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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phol Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ada Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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181 cm
29
201 lbs
25 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
35
202 lbs
28 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Hunt! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
28 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ada Reyes! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A big left from Reyes misses. Reyes looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range. Reyes moves out of range of the body kick. Hunt keeps the fight on the outside. Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reyes misses with a body shot.
Reyes fails to land with a series of punches.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt lands a nice hook to Reyes's body. Reyes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Reyes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hunt. Reyes misses with a straight left. Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hunt has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A combination from Reyes does no damage. Hunt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Reyes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hunt circles away quickly and effectively. Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phol Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Reyes is just out of range. Hunt drops Reyes with a beautiful combination! Reyes stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hunt is looking for the KO!
It looks like Ada Reyes has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reyes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Hunt throws the kick towards the body but Reyes avoids it. Reyes looks like he wants to counter punch here. Reyes looks to clinch and Hunt counters with an inside leg kick. Hunt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Reyes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hunt finds it's way round the side to connect with Reyes's head. A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target. Reyes tries to clinch but Hunt moves away and Hunt counters with a low kick, right behind Reyes 's knee. Reyes closes the distance and clinches. Nice elbow from Reyes.
It looks like Phol Hunt has been cut. Hunt manages to break the clinch.
Reyes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Hunt keeps Reyes at a distance using the push kick. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hunt throws a hook but Reyes blocks it. Reyes moves into the clinch. Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but Hunt avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A nice right hand lands inside from Reyes. Reyes blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reyes. Reyes misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reyes. Reyes lands with a short shot to the head. Reyes has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Hunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hunt wants to stall.
Hunt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Reyes throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range. Reyes tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
Reyes looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range. Reyes tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunt swats him away and circles back towards the center. A head kick from Reyes lands but Hunt takes it in his stride. Hunt lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reyes tries to clinch up. Hunt connects with the punch. Nice defenses there by Reyes. Good exchange - Hunt coming out on top. Hunt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reyes doesn't seem bothered though. Reyes misses with a head kick.
Hunt throws a shot to the body.
Reyes throws a sloppy head kick and Hunt moves out of range easily. Hunt misses with a straight right. Hunt cracks Reyes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land. A countering left hand to the body from Reyes misses. Reyes misses the jab. Reyes throws a chopping leg kick but Hunt manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Hunt lands with a shot to the body. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Reyes throws a leg kick which misses Hunt's front leg but catches the back leg as Hunt tries to avoid it. Hunt swings and misses with a shot to the body and Reyes counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Reyes has Hunt up against the cage in a clinch.
Hunt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reyes is keeping busy. Reyes tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Reyes back against the cage. Hunt has Reyes pushed against the cage. Hunt struggles to land a body shot inside as Reyes controls his hands.
Hunt digs a right hand underneath Reyes's ribcage. Reyes let out a lung full of air as it connected. Reyes has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hunt seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Reyes can turn it around. Hunt tries to work over Reyes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Hunt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reyes backwards. Reyes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reyes. Hunt scores with a shoulder strike. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Reyes throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily. Hunt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Reyes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Reyes throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Hunt dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Reyes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reyes, as that shot connected.
Reyes lands with a shot to the body. Reyes throws a head kick that misses. Hunt misses with a wild body shot. Hunt changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Reyes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt misses with a low kick. Reyes throws a sloppy head kick and Hunt moves out of range easily. Hunt stuns Reyes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hunt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Reyes tries to clinch but Hunt moves out of range. Reyes slips a straight right by Hunt. Hunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reyes. Reyes misses with a looping right. Reyes misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hunt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Hunt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Hunt connects with a solid leg kick. Reyes throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range. Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Hunt lands with a straight right. Reyes didn't see that one coming. A head kick misses from Reyes. Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it. Reyes fails in his attempt to clinch. Reyes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Reyes avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Reyes throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hunt's head. Hunt checks a leg kick nicely. A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet. Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes. A head kick misses from Reyes. Hunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A head kick misses from Reyes. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Hunt throws a body shot but no joy. Nice uppercut lands for Hunt. That snapped Reyes's head back.
Reyes fails in his attempt to clinch. As Reyes looks to move away, Hunt throws a big counter combo but Reyes just gets out of the way. Reyes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hunt counters with a straight that turns Reyes's legs to rubber! Hunt pushes forward with more strikes and Reyes goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phol Hunt! Phol Hunt bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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