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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reyn Godrigueze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Tucon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reyn Godrigueze had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reyn Godrigueze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johny Tucon!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Godrigueze with that takedown attempt.
Tucon is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've been informed that Tucon has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Godrigueze shoots for a double leg takedown but Tucon sprawls well. He's pushed Godrigueze's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tucon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Godrigueze throwing a counter right hand but Tucon manages to avoid it.
Godrigueze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Godrigueze digs a good hook to Tucon's body.
Godrigueze has been working on his balance at Circuit training gym - message owner for invite, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Tucon.
Tucon misses with a left hand
and Godrigueze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Godrigueze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tucon.
Tucon looks to score with a jab to the body but Godrigueze is just out of range.
Tucon connects with a body shot that sends Godrigueze's belly button to the back.
Tucon looks to score with a jab to the body but Godrigueze is just out of range.
Tucon throws a right and a left that Godrigueze avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godrigueze lands with a nice body punch.
Nice takedown defense from Tucon. No joy for Godrigueze on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reyn Godrigueze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tucon fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Godrigueze wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tucon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Godrigueze with a poor takedown
and Tucon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Godrigueze backs up against the cage.
Tucon throws a head kick that misses
and Godrigueze counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tucon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Godrigueze.
Tucon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Godrigueze.
Tucon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Godrigueze.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Godrigueze.
Godrigueze scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Godrigueze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tucon trying to control but Godrigueze postures up.
Tucon is controlling Godrigueze's trapped leg to prevent Godrigueze from advancing to side control.
Godrigueze is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tucon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Godrigueze scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tucon is rocked!
Tucon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tucon is still in real trouble! Can Godrigueze finish him?
Godrigueze scores with a big shot! Tucon's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Tucon! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reyn Godrigueze!
Reyn Godrigueze retains his lightweight title!
Reyn Godrigueze spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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