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JJ Reid vs. John Rivero


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I rematched them in Reid's hometown of Quebec, Canada, Rivero won again.

 

Round 5

Tentative start to the round by both fighters, neither looks willing to commit themselves and make the first mistake. Reid stalks Rivero, working him back toward the ropes. There's an exchange of strikes...and Reid is down! Rivero goes to finish it, but gets sucked into the guard position. Replays show that Rivero stunned Reid with a nice straight right to the cheek during the earlier flurry, and that's what dropped him. Rivero passes guard and gets into side control, but it's an awkward position; Reid has the entire right hand side of his body up against the ropes, and both his legs wrapped around Rivero's left arm. Rivero's attacking options are fairly limited. He uses a couple of back fists to strike away at the face, but Reid covers up to defend them. Rivero tries to pin down one of Reid's arms and bring his legs around to trap them fully, but Reid uses his free arm to stop that from happening. The ground battle enters a stalemate, as Rivero finds himself unable to do any real damage other than occasional strikes, which he doesn't have the leverage to get much power behind, with virtually no chance of gaining a submission thanks to his left arm being trapped. The referee eventually stands them up, and the time expires before anything interesting can happen with them standing. The fifth round is over. Blurcat.com sees it 10-9 to Rivero. The three judges all give the match to John Rivero. John Rivero successfully retains the World Champion title.

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