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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reed Richards (ranked 2397 p4p, 3411 weight class) and Wilem Tell (ranked 317 p4p, 430 weight class). Reed Richards has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reed Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilem Tell!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tell shoots in looking for a takedown. Richards tries to sprawl out of it but Tell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Richards manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Richards throws a counter high kick but Tell was just alert enough to avoid it.
Richards lands with a hook. Tell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Richards connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Richards scores with a hook to the body. Tell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Richards.
Reed Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tell walks into a jab.
Tell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Richards connects with a crisp jab.
Richards lands a nice shot to the body.
Tell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Richards finds it's way round the side to connect with Tell's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richards throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tell counters with a shoot takedown. Richards fights it but they end up in guard.
Richards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Richards bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tell's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Richards can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Richards stopping the sweep attempt from Tell.
Richards wants to control from the top but Tell keeps moving.
Richards pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tell is keeping the position for now.
Tell is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Richards is aware though and is defending well.
Richards trying to control but Tell is working from the bottom.
Richards tries to free his leg and advance position but Tell is retaining full guard.
Tell is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Richards defends well.
Richards has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Richards trying to control the position from guard on top but Tell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tell looking for a guillotine here but Richards defends easily.
Richards working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tell's head.
Richards trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Richards wants to control from the top but Tell keeps moving.
Richards passes Tell's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tell is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Richards pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Richards is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Richards lands a heavy elbow.
Tell keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tell tries to hold on but Richards pushes him away.
Richards can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tell is looking to escape.
Tell working to try and regain half guard.
Tell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Richards looking to control but Tell is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Richards looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Tell covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reed Richards!
In defeat, Wilem Tell stepped up to the mic, saying 'This is just a luck on my enemy side...'.
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FIGHT
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