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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Imen Cognito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rex Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Imen Cognito!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cognito looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reilly is fending him off so far but Cognito persists. Nope, Reilly circles away and we're back to standing.
Reilly tries to clinch there but Cognito circles away.
Reilly tries to clinch up.
Reilly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cognito fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Reilly throws a series of punches but Cognito moves out of range.
Reilly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cognito's head.
Reilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reilly closes the distance and pushes Cognito back into the cage.
Reilly gets underhooks to prevent Cognito's takedown attempt.
Rex Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Imen Cognito.
Cognito is working for takedown but Reilly is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cognito tightens his grip and picks Reilly up, before dumping him to the ground. Reilly manages to land in guard.
Reilly wants to stand and escape but Cognito is having none of it.
Cognito loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reilly wants to stand up but Cognito is controlling him.
Cognito trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cognito won't allow Reilly to get back to his feet.
Reilly pushes Cognito off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Cognito shoots in and drives through. Reilly sprawls well.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Cognito circles away and keeps his distance.
Rex Reilly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reilly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cognito looks gassed!
Reilly lands a head kick. Cognito smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Reilly tries to clinch but Cognito moves out of range.
Cognito closes the distance and clinches.
Reilly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cognito can't get the takedown.
Reilly is trying to force a seperation but Cognito has the dominant position.
Cognito turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Cognito manages to end up in side control.
Cognito throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Reilly is trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cognito throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Reilly wants to get back to his feet.
Cognito misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Reilly looks to clinch
and Cognito counters by clinching up.
Reilly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cognito misses with the head strike.
Reilly is looking to break free of the clinch but Cognito has double underhooks.
Reilly tries to break free but Cognito pushes him back against the cage.
Reilly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reilly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Reilly lands but Cognito takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to clinch but Cognito is having none of it.
Cognito fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A head kick from Reilly lands but Cognito takes it in his stride.
A combination from Reilly does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Reilly there.
Cognito takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Reilly displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cognito keeps the fight on the outside.
Reilly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cognito takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Reilly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cognito.
A lazy left from Reilly finds it's target.
Reilly throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a double jab.
Reilly fails to land with a series of punches.
Reilly tries to clinch up
so Cognito counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cognito scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reilly is looking to stand up but Cognito isn't so interested in that idea.
Cognito content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cognito with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reilly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cognito in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cognito throwing strikes from guard but Reilly blocks nicely.
Cognito with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Imen Cognito will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cognito drops his hands momentarily and Reilly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cognito shoots for a double leg takedown but Reilly sprawls well. He's pushed Cognito's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Reilly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cognito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reilly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reilly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cognito counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Reilly wants to stand up but Cognito is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cognito throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cognito throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reilly wants to stand and escape but Cognito is having none of it.
Cognito with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reilly wants to stand up but Cognito is controlling him.
Cognito must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Reilly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cognito circles away quickly and effectively.
Cognito clinches with his opponent.
Reilly is trying to break free.
Cognito is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Reilly pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cognito is working for takedown but Reilly is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rex Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Imen Cognito.
Reilly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cognito drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Reilly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Reilly is pressed up against the cage. Cognito has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Reilly down to the mat. Reilly avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's two 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.
A solid body kick from Reilly.
Cognito avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reilly lands a head kick!
Reilly connects with a high kick.
Reilly throws a right and a left that Cognito avoids nicely.
Reilly misses with a few strikes there.
Cognito looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reilly is fending him off so far but Cognito persists. Nope, Reilly circles away and we're back to standing.
Reilly looks to land a combination. Cognito sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Reilly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters circling a little - Reilly finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Reilly closes the distance but Cognito moves to the side
so Cognito counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly wants to stand up but Cognito is controlling him.
Cognito lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cognito is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reilly wants to get back to his feet but Cognito is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cognito throws a strike but Reilly rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cognito is looking to sweep but instead, Reilly has passed into half guard.
Reilly escapes and gets back to his feet.
Cognito has a takedown stuffed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to clinch up.
Reilly throws a right hand that Cognito ducks under and follows up with a left that Cognito also avoids with ease.
Reilly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Reilly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cognito's head.
Reilly stuffs the takedown attempt from Cognito. Cognito gets slowly back to his feet.
Rex Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cognito swats away the attempt to clinch by Reilly.
Reilly leaves Cognito with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cognito is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Reilly.
Reilly plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cognito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imen Cognito showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Cognito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reilly lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Cognito.
Reilly wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Reilly is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cognito prevents Reilly from escaping the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Some wild striking there from Reilly.
Cognito shoots in for a double leg but Reilly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cognito shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reilly as he avoids it easily.
Reilly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cognito. Cognito circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Reilly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cognito.
Cognito looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Reilly wants to get back to his feet.
Cognito working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cognito not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Reilly pushes Cognito off looking to stand but Cognito dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Cognito is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reilly sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rex Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Imen Cognito.
Cognito closes the distance and clinches.
Reilly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cognito has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Reilly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cognito looking for a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Reilly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reilly wants to get back to striking at distance but Cognito won't allow it.
Cognito keeps control of Reilly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cognito lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reilly prevents the takedown attempt.
Cognito tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cognito is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Reilly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cognito is trying to drag Reilly to the mat but Reilly just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Cognito has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Reilly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly keeps control of Cognito as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reilly working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly has had enough of the clinch but Cognito keeps him there for the moment.
Reilly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Reilly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reilly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cognito has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly is trying to break free.
Cognito looking for a takedown.
Reilly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cognito goes for a takedown in the clinch but Reilly prevents it.
Cognito keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reilly's efforts to push away.
Reilly is trying to break free.
Cognito working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reilly wants to break free but Cognito has control.
Cognito goes for a takedown attempt but Reilly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Cognito circles away and keeps his distance.
Reilly lands with a nice combination. Cognito backs away looking to recover.
Cognito is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reilly sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Reilly lands with a slapping head kick.
Reilly misses with a double jab.
Cognito shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Reilly defends it nicely.
Reilly tries to clinch but Cognito moves out of range.
Rex Reilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cognito was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly.
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 Rex Reilly.
I think Cognito has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Imen Cognito!
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energy
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hype
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