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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brent Reid (ranked 3465 p4p, 420 weight class) and Asu Kuren (ranked 1915 p4p, 258 weight class). Reid comes to the cage accompanied by At The Hundredth Meridian - The Tragically Hip. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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173 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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179 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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 New York, Brent Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Asu Kuren!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid throws a chopping leg kick but Kuren manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Reid throws out a powerful jab.
Kuren has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kuren shoots in but no luck this time.
Reid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asu Kuren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reid connects with a nice looking jab.
Kuren fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid keeps the fight on the outside.
Kuren fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuren tries to clinch up.
Reid throwing a counter right hand but Kuren manages to avoid it.
Kuren tries to clinch up but Reid circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuren feints the counter takedown.
Kuren closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Reid to the mat! Reid manages to get full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kuren defends it easily.
Kuren throwing strikes from guard but Reid blocks nicely.
Kuren engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kuren chips away with some ground and pound.
Reid is trying to keep Kuren in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kuren throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reid works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Reid is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Reid working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kuren doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kuren manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kuren wants to pass the guard but Reid is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuren controlling from the top position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kuren fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kuren shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Reid wants to hit a switch here but Kuren passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Reid there!
Reid holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kuren tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuren thowing shots but they're missing.
Kuren lands a heavy elbow.
Reid is wriggling around trying to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kuren with good strikes from the mount here!
Kuren misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asu Kuren dominated that round.
That's time! Reid's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Reid swings widly with a right hand
and Kuren counters with a nice double leg into side control. Reid won't be happy with that.
Reid manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Reid is trying to control. Kuren wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've been hearing that Reid has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Reid content to control rather than advance.
Reid throwing shots but Kuren is blocking nicely.
Kuren is staying active underneath Reid, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuren trying to control here.
Kuren is doing well to control the position and prevent Reid from advancing to side control.
Reid is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kuren manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Reid trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuren wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kuren looking for a sweep. Not yet Kuren, not yet.
Reid throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kuren works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Reid content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kuren wants to sweep but no luck.
Reid scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reid working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kuren is looking to sweep but instead, Reid has passed into half guard.
Reid missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kuren keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kuren regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Reid.
Reid working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reid trying to control but Kuren is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reid throws an elbow that misses. Kuren uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Reid's guard. Nice move by Kuren!
Kuren controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuren throws a strike but Reid rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Reid trying to control but Kuren is working from the bottom.
Kuren looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuren keeping moving, preventing Reid from controlling successfully.
Kuren is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Reid postures up in Kuren's guard and throws a big left but Kuren blocks it.
Reid distracts Kuren with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Reid working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kuren's head.
Reid throws a strike but Kuren rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Reid keeping moving, preventing Kuren from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kuren throwing strikes from guard but Reid blocks nicely.
Reid keeping moving, preventing Kuren from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brent Reid dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Reid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuren with the counter takedown but Reid avoids it easily.
Kuren darts in and clinches Reid up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuren.
Reid prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kuren managing to block the knees to the body from Reid.
Kuren looking for a takedown.
Kuren has Reid pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Reid manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Brent Reid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Asu Kuren.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reid lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kuren.
Kuren managing to block the knees to the body from Reid.
Reid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuren blocking some punches.
Reid lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kuren tries to roll over but Reid keeps him under control.
Kuren trying to control here.
Reid thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kuren's head.
Reid thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kuren's head.
Kuren is controlling Reid's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Kuren is looking to control Reid's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kuren avoid being mounted?
Reid working Kuren over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuren keeping hold of Reid's head, controlling as best he can.
Kuren is trying to control but can't.
Reid thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Reid missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Reid throwing shots but Kuren is blocking nicely.
Kuren is staying active underneath Reid, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kuren works his way to full guard. Good work.
Reid throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reid looking to sit in guard and control but Kuren gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kuren with a nice head shot there.
Kuren engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Reid looking for a guillotine here but Kuren defends easily.
Kuren postures up in Reid's guard and throws a big left but Reid blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reid working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kuren.
Kuren looking to pass the guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Kuren wants to control from the top but Reid keeps moving.
Reid preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Reid will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brent Reid showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reid has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brent Reid!
During a confident post fight interview, Brent Reid thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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