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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfram Stelzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pereira comes to the cage accompanied by Game of Thrones. The crowd seem to be enjoying Stelzer's choice of entrance music: Business Time. Wolfram Stelzer told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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187 lbs
19 - 13 - 0 |
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173 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miguel Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfram Stelzer!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stelzer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pereira was well out of range. Poor timing from Stelzer.
Stelzer blocks a leg kick.
Stelzer connects with a crisp jab.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Stelzer.
A jab from Stelzer misses.
Stelzer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wolfram Stelzer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira throws a right hand that misses
and Stelzer counters with a two punch combo.
Stelzer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pereira throws a shot to the body.
Stelzer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pereira moves away from the strike by Stelzer.
It appears Pereira was looking to counter with a kick there.
Good work by Stelzer as he checks the leg kick.
Pereira misses the shot to the body.
Stelzer throws a lazy uppercut
letting Pereira counter with a right hand.
Pereira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stelzer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pereira was well out of range. Poor timing from Stelzer.
Stelzer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pereira.
Pereira drops his hands momentarily and Stelzer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pereira moves away from the strike by Stelzer.
Stelzer misses with an uppercut.
Pereira has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stelzer finds it's way round the side to connect with Pereira's head.
Stelzer throws a big shot that misses.
Stelzer scores with a hook.
Pereira feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stelzers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pereira is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Pereira just misses with a punch to the body.
Pereira darts in and clinches Stelzer up against the cage.
Stelzer letting Pereira take a breather here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stelzer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer throws a punch but it's blocked by Pereira.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stelzer blocks a body shot from Pereira.
Stelzer wants to stall.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pereira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pereira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stelzer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stelzer wants to stall.
Pereira tries to stall but Stelzer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pereira blocks an uppercut.
Pereira scores with a shoulder strike.
Pereira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pereira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pereira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pereira blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stelzer.
Pereira stalling against the cage.
Stelzer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pereira's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stelzer blocks a body shot from Pereira.
Pereira manages to break the clinch.
Pereira digs a good hook to Stelzer's body.
Stelzer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pereira manages to avoid it.
Pereira is looking to wear down Stelzer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pereira moves out of range of the strikes.
Pereira loads up on a big right hand but Stelzer slips the punch.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Stelzer.
Pereira takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pereira slips a straight right by Stelzer.
Pereira was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stelzer looks to score with a jab to the body but Pereira is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Stelzer misses
and Pereira counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Stelzer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stelzer throws a hook to the side of Pereira's head but Pereira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Stelzer does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stelzer throws an overhand right that lands on Pereira's shoulder, as Pereira tries to avoid the shot.
Stelzer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pereira under the eye.
Stelzer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pereira had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Stelzer throws an overhand right that lands on Pereira's shoulder, as Pereira tries to avoid the shot.
Stelzer lands a lovely overhand right.
Stelzer misses the shot to the body.
Pereira connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pereira.
Pereira staying out of range there.
Pereira throws a leg kick but Stelzer checks it.
Pereira connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stelzer. Stelzer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Wolfram Stelzer will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Pereira gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pereira lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Pereira stays in close to Stelzer's body and controls the position.
Stelzer trying to control the position.
Pereira decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stelzer looks to land a combination. Pereira sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Stelzer just misses with a punch to the body.
Stelzer cracks Pereira with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira connects with an inside leg kick.
Pereira misses with a leg kick.
Pereira scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Wolfram Stelzer has been cut.
Pereira takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stelzer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stelzer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pereira.
Stelzer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stelzer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pereira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pereira takes one to the chin there.
Stelzer misses with a left hand
and Pereira counters with a right hand to the body.
Pereira throws a low kick but Stelzer moves out of range easily.
Pereira moves out of range of the strikes.
Stelzer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pereiras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Pereira.
Stelzer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer slips under a jab from Pereira.
Stelzer shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pereira eats them both and turns towards Stelzer to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pereira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stelzer manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Stelzer.
Pereira slips a straight right by Stelzer.
Pereira lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Pereira throws a head kick but Stelzer moves out of range.
Stelzer lands a jab.
Stelzer misses with a looping left.
Stelzer looks to land a right hand but Pereira moved out of range.
Stelzer connects with the punch.
Stelzer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Pereira misses.
Stelzer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pereira as he jumps to the side.
Stelzer misses with a straight left.
Pereira lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stelzer takes a step back to recover.
Pereira connects with a leg kick. Stelzer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stelzer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stelzer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pereira.
Pereira drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stelzer throws an off balance right hand
and Pereira counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stelzer moves out of range as Pereira throws a body kick.
Pereira lands a leg kick that knocks Stelzer off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer connects with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Stelzer.
Stelzer is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Stelzer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stelzer throws a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stelzer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pereira cracks Stelzer with a good jab.
Stelzer defending well as Pereira loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot by Stelzer.
Pereira drops his hands momentarily and Stelzer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stelzer lands with a cross.
Pereira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Stelzer.
Pereira looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stelzer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pereira counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfram Stelzer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wolfram Stelzer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Pereira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stelzer.
Stelzer scores with a shot to the body.
Stelzer misses the shot to the body.
Pereira misses with a low kick as Stelzer jumps back.
Stelzer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pereira swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stelzer throws a hook but Pereira blocks it.
Pereira throws a poor cross that misses
and Stelzer counters with a straight right hand.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Stelzer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Stelzer misses the target.
Good shot there by Pereira.
A head kick misses from Pereira.
A slow jab from Stelzer misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stelzer misses with a straight left.
A quick step to the side and Pereira tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stelzer lands a jab to the nose.
Stelzer missing with a left hand there. Pereira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stelzer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pereira misses with an uppercut.
Stelzer moves out of range as Pereira strikes.
Stelzer misses with a series of wild punches.
Pereira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stelzer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stelzer misses with an uppercut. Pereira saw that one coming.
Stelzer throws a looping overhand right but Pereira ducks down to avoid it.
Pereira feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pereira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stelzer was well out of range. Poor timing from Pereira.
Pereira throws a sloppy head kick
and Stelzer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Miguel Pereira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira misses the shot to the body.
Wolfram Stelzer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stelzer throws out a powerful jab.
Pereira takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stelzer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pereira moves away.
Stelzer throws a hook but Pereira avoids it easily.
A big left from Pereira misses.
Stelzer throws a right hand that misses
and Pereira counters with a nice uppercut.
Pereira staying out of range there.
Stelzer misses with a hook
and Pereira counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stelzer's knee momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pereira. Stelzer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stelzer throws out a loose jab but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pereira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stelzer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stelzer.
Stelzer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stelzer throws a jab when Pereira was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Pereira on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stelzer misses the shot to the body.
Stelzer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pereira slips a jab from Stelzer.
Wolfram Stelzer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A combination from Stelzer does no damage.
Stelzer misses with a wild body shot.
Pereira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stelzer misses with a straight left.
Stelzer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pereira at a distance.
Stelzer misses with a looping right.
Pereira throwing a counter right hand but Stelzer manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws the left hand but Stelzer avoids the punch easily.
Pereira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stelzer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stelzer doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Stelzer sizes up Pereira with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Miguel Pereira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stelzer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pereira.
Pereira defending well as Stelzer loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Stelzer finds it's way through Pereira's defenses.
Stelzer cracks Pereira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stelzer just misses with a punch to the body.
Pereira pushes Stelzer up against the cage in a clinch.
Stelzer has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pereira seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Stelzer can turn it around.
Pereira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pereira lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pereira.
Stelzer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wolfram Stelzer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stelzer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfram Stelzer!
During a confident post fight interview, Wolfram Stelzer thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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