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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Reilly (ranked 464 p4p, 64 weight class) and Marvin Vettori (ranked 624 p4p, 80 weight class). Reilly kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Danko Jones - Do You Wanna Rock. Vettori is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Police On My Back- The Rocketz. 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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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marvin Vettori!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vettori closes the distance and clinches.
Vettori lands with a short shot to the head.
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Reilly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vettori scores a nice knee to the body.
Reilly pushes Vettori back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reilly prevents the takedown attempt.
A body shot lands from Reilly.
Vettori creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vettori pushes off an throws an elbow but Reilly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
Vettori throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reilly blocks it with crossed arms.
Vettori wants a takedown but no success here.
Vettori misses with a knee strike.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vettori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vettori connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Vettori avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Vettori.
Vettori misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reilly.
Vettori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Vettori tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vettori tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vettori struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Vettori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly throws an elbow that misses.
I was talking to Reilly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vettori avoids the elbow strike from Reilly, against the cage.
Reilly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Frank Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marvin Vettori.
Vettori throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reilly blocks it with crossed arms.
Vettori is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Reilly is defending well.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Vettori misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Vettori looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
Vettori is working for takedown but Reilly is calmly controlling the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reilly is working Vettori over against the cage.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
Vettori using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reilly trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Vettori.
Vettori drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Reilly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Vettori takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Reilly.
Reilly dodges an elbow strike from Vettori.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Vettori controls the action.
Vettori looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Vettori's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vettori throws an elbow but misses.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Vettori controls the action.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vettori is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Reilly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Reilly pushes Vettori back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vettori's elbow.
A short left from Reilly.
Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vettori pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vettori scores with a shoulder strike.
Vettori prevents a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vettoris head.
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vettori throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vettori looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
A body shot lands from Reilly.
Vettori looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vettori blocks an uppercut.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Vettori working aggressively here.
Vettori tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Vettori avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vettori digs a right hand underneath Reilly's ribcage. Reilly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Vettori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori blocks an elbow strike from Reilly.
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vettori drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly lands an uppercut.
Vettori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Reilly dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vettori closes the distance and pushes Reilly back into the cage.
Reilly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vettori lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reilly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vettori avoids a wild elbow strike from Reilly.
Reilly is leaning against Vettori and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Vettori.
Reilly prevents a body shot from Vettori.
Reilly lands an uppercut.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Reilly on the inside.
Vettori using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Vettori 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vettori tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Vettori avoiding damage as Reilly throws knees to the body.
Vettori swings wildly with an uppercut but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vettori throws an elbow but misses.
Reilly pushes off an throws an elbow but Vettori leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vettori connects with a knee to the head.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Vettori.
Vettori is trying to drag Reilly to the mat but Reilly just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Reilly blocks an elbow strike.
Reilly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vettori.
Vettori is breathing heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vettori takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from Reilly.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vettori.
Vettori misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Reilly.
A short uppercut from Vettori.
Good body shot from Reilly.
Vettori connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reilly's face.
Reilly stops a takedown attempt from Vettori.
Frank Reilly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Vettori.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Vettori controls the action.
Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vettori's defenses.
Vettori throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vettori's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vettori using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly pushes Vettori back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Vettori avoiding damage as Reilly throws knees to the body.
Vettori lands a damaging elbow.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vettori lands an elbow that stopped Reilly in his tracks for a moment.
Vettori jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Reilly walks away with a smile on his face. Vettori gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Frank Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marvin Vettori.
Reilly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vettori goes for a double leg but Reilly avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Reilly continues to drive forward.
Vettori moves in looking to clinch but Reilly pushes him off.
Reilly throws a big counter combination but Vettori scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Vettori walks into a straight right hand from Reilly.
Reilly circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reilly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vettori is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vettori.
Reilly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vettori tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reilly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frank Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vettori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vettori wants to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Reilly misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Reilly dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Reilly cracks Vettori with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Reilly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vettori.
Vettori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vettori tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reilly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vettori tries to clinch but Reilly moves out of range.
As Vettori tries to get set, Reilly tries to push him back and clinch up but Vettori manages to avoid the attempt.
Vettori steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vettori tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reilly counters with a three punch combo that has Vettori backing up. Vettori nods at Reilly to acknowledge the strikes.
Reilly keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vettori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reilly looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vettori throws a lazy head kick
and Reilly counters by moving into the clinch.
Reilly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vettori.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Vettori using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Vettori working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reilly lands a right hand.
Reilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vettori tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Vettori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vettori tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
Vettori misses with a knee strike.
Vettori is looking to take this one to the mat.
Vettori takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
Reilly is leaning against Vettori and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reilly prevents the takedown attempt.
Reilly presses Vettori against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Vettori.
Reilly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
Nice body punch from Reilly - that landed with a thud.
Reilly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vettori can do to turn this around?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
Vettori is looking for a takedown.
Frank Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marvin Vettori.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Reilly.
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Vettori's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vettori prevents a body shot from Reilly.
A right hand to the body from Reilly.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
Marvin Vettori has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Reilly as the two fighters clinch.
Reilly presses Vettori against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vettori blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vettori's defenses.
Vettori misses with an elbow strike.
Vettori misses with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Vettori takes a shot to the head.
Reilly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vettoris head.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Vettori is still on wobbly legs! Can Reilly finish him?
Vettori avoiding damage as Reilly throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori seems to have recovered his senses.
Vettori takes a shot to the head.
Vettori is looking to take this one to the mat.
A right hand to the body from Vettori.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Reilly pushes off an throws an elbow but Vettori leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Vettori 's eye.
A short left from Reilly.
Vettori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vettori misses with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vettori throws a head punch that misses.
Vettori blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reilly.
Reilly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vettori throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Reilly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reilly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Reilly!
An out of breath Frank Reilly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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