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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Boyka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arizona Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyka has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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188 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Boyka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arizona Reed!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyka tries to clinch
and Reed counters by clinching up.
Reed has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Boyka uses from the top position.
Reed escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Boyka gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Reed has his feet on Boyka's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Boyka tries to clinch up but Reed circles away and keeps his distance.
Boyka looks to clinch
and Reed holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reed lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Reed is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Boyka is breathing heavily.
Reed controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed landing strikes from the mount.
Reed takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Reed landing strikes from the mount.
Reed is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Boyka has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Reed lands with some strikes.
Reed landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boyka takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Reed controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Reed 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.
Reed has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Boyka is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Reed controlling the pace for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
BOOM! Reed connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Reed with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Boyka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reed on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed looking to control and managing it successfully.
Reed lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Boyka hang on?
Reed postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Boyka looks a forlorn figure.
Reed with good strikes from the mount here!
Reed controlling from the full mount.
Reed landing strikes from the mount.
Reed is landing with some decent strikes but Boyka is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reed landing strikes from the mount and Boyka is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyka wants to try and get back to his feet.
Reed lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Boyka hang on?
Reed landing strikes, looking to finish!
Boyka has left one of his arms exposed and Reed doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Boyka screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arizona Reed!
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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
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