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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Whitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan O Reily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitman comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To The Jungle. O Reily has chosen Jump Around as his entrance music. Ryan O Reily told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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141 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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168 cm
21
138 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Whitman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan O Reily!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Reily misses with a wild body shot.
O Reily scores with a decent looking hook.
Whitman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Reily lands with a nice body punch.
O Reily has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Whitman.
O Reily throws a hook to the side of Whitman's head but Whitman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Reily fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
O Reily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whitman.
Whitman tries to clinch there but O Reily circles away.
O Reily lands a right hook to the body.
O Reily shoots in for a takedown but Whitman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
O Reily works Whitman's body with a nice hook.
O Reily throws a body punch but Whitman moves out of range.
O Reily lands a nice hook to Whitman's body. Whitman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Reily checks a low kick from Whitman.
Whitman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitman lands an overhand right.
O Reily swings for the body but Whitman moves out of range.
O Reily fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Whitman is out of range.
No joy there for Whitman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Whitman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
O Reily misses with a left hand
and Whitman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ryan O Reily seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Reily.
Whitman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Reily.
Whitman ducks under a wild hook from O Reily.
O Reily throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Reily throws a leg kick that is checked
and Whitman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
O Reily throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Reily connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reily throws a looping overhand right but Whitman ducks down to avoid it.
O Reily tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whitman was well out of range. Poor timing from O Reily.
O Reily throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Whitman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
O Reily on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Reily rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Whitman counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. O Reily is lucky that one didn't land flush.
O Reily thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Reily swings away with a body shot that misses
and Whitman counters with a leg kick.
O Reily closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Whitman to the mat! Whitman manages to get full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Whitman working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
O Reily stopping the sweep attempt from Whitman.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Reily slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reily missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Whitman tries to roll over but O Reily keeps him under control.
O Reily is looking for a kimura here.
Whitman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Whitman tries to get out of the position.
O Reily is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
O Reily is thwarting Whitman's attempts to control the position.
O Reily is working for a kimura but Whitman is defending it quite comfortably.
Whitman is defending against the submission attempts here by O Reily.
O Reily seems to be working for a kimura but Whitman defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Whitman.
Whitman managing to control the position.
Whitman can't keep his opponent in guard - O Reily advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
O Reily throwing shots but Whitman is blocking nicely.
O Reily maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Whitman could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but O Reily has cracked it and Whitman is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by O Reily!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryan O Reily!
Ryan O Reily is the new bantamweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ryan O Reily thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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