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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Josef Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zarek Reschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josef Manuel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zarek Reschke's chin.
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139 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
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164 cm
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142 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josef Manuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zarek Reschke!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reschke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Manuel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reschke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manuel throws a right and a left that Reschke avoids nicely.
Manuel misses the jab.
Manuel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Reschke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Manuel misses with a leg kick
and Manuel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manuel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Josef Manuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manuel throws a shot to the body.
Reschke scores with a leg kick.
Reschke moves into range and clinches up with Manuel.
Reschke has Manuel pushed against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Manuel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reschke lands an elbow that stopped Manuel in his tracks for a moment.
Manuel jumps guard but Reschke stands there with Manuel around his waist. Manuel gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Reschke lands a knee to the body.
Reschke lands a nice shot to the body.
Manuel is breathing heavily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Reschke takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Manuel tries to pull guard but Reschke won't allow it.
Reschke landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel tries to pull guard but Reschke forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josef Manuel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reschke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Josef Manuel has been cut.
Reschke lands an elbow inside.
Reschke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reschke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manuel backwards.
Reschke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Manuel backwards.
Reschke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Manuel's defenses.
Reschke pushes Manuel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Manuel fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Reschke lands an elbow inside that Manuel shrugs off.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reschke.
Manuel fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Reschke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reschke lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Reschke on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manuel jumps guard but Reschke stands there with Manuel around his waist. Manuel gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Reschke drops Manuel with a big knee straight up the middle! Manuel is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Manuel is rocked!
Manuel is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Reschke doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Manuel crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Manuel's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zarek Reschke!
During a confident post fight interview, Zarek Reschke thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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