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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reigns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Maure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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209 lbs
3 - 1 - 1 |
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185 cm
26
220 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ronald Reigns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Maure!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reigns connects with a body shot.
Maure tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Maure 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Reigns misses with a body shot.
Reigns fails to land with a series of punches.
Maure throws the kick towards the body but Reigns avoids it.
Maure showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reigns.
Reigns avoids the body shot from Maure.
Maure has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maure there as he acknowledges the shot.
Maure tries to clinch but Reigns is having none of it.
Maure needs to keep his hands up - Reigns had a free shot at his head there.
Maure avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reigns thows a body shot but no joy.
Reigns feints a jab promting Maure to slip. Reigns then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Maure slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Dan Maure has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Maure tenderised Reigns's leg. Reigns is trying to keep his angry face on.
Maure tries to clinch there but Reigns circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reigns misses with a wild combination.
Maure dives in for a single leg takedown but Reigns sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Reigns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reigns misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reigns lands a jab to Maure's midsection.
Reigns misses with a series of wild punches.
Maure wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maure wants to clinch up but Reigns keeps it at a distance.
Maure tries to clinch but Reigns is having none of it.
Maure moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Maure has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Maure connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maure tried to score with a low kick but Reigns checks it.
Reigns misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maure walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Reigns moves out of range as Maure strikes.
Maure fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reigns pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Maure back to the cage. Reigns follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Reigns looks to score with a jab to the body but Maure is just out of range.
Reigns waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maure.
Maure tries to clinch but Reigns moves out of range.
Reigns lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Maure is rocked!
Maure shoots in but Reigns avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maure is still on wobbly legs! Can Reigns finish him?
Reigns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maure dodges the punch combination from Reigns.
Maure connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Maure forces Reigns back against the cage and clinches.
Maure seems to have recovered his senses.
Maure is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Reigns is defending well.
Ronald Reigns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Maure.
Reigns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maure throws a hook to the side of Reigns's head but Reigns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dan Maure seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reigns misses with a combination
and Maure counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maure clinches with his opponent.
I was talking to Reigns's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Maure is trying to pull guard but Reigns has him pressed against the cage.
Reigns is pressed up against the cage. Maure has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Reigns down to the mat. Reigns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Maure scores with a shot to the body.
Maure tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reigns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reigns slips a straight right by Maure.
Reigns looks to land a combination but Maure avoids it well.
Reigns throws a right hand that Maure ducks under and follows up with a left that Maure also avoids with ease.
Maure fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reigns.
Reigns is breathing heavily.
Maure fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Reigns avoids it really well and circles away.
Maure takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reigns misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maure shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Maure was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Maure working the ground and pound from side control.
An elbow from Maure crashes against the mat.
Maure scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Reigns to see if he's OK.
Reigns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maure on the ground.
Reigns is trying to buck Maure off.
Maure has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maure wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Reigns, who protects the arm well.
Maure thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maure has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dan Maure will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dan Maure's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reigns misses with a hook to the body
letting Maure counter with a right hand.
Reigns misses with a hook to the body
and Maure cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reigns is rocked!
Maure tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oh Reigns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maure dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Reigns has had enough and taps out.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Dan Maure!
Dan Maure thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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