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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Sphinx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 Tokyo, Brandon Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mack Sphinx!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sphinx moves into the clinch successfully.
Sphinx doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Sphinx - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Sphinx - that landed with a thud.
Sphinx blocks an uppercut.
Reid lands an elbow inside.
Reid lands an elbow that stopped Sphinx in his tracks for a moment.
Reid tries a knee to the head but Sphinx blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Sphinx.
Sphinx tries to break free but Reid pushes him back against the cage.
Reid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sphinx lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sphinx on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sphinx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reid trying to land knees to the body.
Sphinx misses with some punches.
Reid is trying to maintain a safe position but Sphinx gets an underhook and turns Reid into the cage.
Sphinx goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sphinx takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sphinx lands with a light punch inside.
Reid looking to stall.
Sphinx throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sphinx dodges an elbow strike from Reid.
A short uppercut from Sphinx.
Reid misses with an elbow strike.
Sphinx tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sphinx throws a punch but it's blocked by Reid.
Sphinx scores with a shoulder strike.
Reid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sphinx.
A short right from Sphinx.
Reid holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sphinx scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reid blocks an uppercut.
Sphinx lands a shot to the body.
Reid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sphinx misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reid blocks an uppercut.
Sphinx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sphinx lands an uppercut.
Reid lands a nice knee to the body.
Reid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sphinx's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sphinx lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reid looking to throw knees to the head but Sphinx is blocking nicely.
Reid trying to stall but Sphinx improves his position.
Sphinx works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reid is breathing heavily.
Sphinx throws a head punch that misses.
Reid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sphinx blocks the elbow strike.
Sphinx tries to throw a body punch but Reid avoids it by throwing Sphinx back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sphinx scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sphinx misses with a punch to the body.
Sphinx managing to block the knees to the body from Reid.
Reid lands a nice elbow.
Sphinx misses with a body punch.
Sphinx's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reid takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mack Sphinx seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Reid misses.
Reid swings for the body but Sphinx moves out of range.
Reid tries to keep at a distance but Sphinx has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sphinx lands a body punch.
Reid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sphinx's elbow.
Sphinx working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sphinx lands with a short shot to the head.
Reid missing with knees to the body.
Sphinx on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Sphinx scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reid swings wildly with an uppercut but Sphinx uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Sphinx.
Reid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sphinx avoids it.
Sphinx lands a hook that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
Sphinx throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sphinx lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reid or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sphinx digs a right hand underneath Reid's ribcage. Reid let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sphinx scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sphinx lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sphinx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sphinx scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Sphinx on the inside.
Sphinx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reids head.
Reid is rocked!
Sphinx creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Reid with a big uppercut! Reid tries to clinch up but Sphinx pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Reid to the mat! Reid covers up and Sphinx unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mack Sphinx!
Mack Sphinx thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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