PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christos Papadopolous (ranked 4007 p4p, 5062 weight class) and Vance Reyes (ranked 522 p4p, 597 weight class). Christos Papadopolous has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Papadopolous
vs
Reyes

190 cm
24
205
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
204
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

UNSTOPPABLE NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Christos Papadopolous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vance Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes tries to clinch up.
Papadopolous misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Papadopolous closes the distance and pushes Reyes back into the cage.
Reyes is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Papadopolous tries to pull guard but Reyes holds him up against the cage and eventually Papadopolous drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christos Papadopolous. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Papadopolous breaks from the clinch.
Reyes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reyes tries to clinch but Papadopolous is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes is looking to clinch but Papadopolous is avoiding it.
Reyes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Papadopolous moves into the clinch successfully.
Reyes keeps control of Papadopolous as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but Papadopolous blocks with his arms.
Reyes misses with a knee to the head.
Reyes is trying to maintain a safe position but Papadopolous gets an underhook and turns Reyes into the cage.
Papadopolous takes a knee right on the jaw!
Papadopolous tries to score a body lock takedown but Reyes shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reyes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Papadopolous blocks it with crossed arms.
Reyes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reyes looks winded!

Papadopolous manages to break the clinch.
Vance Reyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Papadopolous gets a clinch.

Papadopolous breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Papadopolous rushes Reyes and presses him up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Papadopolous.
Reyes with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes with a knee to the head.
Papadopolous is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Papadopolous is working for takedown but Reyes is calmly controlling the position for now.

Papadopolous manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadopolous has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Papadopolous is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Papadopolous is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Reyes defends it well.
Papadopolous frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Papadopolous is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Reyes is surviving well by controlling Papadopolous's body position as best he can.
Papadopolous looking to control and managing it successfully.
Papadopolous looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christos Papadopolous dominated that round.
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.

Papadopolous dives in for a single leg takedown but Reyes sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Papadopolous pulls guard effortlessly.

Reyes got a little sloppy there for a moment and Papadopolous has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Reyes has managed to get both his arms back between Papadopolous's legs - danger averted.
Reyes is fighting to break Papadopolous's control of his arms but Papadopolous is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Papadopolous throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopolous tries to strike from the bottom.

Papadopolous has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Reyes off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Papadopolous lands a head kick!

It looks like Vance Reyes has been cut.
Papadopolous looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopolous circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reyes doesn't manage to clinch there - Papadopolous circles away.
Reyes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reyes is breathing heavily.
Papadopolous throws a head kick but Reyes moves out of range.
Papadopolous shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reyes pinned against the cage. Reyes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reyes has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christos Papadopolous. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reyes moves in looking to clinch but Papadopolous pushes him off.
Papadopolous darts in looking for a takedown but Reyes gets double underhooks and turns Papadopolous into the cage.
Reyes tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Reyes misses with a knee to the head.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Papadopolous tries to score a body lock takedown but Reyes shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Papadopolous is keeping busy.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but Papadopolous blocks it.
Reyes looking to throw knees to the head but Papadopolous is blocking nicely.

Papadopolous manages to pull guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Papadopolous holds on and takes a little breather.
Papadopolous tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Papadopolous is looking for a triangle but Reyes pushes his legs off easily.
Papadopolous is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reyes can do to turn this around?

Reyes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reyes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Papadopolous seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Papadopolous is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Papadopolous has control of Reyes's left arm, preventing Reyes from doing any damage.
Papadopolous bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Reyes's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Papadopolous throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Papadopolous passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Papadopolous thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Christos Papadopolous overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Papadopolous throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Papadopolous decides to stand up, so the ref orders Reyes to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christos Papadopolous dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vance Reyes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Papadopolous instigates a clinch.
Reyes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Papadopolous.

Papadopolous jumps guard and drags Reyes to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Papadopolous is adopting a defensive guard.
Reyes trying to control the position from guard on top but Papadopolous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes stopping the sweep attempt from Papadopolous.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reyes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Papadopolous is controlling Reyes's posture.

Papadopolous has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Reyes has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes looking to throw knees to the head but Papadopolous is blocking nicely.
Reyes looking to throw knees to the head but Papadopolous is blocking nicely.
Reyes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Papadopolous is keeping busy.

Papadopolous breaks the clinch.
Reyes throws a head kick that misses.
Reyes is looking to clinch but Papadopolous is avoiding it.
Papadopolous drops down looking for a counter takedown but Reyes sprawls and moves away.

Papadopolous closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Papadopolous breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reyes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Papadopolous seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Papadopolous closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Papadopolous breaks from the clinch.
Papadopolous fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Reyes avoids it really well and circles away.
Reyes throws a big counter head kick but Papadopolous avoids it with no problem.
Reyes keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christos Papadopolous. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Papadopolous throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Papadopolous throws a head kick that misses.

Papadopolous moves into the clinch.
Papadopolous takes a knee right on the jaw!
Papadopolous lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopolous looking for a takedown.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but Papadopolous blocks it.
Papadopolous scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Papadopolous pulls guard successfully.
Papadopolous looking for a sweep. Not yet Papadopolous, not yet.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Papadopolous manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Papadopolous drags the fight down to the ground.

Papadopolous working for a triangle but Reyes defends it easily.
Papadopolous lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Reyes wants to get back to his feet but Papadopolous is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopolous passes Reyes's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Reyes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Papadopolous is controlling the pace.
Papadopolous seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Reyes for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christos Papadopolous showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Papadopolous, 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christos Papadopolous!
Christos Papadopolous thanked the fans post fight for their support.