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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rob Dyrdek (ranked 2819 p4p, 370 weight class) and Frank Reilly (ranked 1001 p4p, 141 weight class). Reilly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Danko Jones - Do You Wanna Rock kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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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
9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rob Dyrdek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dyrdek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Reilly connects with a looping right hand.
Dyrdek moves into the clinch.
Reilly is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Reilly is trying to stall.
Dyrdek leaning his opponent against the cage.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Dyrdek controls the action.
Dyrdek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reilly is defending well for now.
Dyrdek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Dyrdek.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyrdek blocking some punches.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Dyrdek avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Dyrdek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reilly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dyrdek.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reilly stalling against the cage.
Nice body punch from Reilly.
Reilly just leaning against Dyrdek, taking a breather.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
Dyrdek pushes off an throws an elbow but Reilly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Dyrdek.
Dyrdek avoiding damage.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Dyrdek avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Dyrdek slows down the pace here.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dyrdeks head.
Reilly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dyrdek creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dyrdek lands a nice shot to the body.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dyrdek blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly pushes off an throws an elbow but Dyrdek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dyrdek tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Dyrdek tries to throw a body punch but Reilly avoids it by throwing Dyrdek back against the cage.
Dyrdek lands a shot to the body.
Dyrdek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Dyrdek scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dyrdek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dyrdek trying to control the position but instead, Reilly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dyrdek into the cage.
Dyrdek lands a left hand.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Reilly lands a body shot.
A short left from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Dyrdek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reilly.
A body shot lands from Reilly.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Dyrdek controls the action.
Dyrdek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reilly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Dyrdek takes a shot to the head.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Reilly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Dyrdek controls the action.
Dyrdek tries to land knees in the clinch but Reilly avoids the damage to the body.
Dyrdek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dyrdek trying to control the position but instead, Reilly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dyrdek into the cage.
Dyrdek is looking to control Reilly's arms but Reilly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dyrdek has his back to the cage.
Dyrdek seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Reilly is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reilly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Dyrdek avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Reilly dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dyrdek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reilly misses with a straight right.
Dyrdek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dyrdek looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dyrdek was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly.
Dyrdek thinks about countering with a head kick.
Reilly is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dyrdek clinches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dyrdek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dyrdek blocking some punches.
Dyrdek blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyrdek holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Dyrdek blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Dyrdek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reilly is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Reilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Dyrdek controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Dyrdek is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dyrdek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Reilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly prevents a body shot from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek tries to stall but Reilly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dyrdek lands a nice knee to the body.
Dyrdek taking a breather.
Dyrdek misses with an elbow strike.
Dyrdek is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reilly is keeping busy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dyrdek lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rob Dyrdek.
Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reilly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Dyrdek missing with knees to the body.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Reilly.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dyrdek's elbow.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Dyrdek trying to land knees to the body.
Dyrdek leaning against his opponent.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dyrdek scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dyrdek trying to control the position but instead, Reilly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dyrdek into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Reilly.
Frank Reilly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dyrdek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly lands a right hand.
Reilly wants to stall.
Dyrdek being controlled against the cage.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reilly avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dyrdek as Reilly tries to tie him up.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dyrdek's elbow.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dyrdek has Reilly pushed against the cage.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly slowing the pace effectively.
Dyrdek tries to work over Reilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Dyrdek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dyrdek's elbow.
Dyrdek misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Dyrdek on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dyrdek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dyrdek trying to stall but Reilly improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Dyrdek scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Reilly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A slow jab from Dyrdek misses its intended target.
Reilly shapes to counter with a head kick.
A big left from Reilly misses.
It looked like Dyrdek was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dyrdek lands with a cross.
Dyrdek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Reilly throws a hook but Dyrdek blocks it.
Frank Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dyrdek blocks a low kick nicely.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses.
Dyrdek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dyrdek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reilly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dyrdek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dyrdek throws a counter high kick but Reilly was just alert enough to avoid it.
Reilly scores with a jab. Dyrdek acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dyrdek darts in and clinches Reilly up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dyrdek looking to stall.
Dyrdek is trying to stall.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Dyrdek shrugs off.
It looks like Rob Dyrdek has been cut.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Reilly.
Reilly tries to work over Dyrdek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dyrdek misses with some punches.
Dyrdek manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short body shot lands from Dyrdek as the two fighters clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek tries to land knees in the clinch but Reilly avoids the damage to the body.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reilly avoids it.
Reilly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
A right handed body shot lands from Reilly.
Reilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reilly is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Dyrdek blocks an uppercut.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dyrdek tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Dyrdek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dyrdek trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dyrdeks head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Dyrdek uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
A short right from Reilly.
Dyrdek tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
The referee calls for Reilly to work.
Dyrdek throws an elbow that misses.
Dyrdek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reilly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reilly.
Reilly pushes Dyrdek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dyrdek avoids a wild elbow strike from Reilly.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dyrdek blocks a body shot from Reilly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Dyrdek misses with an elbow strike.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly letting Dyrdek take a breather here.
Dyrdek lands an uppercut.
Dyrdek blocking some punches.
Reilly effectively controlling the action here.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dyrdek's elbow.
Dyrdek tries to stall but Reilly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Dyrdek.
Reilly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Reilly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reilly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Reilly!
After winning the bout, Frank Reilly thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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