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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Reilly (ranked 586 p4p, 79 weight class) and Bronko Strunz (ranked 797 p4p, 107 weight class). Reilly kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Danko Jones - Do You Wanna Rock. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24 - 15 - 0 |
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175 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bronko Strunz!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strunz is looking to slow Reilly down with leg kicks.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reilly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Strunz throws out the jab.
Strunz throws a lazy right hand but Reilly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Strunz throws a shot from downtown. Reilly moves away and avoids it.
Strunz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Strunz.
Strunz ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a hook. Strunz ducked under it nicely.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Strunz.
A jab lands there for Strunz.
Strunz thows a leg kick but Reilly checks it
and Reilly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Strunz misses with a hook to the body
and Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strunz ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Reilly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Strunz misses with a low kick.
Reilly pivots, looking for a leg kick but Strunz is out of range and Reilly settles back down.
A big left from Strunz misses.
Strunz misses the jab.
Reilly cracks Strunz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Reilly slips a jab from Strunz.
Reilly drives through and clinches with Strunz against the cage.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Strunz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly blocks a body shot from Strunz.
Reilly lands a body shot.
Strunz lands a body shot.
Strunz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reilly.
Strunz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strunz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reilly.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Strunz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reilly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Strunz backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Strunz fails to land.
Strunz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Strunz has a couple of punches blocked by Reilly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Strunz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to land knees in the clinch but Strunz avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strunz misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Strunz struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Strunz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Strunz or not.
Reilly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Strunz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Strunz swings wildly with an uppercut but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Reilly - that landed with a thud.
Strunz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strunz throws a body kick that misses
and Strunz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Strunz throws a leg kick which misses Reilly's front leg but catches the back leg as Reilly tries to avoid it.
Strunz's corner calls for a 1-2. Strunz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Strunz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Strunz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Reilly counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reilly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strunz slips a jab from Reilly.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strunz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Strunz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Reilly backing away here, and Strunz unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Strunz connects with the punch.
Reilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strunz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Strunz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Strunz walks into a jab.
Strunz cracks the inside of Reilly's front leg.
Reilly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Strunz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reilly's knee momentarily.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Strunz.
Some bone on bone action there as Strunz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Strunz throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strunz defending well as Reilly loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly looks to land a left hand but Strunz moved out of range nicely.
Strunz misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly blocks the body kick.
Strunz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reilly's head.
We've been told by Reilly's head coaches at LOD:Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Strunz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reilly's sensitive parts.
A low kick from Strunz misses
and Reilly counters with a stiff right hand.
Strunz tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice cross by Reilly.
Strunz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reilly throws a leg kick but Strunz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Strunz appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bronko Strunz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strunz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Strunz loads up on a big right hand but Reilly slips the punch.
Reilly is looking to clinch but Strunz is avoiding it.
Reilly takes one to the chin there.
Strunz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Reilly had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly misses with a body shot.
Strunz misses with a right hand
and Reilly counters with a straight right hand.
Reilly thuds a left hand into Strunz's body.
Strunz misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bronko Strunz will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A big right from Strunz misses.
As Strunz tries to get set, Reilly tries to push him back and clinch up but Strunz manages to avoid the attempt.
Strunz misses with an uppercut
and Reilly counters with a straight right hand.
Strunz looks to land a body kick but Reilly moved away.
Nice defenses there by Strunz.
Strunz throws a hook but Reilly avoids it easily.
Reilly throwing a counter right hand but Strunz manages to avoid it.
Reilly moves forwards but Strunz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Strunz avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Strunz tries to keep at a distance but Reilly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Strunz blocking some punches.
Reilly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Reilly.
Reilly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short left from Strunz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strunz is defending well for now.
Strunz blocks an elbow strike from Reilly.
Strunz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reilly misses with a low kick.
Reilly missing with a left hand there. Strunz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strunz misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly closes the distance and pushes Strunz back into the cage.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strunzs head.
Strunz lands a nice shot to the body.
Strunz breaks the clinch.
Reilly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Strunz.
Reilly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Strunz misses with a hook.
Strunz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reilly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strunz ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Reilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Strunz circles away.
Strunz throws a leg kick that misses.
Strunz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reilly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Strunz is looking to break free of the clinch but Reilly has double underhooks.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strunz misses with some punches.
Strunz tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Strunz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Strunz blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Strunz lands an uppercut.
Strunz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Strunz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reilly works on Strunz's body with a couple of short punches.
Strunz is trying to break free.
Strunz blocks an uppercut.
Strunz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reilly keeps control of Strunz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Reilly.
Reilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Strunz backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Strunz.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Strunz.
Reilly tries to work over Strunz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strunz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Strunz fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Strunz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Good body shot from Strunz.
Strunz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Strunz's elbow.
Strunz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Strunz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reilly takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Strunz lands with a nice body punch.
Strunz tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reilly lands a head kick!
Strunz slips under a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strunz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Reilly. That snapped Strunz's head back.
Reilly works the jab nicely.
Reilly has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strunz.
Strunz misses with a body punch.
Strunz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Strunz misses with some punches.
Frank Reilly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Strunz tries to work over Reilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strunz misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strunz.
Strunz digs a right hand underneath Reilly's ribcage. Reilly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Strunz pushes Reilly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Strunz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Strunz.
Strunz throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Strunz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Strunz lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Strunz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Strunz misses with a punch on the inside.
Strunz digs a right hand underneath Reilly's ribcage. Reilly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bronko Strunz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Strunz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reilly to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reilly rushes Strunz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reilly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Strunz backwards.
Strunz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Strunz misses.
Reilly throws an overhand right that lands on Strunz's shoulder, as Strunz tries to avoid the shot.
Reilly checks a leg kick nicely.
Reilly connects with a jab.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly blocks a head kick by Strunz.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strunz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Strunz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Reilly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strunz.
Reilly seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Good work by Reilly as he checks the leg kick.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Strunz scores with a three punch combo!
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Strunz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reilly throws the left hand but Strunz avoids the punch easily.
Reilly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Strunz throws a hook to the side of Reilly's head but Reilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Strunz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Strunz misses with a left hand
and Strunz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Strunz misses with a straight left.
Reilly throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Strunz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strunz misses with a hook. Reilly ducked under it nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Strunz.
Frank Reilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strunz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Strunz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Strunz avoids the head kick by Reilly.
Strunz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a hook
and Strunz makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Reilly really felt that one!
Reilly looks to score with a jab to the body but Strunz is just out of range.
A slow jab from Reilly misses its intended target.
Reilly closes the distance and clinches.
Reilly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
Strunz missing with knees to the body.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
Strunz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly prevents a body shot from Strunz.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Strunz has a couple of punches blocked by Reilly.
Reilly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Strunz blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Strunz avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Strunz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly lands a body shot.
Reilly blocking some punches.
Reilly scores with a shoulder strike.
Strunz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Strunz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Strunz works on Reilly's body with a couple of short punches.
Strunz tries to throw a body punch but Reilly avoids it by throwing Strunz back against the cage.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Strunz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Strunz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reilly blocking some punches.
Strunz managing to block the knees to the body from Reilly.
Strunz can't find room to land a body shot as Reilly controls the action.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strunz digs a right hand underneath Reilly's ribcage. Reilly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Strunz breaks the clinch.
Bronko Strunz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters circling a little - Strunz finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strunz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reilly wants to clinch.
Strunz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reilly misses with a right hand
and Strunz counters with a straight right hand.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strunz.
A big right from Strunz misses.
Reilly misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bronko Strunz.
I've got Strunz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bronko Strunz!
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energy
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hype
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