PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arron Asham (ranked 86 p4p, 59 weight class) and Jaheim Reid (ranked 15 p4p, 9 weight class). Reid has chosen Never as his entrance music. Jaheim Reid has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Asham
vs
Reid

185 cm
29
199
15 - 4 - 1

191 cm
34
199
27 - 9 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arron Asham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaheim Reid!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asham connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reid. Reid circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jaheim Reid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Asham.
Reid misses with a left hand
and Asham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reid looks to land a left hand but Asham moved out of range nicely.
Reid throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Asham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Asham throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Asham fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A solid body kick from Asham.
Asham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reid is out of range and Asham settles back down.
Reid takes a swing at Asham's ribcage but misses.
Asham throws a leg kick but Reid moved away.
A big right from Asham misses.
Reid misses with a left hand
and Asham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reid moves away from the strike by Asham.
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!
Asham thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Reid if he has to take too many more of those.
Asham avoids the body shot from Reid.
Asham throws the left hand but Reid avoids the punch easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Reid misses.
Reid throws a low kick, looking for Asham's leg but Asham calmly moves out of range.
Asham takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Asham seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Asham.
Reid pushes Asham away with a front kick.
Reid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reid tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Asham is able to avoid easily.
Nice body kick from Reid.
Asham throws a hook but Reid blocks it.
Asham misses with a straight right.
Asham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reid.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asham. Reid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Asham is looking for a counter combo.
A telegraphed right hand from Reid misses the target.
Reid throws a body kick that misses.
Asham moves in looking to clinch but Reid pushes him off.
Reid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Asham.
Asham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid body kick from Reid.
Reid lands a leg kick that knocks Asham off balance momentarily.
Asham throws a nice inside leg kick.
Asham with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Asham throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Reid throws out a counter right but Asham avoids it with no problem.
Reid throws a leg kick but Asham sees it coming and moves out of range.
Asham throws a head kick but Reid moves out of range.
Asham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reid.
Reid is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Asham swings for the body but Reid moves out of range.
Reid slips a jab from Asham.
Reid throws a lazy right hand but Asham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Asham checks a leg kick.
Reid tries to clinch up but Asham circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid dips to his left and cracks Asham with an uppercut!
Asham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Asham slips a jab from Reid.
Asham tries to clinch up but Reid circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Asham loads up on a big right hand but Reid slips the punch.
Reid tests Asham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A low kick from Reid misses
and Asham counters with a thumping low kick.
Asham with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asham takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Reid throws a chopping leg kick but Asham manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Reid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Asham. That did some damage!
Reid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reid looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Asham wants to clinch up but Reid keeps it at a distance.
Asham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Asham ducks under a wild hook from Reid.
Asham throws a wild body kick that Reid sees coming a mile off.
Reid 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.
Reid wants to land a leg kick but Asham is out of range.
Reid looks to land a combination. Asham sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Reid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Asham on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good leg kick by Reid.
Reid jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A lazy left from Reid finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asham misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reid has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Reid there as he acknowledges the shot.
Asham uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Asham.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reid on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Reid throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Reid is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Asham stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Asham trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asham.
Asham tries to work over Reid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reid throws a head punch that misses.
Asham tries to land a knee to the head but Reid blocks with his arms.
A short right from Reid on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reid throws a punch but it's blocked by Asham.
Asham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asham's elbow.
Reid can't find room to land a body shot as Asham controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Arron Asham will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Reid lands with an uppercut that bounces Asham off the cage and back into range.
Asham scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Asham pushes Reid up against the cage in a clinch.
Asham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Asham's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Reid in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Asham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Asham can't find room to land a body shot as Reid controls the action.
Reid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reid scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reid working aggressively here.
Asham missing with knees to the body.
Asham digs a right hand underneath Reid's ribcage. Reid let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Asham throws a punch but it's blocked by Reid.
Asham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Asham working Reid over with knees to the body.
Reid is breathing heavily.
Asham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asham lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
Reid swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid tries to throw a body punch but Asham avoids it by throwing Reid back against the cage.
Reid misses with a body punch.
Asham scores with a shot to the side of Reid's head.
Reid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asham landing knees to the body.
Asham gets through Reid's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Arron Asham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reid takes a knee to the side of the body.
Asham digs a right hand underneath Reid's ribcage. Reid let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Asham.
Asham lands an uppercut.
Asham lands a body punch.
Asham misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Asham.
Asham lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asham scores a nice knee to the body.
Asham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Asham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Asham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
Asham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reid.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asham lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reid.
Reid takes a shot to the head.
Asham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Asham digs a right hand underneath Reid's ribcage. Reid let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Asham - that landed with a thud.
Asham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Asham lands a knee to the head.

Reid is rocked!

It looks like Jaheim Reid has been cut.
Asham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reid is still on wobbly legs! Can Asham finish him?
Reid fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Asham pushes Reid against the cage. Asham is working some dirty boxing. Asham pushes off with a quick right hook! Reid goes down! Reid tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Asham moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arron Asham!
After winning the bout, Arron Asham thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.