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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Izzy Pererra (ranked 6010 p4p, 3858 weight class) and Reece Russell (ranked 569 p4p, 469 weight class). Russell has chosen Telescopes as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Izzy Pererra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Reece Russell!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russell gets a clinch.
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pererra jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Russell walks away with a smile on his face. Pererra gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Russell pushes Pererra up against the cage in a clinch.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pererra dodges an elbow strike from Russell.
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Pererra avoids the damage to the body.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
Russell pushes off an throws an elbow but Pererra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pererra trying to land knees to the body.
Pererra decides to pull guard.
Pererra is trying to keep Russell in close.
Russell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pererra looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Russell passes into side control.
Pererra can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell stands up.
Russell moves out of range as Pererra strikes.
A big left from Pererra misses.
Russell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pererra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pererra lands with an uppercut that bounces Russell off the cage and back into range.
Russell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Russell pushes Pererra up against the cage in a clinch.
Russell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Russell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pererra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russell.
Pererra blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russell throws an elbow but misses.
Pererra fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pererra avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike.
Pererra looking to throw knees to the head but Russell is blocking nicely.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike from Russell.
I was talking to Pererra's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike from Russell.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pererra pulls guard successfully.
Pererra trying to keep a closed guard but Russell is proving a slippery customer.
Russell stands up and waves to Pererra to follow him.
Pererra fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Russell blocks a jab.
Pererra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Russell tries to clinch there but Pererra circles away.
Russell moves out of range of the body kick.
Russell takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pererra dodges an elbow strike from Russell.
Russell lands a nice elbow.
Pererra trying to land knees to the body.
Pererra trying to land knees to the body.
Pererra is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Russell to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Izzy Pererra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pererra avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
Pererra avoiding damage as Russell throws knees to the body.
Russell lands an elbow that stopped Pererra in his tracks for a moment.
Russell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pererra misses with the head strike.
Pererra dodges an elbow strike from Russell.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pererra's brow.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Pererra avoids the damage to the body.
Russell lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Izzy Pererra has been cut.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
Russell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Russell lands an elbow that stopped Pererra in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pererra avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.
Russell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pererra's defenses.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russell throws an elbow but misses.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pererra avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Russell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike.
Russell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pererra looking to throw knees to the head but Russell is blocking nicely.
Russell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Russell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pererra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
Pererra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Russell is defending well for now.
Russell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Russell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pererra is rocked!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pererra's brow.
Oh Pererra is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the fighters up against the cage, Russell throws an elbow but misses.
Pererra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pererra avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.
Russell lands a damaging elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Russell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Izzy Pererra's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Russell moves into the clinch successfully.
Pererra seems to have got his legs back now.
Pererra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Russell blocks it with crossed arms.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike from Russell.
Pererra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russell.
Russell pushes off an throws an elbow but Pererra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Russell lands an elbow just above Pererra 's eye.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike from Russell.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Russell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pererra avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.
Pererra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Russell is defending well for now.
Russell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russell pushes off an throws an elbow but Pererra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pererra tries to pull guard but Russell holds him up against the cage and eventually Pererra drops back down to his feet.
Pererra tries to land knees in the clinch but Russell avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Pererra fails to land.
Pererra avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.
Russell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pererra lands a nice knee to the body.
Russell's coach down at Gold Samurai's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Russell's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pererra's brow.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pererra tries to pull guard but Russell won't allow it.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
Russell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pererra avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russell.
Pererra trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Russell.
Russell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike from Russell.
Pererra misses with some punches.
Russell managing to block the knees to the body from Pererra.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Pererra blocks the elbow strike.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike from Russell.
Russell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pererra tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Russell smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Izzy Pererra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Russell tries to clinch there but Pererra circles away.
Pererra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Russell is looking to clinch but Pererra is avoiding it.
Russell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pererra blocks a jab.
And Pererra counters with a quick kick to the body but Russell blocks it.
Russell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Russell rushes Pererra and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pererra tries to land knees in the clinch but Russell avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russell throws an elbow but misses.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pererra blocks the elbow strike.
Pererra avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Pererra blocks an elbow strike.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
Pererra lands a nice knee to the body.
Russell misses with a knee strike.
Pererra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pererra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Russell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Russell pushes off an throws an elbow but Pererra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Russell avoiding damage as Pererra throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pererra's brow.
Pererra tries to land knees in the clinch but Russell avoids the damage to the body.
Russell misses with an elbow strike.
Russell throws an elbow that misses.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Russell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
Russell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pererra trying to land knees to the body.
Russell managing to block the knees to the body from Pererra.
Pererra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Russell's face.
It looks like Reece Russell has been cut.
Reece Russell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pererra prevents a body shot from Russell.
Russell lands a damaging elbow.
Pererra blocks a body shot from Russell.
Pererra missing with knees to the body.
Pererra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell throws an elbow but it misses.
Pererra jumps guard but Russell stands there with Pererra around his waist. Pererra gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Russell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russell throws an elbow but it misses.
Pererra is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Russell to keep the fight standing.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russell avoiding damage as Pererra throws knees to the body.
Pererra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Russell lands an uppercut.
Pererra avoiding damage as Russell throws knees to the body.
Russell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pererra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russell.
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Russell lands an elbow inside.
Russell lands a nice elbow.
Pererra tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Russell just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pererra avoids the elbow strike from Russell, against the cage.
Russell lands an elbow that stopped Pererra in his tracks for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Russell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Russell has managed to clinch.
Russell pushes off an throws an elbow but Pererra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pererra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russell.
Pererra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russell.
Pererra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russell avoids it.
Russell lands a damaging elbow.
Russell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Russell avoiding damage as Pererra throws knees to the body.
Pererra avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
Russell has Pererra pressed against the cage. He pushes Pererra back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Russell throws a beautiful elbow that sends Pererra crashing to the floor! Russell piles on the pressure with more strikes! Pererra is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reece Russell!
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