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Event:
CEC 456
Date: Jul 06, 2016 |
#R1#
Reznick walks into a straight right hand from Emelianenko.
Alexander Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reznick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries a quick counter leg kick but Reznick is wise to it.
Reznick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emelianenko.
Reznick moves away from the strike by Emelianenko.
An attempted straight right counter from Reznick misses the target.
Emelianenko throws a looping overhand right but Reznick ducks down to avoid it.
Reznick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a leg kick #CL#
and Reznick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reznick.
Emelianenko misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Reznick.
Emelianenko trying to control the position but instead, Reznick has worked for underhooks and has pushed Emelianenko into the cage.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reznick throws a punch but it's blocked by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko prevents a body shot from Reznick.
Emelianenko tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Reznick smiles and moves away.
Reznick scores with a crisp jab that stopped Emelianenko in his tracks. #T1#
Reznick throws a series of strikes that have Emelianenko backpedaling.
Reznick avoids a kick to the body.
Emelianenko swings for the body but Reznick moves out of range.
Reznick avoids a kick to the body.
Reznick fails to land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Emelianenko misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Reznick misses the target.
Emelianenko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reznick to score with a decent uppercut.
Emelianenko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Emelianenko thinks about the counter body kick.
Emelianenko misses with a low kick.
Reznick misses with a straight left.
A shot to the liver by Reznick. Beautiful body shot.#T2#
Emelianenko drops his hands momentarily and Reznick takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reznick misses with a few strikes there.
Emelianenko looks to land a right hand but Reznick moved out of range.
Reznick has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Emelianenko.
Reznick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
No joy there for Reznick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Emelianenko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Reznick cracks Emelianenko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Emelianenko throws a shot from downtown. Reznick moves away and avoids it.
Reznick scores with a crisp jab that stopped Emelianenko in his tracks.
Emelianenko misses with a looping left.
Reznick misses the jab.
A nice side step and Emelianenko releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Reznick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Emelianenko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reznick jabbing away but nothing is landing. #T3#
Emelianenko throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Emelianenko lands a high kick!
Emelianenko cracks Reznick with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reznick staying out of range there.
Reznick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Reznick swings for the body but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Reznick scores with a jab to the head.
Emelianenko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Reznick throws a looping overhand right but Emelianenko ducks down to avoid it.
Reznick loads up on a big right hand but Emelianenko slips the punch.
A nice side step and Emelianenko releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Reznick throws a leg kick which misses Emelianenko's front leg but catches the back leg as Emelianenko tries to avoid it.
Emelianenko throws out a loose jab but Reznick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emelianenko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reznick thows a left - swing and a miss! #T4#
Emelianenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Reznick counters with an inside leg kick.
Reznick tries a low kick but Emelianenko avoids it.
Reznick on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reznick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emelianenko.
Reznick tries to land a front kick but Emelianenko steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Emelianenko lands an overhand right.
Emelianenko misses with a wild combination.
Emelianenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Reznick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reznick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emelianenko.
Reznick misses with a body shot.
Emelianenko moves away from the strike by Reznick.
Emelianenko is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reznick with a body shot.
Reznick cracks Emelianenko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trevor Reznick dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Reznick scores with a hook.
Reznick throws a one two combo.
Reznick fails to land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko checks a leg kick.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reznick is looking to counter punch.
Reznick tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reznick takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Reznick lands with a nice body punch.
Reznick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reznick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Emelianenko can do to turn this around?
Emelianenko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Emelianenko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reznick has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Reznick there as he acknowledges the shot.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
Emelianenko takes a swing at Reznick's ribcage but misses.
Reznick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Emelianenko.#T1#
Emelianenko throws a body kick, spinning off balance#CL#
and Reznick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reznick.
Emelianenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Reznick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Emelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reznick has a couple of punches blocked by Emelianenko.
Reznick pushes Emelianenko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Emelianenko gets through Reznick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reznick.
Reznick throws a head punch that misses.
Reznick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Emelianenko backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reznick as Emelianenko tries to tie him up.
Reznick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reznick lands a right hand. #T2#
Reznick misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Emelianenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reznick scores with a hook to the body. Emelianenko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko throws an off balance right hand
and Reznick counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Reznick fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reznick misses with a body shot.
Emelianenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reznick.
Reznick misses with a series of wild punches.
