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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenric Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Reade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle comes to the cage accompanied by Simply Ravishing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
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195 cm
30
220 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenric Kyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taylor Reade!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reade sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Reade moves into the clinch.
Kyle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reade has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kyle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kyle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kyle misses with some punches.
Kyle blocking some punches.
Kyle misses with the head strike.
Reade misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kyle.
Reade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reade can't find room to land a body shot as Kyle controls the action.
Reade pushes Kyle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Reade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kyle lands a right hand.
Kyle prevents a body shot from Reade.
Kyle cracks Reade with a nice body shot.
A short right from Reade on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kyle managing to block the knees to the body from Reade.
Kyle scores with a shot to the side of Reade's head.
Kyle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kyle lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reade blocks it with crossed arms.
Reade trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reade just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kyle's brow.
Kyle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reade avoids it.
Reade landing knees to the head.
It looks like Kenric Kyle has been cut.
Reade tries to land a knee to the head but Kyle blocks with his arms.
Reade misses with the head strike.
Reade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kyle's elbow.
Kyle prevents a body shot from Reade.
Reade tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Reade working Kyle over with knees to the body.
Reade lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.
Reade prevents a body shot from Kyle.
Reade tries to work over Kyle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kyle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kyle lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
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!
Reade looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reade taking some punishment here, with Kyle in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle thows a huge punch but Reade dodges it nicely.
Kyle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kyle wants to free his trapped foot but Reade is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Reade avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kyle.
Kyle is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Reade is just riding it out for now. Kyle eventually gives up the hold.
Kyle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reade tries to get to full guard but Kyle has control of the leg.
Kyle drops an elbow to the side of Reade's head.
Kyle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kyle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kyle seems to be working for a kimura but Reade defends the submission attempt.
Kyle is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Reade avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kyle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyle is working for a submission of some sort.
Kyle is looking for a kimura but Reade is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kyle to get the leverage.
Kyle is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kyle stops Reade from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kyle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kyle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kyle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kyle looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reade with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kyle prevents Reade from improving his position.
Kyle is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Reade wants to control but Kyle is keeping busy.
Kyle is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kyle is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Reade is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Reade avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reade has control of Kyle's left arm, preventing Kyle from doing any damage.
Kyle postures up in Reade's guard and throws a big left but Reade blocks it.
Reade is trying to keep Kyle in close.
Kyle throws a strike but Reade rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kyle is on top in guard.
Reade is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kyle is looking to work some ground and pound but Reade has wrist control.
Kyle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Reade is trying to control the position but Kyle postures up.
Kyle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reade swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reade really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kyle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kyle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kyle is fighting to break Reade's control of his arms but Reade is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kyle looking to pass the guard.
Kyle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Taylor Reade wasn't active enough on the ground.
Kyle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kyle.
Kyle blocks a head kick by Reade.
Reade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reade avoids the head kick by Kyle.
Reade misses with a body kick.
Reade steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kyle.
Reade 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reade goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kyle avoids the head kick by Reade.
Taylor Reade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reade staying out of range there.
Good leg kick by Kyle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kyle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reade avoiding damage as Kyle throws knees to the body.
Reade lands a nice uppercut.
Kyle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reade comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch on the inside from Kyle fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kyle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kyle lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Reade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kyle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenric Kyle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenric Kyle's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Reade throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kyle.
Kyle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Reade is looking to land body kicks.
Reade misses with a body kick.
Reade is looking to land body kicks.
Reade scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reade misses with a looping left.
Reade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reade is looking to land body kicks.
Kyle scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reade misses with the combination.
Reade throws a lazy right hand but Kyle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kyle feints and as Reade raises his hands in defense, Kyle changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kyle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kyle working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kyle stopping the sweep attempt from Reade.
Kyle throwing strikes from guard but Reade blocks nicely.
Kyle makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle postures up.
Kyle postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kyle postures up.
Kenric Kyle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kyle tries to free his leg and advance position but Reade is retaining full guard.
Kyle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kyle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kyle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reade swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reade trying to keep a closed guard but Kyle is proving a slippery customer.
Kyle works over Reade with some ground and pound from guard.
Reade avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kyle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Reade looking to control.
Reade utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reade working for a triangle but Kyle defends it easily.
Kyle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kyle postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kyle landing some decent shots from guard.
Kyle with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyle passes into half guard.
Kyle looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reade blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kyle.
Kyle stops Reade from getting back to his feet.
Kyle is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kyle looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Reade trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kyle postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Reade badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Kyle around the waist but Kyle pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Kyle is the winner by TKO! Kyle jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenric Kyle!
A relieved looking Kenric Kyle thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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RATING
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