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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Garringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly has chosen The Whispers - Rock Steady as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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Excellent 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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gunnar Garringer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Reilly!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garringer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly throws a body punch but Garringer moves out of range.
Garringer avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Reilly avoids the head kick by Garringer.
Garringer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reilly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garringer misses with a two punch combination.
Garringer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Garringer digs a good body shot into Reilly's ribs.
Garringer scores with a nice strike.
A jab lands there for Garringer.
Reilly misses with an uppercut.
Garringer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reilly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garringer has closed the distance and engaged Reilly in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Garringer has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reilly.
Reilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garringer closes the distance but Reilly moves to the side
and Reilly counters with a left and a right that stings Garringer.
Garringer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reilly is out of range and Garringer settles back down.
Reilly scores with a nice strike.
Garringer lands with a hook. Reilly tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Reilly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garringer.
Garringer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Garringer misses with a kick to the body.
Garringer throws a nice looking combination but Reilly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reilly swings for the body but Garringer moves out of range.
Reilly lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garringer digs a good body shot into Reilly's ribs.
Garringer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reilly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garringer moves in looking to clinch but Reilly pushes him off.
Reilly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Reilly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garringer doesn't seem bothered though.
Garringer throws a head kick that misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Reilly as he connects with a hook.
Reilly lands a jab to the nose.
Garringer misses with a body shot
and Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
Garringer wants to clinch up but Reilly keeps it at a distance.
Reilly misses with a body shot.
Garringer throws a combination. Reilly tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reilly takes a swing at Garringer's ribcage but misses.
Garringer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Reilly scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garringer doesn't manage to clinch there - Reilly circles away.
Garringer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reilly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reilly throws an off balance right hand
and Garringer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garringer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Garringer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reilly.
Garringer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reilly counters with a nice uppercut.
Reilly is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Reilly throws a looping overhand right but Garringer ducks down to avoid it.
Reilly's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garringer under the eye.
A lazy left from Reilly finds it's target.
Reilly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reilly swings for the body but Garringer moves out of range.
Garringer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A countering left hand to the body from Reilly misses.
Reilly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Garringer saw that one coming.
Reilly slips under a jab.
Garringer has Reilly up against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly breaks the clinch.
Garringer ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Garringer blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Reilly.
Garringer lands a left and a right that send Reilly crashing to the mat, dazed. Garringer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Reilly is rocked!
Garringer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Reilly! But no joy.
Reilly is still on wobbly legs! Can Garringer finish him?
Garringer looks to score with a jab to the body but Reilly is just out of range.
Garringer tries to clinch but Reilly is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garringer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reilly throws a jab but it's blocked by Garringer.
Garringer is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Reilly.
Garringer lands a big uppercut and Reilly crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Reilly looks OK. Garringer waves Reilly back to his feet!
Garringer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Reilly misses.
Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garringer was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly.
Garringer moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gunnar Garringer will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Garringer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Garringer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Reilly seems to have recovered his senses.
Reilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Garringer saw that one coming.
Reilly scores with a shot to the body.
Reilly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garringer has Reilly up against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garringer works on Reilly's body with a couple of short punches.
Garringer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reilly's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Garringer on the inside.
Reilly has had enough of the clinch but Garringer keeps him there for the moment.
Garringer lands an elbow inside.
Garringer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reilly taking a breather.
Reilly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garringer staying out of range there.
A right-left combo lands from Reilly.
Garringer avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Garringer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reilly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garringer moves into the clinch.
Reilly controlling the action here for a moment.
Garringer lands a damaging elbow.
Reilly prevents a body shot from Garringer.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Reilly is trying to break free.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Garringer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Garringer breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly moves out of range of the body kick.
Garringer clinches up with Reilly and pushes him back against the cage.
Reilly has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Garringer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Reilly can turn it around.
Reilly lands with a light punch inside.
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Garringer controls his hands.
Reilly can't break the clinch.
Garringer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garringer tries to work over Reilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Garringer avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Reilly breaks from the clinch.
Garringer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Garringer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reilly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reilly scores with a nice right hand.
Garringer tries to clinch up.
Reilly scores with a jab to the body.
Garringer misses the body punch
and Reilly counters with a series of strikes that sends Garringer to the canvas! Reilly follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Garringer is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reilly trying to control but Garringer is working from the bottom.
Reilly slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Let's hope that Reilly has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Reilly trying to control the position from guard on top but Garringer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Reilly throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Reilly dips to his left and cracks Garringer with an uppercut!
Garringer pushes Reilly up against the cage in a clinch.
Garringer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reilly is trying to force a seperation but Garringer has the dominant position.
Garringer lands a damaging elbow.
Garringer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Garringer slowing the pace effectively.
Reilly lands a body punch.
Garringer misses with some punches.
Garringer lands a body shot.
Garringer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mike Reilly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Garringer is looking to clinch but Reilly is avoiding it.
Gunnar Garringer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garringer wants to clinch.
Reilly with a jab.
Garringer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reilly misses with a wild body shot.
Garringer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mike Reilly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garringer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reilly throws a body shot but no joy.
Garringer slips a straight right by Reilly.
Garringer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Garringer.
Reilly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reilly throws out a counter right but Garringer avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garringer. Garringer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Garringer doesn't manage to clinch there - Reilly circles away.
Reilly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garringer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garringer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garringer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reilly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garringer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reilly now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Reilly misses with the combination.
A quick step to the side and Garringer tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reilly works Garringer's body with a nice hook.
Garringer tries to clinch up.
Garringer is looking to wear down Reilly with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Reilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Garringer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garringer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gunnar Garringer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garringer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Garringer clinches up with Reilly and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garringer stalling in the clinch but Reilly improves position.
The referee calls for Reilly to work.
Garringer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Garringer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garringer is leaning against Reilly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garringer clinches up against the cage.
Garringer pushes Reilly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garringer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reilly is trying to force a seperation but Garringer has the dominant position.
Garringer wants to stall.
Reilly wants to get back to striking at distance but Garringer won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly manages to break the clinch.
Garringer takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Reilly.
Reilly tries to break free but Garringer pushes him back against the cage.
Reilly pushes Garringer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Reilly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reilly keeps the fight on the outside.
Garringer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garringer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garringer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garringer wants to clinch
enabling Reilly to counter with a crisp jab.
Garringer is looking to clinch but Reilly is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garringer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garringer throws a shot to the body.
Garringer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garringer moves into the clinch.
Reilly takes an elbow to the temple.
Reilly breaks the clinch.
Garringer tries to clinch but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garringer takes the fight into the clinch.
Reilly is trying to break free.
Reilly lands a body shot.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reilly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reilly stalls.
Garringer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mike Reilly.
I think Reilly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Reilly!
Mike Reilly decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Gunnar Garringer stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll get it next time. '.
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