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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stewart Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cortez comes to the cage accompanied by Wake Me Up. Hunter has chosen Hair of the Dog/ Nazareth as his entrance music. Rafael Cortez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Stewart Hunter's chin.
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219 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
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205 lbs
10 - 3 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Stewart Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter misses with a series of wild punches.
Donk. Cortez catches Hunter right on the button with a cross.
Hunter closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hunter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cortez defending well though.
Cortez is not content to let Hunter control the position.
Hunter thows a huge punch but Cortez dodges it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez trying to control from the bottom.
Cortez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hunter.
Nice strikes from Hunter there.
It looks like Rafael Cortez has been cut.
Cortez is trying is best to control the position here.
Hunter looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hunter.
Cortez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hunter lands with a punch from half guard.
Rafael Cortez's cut is getting worse.
Cortez trying to control here.
Cortez regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hunter.
Hunter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hunter throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hunter.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch but Cortez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Cortez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cortez gets caught napping as Hunter dives in and scores a takedown. Cortez manages to retain guard.
Hunter must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter won't allow Cortez to get back to his feet.
Hunter is looking to work some ground and pound but Cortez has wrist control.
Hunter scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Hunter working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Cortez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hunter.
Hunter with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hunter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hunter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hunter trying to control but Cortez is working from the bottom.
Hunter throwing strikes from guard but Cortez blocks nicely.
Hunter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cortez wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez trying to control the position.
Hunter is looking to work some ground and pound but Cortez has wrist control.
Hunter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hunter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hunter landing with the ground and pound.
Hunter advances to half guard.
Cortez wants to get back to full guard.
Cortez has hold of Hunter's hands but Hunter slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hunter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cortez taking some punishment here, with Hunter in his half guard.
Rafael Cortez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cortez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cortez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hunter.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cortez manages to avoid it.
Cortez looks to land a body kick but Hunter moved away.
Cortez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Cortez misses.
Cortez misses with a looping right.
Sloppy strikes from Hunter. Those never looked like landing.
Hunter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cortez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cortez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hunter checks it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cortez misses with a hook
and Hunter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Cortez.
Hunter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stewart Hunter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Cortez's cut.
That's time! Cortez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hunter avoids the head kick by Cortez.
Cortez misses with a body shot
and Hunter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cortez thumps Hunter with a low kick.
Hunter ducks under a wild hook from Cortez.
Cortez looks to throw the jab but Hunter is out of range.
Cortez moves into range and clinches up with Hunter.
Cortez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cortez is looking for a takedown.
Hunter is leaning against Cortez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Cortez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hunter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cortez up against the cage.
Cortez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter stalling the fight.
Hunter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hunter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cortez blocks an uppercut.
Hunter tries to score a body lock takedown but Cortez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A right hook to the body lands for Hunter.
Cortez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hunter blocks an uppercut.
Hunter tries to throw a body punch but Cortez avoids it by throwing Hunter back against the cage.
Cortez misses with the head strike.
Hunter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hunter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hunter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter gets through Cortez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hunter wants a takedown but no success here.
Hunter drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cortez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rafael Cortez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stewart Hunter.
Cortez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hunter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cortez.
A swing and a miss from Cortez.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hunter! But no joy.
A slow jab from Cortez misses its intended target.
Hunter throws a jab but it's blocked by Cortez.
Hunter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hunter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hunter shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cortez is trying to defend but Hunter finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hunter working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hunter throwing shots but Cortez is blocking nicely.
Hunter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cortez defending well though.
Cortez pushes Hunter off looking to stand but Hunter dives back in and keeps control.
Hunter throwing shots but Cortez is blocking nicely.
Hunter lands with a punch from half guard.
Hunter trying to control the action but Cortez is working from the bottom.
Hunter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hunter trying to control the pace.
Hunter misses with a head shot. Cortez uses the momentum to regain guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunter with a poor takedown
and Cortez counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunter scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hunter throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hunter working the head and body with strikes.
The ground and pound from Hunter seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Cortez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hunter wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Stewart Hunter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rafael Cortez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cortez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hunter misses with an uppercut
and Cortez counters with a series of strikes. Hunter will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hunter with a jab.
Cortez throws a looping overhand right but Hunter ducks down to avoid it.
Cortez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hunter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cortez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hunter fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter works on Cortez's body with a couple of short punches.
Hunter wants a takedown but no success here.
Hunter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hunter scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez throws a head punch that misses.
Hunter pushes Cortez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hunter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cortez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cortez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cortez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hunter lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunter.
Hunter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cortez working aggressively here.
Hunter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stewart Hunter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hunter has Cortez pushed against the cage.
Hunter lands a hook that snaps the head of Cortez backwards.
Jeez, Rafael Cortez's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hunter misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hunter on the inside.
Hunter has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cortez after a bit of a struggle.
Cortez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cortez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cortez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cortez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short uppercut from Cortez.
Cortez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cortez tries to work over Hunter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter slows down the pace here.
Hunter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunter pushes Cortez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rafael Cortez's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Stewart Hunter!
Stewart Hunter really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that AnonymouS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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