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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Andrews (ranked 2788 p4p, 3505 weight class) and Frank Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Danko Jones - Do You Wanna Rock. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hunter Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 26 - 2, fighting out of London, Frank Reilly!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reilly swivels and escapes.
Reilly forces Andrews back against the cage and clinches.
Andrews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Andrews blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Andrews fails to pull guard.
Andrews throws a knee to the head but misses.
Andrews jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Reilly walks away with a smile on his face. Andrews gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Andrews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Andrews shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Reilly's guard.
Andrews trying to control but Reilly is working from the bottom.
Andrews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reilly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Reilly manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Andrews has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Reilly has passed into side control.
Andrews is looking for a sweep.
Reilly tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Reilly presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrews tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrews is working hard here to advance position.
Reilly is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Andrews regains half guard.
Reilly tries to stand and escape but Andrews is controlling the position.
Reilly prevents Andrews from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Andrews flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Reilly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Reilly duly obliges.
It looks like Hunter Andrews has been cut.
Reilly pushes Andrews up against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Andrews.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Andrews is trying to pull guard but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Andrews jumps guard.
Andrews isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Reilly stacks Andrews on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Reilly!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Andrews is trying to work for a sweep but Reilly has mounted him!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Reilly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hunter Andrews's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Reilly lands a hook that stumbles Andrews back into the cage. Reilly follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Andrews to the canvas! Reilly pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Andrews has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Frank Reilly!
A relieved looking Frank Reilly thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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