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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Strickland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Reis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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140 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre Strickland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Reis!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reis is looking to score with low kicks.
Strickland tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strickland moves into range and clinches up with Reis.
Reis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Strickland's defenses.
It looks like Pierre Strickland has been cut.
Reis lands an uppercut.
Strickland is trying to force a seperation but Reis has the dominant position.
Strickland managing to block the knees to the body from Reis.
Strickland takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reis'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.
Reis moves into the clinch.
Reis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reis connects with a knee to the head.
Reis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis has Strickland up against the cage in a clinch.
Reis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Strickland moves in looking to clinch but Reis pushes him off.
Reis closes the distance and clinches.
Reis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reis has Strickland up against the cage in a clinch.
Reis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reis landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strickland lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Strickland's efforts to push away.
Reis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strickland is defending well for now.
Reis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reis forces Strickland back against the cage and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Strickland looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reis crunches a lovely knee into Strickland's ribcage.
Reis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Reis manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strickland.
Reis wants to clinch.
Strickland could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Reis misses with a double jab.
Reis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reis closes the distance and clinches.
Reis scores a nice knee to the body.
Reis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reis scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis prevents Strickland from breaking the clinch.
Strickland is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reis is keeping busy.
Reis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Strickland.
Stalling in the clinch from Reis.
Reis breaks the clinch.
Reis is looking to clinch but Strickland is avoiding it.
Strickland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Reis clinches up against the cage.
Reis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Strickland tries to circle away but Reis has him pinned against the cage.
Strickland tries to circle away but Reis has him pinned against the cage.
Reis leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Reis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Strickland's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Strickland moves out of range of the body kick from Reis.
Reis lands with a kick to the ribs.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch but Strickland swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strickland throws a big counter combination but Reis scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Reis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reis tries to clinch up but Strickland circles away and keeps his distance.
Reis keeps the fight on the outside.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strickland paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strickland seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strickland is looking to clinch but Reis is avoiding it.
Strickland avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reis misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reis instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis missing with knees to the body.
Reis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reis missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Strickland's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Strickland is looking to control Reis's arms but Reis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Strickland has his back to the cage.
Strickland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reis manages to break the clinch.
Reis looks to land a body kick but Strickland moved away.
Strickland instigates a clinch.
Reis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strickland is defending well for now.
Strickland is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strickland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Strickland.
Strickland wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Strickland's elbow.
Strickland avoiding damage as Reis throws knees to the body.
Reis misses with a knee strike.
Reis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reis is breathing heavily.
Reis taking a breather.
Reis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reis moves in looking to clinch but Strickland pushes him off.
Strickland clinches.
Reis wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis lands a nice shot to the body.
Reis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Strickland.
Strickland breaks the clinch.
Reis has closed the distance and engaged Strickland in a clinch.
Strickland wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reis has him pressed against the cage.
Reis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strickland blocks it with crossed arms.
Reis keeps control of Strickland as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reis wants to get back to striking at distance but Strickland won't allow it.
Strickland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adam Reis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strickland tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reis forces Strickland back against the cage and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis trying to land knees to the body.
Strickland is looking to break free of the clinch but Reis has double underhooks.
Reis throws a head punch that misses.
Strickland is trying to break the clinch but Reis has him pressed against the cage.
Strickland is trying to break free.
Reis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick from Reis lands but Strickland takes it in his stride.
Strickland misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Strickland circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Strickland.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Reis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pierre Strickland'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. This is the final round!
Reis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reis lands a head kick!
Reis closes the distance and clinches.
Reis trying to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Reis.
Strickland is trying to push Reis away but Reis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reis scores with a knee to the head.
Reis wants to break free but Strickland has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reis leaning against his opponent.
Reis stalling in the clinch but Strickland improves position.
Reis breaks from the clinch.
Reis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reis fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strickland tries to close the distance and clinch but Reis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strickland tries to clinch but Reis is having none of it.
Reis tries to clinch up.
Reis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strickland checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Strickland counters with a right hand to the body.
Reis darts in and clinches Strickland up against the cage.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Strickland avoids the damage to the body.
Reis breaks from the clinch.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strickland swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strickland is looking for a counter combo.
Reis instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Strickland's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strickland swats away the attempt to clinch by Reis.
Reis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A quick step to the side and Strickland tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reis rushes Strickland and presses him up against the cage.
Strickland is trying to force a seperation but Reis has the dominant position.
Reis breaks from the clinch.
Strickland swats away the attempt to clinch by Reis.
Reis wants to clinch up but Strickland keeps it at a distance.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strickland paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strickland is looking for a counter combo.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strickland paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strickland is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strickland is looking for a counter combo.
Reis tries to clinch but Strickland is having none of it.
Reis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adam Reis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Strickland lands a jab-cross combination.
Crunch! Reis slams his shin into Strickland's torso.
Strickland clinches up against the cage.
Reis misses with a punch to the body.
Strickland avoiding damage as Reis throws knees to the body.
Strickland wants to break free but Reis has control.
Strickland's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Strickland fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis clinches up against the cage.
Strickland working hard to break the clinch.
Reis is trying to break the clinch but Strickland is controlling him.
Strickland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reis is defending well for now.
Strickland tries to land a knee to the head but Reis blocks with his arms.
Reis has had enough of the clinch but Strickland keeps him there for the moment.
Reis keeps control of Strickland as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strickland can't break the clinch.
Strickland takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adam Reis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Strickland throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reis blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Strickland.
Pierre Strickland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adam Reis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Reis has Strickland pressed against the cage, preventing Strickland from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Reis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reis 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Reis!
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