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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Laputa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reed comes to the cage accompanied by Bitkit - Explode. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirk Laputa!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reed on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Reed throws a body kick that misses.
Reed tries to land a front kick but Laputa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Laputa throws the kick towards the body but Reed avoids it.
Reed throws a lazy body kick
and Laputa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laputa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laputa throws a big shot that misses.
Reed misses with a jab to the body
and Laputa counters with a nice kick to the body.
Reed 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.
Travis Reed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laputa lands a head kick. Reed smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reed moves into range and clinches up with Laputa.
Laputa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laputa can't find room to land a body shot as Reed controls the action.
Laputa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed blocks the elbow strike.
Laputa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Laputa struggles to land a body shot inside as Reed controls his hands.
Reed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Reed - that landed with a thud.
Laputa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laputa missing with knees to the body.
Reed prevents a body shot from Laputa.
Laputa trying to land knees to the body.
Reed'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.
Laputa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laputa obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laputa blocks a body shot from Reed.
Laputa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reed is pushing Laputa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Laputa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laputa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laputa lands a knee to the body.
Reed letting Laputa take a breather here.
Laputa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reed avoids it.
Reed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reed avoiding damage as Laputa throws knees to the body.
Laputa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reed throws a punch but it's blocked by Laputa.
Reed scores with a shoulder strike.
Laputa misses with an elbow strike.
Reed throws a head punch that misses.
Reed avoids a wild elbow strike from Laputa.
A bit of stalling here from Reed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed managing to block the knees to the body from Laputa.
Laputa blocking some punches.
Reed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Reed fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Laputa.
It looks like Travis Reed has been cut.
Laputa blocking some punches.
Reed presses Laputa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Laputa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laputa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Laputa lands a damaging elbow.
Reed works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reed lands a nice uppercut.
Laputa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reed avoids it.
Reed is trying to stall.
Reed misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laputa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reed avoids it.
Laputa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reed.
A shot in the inside from Laputa.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Laputa lands an elbow inside.
Reed takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reed tries a body shot but Laputa blocks it.
Laputa stalling the fight.
Laputa blocks an uppercut.
Reed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laputa pushes off an throws an elbow but Reed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Laputa.
Laputa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Laputa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Reed's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Reed on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Laputa connects with a solid leg kick.
Reed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reed throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Laputa counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice body kick from Laputa.
Reed tries to land a body kick
enabling Laputa to counter with a crisp jab.
Reed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body kick there by Reed.
Laputa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reed connects with a right hand. Laputa shakes it off.
Laputa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reed closes the distance and clinches.
Kirk Laputa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed can't find room to land a body shot as Laputa controls the action.
Reed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reed tries to work over Laputa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laputa.
Laputa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reed is defending well for now.
Reed misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reed takes an elbow to the temple.
Reed takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reed.
Laputa lands a damaging elbow.
Laputa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reed's defenses.
Laputa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Laputa trying to control the position but instead, Reed has worked for underhooks and has pushed Laputa into the cage.
Laputa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Reed lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reed misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reed misses with the head strike.
Reed tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reed dodges an elbow strike from Laputa.
Reed working aggressively here.
Laputa is trying to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Laputa throws an elbow but misses.
Laputa misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Laputa prevents a body shot from Reed.
Laputa blocks a body shot from Reed.
Laputa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reed avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laputa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laputa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Laputa leaning against his opponent.
Laputa blocks a body shot from Reed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Reed tries a body shot but Laputa blocks it.
Laputa scores with a shot to the side of Reed's head.
Reed blocks an elbow strike.
Reed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laputa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reed blocks the elbow strike.
Reed working aggressively here.
Laputa lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reed struggles to land a body shot inside as Laputa controls his hands.
Laputa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Laputa lands an elbow inside.
Laputa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reed backwards.
Reed trying to control the position but instead, Laputa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reed into the cage.
Laputa slows down the pace here.
Reed can't find room to land a body shot as Laputa controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Laputa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reed's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laputa lands a damaging elbow.
Reed misses with a punch on the inside.
Reed tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reed avoiding damage as Laputa throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Laputa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Travis Reed's cut.
That's time! Reed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nice body kick from Laputa.
Reed throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reed lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick from Laputa lands but Reed takes it in his stride.
Reed swings for the body but Laputa moves out of range.
Reed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laputa throws a body kick that misses.
Kirk Laputa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laputa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Reed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laputa throws a leg kick that misses.
Laputa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reed.
Reed throws out a loose jab but Laputa uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laputa connects with a nice looking jab.
A low kick from Laputa misses
and Reed counters with a nice kick to the body.
Laputa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Reed.
Laputa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laputa defending well as Reed loads up on a big left hand.
Reed throws a body kick that misses
and Laputa counters with a big head kick but Reed shrugs it off.
Reed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laputa was well out of range. Poor timing from Reed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reed closes the distance and clinches.
Reed can't find room to land a body shot as Laputa controls the action.
Good body shot from Laputa.
Reed works on Laputa's body with a couple of short punches.
Reed avoiding damage as Laputa throws knees to the body.
Travis Reed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed avoids the elbow strike from Laputa, against the cage.
Laputa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reed in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Laputa throws an elbow but misses.
Reed blocks an elbow strike from Laputa.
Laputa lands an elbow inside that Reed shrugs off.
Kirk Laputa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Laputa blocking some punches.
Reed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laputa's elbow.
Laputa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laputa blocks a body shot from Reed.
Laputa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reed is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reed throws a punch but it's blocked by Laputa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laputa scores a nice knee to the body.
Reed avoiding damage as Laputa throws knees to the body.
Laputa lands an elbow inside that Reed shrugs off.
Laputa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laputa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laputa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laputa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laputa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laputa tries to land knees in the clinch but Reed avoids the damage to the body.
Laputa scores with a shot to the side of Reed's head.
Reed is rocked!
Reed takes a shot to the head.
Oh Reed is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clinched against the cage, Laputa lands a big elbow that drops Reed! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Reed is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirk Laputa!
A very excited looking Kirk Laputa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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