PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Finland (ranked 4960 p4p, 385 weight class) and Julius Reed (ranked 3934 p4p, 350 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Finland
vs
Reed

195 cm
27
255 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

198 cm
26
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Finland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Reed!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reed fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Finland to the ground. Reed is now in Finland's guard.
Reed is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Reed drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Reed jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Reed is looking to work some ground and pound but Finland has wrist control.

Reed decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Finland gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Finland lands with a light punch inside.
Finland lands a body shot in the clinch.
Finland definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Reed blocks a body shot from Finland.
Finland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reed's elbow.
Finland manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finland misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reed dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Finland cracks Reed with a nice body shot.
Finland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finland.
Finland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finland struggles to land a body shot inside as Reed controls his hands.
Finland tries to work over Reed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Finland moves into the clinch.
Reed prevents a body shot from Finland.
A right hook to the body lands for Finland.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Finland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Finland pushes Reed back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finland working aggressively here.
Reed looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Reed wants to break free but Finland has control.
Finland lands a nice uppercut.
Reed prevents a body shot from Finland.
Finland lands a nice shot to the body.
Finland working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reed is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Finland pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finland working aggressively here.
Finland swings wildly with an uppercut but Reed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Finland scores with a nice short uppercut.
Finland is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Finland can't find room to land a body shot as Reed controls the action.
Finland misses with the head strike.
Finland lands a body punch.
Finland tries to work over Reed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reed fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bobby Finland has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julius Reed.
Finland pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Finland - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A bit of stalling here from Finland.
Finland lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reed blocks an uppercut.
Reed blocking some punches.
Finland misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reed has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Finland lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Finland dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Reed goes for a double leg but Finland avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Finland continues to drive forward.
Finland swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Reed counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Reed decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Finland fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reed on the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Finland.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finland lands a nice uppercut.
Finland is working Reed over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Finland fails to land.
Finland is leaning against Reed and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed is looking to break free of the clinch but Finland has double underhooks.
Reed's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Finland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Finland.
Finland misses with a punch to the body.
Finland lands a nice uppercut.
Finland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reed tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Finland smiles and moves away.

Finland gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Finland is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finland lands a body shot in the clinch.
Finland misses with a hook to the ribs.
Finland is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reed can do to turn this around?
Reed has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Finland tries to work over Reed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finland lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reed backwards.
A body shot lands from Finland.
Finland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Finland makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reed.
Finland misses with a body punch.
Finland throws a head punch that misses.

Finland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bobby Finland is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finland throws a jab when Reed was well out of range.

Finland moves into the clinch.
Reed is working for takedown but Finland is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bobby Finland has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julius Reed.
Finland misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finland lands with a right to the head.
Finland misses with a body punch.
Finland lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reed backwards.
Finland is working Reed over against the cage.
Finland misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Finland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Finland presses Reed against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Finland.
Reed is breathing heavily.
Finland lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Finland on the inside.
Finland lands a hook to the side of the head.

Reed is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finland lands a big right hand that drops Reed! The killer instinct kicks in and Finland finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Finland!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Finland!
Bobby Finland decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.