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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Reilly (ranked 835 p4p, 130 weight class) and Mike Snow (ranked 2457 p4p, 336 weight class). Reilly's entrance music is The Whispers - Rock Steady. A fine choice. Mike Snow has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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211 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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220 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Brawler
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Snow!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow clinches up against the cage.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Snow.
Snow swings wildly with an uppercut but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reilly gets through Snow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Snow takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Reilly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, 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!
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reilly blocks a body shot from Snow.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Snow.
Snow is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly lands a right hand.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Snow goes for a takedown attempt but Reilly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Snow misses with a head kick.
Reilly wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nice shot by Snow.
Reilly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Snow darts in trying to clinch
and Reilly counters with a nice uppercut.
Snow tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reilly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Snow thinking.
Snow shoots and misses
and Reilly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Snow throws a sloppy head kick
and Reilly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reilly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly lands a body punch.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Snow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Snows head.
Snow has hold of one of Reilly's legs. Reilly is fighting the takedown attempt but Snow gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Reilly holds on and takes a little breather.
Snow controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Reilly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reilly tries to get out of the position.
Let's hope that Snow 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.
Snow won't allow Reilly to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow trying to control but Reilly is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Snow loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Snow lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Snow throws a big elbow that misses.
Snow passes Reilly's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Snow winds up and cracks Reilly with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Snow thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Reilly is looking to get back to full guard here but Snow has managed to pass to side control instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly is looking for a sweep.
Reilly is working hard here to advance position.
Reilly gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Reilly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Snow on the ground.
Snow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reilly with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Snow is thwarting Reilly's attempts to control the position.
Reilly is trying is best to control the position here.
Snow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Snow trying to mount his opponent but Reilly defends it.
Snow is looking to take a break and control but Reilly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Reilly dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Snow changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Reilly tries to avoid it but Snow manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Reilly to the ground. Reilly escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Snow throws a head kick but Reilly moves out of range.
Snow doesn't manage to clinch there - Reilly circles away.
Reilly is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Snow.
Snow fails with the takedown
and Reilly counters with a thumping low kick.
Snow throws a right hand that misses
and Reilly counters with a stiff right hand.
Reilly has closed the distance and engaged Snow in a clinch.
Snow wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Reilly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Snow is breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Mike Reilly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reilly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
Good body shot from Reilly.
Reilly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Snow can do to turn this around?
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow takes a shot to the head.
Snow is rocked!
Snow is looking to control Reilly's arms but Reilly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Snow has his back to the cage.
Reilly is working Snow over against the cage.
Reilly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
Snow is still on wobbly legs! Can Reilly finish him?
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Snow's head.
Reilly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Reilly.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Reilly.
Reilly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reilly lands a big right hand! Snow is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Reilly!
Mike Reilly seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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