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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reigns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Cobella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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209 lbs
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212 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ronald Reigns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ace Cobella!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reigns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobella was well out of range. Poor timing from Reigns.
Reigns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Reigns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reigns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cobella has a takedown stuffed.
Cobella tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reigns swivels and escapes.
Reigns looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cobella throws out a powerful jab.
Reigns throws a body shot but no joy.
Cobella ducks under a wild hook from Reigns.
Cobella gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reigns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobella keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reigns throws a series of punches but Cobella moves out of range.
Reigns misses with a double jab
and Cobella counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cobella, as that shot connected.
Ronald Reigns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobella throws a series of punches but Reigns avoids them all with ease.
Cobella doesn't manage to clinch there - Reigns circles away.
Cobella moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cobella moves to clinch but Reigns breaks away
and Reigns counters with a two punch combo.
Reigns takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cobella pushes Reigns up against the cage in a clinch.
Reigns wants to break free but Cobella has control.
Reigns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reigns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reigns wants to break free but Cobella has control.
A frustrated look appears on Reigns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cobella lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reigns backwards.
Cobella keeps control of Reigns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reigns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reigns tries to break the clinch but Cobella is controlling the position.
Cobella lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reigns is trying to break the clinch but Cobella has him pressed against the cage.
Reigns blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cobella.
Reigns takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cobella pushes Reigns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobella changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Reigns fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ronald Reigns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ace Cobella.
Cobella moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reigns throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cobella.
Cobella gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reigns tries to break the clinch but Cobella is controlling the position.
Cobella tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reigns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reigns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Reigns.
Nice takedown defense from Reigns. No joy for Cobella on that attempt.
Reigns throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Cobella counter with a right hand.
Cobella tries to clinch up.
Cobella dodges the punch combination from Reigns.
Reigns tries to bum rush Cobella with a series of wild strikes but Cobella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cobella scores with a sloppy right hand. Reigns should have avoided that one.
Cobella fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reigns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ace Cobella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobella works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobella slips a jab and a cross from Reigns.
Cobella looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reigns is fending him off so far but Cobella persists. Nope, Reigns circles away and we're back to standing.
Cobella shoots for a takedown but Reigns saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cobella lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobella throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reigns on the side of the head.
Cobella jabs at Reigns's body.
Reigns throws a right and a left that Cobella avoids nicely.
Reigns throws a jab when Cobella was well out of range.
Cobella takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cobella defending well as Reigns loads up on a big left hand.
Cobella misses with a body shot
and Reigns counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Reigns falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cobella holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cobella looking for a takedown.
Cobella avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Cobella dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cobella rushes Reigns and presses him up against the cage.
Cobella pushes Reigns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobella misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobella has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reigns is trying to break the clinch but Cobella has him pressed against the cage.
Cobella misses with an elbow strike.
Cobella struggles to land a body shot inside as Reigns controls his hands.
Cobella misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobella will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Reigns up against the cage.
Reigns is pressed up against the cage. Cobella 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reigns just misses with a punch to the body.
Ronald Reigns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cobella connects with a body shot that sends Reigns's belly button to the back.
Cobella fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reigns tries to bum rush Cobella with a series of wild strikes but Cobella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cobella connects with the punch.
A combination from Reigns does no damage.
Reigns slaps away a takedown attempt from Cobella, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ronald Reigns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ace Cobella.
Cobella tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cobella looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cobella darts in trying to clinch
and Reigns counters with a straight right hand.
Cobella moves to clinch but Reigns breaks away
and Reigns counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cobella is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobella ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reigns misses with a double jab
and Cobella connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Reigns misses with a left hand
and Cobella counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reigns thinking.
Reigns throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cobella.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cobella lands an elbow inside that Reigns shrugs off.
It looks like Ronald Reigns has been cut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Reigns tries to break the clinch but Cobella is controlling the position.
Reigns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reigns prevents a takedown attempt there.
Reigns is trying to break the clinch but Cobella has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobella drops down looking for an ankle pick but Reigns pulls his leg out and moves away.
Cobella uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reigns.
Cobella tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reigns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cobella, as that shot connected.
Reigns keeps the fight on the outside.
Reigns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobella.
A punch combination from Reigns misses.
Cobella walks into a stiff left hand from Reigns.
Ronald Reigns is winning the standup battle so far.
Cobella lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Reigns throws a looping overhand right but Cobella ducks down to avoid it.
Cobella just misses with a punch to the body.
Reigns misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobella dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reigns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reigns moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Ace Cobella has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reigns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cobella counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cobella cracks Reigns with a good jab.
Cobella throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reigns's waist but Reigns gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cobella off to one side.
Reigns misses with a hook
and Cobella counters with a one-two to the body.
Cobella is looking to clinch.
Cobella pushes Reigns up against the cage in a clinch.
Cobella tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cobella misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobella throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reignss head.
Reigns working hard to break the clinch.
Cobella throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Cobella showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Reigns misses with a wild combination.
Cobella uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reigns.
Cobella moves in looking to clinch but Reigns pushes him off.
Cobella doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reigns throws a hook but Cobella avoids it easily.
Reigns stuffs the takedown attempt from Cobella. Cobella gets slowly back to his feet.
Reigns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reigns swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobella.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobella fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reigns manages to avoid it.
Reigns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cobella tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reigns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cobella fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobella showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reigns.
Cobella lands a nice looking body shot.
Cobella goes for a double leg but Reigns avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Reigns continues to drive forward.
Ronald Reigns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ace Cobella.