Reznick misses with a straight left.
Reznick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emelianenko.
Reznick throws a lazy right hand but Emelianenko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reznick lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Reznick lands with a good body shot.#T3#
Reznick throws out a leg kick but Emelianenko moves out of range and Reznick only half commits.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reznick. That's going to slow Emelianenko down.
Emelianenko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Emelianenko lands a glancing blow to the side of Reznick's head.
Emelianenko lands with an uppercut that bounces Reznick off the cage and back into range.
Emelianenko takes a swing at Reznick's ribcage but misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reznick.
Emelianenko scoring well with a low kick there.
Reznick connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Emelianenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelianenko moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Reznick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trevor Reznick is winning the standup battle so far.
Reznick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Emelianenko moves away from the strike by Reznick. #T4#
Emelianenko connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emelianenko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Reznick scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Emelianenko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Emelianenko throws a body kick that misses
and Reznick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reznick throws a hook but Emelianenko blocks it.
Emelianenko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reznick to score with a decent uppercut.
Reznick connects with a body shot.
Emelianenko delivers a nice body kick.
Reznick misses with a wild body shot.
Emelianenko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reznick doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelianenko circles away.
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Emelianenko lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trevor Reznick dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Reznick on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reznick.
Reznick tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Emelianenko manages to circle out of the way.
Reznick connects with a body shot.
Emelianenko swings for the body but Reznick moves out of range.
Reznick misses with an uppercut. Emelianenko saw that one coming.
Emelianenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reznick throws out the jab.
Reznick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelianenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Reznick.
Emelianenko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reznick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reznick connects with an inside leg kick.
Reznick misses with a right hand
and Emelianenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reznick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Reznick swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Donk. Reznick catches Emelianenko right on the button with a cross.#T1#
Emelianenko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reznick.
Reznick throws a leg kick which misses Emelianenko's front leg but catches the back leg as Emelianenko tries to avoid it.
Reznick throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Reznick catches Emelianenko with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reznick takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Emelianenko is looking to land body kicks.
Emelianenko lands with a shot to the body.
Reznick tries to land a front kick but Emelianenko steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko jabs Reznick to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Reznick needs to keep his hands up - Emelianenko had a free shot at his head there.
Reznick cracks a nice hook into Emelianenko's ribs.
Alexander Emelianenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Nice cross by Emelianenko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reznick checks a leg kick.
Emelianenko looks to land a left hand but Reznick moved out of range nicely.
Emelianenko will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Emelianenko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reznick lands with an uppercut that bounces Emelianenko off the cage and back into range.
Reznick connects with a nice looking jab.
Reznick misses with a wild body shot.
Reznick fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Emelianenko looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Reznick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emelianenko throws out the jab.
Reznick smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Emelianenko has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Reznick digs a good hook to Emelianenko's body.
Reznick is looking to chop away at Emelianenko's legs. #T3#
Emelianenko moves out of range of the leg kick from Reznick.
Reznick ducks right into an uppercut from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko 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 low kick from Emelianenko is predictable there
and Reznick counters with a nice low kick that buckles Emelianenko's knee momentarily.
Emelianenko misses with an uppercut
and Reznick counters with a stiff right hand.
Emelianenko throws a leg kick that is checked
and Reznick makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Emelianenko really felt that one!
Reznick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trevor Reznick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reznick scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Emelianenko doesn't seem bothered though.
Emelianenko throws out a powerful jab.
Reznick catches Emelianenko with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Emelianenko's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that misses
and Reznick counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko throws a shot from downtown. Reznick moves away and avoids it.
Emelianenko throws a body shot but no joy. #T4#
Reznick misses with a straight right.
A jab from Reznick misses.
Emelianenko appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Emelianenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reznick.
Emelianenko throws out a counter right but Reznick avoids it with no problem.
Jab by Reznick.
Emelianenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reznick swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Emelianenko misses the shot to the body.
Reznick is looking to counter punch.
Reznick ducks down and throws a hook to the body.#CL#
Reznick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reznick throws a punch but it's blocked by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to throw a body punch but Reznick avoids it by throwing Emelianenko back against the cage.
Reznick lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Reznick.
Emelianenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reznick throws a punch but it's blocked by Emelianenko.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trevor Reznick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reznick has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trevor Reznick!
Trevor Reznick 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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