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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mal Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raylen Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds comes to the cage accompanied by Can't take the sky from me. Givens has chosen GangstaGrass - Long Hard Times To Come as his entrance music. Mal Reynolds could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Raylen Givens's chin.
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180 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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185 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mal Reynolds!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raylen Givens!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch but Givens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Givens moves out of range.
Givens leaves Reynolds with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Givens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reynolds has Givens up against the cage in a clinch.
Givens is looking to break free of the clinch but Reynolds has double underhooks.
Reynolds scores with a shoulder strike.
Reynolds tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Givens just stands there and leans against the cage.
Reynolds works on Givens's body with a couple of short punches.
Reynolds keeps control of Givens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reynolds fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Givens wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds tries a body shot but Givens blocks it.
Givens tries to break the clinch but Reynolds is controlling the position.
Reynolds can't find room to land a body shot as Givens controls the action.
Givens is trying to break free.
Reynolds lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Givens tries to break free but Reynolds pushes him back against the cage.
Reynolds looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mal Reynolds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Givens.
Givens is trying to break the clinch but Reynolds is controlling him.
Reynolds lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Givens prevents the takedown attempt.
Reynolds wants a takedown.
Givens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Givens just misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds scores with a push kick.
Reynolds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Givens is having none of it.
Givens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Givens digs a good hook to Reynolds's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reynolds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Givens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Givens connects with a solid leg kick.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Givens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Givens with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mal Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reynolds throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Givens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Givens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reynolds.
Reynolds blocks a low kick nicely.
Givens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Givens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Givens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Givens is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reynolds rather than just go for the knockout.
Givens tries to bum rush Reynolds with a series of wild strikes but Reynolds uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reynolds tries to clinch there but Givens circles away.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Givens.
Reynolds wants to clinch up but Givens keeps it at a distance.
Reynolds fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens throws a lazy right hand but Reynolds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Givens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Givens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reynolds manages to avoid it.
Givens slips under a jab from Reynolds.
Givens uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.
An inside leg kick from Reynolds misses.
Givens fails to land with a series of punches.
Reynolds lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Givens at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds tries to work over Givens's front leg with a kick but Givens checks it.
Reynolds lands with a straight right. Givens didn't see that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reynolds tries to clinch there but Givens circles away.
Reynolds scores with a kick to the midsection.
Good exchange - Givens coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mal Reynolds dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Reynolds throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Givens counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Givens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reynolds looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds moves into range and clinches up with Givens.
Reynolds is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Givens gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Givens is looking to break free of the clinch but Reynolds has double underhooks.
Reynolds changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Givens fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Reynolds dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Givens. That did some damage!
Crunch! Reynolds slams his shin into Givens's torso.
Reynolds takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds walks into a stiff left hand from Givens.
Reynolds cracks the inside of Givens's front leg.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Givens moves out of range.
Givens misses with a double jab.
Givens defending well as Reynolds loads up on a big left hand.
Reynolds is looking to clinch.
Givens shoots in but no luck this time.
Reynolds scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Givens tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Givens is breathing heavily.
Reynolds is looking to clinch.
Givens shoots in but no luck this time.
Reynolds throws a hook but Givens blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Givens checks a leg kick.
Givens blocks a head kick by Reynolds.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Givens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Givens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reynolds defending well as Givens loads up on a big left hand.
Givens throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Reynolds was covering up waiting for the punch and Givens finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reynolds is trying to control the position but Givens postures up.
Givens wants to control from the top but Reynolds keeps moving.
Reynolds has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Givens won't allow Reynolds to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds pulls Givens in close to his closed guard and prevents Givens from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mal Reynolds.
Givens throws the left hand but Reynolds avoids the punch easily.
Givens looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Givens just misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds closes the distance but Givens moves to the side
and Reynolds takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Givens throws an overhand right that lands on Reynolds's shoulder, as Reynolds tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reynolds, right into the meat.
Mal Reynolds is winning the standup battle so far.
Reynolds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to clinch there but Givens circles away.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Givens moves out of range.
Givens takes a swing at Reynolds's ribcage but misses.
Reynolds moves away from the strike by Givens.
Givens missing with a left hand there. Reynolds was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Givens works Reynolds's body with a nice hook.
Reynolds throws a solid leg kick but Givens takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a leg kick but Givens moved away.
Reynolds walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Givens blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds tries to clinch there but Givens circles away.
Givens is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mal Reynolds dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reynolds tries a low kick but Givens avoids it.
Reynolds cracks the inside of Givens's front leg.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Givens is defended easily by Reynolds.
Givens jabs Reynolds to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Givens 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Givens fails to land with a series of punches.
Reynolds is looking to chop away at Givens's legs.
Reynolds lands a nice leg kick that just misses Givens's sensitive parts.
Givens misses with the body kick
and Reynolds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Givens is rocked!
Givens takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reynolds moves away from the strike by Givens.
Givens is still on wobbly legs! Can Reynolds finish him?
Reynolds has Givens up against the cage in a clinch.
Reynolds pushes Givens against the cage. Reynolds is working some dirty boxing. Reynolds pushes off with a quick right hook! Givens goes down! Givens tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Reynolds moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mal Reynolds!
Mal Reynolds is the new welterweight champion!
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