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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Reihnardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ethan Blake had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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190 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Ethan Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Reihnardt!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Blake. No joy for Reihnardt on that attempt.
Reihnardt wants to clinch.
Reihnardt shoots in looking for a takedown. Blake tries to sprawl out of it but Reihnardt keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Blake manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Reihnardt moves in looking to clinch but Blake pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake moves out of range of the body kick from Reihnardt.
Reihnardt shoots in looking for a takedown but Blake manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Reihnardt's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ethan Blake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Reihnardt.
Blake circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake slaps away a takedown attempt from Reihnardt, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brian Reihnardt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reihnardt looks winded!
Reihnardt throws a nice head kick!
Blake keeps the fight on the outside.
Reihnardt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reihnardt tries to clinch up but Blake circles away and keeps his distance.
Reihnardt misses with a two punch combination.
Reihnardt misses with a straight right.
Reihnardt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Reihnardt or perhaps it was just good defense by Blake which made him look bad.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Reihnardt is defended easily by Blake.
Reihnardt shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blake as he avoids it easily.
Reihnardt wants to clinch.
No luck for Reihnardt with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reihnardt shoots in looking for a takedown. Blake tries to sprawl out of it but Reihnardt keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Blake manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Reihnardt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reihnardt tries to clinch but Blake moves out of range.
Reihnardt tries for a takedown but Blake sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reihnardt wants to clinch
and Blake decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Reihnardt's guard.
Blake passes into half guard.
Blake throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Blake is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reihnardt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blake is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Blake is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blake wants to pass the guard but Reihnardt is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Blake dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Blake stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blake wants it to stay on the feet.
Reihnardt misses with a head kick.
Reihnardt closes the distance and clinches up with Blake, looking for a takedown. Reihnardt pushes Blake against the cage but Blake circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reihnardt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reihnardt tries to clinch there but Blake circles away.
Reihnardt fails to land the takedown.
Ethan Blake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Reihnardt.
Reihnardt tries to clinch but Blake is having none of it.
Ethan Blake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reihnardt is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Reihnardt.
Reihnardt tries to clinch
and Blake counters with a single leg into guard. Reihnardt didn't expect that.
Blake thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Blake drops back looking for a leg! Reihnardt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Reihnardt manages to kick Blake off! Blake jumps back into Reihnardt's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reihnardt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blake drops back looking for a leg! Reihnardt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Reihnardt manages to kick Blake off! Blake jumps back into Reihnardt's guard.
Blake thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake is looking to work some ground and pound but Reihnardt has wrist control.
Reihnardt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Reihnardt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Blake thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blake drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Blake jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Blake looking to pass the guard.
Blake throws a big right hand that misses.
Blake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Blake thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Reihnardt controls Blake momentarily but Blake frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Blake jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Blake tries to free his leg and advance position but Reihnardt is retaining full guard.
Blake passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Blake has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Reihnardt is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Blake yanks on the arm and Reihnardt is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Blake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ethan Blake!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
26% |
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