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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ada Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe has chosen Angry Johnny & The Killbillies - Kill Again as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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202 lbs
27 - 7 - 0 |
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215 lbs
26 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ada Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eli Crowe!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Crowe counters with a nice uppercut.
Crowe fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Reyes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crowe - the referee stops the clock and Reyes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crowe. Reyes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crowe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reyes.
Reyes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Reyes tries to move into range but Crowe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Crowe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reyes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Crowe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ada Reyes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reyes has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Reyes.
Reyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crowe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
Crowe tries a body shot but Reyes blocks it.
Crowe told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes takes an elbow to the temple.
Crowe tries to throw a body punch but Reyes avoids it by throwing Crowe back against the cage.
Crowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe lands an elbow just above Reyes 's eye.
It looks like Ada Reyes has been cut.
Crowe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crowe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Our sources have told us that Reyes has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Crowe.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
Crowe lands a body shot in the clinch.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes pushes Crowe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Crowe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crowe.
Reyes is leaning against Crowe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Eli Crowe has been cut.
Crowe works on Reyes's body with a couple of short punches.
Crowe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crowe avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crowe avoids it.
Reyes trying to land knees to the body.
Crowe blocks an uppercut.
Crowe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crowe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reyes tries to throw a body punch but Crowe avoids it by throwing Reyes back against the cage.
Crowe lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reyes.
Reyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Crowe.
Crowe avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Crowe.
Crowe working aggressively here.
Crowe misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Crowe throws an elbow but misses.
Crowe misses with a knee strike.
Crowe misses with an elbow over the top.
Crowe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crowe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Crowe.
Crowe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crowe managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
Crowe pushes Reyes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crowe.
A knee to the head by Reyes.
That's four 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!
Reyes lands a nice shot to the body.
Reyes misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crowe.
Ada Reyes's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Crowe.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crowe.
Crowe works on Reyes's body with a couple of short punches.
Crowe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crowe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reyes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Crowe.
Reyes misses with the head strike.
Crowe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reyes avoids a wild elbow strike from Crowe.
Crowe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crowe blocks a body shot from Reyes.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crowe avoids it.
Reyes tries to throw a body punch but Crowe avoids it by throwing Reyes back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eli Crowe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Crowe walks into a jab.
Crowe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reyes. That did some damage!
Crowe throws out a leg kick but Reyes moves out of range and Crowe only half commits.
Reyes misses with a low kick as Crowe jumps back.
Crowe tries to counter with a clinch but Reyes shakes him off and moves away.
Reyes throws a body kick that misses
and Crowe counters with an outside leg kick.
Crowe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reyes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Crowe lands a big head kick that sends Reyes tumbling to the mat! Crowe takes a step backwards and waves Reyes back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Reyes is rocked!
Crowe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes tries a head kick but it misses.
Oh Reyes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reyes, as that shot connected.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crowe takes one to the chin there.
Reyes seems to have got his legs back now.
Reyes misses the body punch
and Crowe scores with a counter punch that sends Reyes to the canvas! Crowe smells blood - he's punishing Reyes with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Reyes has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Crowe!
Eli Crowe spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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