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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brent Reid (ranked 3301 p4p, 346 weight class) and David Taylor (ranked 4393 p4p, 428 weight class). Reid comes to the cage accompanied by At The Hundredth Meridian - The Tragically Hip. Brent Reid has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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6 - 5 - 0 |
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181 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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
6 - 5 - 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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Taylor !
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taylor .
An attempted straight right counter from Reid misses the target.
Taylor throws a body shot but no joy.
Good standup being displayed there by Taylor as he connects with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Taylor .
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Reid has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Taylor moves out of range of the strikes.
Taylor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reid.
Taylor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reid with a body shot.
Reid fails with the takedown.
Taylor changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reid throws a poor cross that misses
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Reid fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Taylor checks it well.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Taylor drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Reid defends it well.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Taylor has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A left lands for Reid.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid cracks Taylor with an open hand slap.
Taylor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Taylor misses with a left hand
enabling Reid to counter with a crisp jab.
Taylor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Taylor connects with a body shot.
Reid on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Reid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Taylor circles away quickly and effectively.
Taylor 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Reid connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Taylor scrambles back to his feet.
Taylor misses with a hook. Reid ducked under it nicely.
Reid throws a jab but it's blocked by Taylor .
Taylor drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Reid defends it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reid takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Taylor finds it's way through Reid's defenses.
Reid is rocked!
Jab from Reid.
Oh Reid is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taylor cracks Reid with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Reid tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Taylor pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Reid is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Taylor !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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