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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rayjie Agbayani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Franklin's choice of entrance music: Heat it up. Reggie Franklin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rayjie Agbayani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reggie Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Agbayani throws a nice looking combination but Franklin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rayjie Agbayani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franklin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Agbayani on the side of the head.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A punch lands to the side of Franklin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Agbayani slips a jab from Franklin.
Agbayani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Franklin moves away.
Franklin feints and then cracks Agbayani's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Agbayani down.
Agbayani throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Agbayani tries to bum rush Franklin with a series of wild strikes but Franklin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Agbayani moves away from the strike by Franklin.
Agbayani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Agbayani dodges the punch combination from Franklin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin ducks under a wild hook from Agbayani.
A good leg kick by Franklin.
Agbayani throws a series of punches but Franklin moves out of range.
Agbayani fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Franklin on the side of the head.
Agbayani lands with a right hand.
Franklin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Franklin looks to throw the jab but Agbayani is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin slips under a jab from Agbayani.
Agbayani scores with a jab.
No joy there for Agbayani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Franklin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Agbayani.
Franklin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Agbayani's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Agbayani cracks Franklin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A jab from Agbayani misses.
Franklin misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agbayani takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Franklin misses the jab.
Agbayani throws a nice looking combination but Franklin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Agbayani misses with an uppercut.
Agbayani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Agbayani throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Franklin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Agbayani's knee momentarily.
Franklin misses with a shot to the body
and Franklin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Franklin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Agbayani.
Agbayani is breathing heavily.
Franklin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin throws a combination. Agbayani tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franklin misses with a hook. Agbayani ducked under it nicely.
Agbayani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franklin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Franklin misses with a two punch combination.
Franklin misses with an uppercut.
Franklin throws an overhand right that lands on Agbayani's shoulder, as Agbayani tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Franklin misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reggie Franklin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Franklin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Agbayani moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Agbayani throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Franklin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Franklin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rayjie Agbayani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franklin avoids the body shot from Agbayani.
Franklin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Agbayani.
Franklin lands a nice looking body kick.
Franklin feints and then cracks Agbayani's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Agbayani down.
A swing and a miss from Agbayani.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Agbayani connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Franklin fakes the leg kick and cracks Agbayani in the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Agbayani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franklin was well out of range. Poor timing from Agbayani.
Agbayani stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Franklin.
Agbayani swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Franklin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Agbayani throws a right and a left that Franklin avoids nicely.
Franklin misses with a hook. Agbayani ducked under it nicely.
Agbayani moves away from the strike by Franklin.
Agbayani has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Agbayani there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Franklin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franklin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Agbayani's calf.
Franklin tries to bum rush Agbayani with a series of wild strikes but Agbayani uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Franklin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franklin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Agbayani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Reggie Franklin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Franklin missing with a left hand there. Agbayani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Agbayani takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Franklin missing with a left hand there. Agbayani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Franklin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Agbayani backs up against the cage.
Franklin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Agbayani.
Agbayani takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Agbayani slips under a jab from Franklin.
A big left from Agbayani misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Agbayani takes one to the side of the head.
Agbayani throws a combination that misses
and Franklin counters with a low kick, right behind Agbayani 's knee.
Franklin throws a shot from downtown. Agbayani moves away and avoids it.
Franklin throws a leg kick which misses Agbayani's front leg but catches the back leg as Agbayani tries to avoid it.
Franklin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Franklin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Franklin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Franklin throws an overhand right that lands on Agbayani's shoulder, as Agbayani tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reggie Franklin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Agbayani takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Franklin.
Agbayani looks to land a right hand but Franklin moved out of range.
Franklin misses with a hook.
Agbayani chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Franklin can pounce on him.
Franklin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Agbayani on the side of the head.
Franklin missing with a left hand there. Agbayani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Franklin, right into the meat.
Agbayani loads up on a big right hand but Franklin slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Agbayani falls off balance throwing a combination
and Franklin counters with a good low kick that Agbayani was not able to check.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Agbayani might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Agbayani throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Agbayani takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Agbayani thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Franklin misses.
Agbayani swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Franklin counters with a thumping low kick.
Franklin misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin throws a hook to the side of Agbayani's head but Agbayani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Franklin throws a leg kick which misses Agbayani's front leg but catches the back leg as Agbayani tries to avoid it.
Franklin looks to score with a jab to the body but Agbayani is just out of range.
Franklin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Agbayani darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Agbayani throws a looping overhand right but Franklin ducks down to avoid it.
Agbayani throws an overhand right that lands on Franklin's shoulder, as Franklin tries to avoid the shot.
Franklin throws a right hand that Agbayani ducks under and follows up with a left that Agbayani also avoids with ease.
Agbayani is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Franklin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Agbayani scores with a nice right hand.
Good leg kick by Franklin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Franklin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Agbayani throws out the jab.
A jab from Franklin misses.
Some wild striking there from Agbayani.
Franklin feints and then cracks Agbayani's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Agbayani down.
Agbayani lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Agbayani misses with a straight left.
Agbayani waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Franklin.
Franklin swings for the body but Agbayani moves out of range.
Agbayani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franklin misses with a straight left.
Reggie Franklin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franklin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Agbayani takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rayjie Agbayani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Agbayani throws a combination that misses
and Franklin counters with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Reggie Franklin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Franklin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reggie Franklin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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