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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Burt Byrd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
2 - 5 - 1 |
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184 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Burt Byrd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darius Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrd is looking to clinch.
Byrd gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Byrd is trying to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Byrd.
Byrd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reynolds blocks it with crossed arms.
Byrd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Byrd.
Reynolds looks gassed!
Byrd landing knees to the head.
It looks like Darius Reynolds has been cut.
Reynolds takes a knee right on the jaw!
Byrd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Byrd connects with a knee to the head.
Byrd is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Byrd lands an elbow inside that Reynolds shrugs off.
Byrd lands a damaging elbow.
Reynolds takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Byrd stops a takedown attempt from Reynolds.
The referee is keeping an eye on Byrd - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Byrd looking to throw knees to the head but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
Reynolds takes a knee to the side of the body.
Byrd crunches a lovely knee into Reynolds's ribcage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Byrd.
Byrd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reynolds gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Byrd counters with a low kick, right behind Reynolds 's knee.
Byrd closes the distance and clinches.
Byrd working Reynolds over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Byrd gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byrd looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Burt Byrd.
Reynolds misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Burt Byrd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darius Reynolds.
Byrd stuffs the takedown attempt from Reynolds. Reynolds gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrd tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Reynolds manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Byrd lands but Reynolds takes it in his stride.
Reynolds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Byrd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reynolds moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Byrd moves into the clinch.
Byrd taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reynolds wants to take the fight to the mat but Byrd manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Byrd slows down the pace here.
Byrd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byrd tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Byrd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byrd shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reynolds as he avoids it easily.
Reynolds shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Byrd sprawls well. Byrd wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Reynolds gets slowly back to his feet.
Reynolds shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Byrd defends it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds closes the distance and clinches up with Byrd, looking for a takedown. Reynolds pushes Byrd against the cage but Byrd circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Burt Byrd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Reynolds's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Reynolds looks for a takedown but Byrd sprawls well.
Byrd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Byrd keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Byrd gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reynolds as Byrd tries to tie him up.
Byrd lands a good knee to the midsection. Reynolds won't want to take too many of those.
Byrd lands a damaging elbow.
Byrd throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Byrd.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the temple.
Byrd leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Byrd pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Burt Byrd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darius Reynolds.
Byrd trying to control the position but instead, Reynolds has worked for underhooks and has pushed Byrd into the cage.
Reynolds has hold of one of Byrd's legs. Byrd is fighting the takedown attempt but Reynolds gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Reynolds trying to control the position from guard on top but Byrd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reynolds prevents Byrd from getting back to his feet.
Reynolds pushing down on Byrd's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Byrd is looking for a sweep. Reynolds is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Reynolds's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Byrd tries to get to full guard but Reynolds has control of the leg.
Reynolds is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Byrd doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Reynolds.
Byrd is defending against the submission attempts here by Reynolds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
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.
Byrd tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Reynolds manages to move to mount!
Byrd is squirming around, avoiding Reynolds's attempts to control the action.
Byrd tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reynolds trying to control but Byrd is having none of it.
Byrd really wants to buck Reynolds off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Darius Reynolds will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Darius Reynolds's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Reynolds shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Byrd pinned against the cage. Byrd gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reynolds will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck for Reynolds with that takedown attempt.
Burt Byrd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darius Reynolds.
Reynolds has a takedown stuffed.
Byrd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Byrd is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reynolds as Byrd tries to tie him up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrd creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reynolds's defenses.
Byrd looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Byrd.
Reynolds takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Byrd stops a takedown attempt from Reynolds.
Byrd stops a takedown attempt from Reynolds.
Byrd comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Darius Reynolds's cut even more.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the temple.
Byrd looking to throw knees to the head but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
Byrd prevents the takedown attempt.
Byrd lands an elbow inside that Reynolds shrugs off.
Byrd lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Byrd lands a damaging elbow.
Byrd leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds has Byrd pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Byrd manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Byrd stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byrd creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reynolds's defenses.
The cut above Darius Reynolds's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Byrd lands an elbow inside that Reynolds shrugs off.
Byrd working Reynolds over with knees to the body.
Byrd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Byrd closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrd'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.
Reynolds gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Byrd wants to get back to full guard.
Byrd is looking to control Reynolds's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Byrd avoid being mounted?
Byrd tries to kick Reynolds off but Reynolds keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Reynolds is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Byrd knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reynolds on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reynolds shoots in looking for a takedown. Byrd tries to sprawl out of it but Reynolds keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Byrd manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Burt Byrd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reynolds is trying hard to land a takedown here. Byrd sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Byrd stuffs the takedown attempt from Reynolds. Reynolds gets slowly back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Byrd scores with a hook.
Reynolds shoots in and drives through. Byrd sprawls well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Burt Byrd showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Byrd 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Burt Byrd!
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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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