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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ratt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes to the cage accompanied by Country boy can survive. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ratt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Reinhardt!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinhardt checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hughes misses with a hook
so Reinhardt counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Reinhardt from controlling successfully.
Reinhardt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reinhardt trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Reinhardt got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hughes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Reinhardt has managed to get both his arms back between Hughes's legs - danger averted.
Hughes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reinhardt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hughes is keeping the position for now.
Reinhardt postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reinhardt preventing the sweep.
Reinhardt engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes trying to keep a closed guard but Reinhardt is proving a slippery customer.
Reinhardt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hughes is on top in guard.
Reinhardt has momentary wrist control but Hughes slips an elbow through the middle.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Reinhardt keeps moving.
Hughes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hughes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reinhardt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt is trying to control the position but Hughes postures up.
Hughes stands up over Reinhardt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Reinhardt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hughes is working to get back to half guard.
Reinhardt landing strikes from the mount and Hughes is in trouble!
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reinhardt lands a nice shot to the head.
Reinhardt content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt wants to control the pace but Hughes is squirming around nicely.
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Reinhardt scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is working to get back to half guard.
Hughes is in a horrible position here. Reinhardt smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Reinhardt controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Reinhardt cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hughes is desperately trying to improve his position but Reinhardt has a good base and remains in mount.
Reinhardt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Let's hope that Reinhardt has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hughes is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Reinhardt dominated that round.
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.
Reinhardt slips a straight right by Hughes.
Hughes looks for a takedown but Reinhardt sprawls well.
Reinhardt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hughes throws a low kick but Reinhardt avoids it.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Reinhardt misses with a body shot.
Reinhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Reinhardt moved out of range nicely.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Reinhardt avoids them all with ease.
Hughes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hughes throws a good cross that connects.
Ratt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes throws the kick towards the body but Reinhardt avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reinhardt checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hughes.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reinhardt manages to avoid it.
Reinhardt lands with a hook. Hughes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hughes moves forwards but Reinhardt connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reinhardt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hughes looks to land a body kick but Reinhardt moved away.
Nice shot by Reinhardt.
Hughes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Reinhardt checks it well.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reinhardt moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Reinhardt.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reinhardt.
Hughes scores with a decent looking hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Reinhardt's shoulder, as Reinhardt tries to avoid the shot.
Reinhardt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hughes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reinhardt moves away.
Reinhardt fails with the takedown.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Reinhardt enables Hughes to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Reinhardt manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Reinhardt controlling Hughes's posture.
Hughes looking to sit in guard and control but Reinhardt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Reinhardt from controlling successfully.
Reinhardt is stalling in the full guard.
Reinhardt wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Hughes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Reinhardt from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt is working Hughes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hughes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Reinhardt from controlling successfully.
Hughes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reinhardt is one step ahead there.
Victor Reinhardt has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Reinhardt avoids the head kick by Hughes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reinhardt moves out of range as Hughes strikes.
The crowd cheers as Hughes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reinhardt doesn't seem phased though.
Reinhardt feints and as Hughes raises his hands in defense, Reinhardt changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ratt Hughes will probably get the nod.
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!
Hughes blocks a head kick by Reinhardt.
Hughes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hughes showed some decent athleticism there.
Reinhardt is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Hughes is keen to just control but Reinhardt is a slippery customer.
Reinhardt moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt wants to stand but Hughes is controlling the position.
Reinhardt working a defensive guard here.
Reinhardt 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.
Hughes trying to control but Reinhardt is working from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Reinhardt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hughes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hughes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hughes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reinhardt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A big right from Hughes misses.
Reinhardt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hughes.
Hughes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Reinhardt counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hughes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Reinhardt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Hughes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reinhardt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Reinhardt. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Reinhardt misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt lands with a slapping head kick.
Hughes looks to land a body kick but Reinhardt moved away.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Reinhardt throws a hook but Hughes avoids it easily.
A jab from Hughes finds it's way through Reinhardt's defenses.
Hughes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hughes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A low kick from Hughes misses
and Reinhardt counters with a solid body kick.
A jab from Hughes misses.
Reinhardt throws a lazy right hand but Hughes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hughes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reinhardt moves out of range as Hughes strikes.
Hughes leaves Reinhardt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ratt Hughes is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Reinhardt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes misses with an uppercut.
Reinhardt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hughes scores with a body shot.
Reinhardt throws a solid leg kick but Hughes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reinhardt.
Reinhardt cracks Hughes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hughes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Reinhardt avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reinhardt, right into the meat.
Reinhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Hughes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Victor Reinhardt.
I think Reinhardt 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 28:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Victor Reinhardt!
Victor Reinhardt seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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