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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fe Reti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bob Gaines has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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174 lbs
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215 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Gaines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fe Reti!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaines manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Reti on his heels. He'll look to pass Reti's guard now, I'm sure.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Reti is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gaines throwing strikes from guard but Reti blocks nicely.
Gaines postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gaines missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reti looking to control.
Reti looking for a guillotine here but Gaines defends easily.
Reti not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reti pulls Gaines in close to his closed guard and prevents Gaines from doing any damage or advancing position.
Reti looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gaines is one step ahead there.
Gaines loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reti wants to sweep here but Gaines controlling him for the moment.
Gaines is working Reti over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gaines makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gaines with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reti looking for a sweep. Not yet Reti, not yet.
Gaines makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gaines is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reti is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Reti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gaines throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Reti had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gaines defends it easily.
Gaines postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Reti looking to control.
Reti seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Gaines postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines with a nice head shot there.
Reti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gaines throwing strikes but missing.
Reti bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gaines's guard.
Reti stopping the sweep attempt from Gaines.
Gaines avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reti won't allow Gaines to get back to his feet.
Reti postures up in Gaines's guard and throws a big left but Gaines blocks it.
Gaines on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gaines tries to get out of the position.
Reti postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gaines wants to stand up but Reti is controlling him.
Reti landing with the ground and pound.
Reti won't allow Gaines to sweep him here.
Gaines is trying to control the position but Reti postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reti thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gaines is looking to stand up but Reti isn't so interested in that idea.
Reti stands up over Gaines, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gaines trying to keep a closed guard but Reti is proving a slippery customer.
Gaines is breathing heavily.
Reti trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Reti keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gaines's head.
Reti postures up in Gaines's guard and throws a big left but Gaines blocks it.
Reti works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Reti seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gaines does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Reti is looking for a kimura but Gaines is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Reti to get the leverage.
Reti lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Reti is trying to control the action in half guard but Gaines is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Reti prevents Gaines from standing back up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Reti in particular looking to stall.
Gaines wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaines taking some punishment here, with Reti in his half guard.
Reti looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gaines with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gaines is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gaines is looking to control Reti's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gaines avoid being mounted?
Reti lands with a punch from half guard.
Reti seems to be looking for submissions.
Reti seems to be working for a kimura but Gaines defends the submission attempt.
Reti thows a huge punch but Gaines dodges it nicely.
Gaines is defending against the submission attempts here by Reti.
Gaines wants to improve his position but Reti is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fe Reti dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reti misses with a wild body shot.
Gaines drives through with a takedown into guard.
Reti looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gaines is one step ahead there.
Reti is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Reti manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gaines manages to get himself to full guard.
Reti works over Gaines with some ground and pound from guard.
Gaines wants to get back to his feet but Reti is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Reti thows a big elbow that misses.
Reti working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gaines's head.
Reti throws a big right hand that misses.
Fe Reti has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gaines looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gaines kicks Reti off and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines blocks the body kick.
Reti misses with a body shot.
Gaines shoots in and gets a takedown into Reti's guard.
Gaines preventing the sweep.
Reti managing to control the position.
Gaines with a nice head shot there.
Reti manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Reti with the ground and pound from mount.
Reti has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gaines's face.
Reti lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gaines wants to try and get back to his feet.
Gaines is bucking up trying to escape but Reti cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reti landing punches.
Reti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reti lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Reti scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gaines is rocked!
Reti looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
A nice elbow there by Reti.
Reti lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gaines hang on?
Oh Gaines is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reti lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Reti dominating with strikes here.
Reti connects with a bit shot that sees Gaines covering up! More strikes from Reti and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Reti is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fe Reti!
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hype
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