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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugues De Payen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephen Reyes acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hugues De Payen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Payen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reyes's head.
De Payen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reyes is looking to clinch.
De Payen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reyes tries to clinch up but De Payen circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reyes ducks under a wild hook from De Payen.
De Payen misses with a low kick.
De Payen throws a head kick but Reyes moves out of range.
De Payen lands a jab to the head.
Reyes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Payen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Reyes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reyes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reyes is looking to clinch.
Reyes avoids a kick to the body.
Reyes moves out of range of the strikes.
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Payen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes wants to clinch up but De Payen keeps it at a distance.
Reyes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Payen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reyes.
Reyes fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Payen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
De Payen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reyes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Payen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Payen.
Reyes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reyes tries to clinch there but De Payen circles away.
Reyes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reyes fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Payen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reyes tries to clinch up.
De Payen punishes Reyes's body with a nice straight punch.
De Payen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Payen tries a head kick but it misses.
Reyes is looking to clinch but De Payen is avoiding it.
De Payen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reyes clinches.
De Payen takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Payen avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reyes obliges.
De Payen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Payen taking a breather.
Reyes lands an elbow inside that De Payen shrugs off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reyes.
De Payen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Payen is defending well for now.
Reyes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Payen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from De Payen.
De Payen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Payen tries to stall but Reyes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reyes avoiding damage as De Payen throws knees to the body.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Payen's face.
De Payen pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Reyes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from De Payen, against the cage.
De Payen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Payen.
Reyes avoiding damage as De Payen throws knees to the body.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from De Payen, against the cage.
De Payen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reyes avoids a wild elbow strike from De Payen.
Reyes blocks an uppercut.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Payen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reyes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Payen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reyes avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
De Payen tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
Reyes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payen takes an elbow to the temple.
Reyes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Payen is breathing heavily.
De Payen takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Reyes.
Nice elbow from Reyes.
De Payen tries to stall but Reyes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reyes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Payen trying to control the position but instead, Reyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Payen into the cage.
De Payen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but De Payen blocks it.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but De Payen blocks with his arms.
Reyes missing with knees to the body.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into De Payen's ribcage.
Reyes lands a knee to the head.
De Payen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from De Payen, against the cage.
De Payen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Payen throws an elbow but misses.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Payen avoids it.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Reyes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reyes dodges an elbow strike from De Payen.
Reyes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but De Payen blocks with his arms.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
De Payen tries to land a knee to the head but Reyes blocks with his arms.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but De Payen avoids the damage to the body.
De Payen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reyes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Payen.
De Payen has a couple of punches blocked by Reyes.
De Payen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
Reyes misses with a knee to the head.
Reyes lands an elbow inside.
De Payen throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Payen throws an elbow that misses.
Reyes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reyes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. De Payen won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Reyes.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Payen throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reyes lands a knee to the head.
De Payen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Payen taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for De Payen.
De Payen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugues De Payen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
De Payen scores with a nice strike.
De Payen throws a leg kick which misses Reyes's front leg but catches the back leg as Reyes tries to avoid it.
De Payen wants to land a leg kick but Reyes is out of range.
Reyes checks a leg kick.
De Payen throws a leg kick which misses Reyes's front leg but catches the back leg as Reyes tries to avoid it.
Reyes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Payen finds it's way round the side to connect with Reyes's head.
De Payen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reyes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Payen.
De Payen throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Payen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Payen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Payen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Payen circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Payen lands with a hook. Reyes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Reyes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Payen throws out the jab.
Reyes is breathing heavily.
De Payen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters up against the cage, Reyes throws an elbow but misses.
De Payen throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from De Payen fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Payen avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
Reyes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. De Payen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reyes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Payen's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
De Payen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reyes avoiding damage as De Payen throws knees to the body.
De Payen looking to stall.
Reyes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Reyes.
De Payen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Reyes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Payen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Payen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
De Payen blocks an elbow strike from Reyes.
De Payen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reyes misses with a knee to the head.
Reyes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De Payen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Payen managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from De Payen.
De Payen 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.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from De Payen.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
De Payen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Payen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Payen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reyes scores with a knee to the head.
De Payen throws a head punch that misses.
De Payen blocks an elbow strike from Reyes.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but De Payen avoids the damage to the body.
De Payen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Reyes.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but De Payen avoids the damage to the body.
