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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zarek Reschke (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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134 lbs
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142 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zarek Reschke!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williamson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danga de danga de dang - Williamson scores with a four punch combination!
Reschke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williamson misses with a double jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Williamson.
Reschke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reschke tries a head kick but it misses.
Reschke throws out a leg kick but Williamson moves out of range and Reschke only half commits.
A nice combination there by Williamson.
Reschke misses with a few strikes there.
Reschke stuns Williamson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reschke, right into the meat.
Williamson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williamson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reschke drives through and clinches with Williamson against the cage.
Reschke stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reschke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williamson is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reschke misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Reschke.
Williamson has had enough of the clinch but Reschke keeps him there for the moment.
Reschke misses with a knee strike.
Reschke landing knees to the head.
Williamson tries to circle away but Reschke has him pinned against the cage.
Reschke lands a knee to the body.
Reschke lands a good knee to the midsection. Williamson won't want to take too many of those.
Williamson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reschke is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williamson prevents a body shot from Reschke.
Reschke landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reschke scores with a hook to the body.
Reschke is leaning against Williamson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williamson managing to block the knees to the body from Reschke.
Williamson blocks an elbow strike from Reschke.
Reschke pushes Williamson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reschke misses with a punch to the body.
Williamson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reschke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamsons head.
Reschke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williamson avoids it.
Williamson tries to break the clinch but Reschke is controlling the position.
Williamson managing to block the knees to the body from Reschke.
Reschke'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.
Williamson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williamson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williamson is trying to force a seperation but Reschke has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reschke.
Williamson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reschke is stalling here.
Williamson tries to break free but Reschke pushes him back against the cage.
Williamson takes an elbow to the temple.
Reschke looking to throw knees to the head but Williamson is blocking nicely.
Williamson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williamson avoids a wild elbow strike from Reschke.
Nice body punch from Reschke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reschke displaying some good clinch control by pressing Williamson up against the cage.
Williamson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reschke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williamson can't break the clinch.
Williamson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reschke looking to throw knees to the head but Williamson is blocking nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reschke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williamson blocks it with crossed arms.
Williamson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reschke tries to work over Williamson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reschke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williamson is defending well for now.
Reschke pushes Williamson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zarek Reschke dominated that round.
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.
Williamson avoids the head kick by Reschke.
Reschke feints a jab promting Williamson to slip. Reschke then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Williamson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Williamson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Williamson misses with a looping right.
Reschke uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Williamson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Reschke moves out of range as Williamson strikes.
Williamson ducks under a wild hook from Reschke.
Reschke connects with a high kick.
Reschke throws a sloppy head kick and Williamson moves out of range easily.
Reschke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Williamson loads up on a big right hand but Reschke slips the punch.
Anthony Williamson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williamson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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!
Reschke clinches.
Reschke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reschke connects with a knee to the head.
Reschke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson is trying to force a seperation but Reschke has the dominant position.
Reschke throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Williamson letting Reschke take a breather here.
A right hook to the body lands for Reschke.
Reschke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williamson's elbow.
Williamson tries to break the clinch but Reschke is controlling the position.
Reschke missing with knees to the body.
Reschke working Williamson over with knees to the body.
Zarek Reschke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Reschke on the inside.
Reschke working aggressively here.
Reschke displaying some good clinch control by pressing Williamson up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Reschke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Williamson working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reschke misses with a punch to the body.
Reschke working Williamson over with knees to the body.
Williamson tries to circle away but Reschke has him pinned against the cage.
Reschke misses with a punch to the body.
Reschke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williamson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reschke lands a shoulder strike.
Reschke lands a nice knee to the body.
Reschke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reschke missing with knees to the body.
Reschke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williamson's face.
Reschke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reschke misses with a knee to the head.
Williamson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williamson working hard to break the clinch.
Reschke with a knee to the head.
Reschke taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reschke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williamson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reschke has him pressed against the cage.
Reschke gets through Williamson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reschke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reschke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reschke taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Williamson is looking to break free of the clinch but Reschke has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Reschke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Williamson is rocked!
Reschke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reschke misses with a knee to the head.
Reschke stalling.
Reschke scores a nice knee to the body.
Reschke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williamson avoids the elbow strike from Reschke, against the cage.
Reschke lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williamson is trying to break the clinch but Reschke has him pressed against the cage.
Reschke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williamson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zarek Reschke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Williamson throws a hook to the side of Reschke's head but Reschke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reschke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Williamson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Williamson connects with a jab.
Reschke moves forwards but Williamson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reschke bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Williamson's head backwards.
Reschke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Williamson, as that shot connected.
Williamson misses with a straight right.
Reschke staying out of range there.
Williamson avoids the body shot from Reschke.
Williamson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reschke. Reschke obviously looking to wear him down.
Williamson misses with a looping left.
Williamson throws a combination that misses
and Reschke counters with a low kick, right behind Williamson 's knee.
Reschke on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zarek Reschke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reschke.
The fighters circle momentarily. Williamson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Williamson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reschke.
Reschke jabs Williamson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A combination from Williamson does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williamson misses with a right hand
and Reschke holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Reschke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reschke.
Reschke trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reschke.
Nice elbow from Reschke.
Williamson blocks an elbow strike from Reschke.
Reschke scores with a knee to the head.
Williamson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reschke. That's going to slow Williamson down.
Reschke doesn't manage to clinch there - Williamson circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson throws a nice looking combination but Reschke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Williamson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williamson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
An inside leg kick from Reschke misses.
Anthony Williamson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williamson throws an off balance right hand
and Reschke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reschke blocks a jab.
Reschke tries a head kick but it misses.
Williamson lands a jab-cross combination.
Williamson loads up on a big right hand but Reschke slips the punch.
A big right from Williamson misses.
Reschke throws a leg kick but Williamson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Reschke tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williamson throws a lazy right hand but Reschke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reschke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williamson.
Reschke clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reschke avoiding damage.
Reschke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reschke tries to work over Williamson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reschke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williamson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reschke lands a nice uppercut.
Williamson blocks a body shot from Reschke.
Reschke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williamson backwards.
Reschke misses with an elbow strike.
Reschke lands an uppercut.
Reschke lands an elbow just above Williamson 's eye.
Reschke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reschke.
Williamson wants to get back to striking at distance but Reschke won't allow it.
Reschke lands an elbow just above Williamson 's eye.
Reschke has Williamson pressed against the cage.
Williamson takes a shot to the head.
Williamson blocks an elbow strike from Reschke.
Williamson avoiding damage as Reschke throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williamson working hard to break the clinch.
Reschke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williamson is defending well for now.
Reschke landing knees to the body.
Anthony Williamson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zarek Reschke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williamson is trying to break the clinch but Reschke has him pressed against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zarek Reschke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reschke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zarek Reschke!
Zarek Reschke thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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