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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warren comes to the cage accompanied by God's gonna cut you down by Jonny Cash. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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165 lbs
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reggie Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Chen!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warren dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Warren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen thuds his shin into the meat of Warren's side.
Chen is looking to clinch.
Chen scores with a push kick.
A head kick misses from Chen.
Warren tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch but Warren swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chen tries to clinch but Warren is having none of it.
Warren looks to score with a jab to the body but Chen is just out of range.
Warren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chen was well out of range. Poor timing from Warren.
Warren throws a front kick aimed at Chen's knee but Chen avoids it well.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warren avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Warren misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Warren does no damage.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Warren throws out the jab.
Warren circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chen tries a head kick but it misses.
Warren is looking to wear down Chen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Chen keeping moving, preventing Warren from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chen keeping full guard, as Warren tries to pass.
Chen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Chen tries to control but Warren wriggling away.
Warren working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Warren is working hard here to advance position.
Chen looking to control but Warren is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Warren tries to reverse the position but Chen maintains control.
Chen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Warren is looking to escape.
Chen prevents Warren from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren tries to lock up and control but Chen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Warren is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chen tries to control but Warren wriggling away.
Warren is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warren slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Chen wants to pass the guard but Warren is defending well.
Warren is trying to get back to full guard.
Warren makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Warren.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Chen stopping the sweep attempt from Warren.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chen wants to control from the top but Warren keeps moving.
Warren manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Chen gets back to half guard.
Chen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Warren is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jin Chen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chen wants to clinch up but Warren keeps it at a distance.
Jin Chen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Warren to score with a decent uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Warren.
Warren misses with a straight right.
Warren is trying hard to land a takedown here. Chen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Warren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chen.
Warren wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Warren throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Chen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Warren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Warren.
Chen wants to clinch.
Chen doesn't manage to clinch there - Warren circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warren dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chen. That did some damage!
Chen wants to clinch.
Warren throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chen wants to clinch up but Warren keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chen throws a body punch but Warren moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Chen.
Warren jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Warren looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Chen is trying to control the position but Warren postures up.
Warren is in close to Chen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Warren pushes down on Chen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Chen is trying to get back to full guard.
Chen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Warren throws a big right hand that misses.
Warren looking to pass the guard.
Chen working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Warren throwing strikes from guard but Chen blocks nicely.
Chen trying to control the position.
Chen seems keen to control Warren's posture.
Warren trying to control the position from guard on top but Chen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Chen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warren misses with a wild body shot.
Warren looks to score with a jab to the body but Chen is just out of range.
Chen scores with a jab to the body.
Jin Chen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Warren misses with a low kick.
Chen throws a low kick, looking for Warren's leg but Warren calmly moves out of range.
Chen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chen lands with an uppercut that bounces Warren off the cage and back into rage.
Warren misses with a wild body shot.
Chen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Warren throws a low kick, looking for Chen's leg but Chen calmly moves out of range.
Warren goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chen throws a sloppy head kick and Warren moves out of range easily.
Chen tries to clinch but Warren moves out of range.
Chen doesn't manage to clinch there - Warren circles away.
Warren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chen tries to clinch there but Warren circles away.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chen wants to clinch up but Warren keeps it at a distance.
Chen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chen tries to clinch but Warren moves out of range.
Warren lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chen backs up against the cage.
Chen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Warren.
Chen forces Warren back against the cage and clinches.
Warren is working Chen over against the cage.
Warren tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Chen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Warren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Chen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Warren has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Chen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reggie Warren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Warren lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reggie Warren dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch but Warren swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chen.
Chen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chen moves in looking to clinch but Warren pushes him off.
Chen is looking to clinch.
Chen thows a leg kick but Warren checks it
and Warren counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Warren on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chen misses with a head kick.
Chen tries to clinch there but Warren circles away.
Chen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chen feints and then cracks Warren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Warren down.
Chen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Warren throws a hook but Chen blocks it.
Chen slips a straight right by Warren.
Chen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Warren to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Warren pushes down on Chen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Chen is looking to control Warren's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chen avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren is working for a kimura but Chen is defending it quite comfortably.
Warren is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Warren's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Chen is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chen taking some punishment here, with Warren in his half guard.
Warren is trying to control the action in half guard but Chen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Warren prevents Chen from improving his position.
Warren is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Warren prevents Chen from improving his position.
Warren looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chen keeping hold of Warren's head, controlling as best he can.
Warren frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Warren can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Chen is looking to escape.
Chen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chen tries to hold on but Warren postures up.
Warren throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Chen is working to get back to half guard.
Warren throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Chen holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Warren tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Warren working the ground and pound effectively.
Chen is working to get back to half guard.
Warren breaks from Chen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Warren connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Warren avoids the attempt from Chen to control.
Warren can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Chen is looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Reggie Warren showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Warren 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reggie Warren!
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