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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Reich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
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290 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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195 cm
22
260 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Counter striker
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustav Reich! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Buckley! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reich stuffs the takedown attempt from Buckley. Buckley gets slowly back to his feet. Reich throws a jab when Buckley was well out of range. Buckley has his takedown stuffed and Reich counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Horrible takedown by Reich or perhaps it was just good defense by Buckley which made him look bad. Reich throws a body punch but Buckley moves out of range. Reich looks to land a left hand but Buckley moved out of range nicely. A big right from Reich misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Buckley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reich.
Reich misses with an uppercut. Reich drives through with a takedown into guard. Reich missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Reich tries to free his leg and advance position but Buckley is retaining full guard. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Buckley holds on and takes a little breather. Buckley is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Buckley can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Reich controls the pace. Buckley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Buckley is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. William Buckley wasn't active enough on the ground. Buckley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reich.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buckley manages to avoid it. Reich throws a body punch but Buckley moves out of range. Nice sprawl there from Buckley as Reich shoots in. Buckley slips under a jab. Buckley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Gustav Reich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Buckley. Buckley with a poor takedown and Reich counters with a left to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Buckley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Buckley misses with a takedown attempt - Reich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Reich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buckley manages to avoid it. Buckley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reich as he avoids it easily. Buckley moves out of range of the strikes. Buckley tries for a takedown but Reich circles away easily and Reich counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Reich is fighting to break Buckley's control of his arms but Buckley is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment. Buckley manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Buckley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Reich hang on? We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Reich tries to reverse the position but Buckley maintains control. Buckley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Reich is rocked!
It looks like Gustav Reich has been cut. Buckley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Buckley postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Reich badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Buckley around the waist but Buckley pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Buckley is the winner by TKO! Buckley jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Buckley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
39% |
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