Reyes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Payen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
De Payen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reyes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Payen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Reyes.
Reyes looking to throw knees to the head but De Payen is blocking nicely.
De Payen taking a breather.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
De Payen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
De Payen working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reyes misses with an elbow over the top.
Reyes misses with a knee to the head.
De Payen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Payen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Payen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Payen throws an elbow but it misses.
De Payen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Payen pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Payen.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but De Payen avoids the damage to the body.
De Payen trying to control the position but instead, Reyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Payen into the cage.
De Payen throws an elbow that misses.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Payen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but De Payen avoids the damage to the body.
De Payen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
De Payen avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
De Payen misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Payen blocks an elbow strike.
Reyes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Payen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but De Payen blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
De Payen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Payen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Payen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Payen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Payen working aggressively here.
Reyes blocking some punches.
De Payen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reyes as De Payen tries to tie him up.
De Payen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reyes misses with a knee strike.
De Payen missing with knees to the body.
De Payen tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
De Payen pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reyes throws an elbow but misses.
De Payen tries to land a knee to the head but Reyes blocks with his arms.
Reyes misses with a knee to the head.
De Payen throws an elbow but it misses.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Payen blocks the elbow strike.
De Payen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugues De Payen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
De Payen lands a front kick.
Reyes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hugues De Payen is winning the standup battle so far.
Reyes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good exchange - De Payen coming out on top.
Hugues De Payen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Payen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reyes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Payen. De Payen obviously looking to wear him down.
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Payen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes tries to clinch up but De Payen circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes is looking to clinch but De Payen is avoiding it.
Reyes blocks a leg kick.
Reyes tries to clinch but De Payen is having none of it.
De Payen just misses with a punch to the body.
De Payen lands a body shot.
De Payen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Payen throws a solid leg kick but Reyes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Payen.
De Payen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reyes. That did some damage!
De Payen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reyes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Payen. De Payen obviously looking to wear him down.
De Payen tries a low kick but Reyes avoids it.
De Payen cracks Reyes with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Payen.
De Payen takes a swing at Reyes's ribcage but misses.
De Payen connects with a body shot.
De Payen cracks Reyes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reyes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Payen can pounce on him.
De Payen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Payen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Stephen Reyes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reyes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A slow jab from De Payen misses its intended target.
Reyes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Payen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reyes. That did some damage!
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Payen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reyes rushes De Payen and presses him up against the cage.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Payen is trying to maintain a safe position but Reyes gets an underhook and turns De Payen into the cage.
De Payen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reyes avoids it.
Reyes looking to throw knees to the head but De Payen is blocking nicely.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. De Payen won't want to take too many of those.
De Payen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Payen tries to stall but Reyes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from De Payen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
De Payen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Payen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reyes's elbow.
Reyes misses with an elbow strike.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Payen is defending well for now.
Reyes misses with an elbow over the top.
De Payen stalling in the clinch but Reyes improves position.
De Payen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reyes looking to throw knees to the head but De Payen is blocking nicely.
De Payen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Payen.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Payen is looking to control Reyes's arms but Reyes gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Payen has his back to the cage.
Reyes lands a nice elbow.
Reyes lands a nice elbow.
De Payen throws an elbow that misses.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reyes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Payen.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Payen is defending well for now.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but De Payen blocks it.
De Payen throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Payen throws an elbow but misses.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. De Payen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
De Payen blocks an elbow strike from Reyes.
Reyes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes trying to land knees to the body.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from De Payen, against the cage.
De Payen throws an elbow but it misses.
De Payen throws an elbow that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reyes lands a knee to the head.
Reyes lands a knee to the head.
Reyes avoiding damage as De Payen throws knees to the body.
De Payen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
De Payen throws an elbow but it misses.
De Payen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Payen takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Payen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Payen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
De Payen missing with knees to the body.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from De Payen.
De Payen looking to throw knees to the head but Reyes is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Reyes with a knee to the head.
De Payen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reyes avoiding damage as De Payen throws knees to the body.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from De Payen, against the cage.
Stephen Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Payen looking to slow down the pace here.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into De Payen's ribcage.
Reyes blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Payen.
Reyes misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Payen.
De Payen pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into De Payen's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Payen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Hugues De Payen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Payen trying to stall but Reyes improves his position.
Reyes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Payen throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hugues De Payen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Payen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugues De Payen!
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