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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Equinox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray Reilly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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147 lbs
67 - 36 - 1 |
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155 lbs
25 - 9 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
67 - 36 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Equinox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Equinox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reilly.
Equinox lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Equinox throws a series of punches but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly defending well as Equinox loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Equinox is looking to clinch but Reilly is avoiding it.
Reilly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reilly scores with a leg kick.
Equinox sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Equinox takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly cracks the inside of Equinox's front leg.
Reilly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Reilly lands a nice looking body shot.
Equinox missing with a left hand there. Reilly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Reilly.
Equinox takes a jab right on the kisser.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reilly.
Ray Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Equinox looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Reilly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reilly scores with a hook.
Equinox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Equinox momentarily.
A head kick from Reilly lands but Equinox takes it in his stride.
Equinox is rocked!
Reilly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Reilly.
Oh Equinox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reilly lands a body shot.
Reilly moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Equinox throws out a loose jab but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Equinox.
Equinox seems to have got his legs back now.
Equinox walks forward, straight into a front kick from Reilly.
Equinox misses with a straight right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reilly. That's going to slow Equinox down.
Reilly throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Reilly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That kick from Reilly tenderised Equinox's leg. Equinox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Equinox 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.
A decent looking cross lands there for Equinox.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Equinox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Equinox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reilly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Equinox.
Equinox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reilly.
Reilly thuds a left hand into Equinox's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly keeps Equinox at a distance using the push kick.
A left lands for Reilly.
Equinox is looking to clinch but Reilly is avoiding it.
Reilly moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Reilly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Equinox gets tackled into the cage by Reilly. Reilly maintains the clinch.
Reilly has Equinox pressed against the cage.
Equinox working aggressively here.
Reilly lands a body shot.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Reilly is leaning against Equinox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly stalling.
Reilly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Equinox throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly just leaning against Equinox, taking a breather.
Equinox tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Equinox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Equinox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Equinox will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Reilly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A hook to the body from Reilly.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
Reilly stalling in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Reilly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Equinox backwards.
Reilly cracks Equinox with a nice body shot.
Reilly manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Reilly dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Equinox throws a hook to the side of Reilly's head but Reilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Equinox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reilly.
Nice body kick there by Reilly.
Equinox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly throws a sloppy head kick and Equinox moves out of range easily.
Reilly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Equinox appears to be looking for a big counter.
Equinox misses with a series of wild punches.
Reilly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Equinox's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Equinox blocks a head kick by Reilly.
Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reilly, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Equinox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reilly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Reilly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A cross from Reilly lands.
Equinox throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nice shot by Reilly.
Equinox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reilly can pounce on him.
Reilly throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Reilly with a hook.
Reilly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Reilly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Equinox circles away.
Equinox tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reilly manages to circle out of the way.
Equinox steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Reilly. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly lunges at Equinox with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Equinox's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly gets a clinch.
Equinox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reillys head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reilly.
Equinox lands a shot to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Reilly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Equinox misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Equinox fails to land.
Reilly holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly is stalling here.
Equinox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Equinox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly digs a right hand into Equinox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Equinox's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Equinox trying to stall but Reilly improves his position.
Reilly blocking some punches.
Reilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reilly lands an overhand right.
Reilly scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Reilly.
Reilly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reilly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Equinox.
Reilly circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Equinox drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Reilly follows Equinox to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Reilly!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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