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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocha's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Refuse/Resist by Sepultura. Reilly has chosen Frontline-Pillar as his entrance music. Chad Reilly acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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182 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
182 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chad Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha wants to land a leg kick but Reilly is out of range.
Rocha misses the shot to the body.
Rocha misses with a low kick as Reilly jumps back.
Rocha throws the left hand but Reilly avoids the punch easily.
Rocha throws out a leg kick but Reilly moves out of range and Rocha only half commits.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rocha does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Reilly shoots in but Rocha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rocha scores with a kick to the body.
Rocha throws a head kick that misses.
Rocha misses with a body kick.
Reilly is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rocha sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rocha looks to land a right hand but Reilly moved out of range.
Rocha shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reilly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rocha swivels and escapes.
Antonio Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Reilly.
Rocha explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Reilly looks gassed!
Reilly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rocha sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rocha, right into the meat.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rocha.
Rocha scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rocha throws a head kick but Reilly moves out of range.
Rocha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rocha scoring well with a low kick there.
Reilly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Reilly shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rocha as he jumps to the side.
Reilly avoids the head kick by Rocha.
Reilly is trying desperately to land a takedown but Rocha is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Reilly.
Rocha thuds his shin into the meat of Reilly's side.
A jab from Rocha misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Rocha.
Rocha lets loose with a powerful body kick. Reilly will feel that in the morning.
An inside leg kick lands from Rocha.
Reilly checks a leg kick.
Rocha throws a chopping leg kick but Reilly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Reilly checks the leg kick.
Rocha displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reilly throws out the jab.
Rocha scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rocha attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Good work by Reilly as he checks the leg kick.
Rocha stuffs the takedown.
Rocha swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Rocha there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reilly fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reilly circles away quickly and effectively.
Rocha cracks the inside of Reilly's front leg.
Reilly has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rocha.
Rocha scores with a leg kick.
Rocha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rocha lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rocha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reilly.
Rocha tries a head kick but it misses.
Antonio Rocha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rocha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rocha throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Reilly.
Reilly drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rocha wants to stand up but Reilly is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reilly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rocha wants to stand but Reilly is controlling the position.
Reilly with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reilly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reilly landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reilly sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rocha's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Rocha dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rocha looks to land a body kick but Reilly moved away.
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reilly gets the takedown into side control.
Reilly sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rocha is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Reilly is trying to get an arm triangle but Rocha is defending well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rocha wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reilly looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rocha is avoiding damage well.
Reilly working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly in side control, throwing shots but Rocha defends.
Reilly landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Reilly wants to control but Rocha is keeping him busy.
Reilly in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rocha is trying to control Reilly's posture but Reilly avoids it.
Reilly tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rocha is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Reilly working the ground and pound.
Reilly lands a few punches from side control.
Reilly scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rocha to see if he's OK.
Rocha tries to escape but Reilly is in control.
Reilly goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Rocha has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Reilly but great work by Rocha.
Rocha gets to mount! Reilly was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rocha avoids the attempt from Reilly to control.
Reilly is desperately trying to improve his position but Rocha has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rocha stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Rocha is looking to slow Reilly down with leg kicks.
Antonio Rocha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rocha actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rocha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reilly is out of range and Rocha settles back down.
Nice sprawl there from Rocha as Reilly shoots in.
Reilly closes the distance and clinches up with Rocha, looking for a takedown. Reilly pushes Rocha against the cage but Rocha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reilly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Antonio Rocha is winning the standup battle so far.
Rocha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rocha tries to score with a low kick but Reilly moves his leg out of the way.
Rocha finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rocha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reilly.
Rocha connects with a solid leg kick.
Reilly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reilly walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rocha.
Rocha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rocha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha scores with a jab.
Rocha missing with a left hand there. Reilly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rocha leaves Reilly with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Antonio Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Reilly.
Rocha throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reilly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rocha.
Reilly shoots in but Rocha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Reilly blocks the body kick.
Rocha feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Reilly's calf.
Rocha misses with a body kick.
Rocha takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rocha just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rocha throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rocha misses the jab.
Reilly looks for a takedown but Rocha sprawls well.
Rocha gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rocha has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Reilly doesn't defend quickly enough and Rocha has managed to lock this one up! Can Reilly escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Rocha on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Antonio Rocha!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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