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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archie Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Miguel Cotto has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Miguel Cotto seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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205 lbs
20 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cotto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Moore scores with a push kick.
A shot to the liver by Moore. Beautiful body shot.
Moore takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cotto throws the left hand but Moore avoids the punch easily.
Cotto lands with a hook. Moore tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cotto throws a body shot but no joy.
Moore lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cotto's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Moore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cotto scrambles back to his feet.
Moore throws a leg kick but Cotto moved away.
Cotto throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Moore.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Cotto misses the target.
A punch combination from Cotto misses.
Moore lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cotto at a distance.
Cotto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Moore moves in looking to clinch but Cotto pushes him off.
Moore misses with a lunging right hand
and Cotto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto slips a straight right by Moore.
Moore buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cotto throws a shot to the body.
Cotto lands with an uppercut that bounces Moore off the cage and back into range.
Moore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cotto scores with a hook to the body. Moore takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cotto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cotto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moore.
Cotto checks a leg kick nicely.
Cotto takes a swing at Moore's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Cotto misses the target.
Cotto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Moore thuds his right hand into Cotto's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Moore ducks under a wild hook from Cotto.
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!
Moore throws a leg kick
and Cotto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cotto jabs Moore to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto throws out a loose jab but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Archie Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cotto moves out of range of the leg kick from Moore.
Cotto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cotto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moore.
Moore misses with a head kick.
Moore on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cotto slips a jab from Moore.
Cotto appears to be looking for a big counter.
Moore misses with a wild body shot.
Cotto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Moore keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cotto.
Cotto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moore feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cottos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cotto misses with a straight right.
Moore throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cotto on the side of the head.
Cotto throws a head kick that misses.
Cotto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Moore throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotto staying out of range there.
Moore connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Moore slips under a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Cotto. That snapped Moore's head back.
Cotto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moore appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cotto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moore scores with a shot to the body.
No joy there for Moore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A quick step to the side and Cotto tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cotto drops his hands momentarily and Moore takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cotto misses with a hook. Moore ducked under it nicely.
Nice body punch from Moore.
Moore avoids the body shot from Cotto.
Cotto throws a poor cross that misses
and Moore counters with a thumping low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by Moore.
Moore on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cotto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cotto throws a lazy right hand but Moore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moore tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cotto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moore moves into the clinch.
Cotto lands with a right to the head.
Cotto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moore blocking some punches.
We've been informed that Moore has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A nice left hand lands by Moore.
Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cotto fails to land.
Moore stalling against the cage.
Moore blocks a body shot from Cotto.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moore working aggressively here.
Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cotto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moore lands with a short shot to the head.
Moore is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cotto is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Archie Moore 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.
Cotto tries a low kick but Moore avoids it.
Moore wants to counter with a clinch but Cotto pushes him away.
Moore moves out of range of the strikes.
A cross from Moore lands.
Archie Moore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cotto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cotto lands a slapping body shot.
Moore is looking to slow Cotto down with leg kicks.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
Moore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cotto throws out the jab.
Moore throws a leg kick
and Cotto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cotto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Moore has time to react.
Cotto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cotto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Moore counters nicely by changing levels and landing 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!
Cotto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A shot to the liver by Moore. Beautiful body shot.
Moore misses with a few strikes there.
Moore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore takes one to the chin there.
Cotto misses with a low kick.
Cotto throws a one two combo.
A left lands for Moore.
Moore throws a front kick aimed at Cotto's knee but Cotto avoids it well.
A counter left hand to the body from Cotto misses its target.
Cotto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moore counters with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moore. Cotto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moore throws a good cross that connects.
Cotto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moore counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cotto connects with a crisp jab.
Moore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cotto manages to avoid it.
Moore connects with a solid leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cotto throws a series of punches but Moore avoids them all with ease.
Moore connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cotto momentarily.
Cotto misses with a body shot
and Moore counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore scores with a jab to the jaw.
Moore keeps Cotto at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moore uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cotto has time to react.
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut.
Moore connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cotto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moore scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cotto in his tracks.
Cotto throws a hook but Moore avoids it easily.
Moore connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cotto. Cotto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cotto is rocked!
Moore stuns Cotto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oh Cotto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Are you kidding me?! Moore ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Cotto clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Archie Moore!
Archie Moore took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I am the best young fighter on planet. I am the Barbarian!'.
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hype
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