming.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Cuenca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donk. Morgan catches Cuenca right on the button with a cross.
Cuenca drives through and clinches with Morgan against the cage.
Cuenca scores with a shot to the side of Morgan's head.
Morgan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cuenca lands with a light punch inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morgan as Cuenca tries to tie him up.
Cuenca misses with the head strike.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cuenca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dexter Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cuenca.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws the left hand but Cuenca avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuenca takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cuenca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Morgan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cuenca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cuenca blocks a jab.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Cuenca is out of range.
Cuenca goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dexter Morgan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Cuenca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morgan misses with a right hand
and Cuenca counters with a thumping low kick.
Cuenca walks into a straight right hand from Morgan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
Cuenca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cuenca scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morgan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cuenca under the eye.
Morgan wants to slow Cuenca down by chopping away at his legs.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morgan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan scores with a three punch combo!
Cuenca cracks Morgan with an open hand slap.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morgan, right into the meat.
A slow jab from Morgan misses its intended target.
Cuenca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cuenca scores with the left hand. Morgan knows he should have avoided that one.
Morgan is looking to score with low kicks.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Morgan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cuenca scores with a push kick.
Morgan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morgan.
Morgan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan walks into a jab.
Morgan is rocked!
Morgan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cuenca lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ricard Cuenca will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dexter Morgan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cuenca closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Morgan! Cuenca dives in looking to finish! Morgan is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricard Cuenca!
Ricard Cuenca retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Ricard Cuenca made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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