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Event:
FCL - 30
Date: May 17, 2024 |
#R1#
Lane lands a nice hook to Reyes's body. Reyes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reyes circles away quickly and effectively.
Lane lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lane.
Lane misses with a wild body shot.
Lane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reyes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reyes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lane looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lane pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Reyes back to the cage. Lane follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lane connects with a looping right hand.
A combination from Lane does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reyes shoots in for a takedown but Lane shows good takedown defense.
Lane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.#TD#
Reyes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lane looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lane is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.#SUB#
Reyes is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lane is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Lane wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Reyes lands a few punches from side control.#T1#
Lane takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Lane is pushing Reyes's head away, looking to escape. Reyes manages to hold on to the position though.#SUB#
Reyes has hold of Lane's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Lane tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Reyes cranks the arm and Lane screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Lane, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ricky Reyes!
Ricky Reyes retains his featherweight title!
Ricky Reyes thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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Event:
FCL - 21
Date: Apr 12, 2024 |
#R1##TD#
Reyes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reyes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reyes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Reyes postures up in Haley's guard and throws a big left but Haley blocks it.
Reyes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've been hearing that Reyes has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Reyes landing with the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Haley can do anything to dispel that myth.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Haley holds on and takes a little breather.
Reyes passes into half guard.
Reyes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Haley trying to control here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Reyes is trying to work for a kimura but Haley is defending well.
Haley is trying to get back to full guard.#T1#
Reyes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Reyes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #SUB#
Reyes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Haley has managed to free his arm - good work.
Haley has hold of Reyes's hands but Reyes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Haley is trying to stand up here but Reyes is controlling him well.
Haley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Reyes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Haley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reyes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Haley wants to get back to full guard.
Reyes trying to control the action but Haley is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haley has hold of Reyes's hands but Reyes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.#T2#
Haley is trying to get back to full guard.
Reyes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Haley is in trouble now - Reyes has advanced to mount!
Reyes landing strikes, looking to finish! #ROC#Haley is rocked!#SUB#
Reyes is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Reyes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ricky Reyes!
Ricky Reyes retains his featherweight title!
Ricky Reyes thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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Event:
FCL - 14
Date: Mar 13, 2024 |
#R1#
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch but Legend Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #TD#
Legend Jr shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Reyes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Reyes tries to bench press Legend Jr off him but Legend Jr keeps the position.
Legend Jr tries to move to full mount but Reyes actually manages to regain half guard.
Reyes gets full guard.#SUB2#
Reyes is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Legend Jr frees his head nicely. Oh but Reyes has switched to an armbar! Legend Jr is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Ricky Reyes!
Ricky Reyes is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Ricky Reyes 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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Event:
FCL - 9
Date: Feb 16, 2024 |
#R1#
Haalvisto lands with an overhand left.
Reyes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Haalvisto pinned against the cage. Haalvisto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reyes doesn't manage to clinch there - Haalvisto circles away.
Haalvisto scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Haalvisto scores with a jab. Reyes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Reyes has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Reyes has a takedown stuffed.#TD2#
Reyes drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Haalvisto tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Haalvisto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Haalvisto tries to get out of the position.
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!#SUB2#
Reyes jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Haalvisto manages to avoid the submission attempt. #SUB2#
Reyes is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Haalvisto knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #T1##SUB2#
Reyes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reyes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #SUB2#
Reyes is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Haalvisto is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. #SUB2#
Reyes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Haalvisto tries to escape but Reyes is in control. #SUB2#
Reyes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #T2#
Reyes has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Haalvisto!#SUB2#
Reyes working for a guillotine from mount but Haalvisto is in no mood to give up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SUB2#
Reyes is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Haalvisto is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricky Reyes!
An out of breath Ricky Reyes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Pekka Haalvisto was interviewed post fight and said 'f$$$$$$ck!!!!!'. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 31, 2024 |
#R1#
Reyes moves in looking to clinch but Kitahachi pushes him off.#TD2#
Reyes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kitahachi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.#SUB2#
Reyes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reyes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #SUB2#
Reyes is trying to get an arm triangle but Kitahachi is defending well.
Reyes tries to move into full mount but can't pass Kitahachi's legs.
Kitahachi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.#SUB2#
Reyes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reyes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#SUB2#
Reyes working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #SUB2#
Reyes has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Kitahachi is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Reyes yanks on the arm and Kitahachi is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Reyes.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Reyes! |
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