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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Reem (ranked 2101 p4p, 5560 weight class) and Shiro Han Iriki Gyo (ranked 274 p4p, 613 weight class). Reem comes to the cage accompanied by Daft Punk - Robot Rock. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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190 cm 26 220 6 - 5 - 0 |
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182 cm 25 217 0 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Dangerous knees Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Determined |
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Reem! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shiro Han Iriki Gyo! The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reem throws a head kick but Iriki Gyo moves out of range.
Reem misses with a body kick. Iriki Gyo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Iriki Gyo swings widly with a right hand
and Reem counters with a slapping leg kick. A decent looking cross lands there for Iriki Gyo. Iriki Gyo fails with a takedown attempt. Iriki Gyo blocks the body kick.
Iriki Gyo blocks a head kick by Reem.
A low kick from Iriki Gyo misses and Reem connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Liam Reem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Iriki Gyo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Iriki Gyo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Iriki Gyo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Iriki Gyo looks winded! Reem connects with a body shot. Reem with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round. A low kick from Iriki Gyo misses and Reem counters with a nice low kick that buckles Iriki Gyo's knee momentarily. Reem moves into range and clinches up with Iriki Gyo. A right hook to the body lands for Reem.
Reem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Good body shot from Reem.
Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Iriki Gyo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reem obliges. Reem scores with a shoulder strike. Reem working some nice short punches in the clinch. A short body shot lands from Reem as the two fighters clinch.
Reem working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Reem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reem obliges. Reem lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reem lands with a short head shot on the inside. Reem stalling in the clinch.
Iriki Gyo tries to break the clinch but Reem is controlling the position. Reem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Iriki Gyo backwards. Reem lands a shoulder strike. A quick uppercut on the inside from Reem. Reem stalling against the cage.
Reem digs a right hand into Iriki Gyo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Iriki Gyo's gas tank. Iriki Gyo takes a knee to the side of the body. A body shot lands from Reem.
A short uppercut from Reem. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reem obliges. Reem works on Iriki Gyo's body with a couple of short punches. Reem scores with a hook to the body. Reem dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Reem scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reem lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reem scores with a shot to the side of Iriki Gyo's head. Iriki Gyo takes a knee to the side of the body. A nice left hand lands by Reem.
Reem crunches a lovely knee into Iriki Gyo's ribcage. A right handed body shot lands from Reem.
Reem gets through Iriki Gyo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Reem lands a knee to the body.
Reem stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Reem lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Reem throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Knees to the body from Reem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Iriki Gyo takes a knee to the side of the body. Reem lands a nice knee to the body. Reem landing knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Reem.
Reem lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Iriki Gyo.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A left hand lands to the body for Reem.
Reem landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reem scores with a shoulder strike. Reem lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Iriki Gyo backwards. Reem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Iriki Gyo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Reem landing knees to the head.
It looks like Shiro Han Iriki Gyo has been cut. Still in the clinch, Reem scores with a nice short uppercut. Reem lands a good knee to the midsection. Iriki Gyo won't want to take too many of those. Reem digs a right hand into Iriki Gyo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Iriki Gyo's gas tank. Reem lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Iriki Gyo is rocked! Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reem. Reem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Iriki Gyo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Knees to the body from Reem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Reem scores with a shot to the side of Iriki Gyo's head. Reem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Still in the clinch, Reem scores with a nice short uppercut. Reem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Reem dominated that round. The cut man is working on Shiro Han Iriki Gyo's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Reem with the inside leg kick. Iriki Gyo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Good shot there by Reem. Reem grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Iriki Gyo takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Reem cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Liam Reem! Liam Reem decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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