PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Reeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Roe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roe has chosen "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns N' Roses as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Jason Reeves has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jason Reeves seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Reeves
vs
Roe

175 cm
22
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Reeves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Roe!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roe shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Roe is nestled in close to Reeves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Reeves is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Roe pulls his head out easily.

Reeves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Reeves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roe controlling the action here.

Reeves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roe looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Roe not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe wants to pass to mount but Reeves is defending the position.

Reeves looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Roe pushes past his half guard into mount!
Reeves regains half guard.
Roe is trying to control the action in half guard but Reeves is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Roe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Roe is taking a breather. Reeves says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Reeves has hold of Roe's hands but Roe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Reeves pushes Roe off looking to stand but Roe dives back in and keeps control.
Reeves might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Reeves is breathing heavily.
Roe keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Reeves has hold of Roe's hands but Roe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Reeves could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Roe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Roe.

Reeves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Reeves looks like he's trying to stand up.
Roe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roe wants to free his trapped foot but Reeves is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Reeves on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Roe takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Roe slips a nice elbow through Reeves's hands, connecting with Reeves's forehead.
Roe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roe seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Roe seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Reeves does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Reeves actively working from the bottom here.
Roe stalling.
Roe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Roe working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roe looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Reeves looks like he's trying to stand up.
Roe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reeves. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roe slips a nice elbow through Reeves's hands, connecting with Reeves's forehead.
Roe passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Reeves!
Roe landing strikes from the mount.
Reeves tries to reverse the position but Roe maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roe working Reeves over with strikes here.
Roe wants to control the pace but Reeves is squirming around nicely.
Roe cracks Reeves with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Roe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Danga de danga de dang - Roe scores with a four punch combination!

Roe closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Reeves did well to prevent Roe getting side control.
Roe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Reeves wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Roe.
Tyson Roe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Roe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reeves with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Roe not doing much here.
Roe is keen to just control but Reeves is a slippery customer.

Reeves looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roe slows the pace down in half guard.
Roe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves taking some punishment here, with Roe in his half guard.
Roe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Roe is nestled in close to Reeves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Roe working Reeves over with strikes.

Reeves looking for a kimura from the bottom but Roe passes into side control!
Reeves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves wants to get back to his feet but Roe drags him back down.
Reeves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Roe closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Roe stalling.
Roe slips a nice elbow through Reeves's hands, connecting with Reeves's forehead.
Roe is nestled in close to Reeves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Roe trying to control from half guard but Reeves is working away.
Reeves is looking for a sweep. Roe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Reeves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roe looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Reeves wants to get back to his feet.

Reeves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Roe winds up and cracks Reeves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Roe drops an elbow to the side of Reeves's head.

Reeves is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Roe pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Roe lands strikes from half guard.
Roe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Reeves wants to get back to his feet.
Reeves is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Roe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Roe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Reeves is looking to get back to full guard here but Roe has managed to pass to side control instead.
Roe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Roe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Roe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Roe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Roe lands with a cross.

Roe bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Reeves regains half guard.
Reeves wants to get back to full guard.

Reeves looking for submissions off his back.
Roe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Reeves looking for submissions off his back.
Roe passes to side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roe is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Reeves will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Reeves wants to get back to his feet but Roe is dominant here and he's now got Reeves's back!
What can Reeves do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Roe lands a shot to the head.

Reeves manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roe feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Reeves working for a triangle but Roe defends it easily.

Reeves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Roe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Reeves looking for a sweep. Not yet Reeves, not yet.

Reeves is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Roe is aware though and is defending well.
Roe looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Reeves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jason Reeves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeves keeping moving, preventing Roe from controlling successfully.

Reeves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Roe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Roe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Roe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Reeves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Roe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Roe lands a couple of elbows.
Roe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

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.
Reeves being controlled here, momentarily.

Reeves is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Roe wants to stand but Reeves is controlling his posture from full guard.
Roe scoring with punches to the head and body.

Roe avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tyson Roe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reeves can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Roe controls the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Roe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Roe!