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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dickie Crash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricard Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuenca has chosen 2pac - Troublesome '96 as his entrance music. Ricard Cuenca has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dickie Crash's chin.
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200 lbs
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197 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dickie Crash!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricard Cuenca!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Crash tenderised Cuenca's leg. Cuenca is trying to keep his angry face on.
Crash throws a body kick that misses.
Cuenca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cuenca lands with a nice body punch.
Crash lands a two punch combo.
Cuenca moves away from the strike by Crash.
Cuenca avoids the head kick by Crash.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Crash misses with a left hand
and Cuenca counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Crash.
Crash looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crash.
Crash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cuenca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cuenca moves out of range as Crash strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crash misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuenca.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash is looking to score with low kicks.
Crash throws a sloppy head kick and Cuenca moves out of range easily.
Cuenca blocks a jab.
Crash rushes Cuenca and presses him up against the cage.
Crash lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Crash tries a knee to the head but Cuenca blocks it.
Crash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crash lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cuenca tries a knee to the head but Crash blocks it.
Crash tries to land a knee to the head but Cuenca blocks with his arms.
Cuenca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crash blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Cuenca.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cuenca as Crash tries to tie him up.
Cuenca lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crash lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cuenca backwards.
Cuenca throws a punch but it's blocked by Crash.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuenca lands a body shot.
Cuenca blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crash swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crash is working Cuenca over against the cage.
Crash misses with an elbow strike.
Crash avoids a wild elbow strike from Cuenca.
Crash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crash avoiding damage as Cuenca throws knees to the body.
Crash swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crash is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuenca.
Cuenca throws an elbow that misses.
Crash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cuenca lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crash looking to throw knees to the head but Cuenca is blocking nicely.
Cuenca avoids the elbow strike from Crash, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crash.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cuenca.
Crash misses with a knee strike.
Cuenca misses with the head strike.
Cuenca lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Crash prevents Cuenca from breaking the clinch.
Crash working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cuenca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuenca managing to block the knees to the body from Crash.
Cuenca missing with knees to the body.
Crash tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cuenca avoids it.
Cuenca takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cuenca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cuenca misses with a straight right.
Crash takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuenca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice body kick there by Cuenca.
Crash ducks under a wild hook from Cuenca.
Cuenca clinches up against the cage.
Cuenca lands with a light punch inside.
Cuenca misses with a knee strike.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuenca lands an elbow that stopped Crash in his tracks for a moment.
Cuenca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crash throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crash lands a jab.
Crash connects with a body shot that sends Cuenca's belly button to the back.
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 Dickie Crash will probably get the nod.
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.
Crash takes a swing at Cuenca's ribcage but misses.
A left lands for Crash.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cuenca keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cuenca doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Crash misses with an uppercut.
Crash jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuenca takes the fight into the clinch.
Crash tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cuenca's elbow.
Cuenca avoiding damage as Crash throws knees to the body.
Cuenca tries a body shot but Crash blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuenca lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crash blocks an uppercut.
Cuenca managing to block the knees to the body from Crash.
Cuenca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crash has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cuenca.
Crash throws a poor cross that misses
and Cuenca counters with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Crash misses.
Cuenca tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crash.
Cuenca throws a head kick that Crash semi-blocks.
Crash tries to keep at a distance but Cuenca has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuenca.
Cuenca works on Crash's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca misses with the head strike.
Cuenca is struggling to control the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cuenca.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuenca takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cuenca can't find room to land a body shot as Crash controls the action.
Cuenca misses with a body punch.
Cuenca gets through Crash's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crash misses with a knee to the head.
Crash dodges an elbow strike from Cuenca.
Crash tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cuenca avoids it.
Ricard Cuenca seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cuenca swings wildly with an uppercut but Crash uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crash takes an elbow to the forehead.
Crash slows down the pace here.
Cuenca blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crash takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Dickie Crash has been cut.
Cuenca scores with a shot to the side of Crash's head.
Crash missing with knees to the body.
Crash misses with a knee strike.
Cuenca avoiding damage as Crash throws knees to the body.
A short right from Cuenca on the inside.
Cuenca manages to break the clinch.
Crash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cuenca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cuenca jabs Crash right on the nose. Crash blinks but takes it well.
Crash is looking to clinch.
Crash misses with a looping right.
Crash takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Crash misses
and Cuenca counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cuenca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuenca moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Crash looks to score with a jab to the body but Cuenca is just out of range.
Cuenca throws a big shot that misses.
Crash takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Crash tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cuenca.
Cuenca cracks a nice hook into Crash's ribs.
Cuenca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crash throws a hook but Cuenca avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricard Cuenca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dickie Crash's cut.
That's time! Crash's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Crash misses with a head kick.
Crash lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Cuenca misses with a straight left.
Crash chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cuenca can pounce on him.
Crash swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cuenca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cuenca takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Crash misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuenca moves into the clinch.
Cuenca lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Crash tries to land knees in the clinch but Cuenca avoids the damage to the body.
Crash lands a right hand.
Crash looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuenca working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cuenca dodges an elbow strike from Crash.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cuenca.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuenca throws a punch but it's blocked by Crash.
Cuenca wants to get back to striking at distance but Crash won't allow it.
Cuenca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crash.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cuenca blocks the elbow strike.
Cuenca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cuenca lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right from Cuenca on the inside.
Cuenca throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crashs head.
Crash is rocked!
Nice body punch from Cuenca.
Oh Crash is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Cuenca.
Cuenca unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Crash! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Cuenca is unloading with more strikes now! Crash drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricard Cuenca! Ricard Cuenca retains his middleweight title!
Ricard Cuenca thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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