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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Long Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gray Cuida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long Wang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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139 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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170 cm
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144 lbs
4 - 9 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Long Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gray Cuida!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cuida fails to land the takedown.
Wang has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wang tries a body shot but Cuida blocks it.
Cuida connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wang's face.
Wang is trying to break the clinch but Cuida is controlling him.
Cuida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuida with a knee to the head.
Cuida lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuida holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cuida lands an elbow that stopped Wang in his tracks for a moment.
Cuida dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cuida tries to land a knee to the head but Wang blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang tries for a takedown. No joy.
Wang wants to take the fight to the mat but Cuida manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Long Wang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cuida looking to throw knees to the head but Wang is blocking nicely.
Cuida lands an elbow inside.
The referee calls for Cuida to work.
Cuida with a knee to the head.
Cuida is struggling to control the position.
Wang misses with a body punch.
Cuida lands a nice elbow.
Wang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cuida drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cuida connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wang's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wang being controlled against the cage.
Wang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cuida throws a hook to the side of Wang's head but Wang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cuida is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wang sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
As Cuida tries to get set, Wang tries to push him back and clinch up but Cuida manages to avoid the attempt.
Cuida blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice defenses there by Wang.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wang.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cuida! But no joy.
Wang moves forwards but Cuida connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cuida works over Wang's head and body with a nice combination.
Wang misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cuida rushes Wang and presses him up against the cage.
Wang taking a breather.
Wang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A knee to the head by Cuida.
Cuida lands a shoulder strike.
Cuida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wang is fighting off a takedown attempt but Cuida is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Wang to the mat. Wang regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wang working for a triangle but Cuida defends it easily.
Wang has momentary wrist control but Cuida slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wang escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cuida gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cuida trying to control the position from guard on top but Wang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cuida is looking to advance position but Wang has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
A nice elbow there by Wang.
Cuida tries to hold on but Wang pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cuida manages to control the position for a moment.
Cuida is desperately trying to improve his position but Wang has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gray Cuida dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wang drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cuida scores with a decent looking hook.
No luck for Cuida with that takedown attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Cuida. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cuida.
Wang stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wang wants it to stay on the feet.
Wang has his takedown stuffed
and Cuida counters with a nice uppercut.
Cuida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wang clobbers Cuida with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cuida.
Wang is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Long Wang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gray Cuida.
Cuida swings widly with a right hand
letting Wang counter with a right hand.
Wang moves out of range as Cuida strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang throws a poor cross that misses
and Cuida counters with a stiff right hand.
Wang walks into a straight right hand from Cuida.
Cuida pushes Wang up against the cage in a clinch.
Cuida is trying to trip Wang. He has hold of a leg but Wang is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Cuida persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Cuida wants to control from the top but Wang keeps moving.
Wang working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cuida doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cuida manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wang lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Cuida wants to sweep here but Wang controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuida keeping moving, preventing Wang from controlling successfully.
Cuida preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cuida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wang is fighting to break Cuida's control of his arms but Cuida is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wang throwing strikes from guard but Cuida blocks nicely.
Cuida keeping full guard, as Wang tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Long Wang overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cuida is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wang trying to control the position from guard on top but Cuida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wang stopping the sweep attempt from Cuida.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wang drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cuida explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Cuida looks to land a body kick but Wang moved away.
It looked like Wang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gray Cuida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cuida.
A cross from Cuida lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuida looks to score with a jab to the body but Wang is just out of range.
Wang just misses with a punch to the body.
Cuida sizes up Wang with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cuida clinches up with Wang and pushes him back against the cage.
Cuida displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wang up against the cage.
Wang misses with an elbow strike.
Cuida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cuida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cuida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gray Cuida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cuida cracks Wang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cuida is looking to clinch.
Cuida cracks Wang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cuida with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wang counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cuida slowing the pace effectively.
Wang can't get the takedown.
Cuida scores with a knee to the head.
Cuida gets underhooks to prevent Wang's takedown attempt.
Wang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang has had enough of the clinch but Cuida keeps him there for the moment.
Cuida prevents Wang from breaking the clinch.
Wang struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuida controls his hands.
Cuida stalling in the clinch.
Cuida just leaning against Wang, taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang breaks from the clinch.
Wang throws a body shot but no joy.
Cuida lands with a hook. Wang tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wang looks to land a right hand but Cuida moved out of range.
Cuida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wang throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cuida stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wang.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Long Wang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cuida scores with a hook.
Wang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cuida gets a clinch.
Cuida managing to block the knees to the body from Wang.
Long Wang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuida lands a knee to the head.
Wang misses with a punch on the inside.
Wang throws a head punch that misses.
Wang tries a knee to the head but Cuida blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wang misses with a body punch.
Cuida blocks a body shot from Wang.
Cuida stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cuida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wang swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuida displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wang up against the cage.
Cuida scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Long Wang has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wang taking a breather.
Wang tries to throw a body punch but Cuida avoids it by throwing Wang back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cuida obliges.
Wang misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Cuida.
Cuida tightens his grip and picks Wang up, before dumping him to the ground. Wang manages to land in guard.
Wang keeping full guard, as Cuida tries to pass.
Cuida passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wang is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuida has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gray Cuida is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cuida trying to control but Wang is having none of it.
Wang is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gray Cuida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cuida has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gray Cuida!
Gray Cuida bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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