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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Flaherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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170 lbs
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182 cm
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kevin Flaherty!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flaherty tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flaherty moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Reyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Flaherty.
Flaherty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Flaherty throws a nice looking combination but Reyes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reyes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Flaherty misses with a knee to the head.
Reyes pushes off an throws an elbow but Flaherty leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Flaherty misses with an elbow strike.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Flaherty throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reyes blocks it with crossed arms.
Flaherty looking to stall.
Flaherty throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes misses with an elbow strike.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flaherty lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reyes pushes off an throws an elbow but Flaherty leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flaherty is defending well for now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Flaherty misses with an elbow over the top.
Flaherty looking to slow down the pace here.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flaherty avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes trying to land knees to the body.
Flaherty stalling in the clinch but Reyes improves position.
Flaherty misses with a knee strike.
Reyes missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Flaherty.
Flaherty looking to throw knees to the head but Reyes is blocking nicely.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but Flaherty blocks with his arms.
Reyes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Kevin Flaherty has been cut.
Flaherty throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flaherty is defending well for now.
Flaherty looking to throw knees to the head but Reyes is blocking nicely.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but Flaherty blocks with his arms.
Reyes lands a nice elbow.
Flaherty creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reyes misses with a knee strike.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Flaherty tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flaherty avoids it.
Flaherty looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Flaherty avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but Flaherty avoids the damage to the body.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Flaherty misses with a knee strike.
Flaherty is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Flaherty with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Flaherty looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands an elbow inside that Flaherty shrugs off.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into Flaherty's ribcage.
Flaherty throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reyes blocks it with crossed arms.
Flaherty trying to control the position but instead, Reyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Flaherty into the cage.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flaherty is defending well for now.
Reyes lands an elbow inside.
Reyes lands a nice elbow.
Flaherty tries to land a knee to the head but Reyes blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reyes.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Flaherty takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reyes trying to land knees to the body.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes landing knees to the head.
Flaherty takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. Flaherty won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reyes landing knees to the body.
Reyes connects with a knee to the head.
Reyes misses with an elbow over the top.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Flaherty has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reyes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reyes obliges.
Flaherty effectively controlling the action here.
Flaherty with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Flaherty creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Flaherty stalling in the clinch but Reyes improves position.
Flaherty managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
A knee to the head by Reyes.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Flaherty's face.
Reyes with a knee to the head.
Reyes trying to land knees to the body.
Flaherty misses with an elbow over the top.
Flaherty lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Flaherty tries to land a knee to the head but Reyes blocks with his arms.
Flaherty tries a knee to the head but Reyes blocks it.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Flaherty has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Flaherty managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
With the fighters up against the cage, Flaherty throws an elbow but misses.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Flaherty using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Flaherty looking to throw knees to the head but Reyes is blocking nicely.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flaherty is defending well for now.
Flaherty takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from Flaherty.
Flaherty is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reyes lands a knee to the head.
Reyes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reyes lands an elbow that stopped Flaherty in his tracks for a moment.
Flaherty managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
Flaherty with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Flaherty's face.
Flaherty is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reyes is keeping busy.
Reyes scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reyes.
Flaherty tries to stall but Reyes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flaherty is defending well for now.
Flaherty throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reyes blocks it with crossed arms.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Flaherty.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flaherty is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Reyes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Flaherty's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Flaherty wants to clinch
and Reyes moves into the clinch.
Flaherty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reyes avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. Flaherty won't want to take too many of those.
Flaherty wants to stall.
Flaherty pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Flaherty trying to control the position but instead, Reyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Flaherty into the cage.
Flaherty tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes lands an elbow inside.
Flaherty trying to control the position but instead, Reyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Flaherty into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flaherty using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reyes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Flaherty is rocked!
Flaherty is breathing heavily.
Reyes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Flaherty is still on wobbly legs! Can Reyes finish him?
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into Flaherty's ribcage.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Flaherty's face.
Reyes lands a big knee to the head and Flaherty goes down! Reyes pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Reyes!
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