Reigns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cobella lands a right hand.
Cobella's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobella uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Reigns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobella tries to close the distance and clinch but Reigns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cobella tries to close the distance and clinch but Reigns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reigns misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Cobella.
Reigns keeps the fight on the outside.
Reigns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reigns misses with a jab to the body
enabling Cobella to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobella doesn't manage to clinch there - Reigns circles away.
A big right from Reigns misses.
Reigns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cobella tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reigns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reigns works Cobella's body with a nice hook.
Cobella tries to clinch up.
Reigns throws a shot from downtown. Cobella moves away and avoids it.
Cobella connects with a right hand. Reigns shakes it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobella takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Reigns swings widly with a right hand
and Cobella cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cobella misses with a few strikes there.
Reigns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reigns misses with a wild body shot.
Cobella shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Reigns as he jumps to the side.
Cobella shoots in but no luck this time.
Cobella wants to clinch.
Reigns misses with an uppercut. Cobella saw that one coming.
Cobella shoots in and bounces Reigns off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cobella forces his way into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reigns keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cobella decides to stand and escape the position.
A combination from Cobella does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Cobella.
Reigns closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cobella is looking to clinch but Reigns is avoiding it.
Reigns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Ronald Reigns did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cobella dives in for a single leg takedown but Reigns sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Reigns can't break the clinch.
Ace Cobella seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cobella tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Reigns smiles and moves away.
Cobella fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reigns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobella was well out of range. Poor timing from Reigns.
Cobella slips a jab from Reigns.
Cobella connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reigns's hands.
Reigns swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reigns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cobella staying out of range there.
Nice takedown defense from Reigns. No joy for Cobella on that attempt.
Ronald Reigns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ace Cobella.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobella ducks under a wild hook from Reigns.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cobella lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reigns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reigns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reigns avoids the elbow strike from Cobella, against the cage.
Cobella has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Reigns after a bit of a struggle.
Reigns breaks the clinch.
Cobella shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Reigns sprawls well. Reigns wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cobella gets slowly back to his feet.
Cobella throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobella looks for a takedown but Reigns sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cobella looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reigns. Cobella does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobella misses with a takedown attempt - Reigns sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cobella misses with a straight right.
Cobella looks to score with a jab to the body but Reigns is just out of range.
Cobella clinches.
Reigns working hard to break the clinch.
Reigns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reigns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cobella keeps control of Reigns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobella escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cobella tries to close the distance and clinch but Reigns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reigns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobella moves away.
Cobella showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reigns.
Reigns misses with a wild combination.
Cobella looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Reigns lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cobella shoots in looking for a takedown. Reigns tries to sprawl out of it but Cobella keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Reigns manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Reigns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobella doesn't manage to clinch there - Reigns circles away.
Reigns looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reigns swinging wildly here.
Reigns swings for the body but Cobella moves out of range.
Cobella shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Reigns eats them both and turns towards Cobella to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobella throws a sloppy head kick and Reigns moves out of range easily.
Cobella tries for a takedown but Reigns sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cobella is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Reigns walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cobella tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cobella misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cobella takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald Reigns had his way with Ace Cobella in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Cobella darts in trying to clinch
letting Reigns counter with a right hand.
Cobella displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reigns throws out the jab.
Reigns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobella manages to avoid it.
Reigns keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cobella dives in for a single leg takedown but Reigns sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Cobella lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobella changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Reigns fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ronald Reigns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ace Cobella.
Cobella is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Reigns lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Reigns throws a right hand that Cobella ducks under and follows up with a left that Cobella also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobella blocks a jab.
Cobella shoots in but Reigns avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cobella slips a jab and a cross from Reigns.
Reigns looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reigns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cobella blocks a jab.
Reigns gets tackled into the cage by Cobella. Cobella maintains the clinch.
Cobella misses with the head strike.
Reigns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cobella scores with a shoulder strike.
Cobella breaks the clinch.
Cobella bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobella moves into the clinch successfully.
Reigns wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cobella looking for a takedown.
Reigns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reigns is trying to break the clinch but Cobella has him pressed against the cage.
Reigns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reigns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reigns takes a swing at Cobella's ribcage but misses.
Reigns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobella was well out of range. Poor timing from Reigns.
Reigns rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cobella moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cobella lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reigns swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobella.
Reigns circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Reigns 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Reigns defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cobella.
No joy there for Cobella, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cobella moves out of range as Reigns strikes.
Cobella cracks Reigns with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cobella is looking to clinch.
Cobella moves in looking to clinch but Reigns pushes him off.
Cobella shoots for a double leg takedown but Reigns sprawls well. He's pushed Cobella's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cobella is looking to clinch but Reigns is avoiding it.
Reigns lands a jab-cross combination.
Cobella closes the distance but Reigns moves to the side
and Reigns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobella tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reigns swivels and escapes.
Reigns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch combination from Reigns misses.
No joy there for Reigns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobella shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Reigns as he jumps to the side.
Cobella shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cobella tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reigns swivels and escapes.
Reigns throws the left hand but Cobella avoids the punch easily.
Reigns stuffs the takedown attempt from Cobella. Cobella gets slowly back to his feet.
Reigns tries to bum rush Cobella with a series of wild strikes but Cobella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cobella shoots in for a takedown but Reigns shows good takedown defense.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Reigns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reigns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 48:47
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronald Reigns!
Ronald Reigns retains his light heavyweight title!
Ronald Reigns managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fury Nutrition Inc., into his post fight interview.
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