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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Darren (ranked 428 p4p, 62 weight class) and Jarred Reich (ranked 908 p4p, 121 weight class). Darren comes to the cage accompanied by Here's to the losers. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Darren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarred Reich!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darren throwing a counter right hand but Reich manages to avoid it.
A head kick by Reich misses
and Darren counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reich thinking.
Darren moves away from the strike by Reich.
Some bone on bone action there as Darren checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reich checks a leg kick.
Darren just misses with a punch to the body.
Darren misses with the combination.
Reich looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reich throws a jab but it's blocked by Darren.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reich scores with a nice strike.
Reich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darren thumps Reich with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reich scores with a decent looking hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Darren misses the target.
Jarred Reich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut lands for Reich. That snapped Darren's head back.
Darren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reich avoids the body shot from Darren.
Reich misses with a leg kick
and Darren counters with a nice uppercut.
Reich scores with a jab.
We've been informed that Reich has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Reich blocks a jab.
Reich cracks Darren with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reich lands a nice hook to Darren's body. Darren takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reich misses with a leg kick.
Reich misses with a low kick.
We've been told by Darren's head coaches at Sweat that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reich dives in and scores a takedown into Darren's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darren is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Reich defends well.
Reich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reich engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Darren looking to control.
Reich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Darren working a defensive guard here.
Darren keeping moving, preventing Reich from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reich with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reich misses with a left hand
and Darren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Reich as he connects with a hook.
A jab from Reich finds it's way through Darren's defenses.
Reich thumps Darren with a low kick.
Reich takes a swing at Darren's ribcage but misses.
Darren is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Reich.
Nice jab there from Reich.
Reich explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Darren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Reich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darren takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Darren avoids the body shot from Reich.
Good shot there by Reich.
Darren misses with a right hand
and Reich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot by Reich.
Nice defenses there by Darren.
Darren takes one to the chin there.
Darren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reich.
A left and a right from Reich both land. Nice combination.
Darren is rocked!
Good leg kick by Reich there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reich thuds his right hand into Darren's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarred Reich dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reich thuds his right hand into Darren's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reich throws a big shot that misses.
Darren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darren turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reich scores with a hook to the body. Darren takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reich throws a big shot that misses.
Darren is looking to counter the offense by Reich and move into the clinch.
Darren moves out of range as Reich strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darren.
Reich misses with a body shot
and Darren counters with a nice body shot.
Reich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darren.
Reich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reich throws a right and a left that Darren avoids nicely.
Darren rushes Reich and presses him up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reich.
Reich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darren bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The fighters circling - Reich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reich misses with a left hand
and Reich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darren's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Reich connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Darren scrambles back to his feet.
Reich is looking to chop away at Darren's legs.
Reich throws a leg kick but Darren moved away.
Reich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reich misses with a kick to the body.
Darren tries to counter by clinching up but Reich breaks away and moves out of range.
Reich misses with a looping left.
Darren tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reich manages to circle out of the way.
A jab from Reich misses.
Darren seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Reich lands with a hook. Darren tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice takedown defense from Darren. No joy for Reich on that attempt.
Darren appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reich, as that shot connected.
Darren slips under a jab.
Darren was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Reich takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Reich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Darren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reich.
Darren misses with an uppercut. Reich saw that one coming.
James Darren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reich misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren moves out of range of the leg kick from Reich.
Darren swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Reich throws a leg kick but Darren sees it coming and moves out of range.
Darren is looking to counter the offense by Reich and move into the clinch.
Darren looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reich throws out a leg kick but Darren moves out of range and Reich only half commits.
Reich lands an overhand right.
Reich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darren takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reich looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reich throws a jab but it's blocked by Darren.
Reich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reich. Darren does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid body kick from Reich.
Reich blocks a jab.
Nice shot lands for Darren.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darren fakes the leg kick and cracks Reich in the body.
Darren jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Reich.
Reich scoring well with a low kick there.
Darren throws a low kick, looking for Reich's leg but Reich calmly moves out of range.
Reich misses the jab.
Darren is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Darren takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarred Reich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Reich takes a swing at Darren's ribcage but misses.
Darren appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Reich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Darren keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reich.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darren throws out a loose jab but Reich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darren. That did some damage!
Reich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darren is looking to counter punch.
Darren connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reich misses with a left hand
and Darren counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Darren.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darren.
Reich tries to throw a body punch but Darren avoids it by throwing Reich back against the cage.
Darren working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Darren misses with an elbow strike.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reich's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren blocking some punches.
Darren blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Darren.
A short uppercut from Darren.
Reich has a couple of punches blocked by Darren.
Darren misses with a body punch.
Darren cracks Reich with a nice body shot.
Darren working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Darren lands an elbow inside.
Darren misses with the head strike.
Darren lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Darren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Darren presses Reich against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Darren tries a body shot but Reich blocks it.
Reich misses with the head strike.
Reich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Darren backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darren takes a shot to the head.
James Darren has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darren lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James Darren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like Jarred Reich has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darren tries to work over Reich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reich scores with a shoulder strike.
Reich pushes Darren back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Darren creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reich avoids a wild elbow strike from Darren.
Reich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darren tries to throw a body punch but Reich avoids it by throwing Darren back against the cage.
Reich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Darren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darren lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reich prevents a body shot from Darren.
Reich lands a body punch.
Darren keeps control of Reich as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reich's elbow.
Reich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reich tries to throw a body punch but Darren avoids it by throwing Reich back against the cage.
Darren misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reich lands a left hand.
Reich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darren's elbow.
Darren lands an elbow that stopped Reich in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darren.
A body shot lands from Reich.
Reich lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reich avoids a wild elbow strike from Darren.
Nice elbow from Darren.
Darren throws a punch but it's blocked by Reich.
A right handed body shot lands from Darren.
Reich takes an elbow to the temple.
Reich blocks an elbow strike from Darren.
Reich blocks an elbow strike.
Darren prevents a body shot from Reich.
Reich presses Darren against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reich swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reich breaks the clinch.
Reich scores with a hook to the body. Darren takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reich goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reich keeps the fight on the outside.
Darren moves away from the strike by Reich.
Darren dodges the punch combination from Reich.
Darren misses with a body kick.
Darren swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Reich throws a combination that misses
and Darren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Darren showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reich has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarred Reich!
Jarred Reich seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
James Darren spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm a loser!'.
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