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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Histon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Histon has chosen Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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165 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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161 cm
27
161 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Charlie Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alf Histon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Histon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reynolds doesn't manage to clinch there - Histon circles away.
Reynolds scoring well with a low kick there.
Reynolds gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Reynolds.
Histon is working for takedown but Reynolds is calmly controlling the position for now.
Reynolds gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Histon.
Reynolds with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Histon has Reynolds pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Reynolds manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Charlie Reynolds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alf Histon.
Reynolds lands an elbow that stopped Histon in his tracks for a moment.
Reynolds is pushing Histon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Histon jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Reynolds walks away with a smile on his face. Histon gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Reynolds is looking to clinch.
Reynolds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Charlie Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reynolds is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Histon is defended easily by Reynolds.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Histon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reynolds throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Histon on the side of the head.
Reynolds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Histon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reynolds sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Histon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Reynolds uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reynolds tries to clinch up but Histon circles away and keeps his distance.
Reynolds moves into range and clinches up with Histon.
Reynolds lands an elbow just above Histon 's eye.
It looks like Alf Histon has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reynolds - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Reynolds for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Reynolds lands a knee to the head.
Reynolds with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reynolds crunches a lovely knee into Histon's ribcage.
Histon looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Histon takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Reynolds.
Reynolds is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Reynolds lands a left hand that snaps the head of Histon backwards.
Reynolds putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Histon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reynolds manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reynolds lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reynolds gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Histon takes a shot to the head.
Reynolds stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reynolds lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Reynolds stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reynolds with a knee to the head.
Reynolds leaning his opponent against the cage.
Histon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Reynolds connects with a nasty looking knee right to Histon's face.
Reynolds scores with a knee to the head.
Come on Reynolds - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Histon goes for a takedown in the clinch but Reynolds prevents it.
Reynolds pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Charlie Reynolds.
Reynolds takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Reynolds.
Reynolds landing knees to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reynolds landing knees to the head.
Reynolds unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reynolds landing knees to the head.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
A knee to the head by Reynolds.
Reynolds will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Histon up against the cage.
Reynolds landing knees to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reynolds lands a nice knee to the body.
Reynolds looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reynolds throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Histon blocks it with crossed arms.
Reynolds prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Reynolds dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alf Histon's cut.
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.
Histon misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Histon.
Histon looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Histon wants to control from the top but Reynolds keeps moving.
Histon stopping the sweep attempt from Reynolds.
Reynolds can't keep his opponent in guard - Histon advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Histon seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Reynolds does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Histon prevents Reynolds from improving his position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reynolds is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Reynolds is not content to let Histon control the position.
Reynolds wants to get back to full guard.
Reynolds on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reynolds tries to get out of the position.
Histon passes to side control.
Histon tries to advance to mount but can't.
Histon working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Histon in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Histon looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Histon throws a strike aimed at the side of Reynolds's head but Reynolds avoids it well.
Reynolds is not content to let Histon control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Histon is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Histon tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Histon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Histon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Histon trying to control the action but Reynolds is working from the bottom.
Histon tries to advance to mount but Reynolds denies him.
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.
Histon has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Reynolds!
Reynolds wants to control but Histon is having none of it.
Histon is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Reynolds has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Reynolds tries to hold on but Histon postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Histon dominating with strikes here.
Reynolds working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alf Histon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alf Histon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Reynolds scores a nice knee to the body.
Reynolds throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Histon blocks it with crossed arms.
Reynolds landing knees to the head.
Reynolds using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Histon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reynolds trying to land knees to the body.
Reynolds blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Histon is trying to break the clinch but Reynolds is controlling him.
Reynolds lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Histon wants a takedown but no success here.
Histon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Histon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reynolds lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reynolds lands an elbow inside.
Reynolds stalls.
Histon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Reynolds gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Reynolds takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Charlie Reynolds has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reynolds lands an elbow just above Histon 's eye.
Reynolds misses with a knee to the head.
Reynolds landing knees to the head.
Reynolds tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Histon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reynolds prevents the takedown attempt.
Charlie Reynolds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alf Histon.
Histon drops down looking for an ankle pick but Reynolds pulls his leg out and moves away.
Histon throws a lazy uppercut
and Reynolds cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Histon misses with a hook.
A big right from Histon misses.
Histon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Reynolds manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Histon from controlling successfully.
Reynolds has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Histon tries to free his leg and advance position but Reynolds is retaining full guard.
Histon throws a big right hand that misses.
Reynolds keeping full guard, as Histon tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Histon drops back, looking for a kneebar! Reynolds looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Reynolds looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Reynolds!
Histon is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Reynolds has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Histon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reynolds moves into range and clinches up with Histon.
Reynolds lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reynolds lands a shoulder strike.
Reynolds lands a right hand that snaps the head of Histon backwards.
Reynolds connects with a knee to the head.
Histon has Reynolds pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Reynolds manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A knee to the head by Reynolds.
Reynolds connects with a nasty looking knee right to Histon's face.
Reynolds connects with a nasty looking knee right to Histon's face.
Reynolds lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Histon goes for a takedown in the clinch but Reynolds prevents it.
Reynolds lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reynolds.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Reynolds showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reynolds 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Reynolds!
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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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