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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garegin Balayan (ranked 307 p4p, 52 weight class) and Jarred Reich (ranked 432 p4p, 68 weight class). Balayan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Troika. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
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170 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
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188 cm
36
185 lbs
15 - 8 - 3 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Garegin Balayan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarred Reich! The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reich ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Balayan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reich slips under a jab from Balayan. Balayan throws a body shot but no joy. Reich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Balayan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight. Balayan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reich's head. Reich thuds his right hand into Balayan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Reich misses the shot to the body. Reich loads up on a big right hand but Balayan slips the punch. Reich looks to throw the jab but Balayan is out of range. Good leg kick by Balayan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reich has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Balayan connects with the punch. A solid body kick from Reich. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Reich throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Reich moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Reich misses the target. Reich moves out of range of the body kick. Reich moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Balayan lands a glancing blow to the side of Reich's head. Reich misses with a hook. Balayan ducked under it nicely. Balayan feinted there with a counter leg kick. Reich is looking to chop away at Balayan's legs. Reich blocks a jab. Balayan throws a hook but Reich blocks it. That kick from Reich tenderised Balayan's leg. Balayan is trying to keep his angry face on. Reich chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balayan can pounce on him.
Reich scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Reich throws a low kick but Balayan moves out of range easily. It looked like Balayan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Reich. Reich jabbing away but nothing is landing. Balayan throwing a counter right hand but Reich manages to avoid it. Balayan tries to clinch up but Reich circles away and keeps his distance. Reich follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land. Reich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Balayan tried to counter with a leg kick but Reich avoided it. Balayan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Balayan throws a body kick that misses. Reich now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Balayan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Reich connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reich.
Reich throws the kick towards the body but Balayan avoids it. Balayan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reich can pounce on him.
Balayan misses the jab. Reich takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Balayan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reich.
Reich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balayan.
Reich throws a low kick but Balayan avoids it. Balayan misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Balayan. Reich gets tackled into the cage by Balayan. Balayan maintains the clinch. Reich presses Balayan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Balayan tries to throw a body punch but Reich avoids it by throwing Balayan back against the cage. Reich is working Balayan over against the cage. Reich lands a left hand.
Reich misses with a body punch.
Balayan misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Balayan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Reich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balayan manages to avoid it. Balayan misses with a kick to the body.
Reich takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reich scores with a kick to the body.
Reich misses with the body kick enabling Balayan to counter with a crisp jab. Reich blocks the body kick.
Reich tries to land a leg kick but Balayan saw it coming and moves away.
Reich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reich just misses with a punch to the body.
Reich scores with a jab to the jaw. Balayan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Reich pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Balayan avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Balayan checks a leg kick. Reich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. A little feinted left hand from Balayan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Reich tries to land a front kick but Balayan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Balayan thows a left - swing and a miss! Reich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balayan was well out of range. Poor timing from Reich. Reich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A big right from Balayan misses. Reich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Balayan momentarily.
Balayan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reich throws a body kick that misses and Balayan counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Reich tries to work over Balayan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Reich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Balayan prevents a body shot from Reich. Reich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Reich working some nice short punches in the clinch. A short right from Reich on the inside. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Balayan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balayan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reich's elbow. Reich swings wildly with an uppercut but Balayan uses good head movement to avoid it. Reich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarred Reich dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Reich lands a jab to the nose. Reich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balayan. Balayan ducks under a wild hook from Reich. Reich just misses with a punch to the body.
Balayan throws a leg kick that misses. Balayan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reich's sensitive parts. Balayan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reich. Reich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balayan. Crunch! Balayan slams his shin into Reich's torso. Reich misses with an uppercut. Balayan saw that one coming. Reich scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Reich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. A slow jab from Balayan misses its intended target. Reich scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Balayan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Balayan lands with a shot to the body. A jab lands there for Reich.
That's one minute gone in the round. A clash of legs there as Reich blocks the low kick. Reich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balayan. Reich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Balayan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reich.
Reich throws a body punch but Balayan moves out of range. Reich misses with a body shot.
Balayan lands an overhand right. Reich has been the more effective fighter overall so far. A good leg kick by Balayan. Reich scores with a nice head shot. A cross from Reich lands. Reich misses with an attempted mid kick.
