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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Myles Newell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cubert Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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208 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
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185 cm
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210 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Myles Newell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cubert Rua !
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua misses with a few strikes there.
Rua looks to land a combination but Newell avoids it well.
Newell misses with an uppercut. Rua saw that one coming.
Newell looks for a takedown but Rua sprawls well.
Newell just misses with a punch to the body.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Newell connects with a leg kick. Rua looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Newell throws a hook but Rua avoids it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Rua misses.
Newell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Newell closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rua throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right-left combo lands from Newell.
Rua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Newell to score with a decent uppercut.
Newell throws a hook but Rua blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newell shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rua keeping full guard, as Newell tries to pass.
Rua throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Newell with a nice head shot there.
Newell got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rua has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Newell has managed to get both his arms back between Rua 's legs - danger averted.
Rua has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Newell can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Newell postures up.
Rua might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Newell haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Newell working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Newell preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua is looking for a triangle but Newell pushes his legs off easily.
Newell postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Newell lands a couple of elbows.
Newell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Newell scoring with punches to the head and body.
Newell scoring with some ground and pound.
Rua has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Newell is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Rua .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Newell working the head and body with strikes.
Rua taking a bit of punishment here - Newell scoring with strikes.
Newell lands some shots froms side control.
Newell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Newell scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rua is rocked!
Newell in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rua is still in real trouble! Can Newell finish him?
Rua can't do much from the bottom here.
Newell in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Rua looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Newell turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Myles Newell!
A relieved looking Myles Newell thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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pop
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