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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cole Reynolds (ranked 43 p4p, 9 weight class) and Sarfraz Ali (ranked 77 p4p, 12 weight class). Sarfraz Ali has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cole Reynolds!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sarfraz Ali!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Ali there.
Reynolds lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ali scores with a shot to the body.
Reynolds scores with a sloppy right hand. Ali should have avoided that one.
Ali's corner calls for a 1-2. Ali obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Reynolds takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ali cracks Reynolds with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ali misses with a right hand
and Reynolds counters with a crisp right hand that drops Ali! Reynolds lets Ali back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Ali is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali is still on wobbly legs! Can Reynolds finish him?
Good work by Reynolds as he checks the leg kick.
Ali connects with a body shot that sends Reynolds's belly button to the back.
Ali seems to have recovered his senses.
Reynolds ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Ali throws a jab when Reynolds was well out of range.
Reynolds is looking to counter punch.
Sarfraz Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali feints and then cracks Reynolds's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Reynolds down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ali scores with the left hand. Reynolds knows he should have avoided that one.
Ali looks to land a right hand but Reynolds moved out of range.
Ali will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Reynolds throws a quick counter head kick but Ali was just out of range.
Ali wants to slow Reynolds down by chopping away at his legs.
Reynolds looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Ali attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A little feinted left hand from Reynolds on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ali tries to land a leg kick but Reynolds saw it coming and moves away.
Reynolds ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Reynolds slips under a jab from Ali.
Reynolds ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reynolds was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Reynolds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Reynolds was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ali.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ali. Reynolds shrugs it off though.
Reynolds blocks the body kick.
It looked like Reynolds wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ali keeps Reynolds at a distance using the push kick.
Ali connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ali throws a leg kick but Reynolds moved away.
Ali clobbers Reynolds with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reynolds ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Reynolds throwing a counter right hand but Ali manages to avoid it.
Ali tests Reynolds's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ali throws a right hand that misses
and Ali takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ali tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reynolds is able to avoid easily.
Ali throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Reynolds to counter with a crisp jab.
Reynolds moves out of range as Ali throws a body kick.
A big right from Ali misses.
Reynolds lands a big uppercut and Ali crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ali looks OK. Reynolds waves Ali back to his feet!
Ali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reynolds is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Reynolds on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Ali finds it's way through Reynolds's defenses.
Ali misses with a leg kick
and Reynolds counters with a nice right hand that sends Ali toppling to the canvas! Ali scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Reynolds finish him?!
Ali scores with a sloppy right hand. Reynolds should have avoided that one.
Ali throws a shot to the body.
Reynolds drops his hands momentarily and Ali takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Ali.
Ali throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ali.
An attempted straight right counter from Reynolds misses the target.
Ali misses with a hook
and Reynolds counters with a crisp right that sends Ali to the canvas! Reynolds follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cole Reynolds!
Cole Reynolds retains his featherweight title!
Cole Reynolds was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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RATING
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