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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wallid Ismail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wallid Ismail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rex Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Reynolds as Ismail shoots in.
Ismail with a poor takedown
and Reynolds counters with a stiff right hand.
Ismail's corner calls for a 1-2. Ismail obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Reynolds looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reynolds displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ismail.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wallid Ismail. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ismail closes the distance and clinches up with Reynolds, looking for a takedown. Ismail pushes Reynolds against the cage but Reynolds circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reynolds throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reynolds falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ismail counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds wants to get back to his feet.
Reynolds really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ismail. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Reynolds trying to hold on to Ismail's head to control him but Ismail postures up.
Ismail is working for a kimura but Reynolds is defending it quite comfortably.
Reynolds wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reynolds is staying active underneath Ismail, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ismail throwing shots but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
Ismail thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reynolds's head.
Ismail blocks the strikes from Reynolds.
Ismail missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Reynolds wants to get back to full guard.
Ismail scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ismail moves nicely into side control.
Ismail tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Ismail controlling the position from side mount.
That's four 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.
Ismail working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ismail stands up.
Ismail is looking to clinch but Reynolds is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wallid Ismail dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ismail has his takedown stuffed
and Reynolds counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reynolds loads up on a big right hand but Ismail slips the punch.
Ismail bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Reynolds trying to control but Ismail flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Ismail looking for the choke from the back.
Ismail is persistently looking for the submission but Reynolds is defending it well.
Ismail is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Reynolds is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wallid Ismail!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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