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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into the arena with All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
46 - 29 - 5, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams clobbers Reilly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reilly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reilly forces Williams back against the ropes and clinches.
A short left from Reilly.
Reilly is struggling to control the position.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reilly breaks the clinch.
Reilly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reilly misses with a body shot.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reilly tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
Williams fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Williams scores with a jab to the jaw.
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!
Williams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williams there as he acknowledges the shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Reilly finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A head kick by Reilly misses
and Williams counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reilly's knee momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Williams smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reilly. Reilly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Reilly wants to clinch but Williams slips to the side
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Reilly connects with a solid leg kick.
Williams defending well as Reilly loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the ropes.
Reilly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Reilly.
Reilly is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reilly effectively controlling the action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reilly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Reilly.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reilly keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Williams really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Reilly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
As Williams backs off Reilly throws a huge counter combo but Williams manages to avoid it all.
Reilly loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Reilly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Reilly slips under a jab.
Reilly appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Reilly throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Reilly looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reilly steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reilly counters with a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Reilly.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams sizes up Reilly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Reilly tries to land a leg kick but Williams saw it coming and moves away.
Williams blocks a jab.
Reilly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crunch! Reilly slams his shin into Williams's torso.
Reilly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Reilly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Williams, pushing him back against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Reilly won't allow it.
Reilly looking to slow down the pace here.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Reilly.
Reilly has Williams pressed against the ropes, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Reilly dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Reilly takes one on the button.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Reilly moved out of range nicely.
Reilly checks a leg kick nicely.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Reilly's shoulder, as Reilly tries to avoid the shot.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Reilly slips the punch.
Williams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reilly.
Paul Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reilly checks a leg kick.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Reilly's defenses.
Reilly lets loose with a powerful body kick. Williams will feel that in the morning.
Reilly throws out a powerful jab.
Williams throws a hook but Reilly avoids it easily.
Williams slips a jab from Reilly.
And Williams counters with a quick kick to the body but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Reilly unleashes a big counter combination but Williams bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Reilly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Reilly scores with a sloppy right hand. Williams should have avoided that one.
Williams is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Reilly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reilly misses with a hook
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
Reilly delivers a nice body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Reilly.
Williams throws a jab when Reilly was well out of range.
Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reilly is looking to clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Reilly.
Williams connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams throws a low kick, looking for Reilly's leg but Reilly calmly moves out of range.
Jab from Reilly.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Danga de danga de dang - Reilly scores with a four punch combination!
Reilly tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It looked like Williams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reilly scores with a leg kick.
Williams checks a leg kick nicely.
Williams throws a big counter combination but Reilly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Reilly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Williams misses.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Reilly saw that one coming.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reilly shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reilly connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reilly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reilly staying out of range there.
Williams misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Reilly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Williams. Beautiful body shot.
Reilly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Williams looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Reilly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Reilly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Reilly throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Reilly connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Reilly counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Reilly moves into the clinch.
Reilly gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reilly stalling in the clinch.
Reilly is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Reilly into the ropes.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
Ray Reilly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
Williams tries to circle away but Reilly has him pinned against the ropes.
Reilly is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Williams is keeping busy.
Reilly manages to break the clinch.
Reilly thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Williams if he has to take too many more of those.
Reilly tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Williams is able to avoid easily.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Williams swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Reilly throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Reilly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That kick from Reilly tenderised Williams's leg. Williams is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Williams moves out of range of the body kick.
Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Reilly's head.
Jab by Williams.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Williams wants to slow Reilly down by chopping away at his legs.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Williams.
Reilly blocks a jab.
Reilly tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reilly blocks a head kick by Williams.
Reilly lands a head kick. Williams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reilly.
Reilly swings widly with a right hand
and Reilly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reilly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reilly is looking to clinch.
Williams is looking to slow Reilly down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Williams smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Reilly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
Reilly tried to score with a low kick but Williams checks it.
Reilly wants to slow Williams down by chopping away at his legs.
Williams throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reilly is able to avoid easily.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Reilly throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Williams will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams blocks a head kick by Reilly.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reilly.
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Reilly checks it well.
Reilly throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reilly walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ray Reilly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly jabs at Williams's body.
Reilly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Williams connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Reilly moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams.
Reilly connects with a jab.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Reilly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Williams connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reilly scrambles back to his feet.
Reilly connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reilly.
Reilly lands a leg kick that knocks Williams off balance momentarily.
Reilly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Some bone on bone action there as Williams checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Reilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Williams misses with a leg kick.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Williams takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Williams throws a head kick but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly checks a leg kick.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Williams.
Reilly lands a body shot.
Reilly throws a body shot but no joy.
Reilly misses with a low kick.
Reilly moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Reilly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A leg kick checked by Reilly.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Reilly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reilly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice defenses there by Reilly.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams throws a head kick but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly tries to land a leg kick but Williams saw it coming and moves away.
Reilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Reilly's front leg but catches the back leg as Reilly tries to avoid it.
Williams slips a straight right by Reilly.
Reilly is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Despite the aggression on Reilly's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Reilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Reilly throws a counter combo.
Paul Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reilly looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Williams.
Well Reilly 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Reilly!
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RATING
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