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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Umberto Reem (ranked 1425 p4p, 2776 weight class) and Randy Curran (ranked 164 p4p, 289 weight class). Reem comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Reputation. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Umberto Reem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Curran!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reem connects with a nice looking jab.
Curran throws a head kick but Reem moves out of range.
Curran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reem keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curran.
Curran swats away the attempt to clinch by Reem.
Reem comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Curran throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reem on the side of the head.
Curran clinches.
Reem tries a body shot but Curran blocks it.
Reem blocking some punches.
Reem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reem looks to land a right hand but Curran moved out of range.
Reem misses the shot to the body.
Reem stuns Curran with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Curran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Curran is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Curran takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curran connects with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Curran.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran misses with a straight right.
Reem cracks Curran with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Randy Curran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curran moves forwards but Reem connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reem lands a jab to the head.
Curran throws a right hand that misses
letting Reem counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Curran. That snapped Reem's head back.
A big right from Reem misses.
Reem lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curran.
Curran scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Reem throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reem throws a poor cross that misses
and Curran counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reem throws out the jab.
Reem has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Reem moves out of range as Curran strikes.
Reem throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reem checks a leg kick.
Reem fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curran manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reem throws a hook to the side of Curran's head but Curran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curran throws out a counter right but Reem avoids it with no problem.
Curran throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reem on the side of the head.
Curran jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Curran throws a body kick that misses.
Reem chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Curran can pounce on him.
Curran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reem.
As Curran looks to move away, Reem throws a big counter combo but Curran just gets out of the way.
Curran moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reem connects with the punch.
Curran goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reem is looking to counter the offense by Curran and move into the clinch.
Reem tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Curran manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Curran misses.
Curran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Curran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reem throws a hook but Curran blocks it.
Curran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reem moves away.
Curran throws a lazy right hand but Reem sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reem fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Curran checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curran throws a head kick that misses.
Curran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reem cracks Curran with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reem moves into the clinch successfully.
Reem is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Curran is keeping busy.
Reem blocks an uppercut.
Curran's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Curran throws a head punch that misses.
Curran looking to slow down the pace here.
Reem just leaning against Curran, taking a breather.
Curran blocks an elbow strike from Reem.
A head punch on the inside from Reem fails to land.
Curran is trying to maintain a safe position but Reem gets an underhook and turns Curran into the cage.
Reem leaning against his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reem.
Come on Curran - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Curran has a couple of punches blocked by Reem.
Reem throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Currans head.
Curran blocking some punches.
Curran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reem is stalling here.
Reem gets underhooks to prevent Curran's takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Curran.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curran lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Curran fails to land.
A short right from Reem.
Reem being controlled against the cage.
Curran lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Randy Curran will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reem moves out of range of the strikes.
Reem gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Curran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reem's elbow.
Reem effectively controlling the action here.
Curran is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Reem pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Curran lands with a left to the head.
Reem has Curran pressed against the cage.
Curran lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reem or not.
Curran working aggressively here.
Curran scores with a shot to the side of Reem's head.
Reem lands a left hand that snaps the head of Curran backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Curran tries for a takedown. No joy.
Still in the clinch, Reem scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reem is pushing Curran up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Reem misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reem tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Curran.
Curran stalling against the cage.
Curran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Curran has a couple of punches blocked by Reem.
Curran scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reem working aggressively here.
Curran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reem scores with a nice hook to the head.
Curran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reem is looking to control Curran's arms but Curran gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reem has his back to the cage.
Come on Curran - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reem.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Curran.
Reem blocking some punches.
Reem breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran throws a sloppy head kick and Reem moves out of range easily.
Reem lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curran keeps the fight on the outside.
Curran throws a lazy right hand but Reem sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reem avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reem lands with an overhand left.
Curran throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Reem is predictable there
and Curran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Curran throws out a loose jab but Reem uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Reem misses the target.
Reem wants to clinch.
Reem is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curran.
Curran misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Curran.
Reem closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reem prevents a takedown attempt there.
Umberto Reem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Curran.
Stalling in the clinch from Reem.
Curran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curran lands a jab to the nose.
Reem throws a low kick but Curran moves out of range easily.
Reem lands a nice hook to Curran's body. Curran takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Curran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reem manages to avoid it.
Randy Curran seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Curran misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Curran throws the left hand but Reem avoids the punch easily.
Reem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Curran.
Reem throws a hook but Curran blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Curran.
Reem ducks under a wild hook from Curran.
A nice combination there by Reem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Reem darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reem.
Curran throws a good cross that connects.
Curran is looking to clinch.
Reem was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Reem throws a body shot but no joy.
Curran scores with a nice strike.
Reem works the jab nicely.
Reem misses with a low kick.
Reem moves into range and clinches up with Curran.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reem stalling in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Curran.
Reem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Curran pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Reem keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curran.
Reem thows a left - swing and a miss!
Curran throws a jab but it's blocked by Reem.
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 Umberto Reem will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Curran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reem.
Curran throws a leg kick that misses.
Reem is looking to counter the offense by Curran and move into the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Curran.
Curran defending well as Reem loads up on a big left hand.
Reem has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Reem bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reem tries to clinch there but Curran circles away.
Curran fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reem looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Curran throws a head kick that half lands.
Curran showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reem.
Curran scoring well with a low kick there.
Curran misses with an uppercut.
Curran fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reem on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curran tries to clinch there but Reem circles away.
A nice combination there by Reem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran slips under a jab from Reem.
Curran scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Curran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reem.
Curran throws out a powerful jab.
Reem lands with a good body shot.
Curran lands a nice looking body shot.
Reem blocks a jab.
Reem takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A left lands for Reem.
Curran scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Curran takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reem moves in looking to clinch but Curran pushes him off.
Curran lands with an overhand left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good exchange - Curran coming out on top.
Reem rushes Curran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Curran.
Reem lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Reem.
Curran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Umberto Reem has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reem lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reem stalling in the clinch but Curran improves position.
Curran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reem breaks the clinch.
A low kick lands for Reem.
Reem has closed the distance and engaged Curran in a clinch.
Reem prevents a body shot from Curran.
Reem lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Curran working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Curran stalling in the clinch but Reem improves position.
Reem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reem closes the distance and pushes Curran back into the cage.
Reem lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reem stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Curran.
Reem tries to clinch up but Curran circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Curran! But no joy.
Reem will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Curran connects with a right hand. Reem shakes it off.
Curran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Reem wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reem staying out of range there.
Curran scores with a nice head shot.
Curran takes one to the side of the head.
Reem tries to clinch up but Curran circles away and keeps his distance.
Curran fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Curran misses the target.
Reem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reem misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reem rushes Curran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reem working hard to break the clinch.
Reem breaks the clinch.
Reem slips under a jab from Curran.
Curran misses with a body shot.
Curran scores with a hook to the body. Reem takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Curran 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.
Reem shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reem ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curran moves away.
Reem connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Curran's hands.
Curran loads up on a big right hand but Reem slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curran.
Curran misses with a straight left.
Curran throws a shot from downtown. Reem moves away and avoids it.
Reem throws a body punch but Curran moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Randy Curran.
I think Curran has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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