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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Reynolds has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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153 lbs
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174 cm
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152 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reynolds misses with a looping right.
Brandao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.
Reynolds missing with a left hand there. Brandao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brandao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.
Brandao throws a body punch but Reynolds moves out of range.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reynolds throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reynolds throws a hook but Brandao blocks it.
Brandao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reynolds.
Reynolds's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brandao connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reynolds scrambles back to his feet.
Reynolds will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reynolds throws a series of punches but Brandao avoids them all with ease.
Reynolds loads up on a big right hand but Brandao slips the punch.
Brandao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reynolds throws a sloppy head kick and Brandao moves out of range easily.
Reynolds throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reynolds throws a right hand that misses
and Brandao decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Reynolds's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds trying to control the position.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Brandao from controlling successfully.
Reynolds pulls Brandao in to control the position.
Reynolds controls Brandao momentarily but Brandao frees himself.
Brandao being controlled here momentarily.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mark Reynolds wasn't active enough on the ground.
Brandao avoids the head kick by Reynolds.
Reynolds scores with the left hand. Brandao knows he should have avoided that one.
Reynolds stuffs the takedown.
Brandao with a jab.
Reynolds cracks a nice hook into Brandao's ribs.
Reynolds takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reynolds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao slips under a jab.
Reynolds throws a lazy right hand but Brandao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reynolds ducks right into an uppercut from Brandao.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a series of wild punches.
Brandao avoids the body shot from Reynolds.
Brandao connects with a crisp jab.
Reynolds lands a nice shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brandao. Reynolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reynolds throws out a loose jab but Brandao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brandao wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut. Brandao saw that one coming.
Reynolds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brandao moves away.
Reynolds misses with a two punch combination.
Nice shot lands for Reynolds.
Reynolds swats away the attempt to clinch by Brandao.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao moves out of range of the body kick.
Brandao misses with an uppercut.
Reynolds scores with a jab to the body.
Reynolds throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brandao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reynolds manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brandao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brandao misses the jab.
Reynolds fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brandao manages to avoid it.
Mark Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reynolds moves out of range as Brandao strikes.
Reynolds misses with a hook
and Brandao counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Brandao is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Brandao seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao prevents Reynolds from improving his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandao is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Reynolds manages to get to full guard.
Brandao stopping the sweep attempt from Reynolds.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Brandao passes Reynolds's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Reynolds is in trouble now - Brandao has advanced to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mark Reynolds will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Brandao fails to land the takedown.
Reynolds moves forwards but Brandao connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Brandao lands a jab to Reynolds's midsection.
Reynolds explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mark Reynolds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reynolds loads up on a big right hand but Brandao slips the punch.
Brandao moves in looking to clinch but Reynolds pushes him off.
Nice cross by Brandao.
A telegraphed right hand from Reynolds misses the target.
Some wild striking there from Reynolds.
Brandao avoids the head kick by Reynolds.
Brandao throws a big shot that misses.
Brandao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brandao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reynolds misses with the combination.
Brandao wants to clinch.
Reynolds throws a body punch but Brandao moves out of range.
Brandao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reynolds will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brandao throws a body punch but Reynolds moves out of range.
Reynolds throws a hook but Brandao blocks it.
Reynolds throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brandao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brandao with a jab.
Reynolds throws a push kick but Brandao slaps the foot to one side.
Brandao scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Reynolds, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mark Reynolds is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horrible takedown by Brandao or perhaps it was just good defense by Reynolds which made him look bad.
Reynolds takes a swing at Brandao's ribcage but misses.
Reynolds cracks Brandao with a good jab.
Reynolds scores with a shot to the body.
Brandao misses with a body shot.
Reynolds scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brandao digs a good hook to Reynolds's body.
Reynolds dodges the punch combination from Brandao.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brandao.
Reynolds avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut.
Brandao misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mark Reynolds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reynolds takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brandao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reynolds connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Reynolds misses with a leg kick.
Brandao lands with a good body shot.
Reynolds scores with a shot to the body.
Brandao ducks under a wild hook from Reynolds.
Brandao misses with a hook. Reynolds ducked under it nicely.
Brandao blocks a low kick nicely.
Brandao gets a clinch.
Brandao has a couple of punches blocked by Reynolds.
Brandao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Brandao.
A head punch on the inside from Reynolds fails to land.
Brandao blocks a body shot from Reynolds.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao lands a right hand.
Brandao tries to pull guard but Reynolds forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Brandao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reynolds manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reynolds moves out of range of the strikes.
Reynolds misses with a series of wild punches.
Reynolds pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A lazy left from Reynolds finds it's target.
Brandao jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brandao drives through and clinches with Reynolds against the cage.
Reynolds looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reynolds breaks the clinch.
Reynolds takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Brandao looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Reynolds misses with the combination.
Reynolds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mark Reynolds will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Reynolds throws a big shot that misses.
Brandao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandao sizes up Reynolds with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Reynolds throws a big shot that misses.
Brandao with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reynolds to score with a decent uppercut.
Brandao is rocked!
Reynolds drops Brandao with a huge uppercut! Brandao drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Reynolds is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Reynolds!
Mark Reynolds 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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