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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua has chosen Slayed as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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225 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent boxing
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mauricio Rua!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bobby Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reynolds missing with a left hand there. Rua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reynolds.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Rua moves into range and clinches up with Reynolds.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reynolds lands with a left to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rua.
Reynolds tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reynolds misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rua is trying to stall.
Rua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reynolds has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua stalls.
Reynolds is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
Rua looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mauricio Rua.
Rua lands a with a good body shot.
Reynolds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reynolds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reynolds looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Rua dodges the punch combination from Reynolds.
Reynolds waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Rua.
Reynolds wants to slow Rua down by chopping away at his legs.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rua's waist but Rua gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reynolds off to one side.
Rua throws a head kick that Reynolds semi-blocks.
Rua slips under a jab.
Reynolds avoids the head kick by Rua.
Rua tries a head kick but it misses.
Mauricio Rua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reynolds scores with a hook to the body. Rua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reynolds throws a jab when Rua was well out of range.
Reynolds is breathing heavily.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds looks to land a right hand but Rua moved out of range.
Rua misses the shot to the body.
Reynolds takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Reynolds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reynolds's corner calls for a 1-2. Reynolds obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rua rushes Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Reynolds blocks with his arms.
Rua blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rua throws an elbow but misses.
Reynolds tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reynolds tries to score a body lock takedown but Rua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reynolds breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rua gets a clinch.
Reynolds is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
A right hand to the body from Reynolds.
Reynolds wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Reynolds blocks with his arms.
Reynolds tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua blocks an uppercut.
Reynolds tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Reynolds lands with a light punch inside.
Reynolds avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynolds.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reynolds has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
Reynolds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Reynolds.
Rua checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Reynolds keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rua.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mauricio Rua 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.
Rua pushes Reynolds up against the cage in a clinch.
Reynolds effectively controlling the action here.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Reynolds avoids the damage to the body.
Reynolds wants a takedown but no success here.
Rua taking a breather.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reynolds tries for a takedown but Rua manages to get underhooks.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reynolds.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Reynolds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Reynolds blocks it.
Rua is pushing Reynolds up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Reynolds blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reynolds.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rua prevents it.
Reynolds wants to break free but Rua has control.
Reynolds's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reynolds throws a lazy right hand but Rua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rua takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rua ducks right into an uppercut from Reynolds.
Rua moves in looking to clinch but Reynolds pushes him off.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reynolds misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Reynolds misses its intended target.
Rua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Rua.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reynolds walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rua checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rua slips a straight right by Reynolds.
Rua throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rua tries to clinch there but Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rua moves out of range as Reynolds strikes.
Reynolds tries to keep at a distance but Rua has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reynolds on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua stalling against the cage.
Rua stops a takedown attempt from Reynolds.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reynolds in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Rua to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Reynolds wants a takedown.
Reynolds blocks the elbow strike.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Reynolds blocks an elbow strike from Rua.
A bit of stalling here from Rua.
Reynolds is trying to break free.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds can't break the clinch.
Rua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rua manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reynolds tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reynolds has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Reynolds.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reynolds tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Reynolds lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rua backwards.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reynolds blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua pushes off an throws an elbow but Reynolds leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rua is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reynolds is keeping busy.
Reynolds changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rua fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Rua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua throws a jab but it's blocked by Reynolds.
Reynolds rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reynolds throws a low kick but Rua avoids it.
Rua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reynolds.
An inside leg kick from Reynolds misses.
Reynolds blocks a head kick by Rua.
Reynolds lands an overhand right.
Reynolds throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rua.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reynolds, right into the meat.
Reynolds lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua tries a head kick but it misses.
Rua connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rua tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
Rua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reynolds lands a right hook to the body.
Reynolds lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reynolds tries for a takedown but Rua sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua closes the distance and pushes Reynolds back into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reynolds has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reynolds is trying to drag Rua to the mat but Rua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Reynolds blocks an elbow strike.
Rua stalls.
Reynolds has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rua regains guard immediately.
Rua pushes Reynolds off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua moves in looking to clinch but Reynolds pushes him off.
Reynolds throws a looping overhand right but Rua ducks down to avoid it.
Rua scores with a hook.
Reynolds swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Reynolds dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Reynolds throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rua.
Reynolds attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reynolds throws a jab but it's blocked by Rua.
Rua is looking to clinch but Reynolds is avoiding it.
Reynolds cracks Rua with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rua tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
Bobby Reynolds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reynolds takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rua uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.
Reynolds scores with a sloppy right hand. Rua should have avoided that one.
Reynolds scores with the left hand. Rua knows he should have avoided that one.
Rua wants to clinch.
Rua uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a body shot.
Reynolds is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rua.
A swing and a miss from Reynolds.
Bobby Reynolds is winning the standup battle so far.
Reynolds fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rua avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Reynolds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rua lands a nice shot that snaps Reynolds's head back.
Reynolds misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Rua connects with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Rua there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to clinch but Reynolds is having none of it.
Rua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reynolds shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice defenses there by Rua.
Rua tries to bum rush Reynolds with a series of wild strikes but Reynolds uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Mauricio Rua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reynolds takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rua connects with a right hand. Reynolds shakes it off.
Rua throws a shot to the body.
Rua tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reynolds just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good shot there by Reynolds.
Rua tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bobby Reynolds.
I think Rua has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Rua!
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energy
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hype
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