Balayan is looking to chop away at Reich's legs. Reich's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Balayan looks to land a body kick but Reich moved away. Balayan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Reich in his tracks. Balayan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Balayan scores with a spinning back kick! Reich has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. 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! Reich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Reich jabs Balayan to the body, keeping him at a distance. Balayan looks to land a right hand but Reich moved out of range. Reich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reich blocks a leg kick. Reich swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Balayan. Reich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Balayan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reich. A good leg kick by Reich. Reich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balayan moves away. Balayan throwing a counter right hand but Reich manages to avoid it. Reich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Reich throws a right hand that misses
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. and Balayan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Balayan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reich's head. Reich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balayan. Balayan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Reich misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nice body kick there by Balayan. Reich staying out of range there. Reich looks like he wants to counter punch here. Reich scores with a head kick. Balayan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Reich checks a leg kick. Balayan throws the left hand but Reich avoids the punch easily. Reich on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. A shot to the body from Reich misses and Balayan counters with a three punch combo that has Reich backing up. Reich nods at Balayan to acknowledge the strikes. Reich looks to land a body kick but Balayan moved away. Reich throws a hook to the side of Balayan's head but Balayan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. A slow jab from Balayan misses its intended target. Reich feints a counter leg kick. Reich throws a sloppy head kick and Balayan moves out of range easily. Reich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balayan manages to avoid it. Reich looks to score with a jab to the body but Balayan is just out of range. Balayan delivers a nice body kick. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Balayan. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Reich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Balayan connects with the punch. Balayan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reich throws the kick towards the body but Balayan avoids it. It looked like Balayan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Balayan staying out of range there. Reich tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Reich misses with a body kick. Balayan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Balayan throws a big shot that misses. Balayan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jarred Reich seems to be getting the better of the standup. Reich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Balayan. Balayan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reich counters with a nice uppercut. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Balayan misses the shot to the body. Reich attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Reich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Balayan throws a hook but Reich avoids it easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Garegin Balayan will probably get the nod. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Reich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balayan doesn't seem bothered though. Reich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Balayan slips under a jab. Reich pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Balayan connects with a nice looking jab.
Balayan is looking to chop away at Reich's legs. Reich misses with an attempted mid kick.
An inside leg kick from Reich misses. A slapping leg kick lands for Balayan.
Balayan delivers a nice body kick. A bone on bone clash there as Reich blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Reich cracks Balayan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Balayan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice inside leg kick there by Balayan. That's going to slow Reich down. Reich moves out of range as Balayan strikes. Reich throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balayan. Reich tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Balayan is able to avoid easily. A nice leg kick lands there from Balayan. Reich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reich misses with a straight right. Reich lands a jab to the head.
Balayan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Reich takes a step back to recover. Reich loads up on a big right hand but Balayan slips the punch. Good leg kick by Balayan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Balayan is looking to slow Reich down with leg kicks. A slow jab from Balayan misses its intended target. Reich has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Balayan. Reich misses with a wild body shot. Balayan connects with a looping right hand.
Balayan misses with a wild body shot. Reich tries to land a leg kick but Balayan saw it coming and moves away.
Balayan ducks under a wild hook from Reich.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Balayan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Balayan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Reich thumps Balayan with a low kick. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Balayan throws a hook but Reich blocks it. Balayan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. A slow jab from Balayan misses its intended target. Balayan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Balayan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Balayan throws the left hand but Reich avoids the punch easily. Balayan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Reich misses the shot to the body. Reich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Balayan misses with a lunging right hand
and Reich counters with a stiff right hand. Balayan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Balayan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Balayan lands with a shot to the body. Reich throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Reich misses with a low kick. Balayan throws a solid leg kick but Reich takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balayan. A little jabbing left from Reich on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Balayan tried to score with a low kick but Reich checks it. Balayan throws a hook but Reich blocks it. Reich steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Balayan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Balayan throws a looping overhand right but Reich ducks down to avoid it. Reich has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balayan. Reich looks to land a body kick but Balayan moved away. A head kick misses from Reich. Reich feints and then cracks Balayan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Balayan down. Reich misses with a straight left. Reich throws a head kick but Balayan moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Balayan lands an overhand right. Balayan works Reich's body with a nice hook. Balayan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with 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! Reich lands with a kick to the temple. Balayan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Reich throws a leg kick but Balayan sees it coming and moves out of range. Balayan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Reich misses with a kick to the body.
Balayan throws a lazy body kick and Reich counters with a lovely straight right hand! Reich misses with a hook. Balayan ducked under it nicely. Reich attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Balayan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Balayan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reich can pounce on him.
Reich walks into a stiff left hand from Balayan. Balayan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balayan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Reich lunges at Balayan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Balayan's hand.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Garegin Balayan. I think Balayan 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29 Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28 Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jarred Reich! A victorious Jarred Reich thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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