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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raoul De Muerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Stall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Muerta comes to the cage accompanied by The Crystal Method. Stall is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Subtle People - Let's Ride. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm
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190 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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191 cm
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203 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raoul De Muerta! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Stall! The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Stall keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stall displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. De Muerta misses with a low kick as Stall jumps back. Stall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. De Muerta swings for the body but Stall moves out of range.
Stall looks to land a combination. De Muerta sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. De Muerta gets tackled into the cage by Stall. Stall maintains the clinch. De Muerta scores with a nice hook to the head. A short right from De Muerta. Stall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Muerta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. De Muerta blocks an elbow strike from Stall.
De Muerta dodges an elbow strike from Stall.
We've been informed that Stall has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Stall is working De Muerta over against the cage. Stall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Muerta misses with a punch on the inside.
Stall throws an elbow but it misses.
De Muerta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stall's elbow. Nice elbow from Stall. De Muerta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stall lands a damaging elbow. An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Muerta. De Muerta cracks Stall with a nice body shot. Stall digs a right hand underneath De Muerta's ribcage. De Muerta let out a lung full of air as it connected. De Muerta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stall misses with an elbow over the top. De Muerta misses with a short punch on the inside. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Muerta. De Muerta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stall tries a body shot but De Muerta blocks it.
De Muerta has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stall after a bit of a struggle. Stall swings wildly with an uppercut but De Muerta uses good head movement to avoid it. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stall just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Muerta's brow. I was talking to De Muerta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Muerta. Stall throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Muerta blocks the elbow strike.
De Muerta misses with a punch to the body.
Stall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round. De Muerta blocks the elbow strike.
Stall lands a nice elbow. A nice right hand lands inside from De Muerta. De Muerta swings wildly with an uppercut but Stall uses good head movement to avoid it. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! De Muerta wants to break free but Stall has control.
De Muerta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stall. De Muerta throws a punch but it's blocked by Stall. Stall pushes off an throws an elbow but De Muerta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. De Muerta blocks an elbow strike. De Muerta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stall just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Muerta's brow. De Muerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Stall avoids the head kick by De Muerta.
Stall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Muerta. Both fighters circling a little - De Muerta finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Stall lunges at De Muerta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Muerta's hand. Stall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round. De Muerta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. De Muerta lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Stall throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Stall misses with a wild body shot. Stall slips under a jab from De Muerta. A left lands for Stall. De Muerta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stall. Stall moves into the clinch. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stall just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Muerta's brow. De Muerta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. De Muerta manages to break the clinch.
Stall takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Stall throws a right and a left that De Muerta avoids nicely. De Muerta scores with a jab to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Nice uppercut lands for De Muerta. That snapped Stall's head back.
De Muerta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. De Muerta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stall was well out of range. Poor timing from De Muerta. Stall checks a low kick from De Muerta. Stall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. De Muerta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Muerta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Stall is looking to clinch. De Muerta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stall.
De Muerta takes a body punch but keeps moving. Stall scores with the left hand. De Muerta knows he should have avoided that one. Stall looks to score with a jab to the body but De Muerta is just out of range. Stall wants to clinch up but De Muerta keeps it at a distance. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Stall ducks under a wild hook from De Muerta. De Muerta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Nice straight punches there by Stall. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stall. Dan Stall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Stall looks for the body kick but De Muerta saw that one coming. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dan Stall will probably get the nod. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Stall misses the shot to the body. De Muerta slips a straight right by Stall. Stall misses with an uppercut. De Muerta saw that one coming. Nice shot by Stall. De Muerta slips a jab from Stall. De Muerta slips a jab from Stall. De Muerta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Muerta connects with a solid leg kick. De Muerta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Muerta scrambles back to his feet. Dan Stall seems to be getting the better of the standup. Stall throws a looping overhand right but De Muerta ducks down to avoid it. Stall jabbing away but nothing is landing. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Stall works over De Muerta's head and body with a nice combination. Stall listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Stall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Muerta counters with a one-two to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Stall tries to grapple but his opponent circles and De Muerta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round. Stall misses with a straight right. De Muerta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. De Muerta dips to his left and cracks Stall with an uppercut!
Stall is rocked! De Muerta cracks Stall with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Stall is still on wobbly legs! Can De Muerta finish him? De Muerta lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Muerta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Stall misses with a series of wild punches.
De Muerta scores with a body shot.
Stall misses with an uppercut
and De Muerta counters with a solid body kick. Stall is breathing heavily. and De Muerta counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Stall! He's just covering up as De Muerta starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raoul De Muerta! Raoul De Muerta retains his middleweight title! A victorious Raoul De Muerta thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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