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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vassago Ballardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lights Out - Bobby Light. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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219 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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224 lbs
18 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class boxer
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vassago Ballardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Niko Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds misses with the combination.
Ballardo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reynolds tries to clinch up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ballardo.
Reynolds wants to clinch up but Ballardo keeps it at a distance.
Reynolds throws a right hand that Ballardo ducks under and follows up with a left that Ballardo also avoids with ease.
Ballardo lands a really nice looking cross but Reynolds seems unphased.
Ballardo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Vassago Ballardo has been cut.
Nice body kick there by Ballardo.
An inside leg kick lands from Ballardo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballardo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ballardo, as that shot connected.
Ballardo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Reynolds stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ballardo.
Reynolds keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Reynolds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballardo moves away.
Ballardo misses with a two punch combination.
Reynolds takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballardo 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.
Ballardo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ballardo lands a leg kick that knocks Reynolds off balance momentarily.
Reynolds attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Reynolds throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ballardo.
Ballardo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ballardo clinches up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Ballardo.
Ballardo is trying to stall.
Ballardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reynolds misses with a knee to the head.
Ballardo trying to stall but Reynolds improves his position.
Reynolds utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ballardo stalling in the clinch but Reynolds improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Reynolds scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reynolds misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ballardo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reynolds lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reynolds works on Ballardo's body with a couple of short punches.
Reynolds lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ballardo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ballardo thuds his shin into the meat of Reynolds's side.
Reynolds wants to clinch.
Vassago Ballardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reynolds throws a body punch but Ballardo moves out of range.
Ballardo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Reynolds ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A head kick by Ballardo misses
and Reynolds counters with a nice leg kick.
Ballardo wants to clinch up but Reynolds keeps it at a distance.
Ballardo swats away the attempt to clinch by Reynolds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballardo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ballardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ballardo clinches up with Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage.
Reynolds tries to land knees in the clinch but Ballardo avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Reynolds.
Reynolds tries a body shot but Ballardo blocks it.
Reynolds prevents a body shot from Ballardo.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ballardo.
A head punch on the inside from Ballardo fails to land.
Reynolds with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ballardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Reynolds controls his hands.
Reynolds's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reynolds misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ballardo working aggressively here.
Reynolds is working for takedown but Ballardo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ballardo lands a right hand.
Reynolds is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to land knees in the clinch but Ballardo avoids the damage to the body.
Ballardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reynolds prevents a body shot from Ballardo.
Ballardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ballardo misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Reynolds.
Reynolds displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ballardo up against the cage.
Reynolds blocks a body shot from Ballardo.
Reynolds wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ballardo has him pressed against the cage.
Reynolds blocks a body shot from Ballardo.
Reynolds tries a body shot but Ballardo blocks it.
Reynolds prevents a body shot from Ballardo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds is looking to take this one to the mat.
Vassago Ballardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Reynolds.
Ballardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballardo misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Vassago Ballardo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vassago Ballardo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Reynolds misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ballardo rushes Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ballardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Ballardo.
Ballardo tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
Ballardo is trying to maintain a safe position but Reynolds gets an underhook and turns Ballardo into the cage.
Reynolds being controlled against the cage.
Ballardo lands a right hand.
Ballardo tries to throw a body punch but Reynolds avoids it by throwing Ballardo back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ballardo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ballardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ballardo stalling in the clinch but Reynolds improves position.
Ballardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vassago Ballardo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ballardo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reynolds's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Ballardo moves out of range.
Ballardo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ballardo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reynolds.
Reynolds scores with a head kick.
Ballardo scores with a head kick. Reynolds tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ballardo throws a low kick but Reynolds avoids it.
Niko Reynolds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ballardo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reynolds blocks a head kick by Ballardo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Reynolds.
Ballardo is rocked!
Ballardo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reynolds counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Ballardo badly! He tries to strike back but Reynolds puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Ballardo out cold! Oh man, Ballardo will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Niko Reynolds!
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