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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam James (ranked 2458 p4p, 14077 weight class) and Iain Reilly (ranked 309 p4p, 696 weight class). James's entrance music is Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Reilly's choice of entrance music: Dubliners - Fields of Athenry. 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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16 - 17 - 0 |
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186 cm
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218
23 - 33 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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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 16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 33 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like James was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Reilly.
James scores with a crisp jab that stopped Reilly in his tracks.
James throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Reilly counter with a right hand.
Reilly throws a looping overhand right but James ducks down to avoid it.
Reilly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A cross from James lands.
James jabs at Reilly's body.
James lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reilly backs up against the cage.
It looks like Iain Reilly has been cut.
Reilly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. James sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reilly is rocked!
Reilly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reilly is still on wobbly legs! Can James finish him?
A nice leg kick lands there from James.
James forces Reilly back against the cage and clinches.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from James.
Reilly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
James manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reilly seems to have recovered his senses.
James stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from James.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
Reilly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
James lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reilly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
I was talking to James's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
James tries to pull guard but Reilly holds him up against the cage and eventually James drops back down to his feet.
Reilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reilly on the wrong end of a nice jab.
and James counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Reilly! He's just covering up as James starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam James!
A relieved looking Liam James thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
60% |
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