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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reilly Yates (ranked 3251 p4p, 4915 weight class) and Big Magic (ranked 419 p4p, 559 weight class). Reilly Yates has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Decent boxing
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reilly Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Big Magic!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yates lands with a good body shot.
Yates on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A combination from Yates does no damage.
Yates lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yates tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Magic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Magic lands with an uppercut that bounces Yates off the cage and back into range.
Magic connects with the punch.
Yates cracks Magic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yates misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magic.
Magic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yates takes a swing at Magic's ribcage but misses.
Magic lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Magic finds it's way through Yates's defenses.
Magic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.
Magic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yates moves away.
As Magic looks to move away, Yates throws a big counter combo but Magic just gets out of the way.
Magic drops Yates with a beautiful combination! Yates stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Magic is looking for the KO!
It looks like Reilly Yates has been cut.
Yates defending well as Magic loads up on a big left hand.
Yates has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
Yates misses with a wild combination.
Magic throws a series of punches but Yates moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magic avoids the body shot from Yates.
Yates misses with a wild body shot.
Yates swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Magic.
Magic swings for the body but Yates moves out of range.
Yates scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magic misses with a double jab.
Magic lands a nice hook to Yates's body. Yates takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Magic throws out a loose jab but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yates's head backwards.
Good exchange - Magic coming out on top.
Yates throws a combination. Magic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Magic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yates is looking to wear down Magic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yates uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Magic.
Magic scores with a punch to the head.
Yates misses with a jab, cross combination.
Magic throws a body punch but Yates moves out of range.
Reilly Yates seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Yates misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates throws a series of punches but Magic avoids them all with ease.
Magic doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Yates throws a nice looking combination but Magic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yates tries to bum rush Magic with a series of wild strikes but Magic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Magic misses with a body shot.
Yates pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yates shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
Magic throws out a counter right but Yates avoids it with no problem.
Yates swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Magic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab from Magic.
Yates takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Magic looks to land a right hand but Yates moved out of range.
Yates tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Yates misses.
Yates misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magic misses with a looping left.
Yates is looking to counter the offense by Magic and move into the clinch.
Magic lands with a right hand.
Magic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yates misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magic.
Yates swinging wildly here.
Yates fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yates throws a right and a left that Magic avoids nicely.
Magic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yates with a body shot.
Yates takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yates is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Big Magic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reilly Yates's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Magic cracks Yates with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Magic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yates on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Magic with a nice cross.
Yates is rocked!
Magic misses the shot to the body.
Yates misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reilly Yates is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Magic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yates counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yates.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yates.
Yates makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magic taking a breather.
Yates lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Magic avoids the body shot from Yates.
A nice side step and Magic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Magic moves forwards but Yates connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yates walks into a straight right hand from Magic.
Magic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yates.
Magic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yates tries to clinch but Magic is having none of it.
Magic looks to land a left hand but Yates moved out of range nicely.
Yates tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Magic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yates uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magic.
Yates throwing a counter right hand but Magic manages to avoid it.
Yates throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Magic.
Magic throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates throws a combination that misses
and Magic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Magic avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Magic.
Yates gets a clinch.
Yates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yates as Magic tries to tie him up.
Yates pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Yates there.
Yates works Magic's body with a nice hook.
Yates has Magic up against the cage in a clinch.
Yates scores with a hook to the body.
Yates scores with a shoulder strike.
Magic is trying to pull guard but Yates turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yates's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Magic scores with a nice head shot.
Yates lands with a straight right. Magic didn't see that one coming.
Big Magic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yates throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magic scores with a jab.
Yates displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magic connects with a single shot there.
Yates throws a nice looking combination but Magic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yates blocks a jab.
Magic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Magic throws a body shot but no joy.
A quick step to the side and Yates tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yates lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab-cross combination lands for Yates and sends Magic crashing to the mat! Yates follows him down to the mat - Magic regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Magic is rocked!
Magic taking some punishment here, with Yates in his half guard.
Magic is still in real trouble! Can Yates finish him?
Yates not doing much here.
Yates thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Magic's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reilly Yates dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Reilly Yates's cut.
That's time! Yates's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Magic misses with a wild body shot.
Yates swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Magic seems to have recovered his senses.
Yates lands a nice looking body shot.
Magic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yates ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magic avoids the body shot from Yates.
Yates moves out of range of the strikes.
Magic misses with a left hand
and Yates counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Magic thinking.
Yates closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yates looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yates moves into the clinch.
Magic prevents a body shot from Yates.
Magic breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates throws a series of strikes that have Magic backpedaling.
Yates will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Magic does it's job there.
Magic connects with a jab.
Yates misses with a wild combination.
Yates throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Magic.
Yates is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yates will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates misses the jab.
Yates closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Yates.
Yates throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Yates.
Yates landing knees to the body.
Magic wants a takedown but no success here.
A short left from Yates.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates misses with an elbow over the top.
Magic blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magic.
Magic manages to break the clinch.
Magic scores with a sloppy right hand. Yates should have avoided that one.
Magic misses the jab.
Yates is looking to counter the offense by Magic and move into the clinch.
Magic scores with a nice strike.
Yates will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yates misses with a double jab
and Magic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates misses with a head kick.
A combination from Yates does no damage.
Magic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magic throws out a counter right but Yates avoids it with no problem.
Yates takes one to the side of the head.
Yates darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yates ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yates throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magic lands with a shot to the body.
Yates staying out of range there.
Magic just misses with a punch to the body.
Magic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yates moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Reilly Yates.
I think Yates has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reilly Yates!
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