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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Why (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garrido Reia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reia has chosen Moacir Santos - Coisa Nº4 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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189 lbs
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183 cm
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191 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Why!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Garrido Reia!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Why misses with a series of wild punches.
Why swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Reia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reia.
Why blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Why is trying to push Reia away but Reia has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Why is trying to break free.
Why is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reia digs a right hand into Why's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Why's gas tank.
Why letting Reia take a breather here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reia.
Why is trying to break the clinch but Reia has him pressed against the cage.
Reia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Why wants to clinch up but Reia keeps it at a distance.
Reia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Why swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Why misses with a combination
and Reia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Why's elbow.
Reia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reia tries to clinch up.
Reia looks to land a combination but Why avoids it well.
Why lands with a nice combination. Reia backs away looking to recover.
Why slips a jab and a cross from Reia.
Why is looking to clinch but Reia is avoiding it.
Why fails in his attempt to clinch.
Why swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Why manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Why throws a sloppy body shot
and Reia counters by clinching up.
Why has had enough of the clinch but Reia keeps him there for the moment.
Reia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reia moves to clinch but Why breaks away
and Why connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Reia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Why misses with a double jab.
Reia staying out of range there.
Reia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
It looks like John Why has been cut.
Reia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reia clinches.
Reia misses with a punch to the body.
Reia scores with a shot to the side of Why's head.
Reia misses with a body punch.
Why tries to circle away but Reia has him pinned against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Reia.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reia breaks the clinch.
Reia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Why counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Why ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reia moves away.
Reia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Why in his tracks.
Reia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Reia looks to land a right hand but Why moved out of range.
Why connects with a nice looking jab.
Why scores with a punch to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Why. Reia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Why swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reia throws a right hand that Why ducks under and follows up with a left that Why also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Why misses.
Why doesn't manage to clinch there - Reia circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Why misses with a wild combination.
Reia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Why paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reia tries to clinch but Why moves out of range.
Why throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reia.
Why misses with a combination
and Reia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Why fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reia tries to close the distance and clinch but Why swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Why.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Why's head.
Why forces Reia back against the cage and clinches.
Reia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Garrido Reia will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Why's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Reia misses with a two punch combination.
Reia tries to clinch but Why moves out of range.
Why fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reia gets a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Reia.
Reia pushes Why back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Why tries to break free but Reia pushes him back against the cage.
Reia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Why's efforts to push away.
Reia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Why.
Why tries to circle away but Reia has him pinned against the cage.
Why has had enough of the clinch but Reia keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Why takes a shot to the head.
Reia manages to break the clinch.
A left lands for Why.
Why misses with a double jab.
Reia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Why swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reia lands with a straight right. Why didn't see that one coming.
John Why is winning the standup battle so far.
Reia tries to clinch but Why is having none of it.
Why scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Why misses with a series of wild punches.
Why throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reia counters with a series of strikes. Why will be more careful next time no doubt.
Why is rocked!
Why misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reia.
Oh Why is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reia clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reia lands a left hand.
Reia lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Why is trying to force a seperation but Reia has the dominant position.
Reia is leaning against Why and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Why throws a combination that misses
and Reia counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Garrido Reia!
Our winner, Garrido Reia, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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