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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marin Piekny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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168 lbs
5 - 1 - 1 |
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155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Reginald Dempsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marin Piekny!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dempsey tries to sprawl but Piekny drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dempsey is trying to stand.
Piekny not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Piekny prevents Dempsey from standing back up.
Piekny throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Piekny throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Piekny sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dempsey defending well though.
Piekny not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Piekny looks to land a strike but Dempsey avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dempsey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Piekny on the ground.
Piekny connects with a couple of short punches.
Piekny missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dempsey wants to stand but Piekny is controlling the position.
Piekny with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Piekny accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Piekny working some strikes from top position.
Dempsey trying to keep a closed guard but Piekny is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piekny pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dempsey is keeping the position for now.
Piekny has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Piekny won't allow Dempsey to get back to his feet.
Piekny cracks Dempsey with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Piekny's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Piekny stops Dempsey from standing up.
Piekny with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dempsey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dempsey trying to keep a closed guard but Piekny is proving a slippery customer.
Piekny throws a big right hand that misses.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Piekny working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Dempsey has momentary wrist control but Piekny slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Piekny postures up in Dempsey's guard and throws a big left but Dempsey blocks it.
Piekny preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piekny throws a big right hand that misses.
Dempsey on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dempsey tries to get out of the position.
Piekny throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dempsey wants to sweep but no luck.
Piekny working some strikes from top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Piekny keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dempsey's head.
Piekny prevents Dempsey from getting back to his feet.
Piekny with a nice head shot there.
Piekny chips away with some ground and pound.
Piekny working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dempsey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Piekny.
Piekny trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Piekny distracts Dempsey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Piekny slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dempsey is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piekny tries to score with some ground and pound. Dempsey controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Piekny cracks Dempsey with a big right hand but Dempsey just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Piekny lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Piekny misses with the ground and pound.
Dempsey defending against the ground and pound.
Dempsey takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Piekny scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Dempsey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Piekny throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Dempsey wants to control but Piekny postures up.
Piekny working the head and body with strikes.
Dempsey tries to bench press Piekny off him but Piekny keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piekny cracks Dempsey with a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dempsey defending against the ground and pound.
Dempsey takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Piekny in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dempsey tries to bench press Piekny off him but Piekny keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Piekny lands a nice forearm strike.
Piekny is putting a hurting on Dempsey here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dempsey is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Piekny not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Piekny is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dempsey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Piekny thows a huge punch but Dempsey dodges it nicely.
Dempsey on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Piekny working over Dempsey with some ground and pound. Dempsey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dempsey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Piekny.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marin Piekny dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Piekny tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dempsey defends well and Piekny ends up having to push Dempsey into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Piekny goes for a takedown attempt but Dempsey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dempsey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pieknys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Piekny tries for a takedown but Dempsey sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Reginald Dempsey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marin Piekny.
Piekny with a poor takedown
and Dempsey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dempsey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Piekny is rocked!
Piekny misses with a takedown
and Dempsey rattles Piekny with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Piekny tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Dempsey dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Piekny stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Reginald Dempsey!
During a confident post fight interview, Reginald Dempsey thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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