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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Titan Reign (ranked 1931 p4p, 2543 weight class) and Solomon Pruitt (ranked 240 p4p, 305 weight class). Reign comes to the cage accompanied by Belize (ft. MF DOOM) by Danger Mouse & Black Thought. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Good chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Titan Reign!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Pruitt!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reign drops his hands momentarily and Pruitt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pruitt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reign fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pruitt manages to avoid it.
Pruitt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pruitt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Reigns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pruitt thumps Reign with a low kick.
Pruitt lands a leg kick that knocks Reign off balance momentarily.
Pruitt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reign.
Pruitt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Reign was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pruitt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reign sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Reign misses its target.
Pruitt throws out a loose jab but Reign uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reign takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pruitt swings widly with a right hand
and Reign connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pruitt with the inside leg kick.
Pruitt throws a sloppy head kick
and Reign counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pruitt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pruitt connects with an inside leg kick.
Pruitt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reign swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pruitt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Reign ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pruitt moves away.
Pruitt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reign.
Reign 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.
Pruitt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pruitt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Reign working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Pruitt has passed into half guard!
Reign works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pruitt postures up and lands a big shot to Reign's brow.
Pruitt trying to control the position from guard on top but Reign is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reign working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pruitt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pruitt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pruitt looking to sit in guard and control but Reign gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Reign wants to control from the top but Pruitt keeps moving.
Pruitt has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Reign is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Pruitt.
Pruitt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Reign wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reign swings around for an armbar but Pruitt sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Reign's guard.
Pruitt trying to control but Reign is working from the bottom.
Pruitt looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Reign not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reign has momentary wrist control but Pruitt slips an elbow through the middle.
Reign working for a triangle but Pruitt defends it easily.
Pruitt looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pruitt is in close to Reign's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pruitt lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reign on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reign tries to get out of the position.
Pruitt is pushing down on Reign's leg trying to pass to half guard. Reign is fighting to maintain full guard but Pruitt has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pruitt takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Reign is rocked!
Pruitt is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Reign defends it well.
Oh Reign is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pruitt controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Reign is out! Pruitt gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Solomon Pruitt!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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