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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hakeen Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archie Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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205 lbs
6 - 1 - 1 |
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188 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakeen Alvarez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moore at a distance.
Moore throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Alvarez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut.
Alvarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moore circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alvarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Moore throws a quick inside leg kick.
Moore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moore misses with a looping right.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Hakeen Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Moore to counter with a crisp jab.
Moore avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez misses with a leg kick.
Alvarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moore circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Moore holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from Moore.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore slowing the pace effectively.
Moore works on Alvarez's body with a couple of short punches.
Moore cracks Alvarez with a nice body shot.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
Moore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Alvarez's ribcage.
Alvarez is trying to push Moore away but Moore has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Moore lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alvarez.
Moore scores with a shot to the side of Alvarez's head.
Moore is leaning against Alvarez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Moore pushes Alvarez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Moore is leaning against Alvarez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Hakeen Alvarez has been cut.
Moore has Alvarez pressed against the cage.
Moore scores a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Moore as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore pushes Alvarez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
Moore is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Moore is leaning against Alvarez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Moore connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alvarez's face.
Still in the clinch, Moore scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Moore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moore scores with a knee to the head.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moore has Alvarez pressed against the cage.
Moore scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Alvarez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Moore.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hakeen Alvarez's cut is getting worse.
Moore scores with a shoulder strike.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Alvarez won't want to take too many of those.
Moore lands a body shot.
Moore lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Moore.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Alvarez won't want to take too many of those.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moore scores with a nice hook to the head.
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!
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Alvarez's ribcage.
Moore lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Moore.
Moore scores with a hook to the body.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore scores with a hook to the body.
A knee to the head by Moore.
Hakeen Alvarez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Knees to the body from Moore.
A hook to the body from Moore.
Moore cracks Alvarez with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Nice body punch from Moore.
Moore digs a right hand underneath Alvarez's ribcage. Alvarez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Moore lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Moore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hakeen Alvarez's cut.
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.
Moore catches Alvarez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A nice inside leg kick there by Moore. That's going to slow Alvarez down.
Alvarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moore swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Alvarez.
Moore has managed to clinch.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore stalling.
Moore can't find room to land a body shot as Alvarez controls the action.
Moore gets through Alvarez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Moore landing knees to the head.
Moore cracks Alvarez with a nice body shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Moore in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Alvarez won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Moore.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moore pushes Alvarez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jeez, Hakeen Alvarez's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Moore is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alvarez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore lands a knee to the head.
Moore manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Moore lands a nice shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.
Moore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hakeen Alvarez's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Archie Moore!
Archie Moore is the new light heavyweight champion!
Archie Moore decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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