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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reid Tackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sanu Tuctic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm
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194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reid Tackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sanu Tuctic!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuctic with a poor takedown
and Tackett counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Sanu Tuctic has been cut.
Tuctic shoots in and bounces Tackett off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tuctic controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tackett looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tuctic is one step ahead there.
Tuctic is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tackett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tuctic controlling from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tuctic shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tackett is trying to defend but Tuctic finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuctic seems to be looking for submissions.
Tuctic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tuctic controlling the pace.
Tackett is trying to control but can't.
Tuctic stalling.
Tackett is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuctic throwing shots but Tackett is blocking nicely.
Tuctic trying to control the pace.
Tuctic tries to pass to full mount but Tackett defends it.
Tackett definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tuctic keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Reid Tackett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tuctic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tackett lands with a cross.
Tackett digs a good body shot into Tuctic's ribs.
Tuctic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tackett's waist but Tackett gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tuctic off to one side.
Tuctic fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Reid Tackett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sanu Tuctic.
Horrible takedown attempt by Tuctic or perhaps it was just good defense by Tackett, which made it look bad.
An attempted straight right counter from Tackett misses the target.
Tuctic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tackett swivels and escapes.
Tackett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tackett lands a really nice looking cross but Tuctic seems unphased.
Tuctic tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tackett defends well and Tuctic ends up having to push Tackett into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tuctic looks winded!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tuctic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tackett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tuctic at a distance.
Tackett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tuctic walks into a straight right hand from Tackett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reid Tackett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sanu Tuctic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tackett lands a nice looking body shot.
Tackett digs a good body shot into Tuctic's ribs.
Tackett lands with a right hand.
Tuctic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tuctic.
Tuctic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tackett is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice sprawl there from Tackett as Tuctic shoots in.
Nice takedown defense from Tackett. No joy for Tuctic on that attempt.
Tackett cracks Tuctic with a hook to the temple - Tuctic is on wobbly legs here! Tackett swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Tuctic falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Tackett wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Reid Tackett!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
36% |
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