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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marquis Reagent (ranked 3671 p4p, 442 weight class) and Dustin Assad (ranked 23195 p4p, 727 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 lbs
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186 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marquis Reagent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dustin Assad!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assad clinches.
Assad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assad blocks a body shot from Reagent.
Reagent misses with the head strike.
Reagent has Assad pressed against the cage, preventing Assad from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reagent lands a right hand that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assad.
Assad blocks an uppercut.
Reagent lands a nice uppercut.
Reagent tries to work over Assad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assad misses with a punch to the body.
Assad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reagent lands a nice uppercut.
Assad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reagent's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Reagent fails to land.
Assad misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Reagent.
Assad is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reagent tries to work over Assad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assad wants to stall.
Reagent lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagent lands a nice uppercut.
Reagent keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Assad's efforts to push away.
Reagent stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
I was talking to Reagent's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Reagent throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Assads head.
Reagent has a couple of punches blocked by Assad.
Still in the clinch, Reagent scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reagent working aggressively here.
Assad blocking some punches.
Reagent tries to work over Assad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assad has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Reagent seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Assad can turn it around.
Assad taking a breather.
Reagent working aggressively here.
Assad takes a shot to the head.
Reagent scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reagent blocking some punches.
Reagent lands with a short shot to the head.
Assad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reagent prevents Assad from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assad blocks an uppercut.
Reagent tries to work over Assad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Reagent.
Reagent pushes Assad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reagent.
Reagent lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Dustin Assad has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reagent.
Reagent digs a right hand underneath Assad's ribcage. Assad let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reagent lands a left hand that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Assad fails to land.
Reagent lands a right hand.
A short right from Reagent on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reagent creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reagent lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Assad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Reagent lands with a light punch inside.
Reagent fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Reagent.
Assad tries to circle away but Reagent has him pinned against the cage.
Reagent pushes Assad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reagent scores with a nice hook to the head.
Assad is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reagent is keeping busy.
Reagent lands with a right to the head.
Assad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short left from Reagent.
A short left from Reagent.
Reagent is working Assad over against the cage.
Reagent working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Assad working aggressively here.
Reagent lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reagent tries to throw a body punch but Assad avoids it by throwing Reagent back against the cage.
Reagent lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reagent lands a body punch in the clinch.
Assad wants to get back to striking at distance but Reagent won't allow it.
Assad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagent tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Assad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reagent's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reagent.
A right hook to the body lands for Reagent.
Assad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Assad missing with knees to the body.
Reagent misses with the head strike.
Assad wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Assad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reagent working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Assad tries to work over Reagent's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reagent blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reagent softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reagent tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reagent goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reagent lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reagent lands with a right to the head.
Reagent misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marquis Reagent dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dustin Assad's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Assad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reagent.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Assad checks a leg kick.
Reagent is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Assad can do to turn this around?
Assad takes the fight into the clinch.
Reagent scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reagent lands with a light punch inside.
Assad gets control of Reagent's arms and successfully pulls guard. Assad will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Assad looking to control but Reagent passes into half guard.
Reagent working the head and body with strikes.
Reagent tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Reagent lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assad is looking for a sweep. Reagent is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Reagent working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Reagent passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Assad!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reagent is landing with some decent strikes but Assad is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Assad is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagent lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Assad! Reagent sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Assad and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marquis Reagent!
Marquis Reagent thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Dustin Assad was interviewed post fight and said 'I am the best BJJ player in the world. I will refine my striking game and be back. '.
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RATING
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