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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sol Kwon (ranked 3759 p4p, 402 weight class) and Mike Reilly (ranked 3063 p4p, 346 weight class). Reilly has chosen The Whispers - Rock Steady as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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188 cm
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215 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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197 cm
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211 lbs
21 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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 light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sol Kwon! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Reilly! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kwon lands a body shot.
Kwon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kwon pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Reilly tries to counter by closing the distance. Kwon jabbing away but nothing is landing. Reilly digs a good body shot into Kwon's ribs. Reilly blocks a jab. Reilly misses with a low kick.
Kwon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kwon. Kwon moves out of range of the strikes. Reilly is looking to clinch but Kwon is avoiding it.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Kwon. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly moves into the clinch.
Kwon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Kwon lands with an uppercut that bounces Reilly off the cage and back into range. Mike Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Reilly jabs at Kwon's body. This has been an exciting period of action! Kwon slips a jab from Reilly. Kwon scores with a jab to the jaw.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Reilly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kwon counters with a nice right hand that sends Reilly toppling to the canvas! Reilly scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Kwon finish him?!

Reilly is rocked! Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kwon was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly. Reilly is still on wobbly legs! Can Kwon finish him? Kwon fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Reilly square on the jaw! Damn, Reilly is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sol Kwon! Sol Kwon decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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