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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and alex reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). reid has chosen rocky balboa as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as alex reid enters the cage!
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200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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188 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, alex reid!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price thows a body shot but no joy.
Price checks the leg kick.
reid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
alex reid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Price dips to his left and cracks reid with an uppercut!
reid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
reid wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Price sizes up reid with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like alex reid has been cut.
reid looks gassed!
Price misses with a wild body shot.
reid throws a sloppy head kick and Price moves out of range easily.
Price feints and as reid raises his hands in defense, Price changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
reid keeping full guard, as Price tries to pass.
Price working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
reid is trying to control the position but Price postures up.
Price thows a big elbow that misses.
Price loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Price trying to control but reid is working from the bottom.
Price throwing strikes from guard but reid blocks nicely.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Price closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Price working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Price working the ground and pound but reid is defending the strikes.
Price is staying tight to reid's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Price has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Price lands a few punches from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
reid is trying to control Price's posture but Price avoids it.
Price working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Price misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Price connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused reid some visible discomfort.
Price looking to punish the body of his opponent here but reid is avoiding damage well.
Price misses with the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Price.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
reid managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Price.
Price trying to control the position but reid is working away.
reid takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
reid wants to control but Price postures up.
Price controls the position.
Price sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but reid is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Price fails to land a wild elbow strike.
reid is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Price wants to lay and pray for a moment but reid keeps working.
reid parries the strikes from Price easily there. Price is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable reid to escape.
Price throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
reid takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Price lands a jab to the nose.
Price wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Price, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Price drives through with a takedown into guard.
reid wants to sweep but no luck.
reid utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
reid keeping moving, preventing Price from controlling successfully.
Price looking to pass the guard.
Price looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Price dominated that round.
The cut man is working on alex reid's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price drives through with a takedown into guard.
Price connects with a couple of short punches.
Price is looking to work some ground and pound but reid has wrist control.
reid working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Price.
Price is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Price trying to control but reid is working from the bottom.
reid is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Price shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has reid pinned against the cage. reid gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Price shoots for a takedown but reid saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Price comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Price.
reid on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Price. Price obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from reid.
Price shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Price trying to control the action but reid is working from the bottom.
Price missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Price is looking to take a break and control but reid is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
reid punching from the bottom.
Price is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
reid trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a head shot.
reid wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Price.
Price with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Price thowing shots but they're missing.
Price looking to control and managing it successfully.
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.
reid can't escape the position.
Price thowing shots but they're missing.
Price thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Price dominating with strikes here.
Price scores with a couple of good head shots there.
reid really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Price. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Price throws some wild stikes that reid manages to avoid easily.
Price content just to control the position here.
Price lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Price dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on alex reid's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Price misses the shot to the body.
Price throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Price closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Price frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Price sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Price tries to control but reid wriggling away.
Price misses with a head shot.
Price raining down shots from the mount!
reid blocking the ground and pound.
Price tries to control but reid wriggling away.
reid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Price with a couple of short strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, reid has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Price misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Price content just to control the position here.
reid is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Price controlling the position easily from mount.
Price working reid over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Price thowing shots but they're missing.
Price postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. reid looks a forlorn figure.
Price content just to control the position here.
reid wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Price.
Price thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
reid wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Price.
reid tries to reverse the position but Price maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price looking to control and managing it successfully.
Price throws some wild stikes that reid manages to avoid easily.
BOOM! Price connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Price.
Price misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Price lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That has opened up alex reid's cut even more.
Price can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as reid is looking to escape.
Price controlling from mount.
Price throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for reid because Price loaded up on that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
reid blocking the ground and pound.
Price unloads with some shots from mount but reid bucks and avoids them well.
Price punishing his opponent with strikes.
Price controlling the position easily from mount.
reid taking shots to the head.
The cut above alex reid's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Price is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that reid can do to turn this around?
Price lands a big elbow.
alex reid's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at alex reid's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Josh Price!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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