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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Reeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pedro Henrique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Reeves!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henrique misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reeves looks for a takedown but Henrique sprawls well.
Henrique shoots in for a double leg but Reeves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Henrique.
Reeves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reeves closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Henrique fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Reeves avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Henrique. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reeves swinging wildly here.
Reeves wants to clinch.
Reeves is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henrique sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrique looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Reeves has a takedown stuffed.
Henrique tries to score a power double leg takedown but Reeves sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Henrique somewhat.
Henrique stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Henrique wants it to stay on the feet.
Reeves rushes Henrique and presses him up against the cage.
Henrique is pressed up against the cage. Reeves has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Henrique down to the mat. Henrique avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Reeves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Henrique defends it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henrique gets tackled into the cage by Reeves. Reeves maintains the clinch.
Reeves tries to score a body lock takedown but Henrique shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Henrique wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reeves gets underhooks to prevent Henrique's takedown attempt.
Reeves lands a body punch.
Henrique drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Reeves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henrique dives in for a single leg takedown but Reeves sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reeves fails with a takedown attempt.
Reeves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reeves keeps the fight on the outside.
Henrique tries to clinch but Reeves moves out of range.
Henrique shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reeves pinned against the cage. Reeves gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reeves closes the distance and clinches.
Henrique breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reeves moves into the clinch successfully.
Henrique misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reeves.
Reeves manages to pull guard.
Reeves keeping moving, preventing Henrique from controlling successfully.
Reeves wants to stand up but Henrique is controlling him.
Reeves trying to keep a closed guard but Henrique is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henrique wants to stand but Reeves has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Reeves uses the cage to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Reeves dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reeves throws a nice looking combination but Henrique bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reeves throws a leg kick which misses Henrique's front leg but catches the back leg as Henrique tries to avoid it.
Henrique misses with a takedown
and Reeves counters with a nice body shot.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Reeves. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Nice uppercut there from Reeves.
Henrique shoots in for a double leg but Reeves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Henrique fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Henrique. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henrique stuffs the takedown.
Reeves tries to clinch there but Henrique circles away.
Henrique fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henrique misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Henrique enables Reeves to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Henrique manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Reeves is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Reeves advances position into side control!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reeves decides to stand up, so the ref orders Henrique to his feet.
Reeves leaves Henrique with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reeves stuffs the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henrique sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Reeves somewhat.
Henrique keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pedro Henrique is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henrique throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reeves's waist but Reeves gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henrique off to one side.
Reeves shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henrique as he avoids it easily.
Reeves dives in for a single leg takedown but Henrique sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reeves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reeves gets control of Henrique's arms and successfully pulls guard. Reeves will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henrique postures up.
Henrique throwing strikes but missing.
Reeves working a defensive guard but Henrique passes into half guard.
Reeves manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Reeves stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Reeves wants it to stay on the feet.
Reeves has managed to clinch.
Reeves decides to pull guard.
Reeves has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Henrique has passed into side control.
Reeves manages to work his way to half guard, despite Henrique's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reeves controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Henrique looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Henrique wants to lay and pray for a moment but Reeves keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Reeves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Henrique stuffs the takedown attempt from Reeves. Reeves gets slowly back to his feet.
Reeves misses with a head kick.
Reeves shoots in and drives through. Henrique sprawls well.
Reeves shoots in looking for a takedown but Henrique manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Reeves's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pedro Henrique has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Reeves.
Reeves defending well as Henrique loads up on a big left hand.
Reeves clinches up with Henrique and pushes him back against the cage.
Reeves is trying to pull guard but Henrique turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Reeves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Henrique takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Reeves wants to take the fight to the mat but Henrique manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrique wants to take the fight to the mat but Reeves manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Reeves taking a breather.
Reeves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henrique blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee calls for Henrique to work.
Henrique ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Henrique no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Reeves trying to control the position from guard on top but Henrique is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henrique preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henrique looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henrique looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reeves passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Henrique parries the strikes from Reeves easily there. Reeves is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Henrique to escape.
Reeves decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Henrique tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reeves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reeves fails with a takedown attempt.
Reeves scores with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeves fails with the takedown.
Reeves avoids the head kick by Henrique.
Henrique just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Henrique misses the target.
Reeves shoots for a takedown but Henrique saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henrique shoots in and drives through. Reeves sprawls well.
Henrique cracks Reeves with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Reeves feints a jab promting Henrique to slip. Reeves then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Henrique slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Henrique clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reeves tries to break the clinch but Henrique is controlling the position.
Henrique manages to break the clinch.
Reeves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reeves keeps the fight on the outside.
Henrique fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reeves misses with the combination.
Henrique will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henrique fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Reeves looks for a takedown but Henrique sprawls well.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alex Reeves.
Well Reeves has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Alex Reeves!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Alex Reeves!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Alex Reeves!
Alex Reeves wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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RATING
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