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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yaroslav Rurik (ranked 312 p4p, 189 weight class) and Jay Reepo (ranked 25 p4p, 16 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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25 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yaroslav Rurik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Reepo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reepo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab lands there for Rurik.
We've been told by Rurik's head coaches at League of Shadows MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Reepo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rurik.
Rurik paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Reepo throws a jab but it's blocked by Rurik.
Reepo misses with a lunging right hand
and Rurik counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Reepo throws a hook to the side of Rurik's head but Rurik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rurik scores with a nice head shot.
Reepo missing with a left hand there. Rurik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rurik appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rurik throws a good cross that connects.
A head kick misses from Reepo.
Reepo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rurik connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rurik is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rurik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reepo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reepo 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 Rurik has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rurik and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rurik scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reepo takes the fight into the clinch.
Reepo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rurik backwards.
Rurik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reepo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rurik tries a body shot but Reepo blocks it.
Reepo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rurik throws a punch but it's blocked by Reepo.
Nice body punch from Reepo.
Reepo lands a right hand.
Rurik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rurik has Reepo pushed against the cage.
Rurik tries to work over Reepo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rurik lands a shoulder strike.
Reepo scores with a shot to the side of Rurik's head.
Rurik can't find room to land a body shot as Reepo controls the action.
Rurik lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reepo or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rurik blocks a body shot from Reepo.
Reepo struggles to land a body shot inside as Rurik controls his hands.
Rurik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reepo's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reepo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rurik has him pressed against the cage.
Rurik scores with a hook to the body.
Reepo lands with a light punch inside.
Rurik lands a left hand.
Reepo blocks a body shot from Rurik.
Reepo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rurik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rurik trying to stall but Reepo improves his position.
Reepo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rurik misses with some punches.
Rurik lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reepo or not.
Rurik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rurik blocks a body shot from Reepo.
Reepo fails to pull guard.
Reepo misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reepo.
Reepo throws a punch but it's blocked by Rurik.
Rurik stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rurik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reepo backwards.
Reepo lands an uppercut.
Rurik struggles to land a body shot inside as Reepo controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rurik prevents a body shot from Reepo.
Reepo gets through Rurik's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rurik lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reepo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rurik's elbow.
Reepo has a couple of punches blocked by Rurik.
Reepo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rurik seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Reepo can turn it around.
Rurik prevents a body shot from Reepo.
A right hook to the body lands for Rurik.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rurik.
A right hook to the body lands for Reepo.
A right handed body shot lands from Reepo.
Reepo swings wildly with an uppercut but Rurik uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reepo.
Rurik blocks a body shot from Reepo.
Reepo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rurik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reepo is looking to clinch.
Reepo throws a leg kick
enabling Rurik to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Reepo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reepo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reepo misses with a straight right.
Reepo darts in trying to clinch
and Rurik counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rurik scores with a jab.
Rurik throws an off balance right hand
letting Reepo counter with a right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rurik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rurik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reepo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reepo throws a punch but it's blocked by Rurik.
Reepo prevents a body shot from Rurik.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reepo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rurik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reepo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reepo misses the jab.
Reepo darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yaroslav Rurik will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Good standup being displayed there by Reepo as he connects with a hook.
Rurik looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reepo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rurik.
Rurik scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reepo doesn't seem bothered though.
Reepo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rurik went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yaroslav Rurik is winning the standup battle so far.
Reepo walks into a jab.
Reepo lands with a straight right. Rurik didn't see that one coming.
Rurik throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rurik looks to score with a jab to the body but Reepo is just out of range.
Reepo thuds his right hand into Rurik's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rurik is rocked!
Reepo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oh Rurik is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rurik with a hook.
Jay Reepo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reepo tries to clinch
and Rurik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Reepo misses.
Rurik seems to have got his legs back now.
Reepo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reepo doesn't manage to clinch there - Rurik circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reepo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Reepo throws a sloppy head kick and Rurik moves out of range easily.
Reepo blocks the body kick.
Reepo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rurik avoids the head kick by Reepo.
It looked like Rurik wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reepo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rurik ducks under a wild hook from Reepo.
Rurik swats away the attempt to clinch by Reepo.
Reepo misses with a straight right.
Reepo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rurik blocks a low kick nicely.
Rurik steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reepo.
Rurik is looking to counter punch.
Rurik lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Reepo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rurik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rurik with a nice calf kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rurik.
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!
Reepo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rurik.
Rurik misses with a two punch combination.
Rurik sizes up Reepo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rurik lands with an overhand left.
Reepo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reepo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reepo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rurik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reepo throws a lazy uppercut
and Rurik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rurik connects with a body shot.
Rurik slips a jab from Reepo.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rurik 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 Reepo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reepo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reepo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Reepo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reepo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rurik counters with a stiff right hand.
Rurik slips a straight right by Reepo.
A jab from Reepo misses.
Rurik half committed to a counter leg kick.
Reepo lands with a kick to the temple. Rurik shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rurik takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rurik jabs Reepo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rurik throws a lazy head kick
and Reepo counters with a crisp right that sends Rurik to the canvas! Reepo follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Reepo!
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energy
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hype
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