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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamie Reyes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamie Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Dickens!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickens looks to clinch
and Reyes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dickens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Dickens.
Dickens has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dickens swings for the body but Reyes moves out of range.
Dickens looks to land a left hand but Reyes moved out of range nicely.
As Dickens backs away, Reyes returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dickens has managed to clinch.
Reyes is looking to control Dickens's arms but Dickens gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reyes has his back to the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reyes.
A bit of stalling here from Reyes.
Dickens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reyes prevents a body shot from Dickens.
Dickens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reyes's elbow.
Dickens works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dickens throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dickens forces Reyes back against the cage and clinches.
Dickens scores with a hook to the body.
Dickens lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reyes breaks from the clinch.
Dickens throws a body punch but Reyes moves out of range.
Dickens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reyes throws a push kick but Dickens slaps the foot to one side.
Dickens takes a swing at Reyes's ribcage but misses.
Reyes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dickens lands with a nice body punch.
Dickens closes the distance and clinches.
Dickens can't find room to land a body shot as Reyes controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dickens.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reyes can't break the clinch.
Dickens landing knees to the body.
The referee calls for Dickens to work.
Dickens looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reyes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reyes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dickens lands a nice elbow.
Reyes prevents a body shot from Dickens.
Reyes scores with a knee to the head.
Reyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dickens throws an elbow but misses.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dickens.
Dickens using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dickens content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Reyes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but Dickens blocks with his arms.
Dickens lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Our sources have told us that Reyes has been working on his elbows in the gym.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dickens lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but Dickens blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Dickens.
Dickens content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Reyes can't break the clinch.
Reyes prevents a body shot from Dickens.
Reyes breaks the clinch.
Reyes lands a high kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Reyes misses the target.
Dickens changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dickens is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reyes rather than just go for the knockout.
Reyes moves out of range as Dickens throws a body kick.
The fighters circling - Dickens throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reyes avoids the body shot from Dickens.
Reyes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dickens.
Dickens gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickens fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reyes, pushing him back against the cage.
Dickens tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
Dickens misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dickens misses with a punch to the body.
Reyes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dickens managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
A nice left hand lands by Dickens.
Dickens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dickens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reyes.
Dickens blocks an uppercut.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Reyes breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Dickens. Beautiful body shot.
Dickens lands with a nice body punch.
Dickens misses with a jab to the body
and Reyes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dickens takes a swing at Reyes's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Dickens 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.
Dickens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reyes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dickens takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Reyes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reyes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dickens rushes Reyes and presses him up against the cage.
Reyes manages to break the clinch.
Reyes with a jab.
Dickens slips a straight right by Reyes.
Dickens throws a sloppy body shot
letting Reyes counter with a right hand.
Richard Dickens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Dickens.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reyes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A jab from Dickens misses.
Dickens lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dickens misses with a body shot
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dickens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reyes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reyes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dickens wants to counter the offense by Reyes and move into the clinch position.
Dickens throws a predictable looking body shot
and Reyes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dickens swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
Dickens misses with an uppercut. Reyes saw that one coming.
Dickens scores with a body shot.
Dickens misses with a double jab
and Reyes counters with a left to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickens throws the left hand but Reyes avoids the punch easily.
Reyes throws a body shot but no joy.
Dickens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Reyes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dickens.
Dickens moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Reyes is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Reyes avoids the body shot from Dickens.
It looked like Reyes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Richard Dickens seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dickens throws out a loose jab but Reyes uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Dickens throws a nice looking combination but Reyes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reyes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Reyes throws a leg kick that misses.
Dickens lets loose with a powerful body kick. Reyes will feel that in the morning.
Dickens tries to clinch but Reyes is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dickens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Reyes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dickens eats them both and turns towards Reyes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dickens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dickens looks to land a combination but Reyes avoids it well.
Dickens misses with a body shot.
Dickens cracks a nice hook into Reyes's ribs.
Dickens tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reyes instigates a clinch.
Dickens missing with knees to the body.
Reyes misses with a body punch.
Dickens lands an elbow inside.
Dickens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reyes struggles to land a body shot inside as Dickens controls his hands.
Reyes misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes trying to stall but Dickens improves his position.
Reyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dickens's elbow.
Dickens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Dickens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reyes trying to control the position but instead, Dickens has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reyes into the cage.
Reyes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dickens is keeping busy.
Dickens throws an elbow that misses.
Dickens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reyes's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dickens stalling in the clinch but Reyes improves position.
Reyes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dickens is keeping busy.
Dickens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reyes looking to stall.
Dickens has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dickens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Richard Dickens will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!
Good standup being displayed there by Reyes as he connects with a hook.
Reyes looks to land a left hand but Dickens moved out of range nicely.
Dickens lands a nice hook to Reyes's body. Reyes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reyes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dickens lands the left hand.
Dickens misses with a combination
and Reyes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dickens throws a combination that misses
and Reyes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Reyes misses with an uppercut. Dickens saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickens is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dickens uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Reyes throws a right hand that misses
and Dickens holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dickens works on Reyes's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens lands an elbow just above Reyes 's eye.
Dickens cracks Reyes with a nice body shot.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes tries to break free but Dickens pushes him back against the cage.
Dickens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Dickens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reyes takes an elbow to the temple.
Dickens unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reyes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reyes misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Dickens.
Dickens gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reyes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dickens clinches.
Dickens pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reyes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickens lands a nice elbow.
Reyes working aggressively here.
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!
Dickens can't find room to land a body shot as Reyes controls the action.
Dickens unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short left from Dickens.
Nice body punch from Dickens - that landed with a thud.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dickens displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reyes up against the cage.
Dickens lands a nice shot to the body.
Dickens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reyes or not.
Dickens lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Dickens.
Dickens content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dickens trying to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Dickens.
Jamie Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes wants to stall.
Dickens lands a shot to the body.
Dickens lands a damaging elbow.
Dickens scores a nice knee to the body.
Dickens scores with a shot to the side of Reyes's head.
Richard Dickens seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Dickens - that landed with a thud.
Dickens works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dickens misses with a punch to the body.
Dickens lands a hook that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Dickens.
Dickens content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dickens effectively controlling the action here.
Dickens landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A left hand lands to the body for Dickens.
Dickens pushes Reyes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickens unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reyes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Dickens digs a right hand into Reyes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reyes's gas tank.
Dickens stalling the fight.
Dickens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reyes's elbow.
Dickens creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reyes's defenses.
Dickens lands an elbow inside.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but Dickens avoids the damage to the body.
Dickens is leaning against Reyes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dickens can't find room to land a body shot as Reyes controls the action.
Dickens lands a hook that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Dickens tries to throw a body punch but Reyes avoids it by throwing Dickens back against the cage.
Reyes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dickens has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Dickens to work.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dickens creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dickens throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Richard Dickens is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dickens working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dickens avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Dickens comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dickens 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Dickens!
Our winner, Richard Dickens, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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RATING
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