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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Reilly (ranked 1779 p4p, 229 weight class) and Yuuto Yoshida (ranked 1842 p4p, 236 weight class). Reilly comes into the arena with The Whispers - Rock Steady blaring out of the sound system. Yoshida has chosen Blue Oyster Cult Godzilla as his entrance music. Yuuto Yoshida acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
20 - 13 - 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
29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuuto Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reilly is able to avoid easily.
Reilly slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Reilly wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yoshida blocks a low kick nicely.
Yoshida on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Reilly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yoshida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reilly has Yoshida up against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reilly lands with a light punch inside.
Yoshida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reilly moves out of range as Yoshida strikes.
Reilly moves in looking to clinch but Yoshida pushes him off.
Reilly looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoshida is just out of range.
Yoshida slips under a jab from Reilly.
Yoshida wants to counter the offense by Reilly and move into the clinch position.
Yoshida lands a head shot.
Good leg kick by Reilly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reilly wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yoshida gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Reilly is working Yoshida over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Reilly.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Yoshida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yoshida moves in looking to clinch but Reilly pushes him off.
Reilly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yoshida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yoshida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yoshida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly closes the distance and clinches.
Reilly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reilly scores with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida is trying to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling him.
Yoshida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reilly lands an uppercut.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yuuto Yoshida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly tries to clinch but Yoshida is having none of it.
Reilly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yoshida's calf.
Reilly gets tackled into the cage by Yoshida. Yoshida maintains the clinch.
Yoshida is trying to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling him.
Yoshida breaks from the clinch.
Reilly stuns Yoshida with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yoshida throws a hook but Reilly avoids it easily.
Reilly throws a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida throws out a counter right but Reilly avoids it with no problem.
Reilly moves in looking to clinch but Yoshida pushes him off.
Yoshida throws a leg kick
letting Reilly counter with a right hand.
Reilly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yoshida at a distance.
Yoshida tries to clinch but Reilly moves out of range.
It looked like Reilly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reilly. That's going to slow Yoshida down.
Reilly closes the distance and pushes Yoshida back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida is trying to break free.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Reilly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Yoshida.
Reilly misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Reilly.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yoshida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoshida gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoshida.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Yoshida lands a shot to the body.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida blocks the elbow strike.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Yoshida manages to break the clinch.
Reilly lands a really nice looking cross but Yoshida seems unphased.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoshida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly throws a head kick but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Yoshida tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida connects with an inside leg kick.
Yoshida misses with an uppercut.
Yoshida swats away the attempt to clinch by Reilly.
Some bone on bone action there as Reilly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yoshida throws a looping overhand right but Reilly ducks down to avoid it.
Yoshida throws a body kick that misses
and Reilly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Reilly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yoshida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yoshida closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoshida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yoshida digs a good hook to Reilly's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reilly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoshida circles away.
Reilly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Reilly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Yoshida moves out of range of the leg kick from Reilly.
A leg kick checked by Yoshida.
Reilly slips a straight right by Yoshida.
Reilly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yoshida turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reilly.
Reilly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Yoshida misses.
Reilly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reilly throws out the jab.
Yoshida is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Reilly throws a low kick but Yoshida avoids it.
Reilly staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Reilly misses its intended target.
Reilly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yoshida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yoshida.
Reilly is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a really nice looking cross but Reilly seems unphased.
Good exchange - Reilly coming out on top.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yoshida.
Reilly cracks Yoshida with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida is looking to slow Reilly down with leg kicks.
Yoshida fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reilly.
Reilly scores with a decent looking hook.
Reilly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yoshida connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reilly scrambles back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Yoshida.
Yoshida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reilly lands a body shot.
Yoshida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reilly's sensitive parts.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Reilly is looking to counter punch.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Yoshida.
A lazy left from Reilly finds it's target.
Reilly throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly tries to clinch up.
Yoshida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reilly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reilly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reilly wants to land a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yoshida tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reilly is able to avoid easily.
Yoshida connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yoshida misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yoshida loads up on a big right hand but Reilly slips the punch.
Yoshida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yoshida keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Reilly down.
Yoshida looks to land a left hand but Reilly moved out of range nicely.
Yuuto Yoshida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reilly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Yoshida avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly wants to clinch.
Yoshida lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reilly. That did some damage!
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yoshida dips to his left and cracks Reilly with an uppercut!
Reilly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yoshida misses with a hook. Reilly ducked under it nicely.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Reilly shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yoshida tries to counter by closing the distance.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reilly.
Reilly tests Yoshida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yoshida walks into a left hand.
Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yoshida is trying to break free.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yoshida working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reilly throws an elbow that misses.
Yoshida wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida breaks from the clinch.
Reilly wants to clinch up but Yoshida keeps it at a distance.
Yoshida tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reilly is able to avoid easily.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Reilly connects with a crisp jab.
Reilly missing with a left hand there. Yoshida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Reilly misses.
Yoshida scores with a punch to the head.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Yoshida swats away the attempt to clinch by Reilly.
Yoshida walks into a jab.
Reilly swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reilly misses with a low kick.
Yoshida scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Yuuto Yoshida will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reilly tries to clinch up.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Yoshida tries to land a front kick but Reilly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yoshida swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly tests Yoshida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
Reilly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yoshida throws the left hand but Reilly avoids the punch easily.
Yoshida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yoshida tries to clinch but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Yoshida circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly scores with a jab to the head.
Yoshida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yoshida walks into a stiff left hand from Reilly.
Reilly walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly defending well as Yoshida loads up on a big left hand.
Yoshida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Reilly closes the distance and clinches.
Reilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reilly lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Reilly takes a shot to the head.
Yoshida misses with some punches.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yoshida backwards.
Reilly prevents Yoshida from breaking the clinch.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Yoshida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reillys head.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reilly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida wants to counter the offense by Reilly and move into the clinch position.
Reilly misses with a looping right.
Reilly tries to clinch but Yoshida moves out of range.
Reilly throws a right hand that Yoshida ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoshida also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reilly moves into range and clinches up with Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Reilly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida manages to break the clinch.
Yoshida takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reilly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Yoshida on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yoshida slips a straight right by Reilly.
Reilly misses with a looping right.
Reilly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Reilly fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Yoshida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yoshida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reilly lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yoshida has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yoshida and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reilly lands with an overhand left.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yoshida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reilly throws out the jab.
Yoshida has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yoshida throws a big shot that misses.
Reilly lands a head shot.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Yoshida connects with a nice looking jab.
Reilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoshida circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Yoshida circles away and keeps his distance.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Yoshida listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yoshida misses with a few strikes there.
Reilly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yoshida ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yoshida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reilly.
Reilly lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reilly defending well as Yoshida loads up on a big left hand.
Yoshida misses with a leg kick.
Reilly looks to land a right hand but Yoshida moved out of range.
Reilly connects with an inside leg kick.
Yoshida tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reilly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reilly scores with a nice head shot.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Reilly avoids nicely.
Yoshida tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yoshida wants to clinch.
Reilly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reilly closes the distance and clinches.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reilly lands with a light punch inside.
Yoshida manages to break the clinch.
Reilly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoshida moves away.
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoshida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yoshida.
Yoshida cracks Reilly with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reilly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yoshida.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Reilly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reilly 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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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