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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bull Hurley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Moonra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moonra has chosen Boombastic as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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200 cm
24
237 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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175 cm
38
275 lbs
32 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bull Hurley! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
32 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacob Moonra! The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Moonra clinches up against the cage. Hurley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moonra stalling against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Hurley scores with a nice short uppercut. Moonra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Moonra has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hurley after a bit of a struggle. Hurley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Moonra avoids it. Moonra scores with a hook to the body. Moonra looking to stall.
Moonra avoiding damage as Hurley throws knees to the body.
Hurley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hurley lands a nice uppercut. Moonra lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hurley backwards. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Moonra just leaning against Hurley, taking a breather. Moonra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Moonra looking to slow down the pace here. A right handed body shot lands from Moonra.
A short right from Moonra. Hurley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hurley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hurley tries to work over Moonra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Hurley misses with a body punch.
Hurley tries a knee to the head but Moonra blocks it.
Hurley is leaning against Moonra and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Moonra tries to stall but Hurley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short uppercut from Moonra. Moonra lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hurley. A head punch blocked on the inside by Hurley. Moonra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Moonra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Moonra misses with a hook from the clinch. Hurley tries to land knees in the clinch but Moonra avoids the damage to the body. Hurley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moonra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Moonra has a couple of punches blocked by Hurley.
Good body shot from Moonra.
Moonra struggles to land a body shot inside as Hurley controls his hands.
Hurley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hurley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Moonra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hurley pulls him back up using the underhooks. I was talking to Hurley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Hurley lands with a left to the head. Moonra misses with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A battle for position here, against the cage. Moonra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Hurley lands with a left to the head. Moonra goes for a takedown attempt but Hurley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bull Hurley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Moonra. Hurley punishes Moonra's body with a nice straight punch. Moonra is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Hurley went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Moonra throws a head kick that misses. Moonra moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Hurley defending well as Moonra loads up on a big left hand. Hurley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Moonra on the side of the head. Hurley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Decent striking displayed by Hurley there. Hurley looks to land a left hand but Moonra moved out of range nicely. Hurley dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Moonra clinches up against the cage. Moonra lands an uppercut. Moonra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Hurley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moonra's elbow. Hurley misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hurley. Hurley works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hurley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Hurley scores with a nice short uppercut. Moonra takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hurley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Moonra avoids it. Moonra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. This has been an exciting period of action! Moonra changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hurley fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Moonra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Moonra. Moonra throws out a loose jab but Hurley uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Moonra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hurley moves away. Hurley lands a nice hook to Moonra's body. Moonra takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Moonra pushes Hurley up against the cage in a clinch. Moonra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hurley backwards. Moonra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hurley misses with a body punch.
Hurley misses with a knee strike.
Hurley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Moonra avoids it. Hurley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Moonra avoids it. Moonra is looking to control Hurley's arms but Hurley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Moonra has his back to the cage. Moonra misses with some punches.
Moonra takes a knee to the side of the body. Moonra is leaning against Hurley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hurley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Moonra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moonra goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hurley prevents it.
Hurley letting Moonra take a breather here. 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 Bull Hurley will probably get the nod. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hurley. Moonra shrugs it off though. Hurley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Hurley is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range. Danga de danga de dang - Hurley scores with a four punch combination! Moonra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hurley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hurley here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man. Moonra gets a clinch. A shot in the inside from Hurley. Hurley landing knees to the body.
Hurley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moonra's face.
Hurley lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Moonra to his knees! Hurley keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bull Hurley! A victorious Bull Hurley 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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