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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott McIntyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McIntyre comes to the ring accompanied by The Chosen One. Scott McIntyre has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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270 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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217 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott McIntyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Reid!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as McIntyre blocks the leg kick.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but McIntyre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dan Reid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reid will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McIntyre moves into the clinch.
Reid has had enough of the clinch but McIntyre keeps him there for the moment.
Reid jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McIntyre walks away with a smile on his face. Reid gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McIntyre gets a clinch.
McIntyre lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reid looks gassed!
McIntyre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Reid is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
McIntyre has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Reid is trying to keep an underhook but McIntyre manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
McIntyre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McIntyre has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
McIntyre working for a guillotine from mount but Reid is in no mood to give up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McIntyre scoring with strikes but Reid is staying in there.
It looks like Dan Reid has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Reid is surviving well by controlling McIntyre's body position as best he can.
McIntyre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That has opened up Dan Reid's cut even more.
McIntyre looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
McIntyre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reid is trying to stand up.
Reid has given up his back. Will we see McIntyre going for some submissions?
McIntyre is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Reid trying to control but not successfully.
McIntyre has good solid back control here.
McIntyre looking for the RNC.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid showing good submission defense here.
McIntyre looking for the RNC.
Reid holding both McIntyre 's hands and preventing any damage.
McIntyre has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Reid's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre looking to break Reid's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Reid remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise McIntyre will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Will McIntyre go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
McIntyre looking to break Reid's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Reid remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise McIntyre will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Reid has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
McIntyre is punishing Reid with strikes - can he finish him?!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Reid tries to roll but McIntyre sticks to his back.
McIntyre has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Reid has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Reid trying to control the hands but McIntyre breaks the grip.
Reid is trying to get back to his feet but McIntyre has full control of the position and if anything, Reid has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Reid is really stuck here.
Reid looking very determined here, making life difficult for McIntyre.
McIntyre is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Reid has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reid trying to control the hands but McIntyre won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott McIntyre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Reid's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
McIntyre instigates a clinch.
Reid throws a head punch that misses.
Reid is trying to force a seperation but McIntyre has the dominant position.
Reid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McIntyre has Reid pressed against the ropes, preventing Reid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McIntyre's elbow.
McIntyre looking for a takedown.
McIntyre jumps guard and drags Reid to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Reid throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McIntyre is looking to stand up but Reid isn't so interested in that idea.
McIntyre escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reid gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McIntyre is looking for a triangle but Reid pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Reid jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Reid landing some decent shots from guard.
McIntyre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Reid can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Reid throws a big right hand that misses.
McIntyre is trying to keep Reid in close.
Reid wants to control from the top but McIntyre keeps moving.
McIntyre is trying to keep Reid in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McIntyre had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Reid is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. McIntyre Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Reid's back instead.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Reid is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Scott McIntyre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McIntyre is hanging on to Reid's back as he tries to escape.
McIntyre tightening his grip on Reid, looking for the choke.
Reid trying to get back to his feet but McIntyre is in full control for now.
McIntyre is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Reid knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Reid for a finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Reid.
Reid has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
McIntyre has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Reid has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Reid trying to control the action but McIntyre just sinks the hooks in.
Reid covering up well under a barage of strikes.
McIntyre patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Reid trying to control but not successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Reid surviving as best he can, preventing damage.
Reid is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
McIntyre is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Reid has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
McIntyre is persistently looking for the submission but Reid is defending it well.
Reid is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McIntyre is looking to control Reid but Reid is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott McIntyre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Reid's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
McIntyre shoots for a takedown but Reid saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reid shoots and misses
and McIntyre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
McIntyre 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.
McIntyre controlling the action here.
Reid is defending against the submission attempts here by McIntyre.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reid kicks off McIntyre and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reid is fending him off so far but McIntyre persists. Nope, Reid circles away and we're back to standing.
Reid tries to clinch up
and McIntyre moves into the clinch.
McIntyre tries to pull guard but Reid won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott McIntyre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McIntyre is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Reid can't fight it off and eventually McIntyre manages to take the fight to the floor. Reid looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Reid trying to keep a closed guard but McIntyre is proving a slippery customer.
Reid looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Reid is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst McIntyre is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre gets to his feet - Reid follows without any prompting.
McIntyre closes the distance and clinches up with Reid, looking for a takedown. McIntyre pushes Reid against the ropes but Reid circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reid wants to clinch
and McIntyre counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Reid throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
McIntyre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reid is keeping the position for now.
Reid throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
McIntyre decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Reid, up you get!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McIntyre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Reid defends it nicely.
Reid clinches but McIntyre breaks the clinch
and McIntyre counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
McIntyre is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Reid defends it well.
McIntyre passes to full mount!
Reid is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Reid trying desperately to get to his feet.
Reid keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McIntyre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reid can do to turn this around?
McIntyre fails to advance to Reid's back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McIntyre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reid?
Reid is squirming around, avoiding McIntyre's attempts to control the action.
Reid bucks up and throws McIntyre to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Scott McIntyre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McIntyre shoots in for a double leg but Reid sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dan Reid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reid displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from McIntyre.
Reid tries to bum rush McIntyre with a series of wild strikes but McIntyre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McIntyre drives through and clinches with Reid against the ropes.
Scott McIntyre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McIntyre has Reid pressed against the ropes, preventing Reid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McIntyre manages to pull guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott McIntyre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McIntyre, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott McIntyre!
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