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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Morueco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trenton Funkhouser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morueco comes to the cage accompanied by Hive - Earl Sweatshirt & Vince Staples & Casey Veggies. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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204 lbs
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222 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent 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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorge Morueco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trenton Funkhouser!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funkhouser lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Funkhouser scores with a one two! Morueco had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Morueco gets caught napping as Funkhouser dives in and scores a takedown. Morueco manages to retain guard.
Morueco seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Funkhouser throws a big right hand that misses.
Funkhouser postures up in Morueco's guard and throws a big left but Morueco blocks it.
Funkhouser is looking to work some ground and pound but Morueco has wrist control.
Funkhouser slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Funkhouser trying to control the position but Morueco is working away.
Morueco parries the strikes from Funkhouser easily there. Funkhouser is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Morueco to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funkhouser trying to control the action but Morueco is working from the bottom.
Funkhouser working away.
Funkhouser tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morueco is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Funkhouser throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morueco is looking to reverse the position.
Morueco is letting Funkhouser control him for a moment.
An elbow from Funkhouser crashes against the mat.
Morueco is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sloppy strikes there by Funkhouser.
Funkhouser working the ground and pound but Morueco is defending the strikes.
Morueco wants to control but Funkhouser postures up.
Morueco is looking to regain half guard here but Funkhouser keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkhouser misses with the ground and pound.
Funkhouser sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Morueco is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Funkhouser throws an elbow but Morueco slips to the side and avoids it well.
Morueco managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Funkhouser.
The strikes coming from Funkhouser are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Morueco avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Funkhouser.
Funkhouser is trying to get an arm triangle but Morueco is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morueco tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Funkhouser wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Funkhouser is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Morueco is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Funkhouser throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morueco defending against the ground and pound.
Funkhouser misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Morueco struggling a bit here.
Funkhouser fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Morueco gets back to half guard.
Funkhouser wants to take a breather but Morueco is having none of it.
Funkhouser thows a huge punch but Morueco dodges it nicely.
Morueco blocking the ground and pound attempt from Funkhouser.
Morueco trying to hold on to Funkhouser's head to control him but Funkhouser postures up.
Morueco is controlling Funkhouser's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Morueco blocking the ground and pound attempt from Funkhouser.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morueco avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Funkhouser.
Funkhouser missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Funkhouser throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morueco wants to control but Funkhouser is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Funkhouser throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Morueco to regain full guard.
Morueco looking to hit a scissor sweep but Funkhouser is one step ahead there.
Funkhouser with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morueco is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morueco keeping moving, preventing Funkhouser from controlling successfully.
Funkhouser loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Funkhouser wants to pass the guard but Morueco is keeping the position.
Funkhouser is working Morueco over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trenton Funkhouser dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morueco misses with a kick to the body.
Morueco lands a nice hook to Funkhouser's body. Funkhouser takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Funkhouser misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Funkhouser shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morueco pinned against the cage. Morueco gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Funkhouser ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Funkhouser throws out a powerful jab.
Morueco throws the left hand but Funkhouser avoids the punch easily.
Trenton Funkhouser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Funkhouser misses with a few strikes there.
Morueco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Funkhouser swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morueco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morueco slips a jab and a cross from Funkhouser.
Morueco misses with a low kick as Funkhouser jumps back.
Morueco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Funkhouser avoids the body shot from Morueco.
Funkhouser with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morueco to score with a decent uppercut.
Funkhouser misses with a takedown attempt - Morueco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jorge Morueco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trenton Funkhouser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkhouser looks to land a combination but Morueco avoids it well.
Funkhouser has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morueco scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Morueco. Beautiful body shot.
Funkhouser ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Funkhouser was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morueco throws a chopping leg kick but Funkhouser manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd cheers as Morueco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Funkhouser doesn't seem phased though.
Morueco throws a right hand that Funkhouser ducks under and follows up with a left that Funkhouser also avoids with ease.
Morueco slips under a jab from Funkhouser.
Funkhouser misses with a body shot.
Funkhouser swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As Funkhouser backs away, Morueco returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Funkhouser swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morueco.
Morueco throws a combination that misses
and Funkhouser counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Funkhouser checks the leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Morueco as Funkhouser shoots in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morueco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Funkhouser takes a swing at Morueco's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Morueco misses the target.
Funkhouser lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morueco lands with a straight right. Funkhouser didn't see that one coming.
Funkhouser misses the jab.
Morueco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Funkhouser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Funkhouser takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Funkhouser takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jorge Morueco is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Morueco.
Funkhouser throws a right and a left that Morueco avoids nicely.
Morueco moves out of range as Funkhouser strikes.
Morueco connects with a nice looking jab.
Funkhouser avoids the body shot from Morueco.
Morueco misses with a body shot.
Morueco fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Funkhouser on the side of the head.
Funkhouser gets the takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkhouser wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morueco keeps working.
Morueco managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Funkhouser.
The strikes coming from Funkhouser are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Funkhouser throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Morueco works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Funkhouser misses with a head shot. Morueco uses the momentum to regain guard.
Morueco utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Funkhouser throwing strikes but missing.
Funkhouser with a flurry of punches that miss.
Funkhouser throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funkhouser postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morueco wants to sweep but no luck.
Funkhouser trying to control the position from guard on top but Morueco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morueco is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Funkhouser with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morueco keeping moving, preventing Funkhouser from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Funkhouser's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morueco holds on and takes a little breather.
Funkhouser slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morueco is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jorge Morueco will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Morueco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morueco gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morueco lands a nice shot to the body.
Morueco struggles to land a body shot inside as Funkhouser controls his hands.
Funkhouser pushes Morueco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morueco lands a knee to the body.
Morueco digs a right hand into Funkhouser's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Funkhouser's gas tank.
Funkhouser prevents a body shot from Morueco.
A nice left hand lands by Morueco.
Morueco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morueco lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Morueco.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morueco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morueco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morueco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Funkhouser's elbow.
Funkhouser is looking to break free of the clinch but Morueco has double underhooks.
Funkhouser tries for a takedown. No joy.
Funkhouser wants a takedown but no success here.
Funkhouser takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morueco misses with a body punch.
Morueco softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morueco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morueco works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morueco struggles to land a body shot inside as Funkhouser controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Morueco.
Morueco tries to throw a body punch but Funkhouser avoids it by throwing Morueco back against the cage.
Funkhouser working hard to break the clinch.
Funkhouser breaks from the clinch.
Morueco throws a body punch but Funkhouser moves out of range.
Morueco throws a body punch but Funkhouser moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morueco.
Funkhouser stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Funkhouser has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morueco. Funkhouser does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morueco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Trenton Funkhouser is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Funkhouser takes a swing at Morueco's ribcage but misses.
Morueco sizes up Funkhouser with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkhouser shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Morueco napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morueco is trying to control Funkhouser's posture but Funkhouser avoids it.
Morueco is holding Funkhouser down, trying to stall.
Morueco is not content to let Funkhouser control the position.
Morueco managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Funkhouser.
Funkhouser tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Funkhouser throws an elbow but Morueco slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Funkhouser.
Morueco is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkhouser postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Funkhouser goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Morueco rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Funkhouser's guard! Nice work there by Morueco!
Funkhouser working for a triangle but Morueco defends it easily.
Funkhouser looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Funkhouser can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morueco controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morueco avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Funkhouser looking to control.
Funkhouser being controlled here, momentarily.
Trenton Funkhouser has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morueco passes into half guard.
Funkhouser is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Morueco showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morueco has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jorge Morueco!
An out of breath Jorge Morueco thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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