PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reese Remington (ranked 2248 p4p, 2653 weight class) and Darren Will (ranked 251 p4p, 284 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Remington
vs
Will

186 cm
19
185
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
183
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Reese Remington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Will!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Will lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Remington connects with a crisp jab.
Will circles away from the clinch attempt
and Will counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Will throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Will fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Remington manages to avoid it.
Remington appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Will loads up on a big right hand but Remington slips the punch.
Remington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reese Remington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Will gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Remington wants to control from the top but Will keeps moving.
Remington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Will pulls Remington in close to prevent any damage.
Remington throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remington is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Remington postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Remington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Remington accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Will utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Remington throws an elbow that misses. Will uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Remington's guard. Nice move by Will!

Will looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Remington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Remington has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Remington pulls Will in close to prevent any damage.
Remington is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Will is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Remington pulls Will in close to prevent any damage.
Remington bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Will's guard.

Remington looking to pass the guard.
Remington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Remington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Will's head.
Remington scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Remington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Will is keeping the position for now.
Remington postures up and lands a big shot to Will's brow.
Will preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remington stays in close to Will's body and controls the position.
Will really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Remington. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Remington throws a big right hand that misses.
Remington working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Will's head.
Will keeping moving, preventing Remington from controlling successfully.
Remington throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Will works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Will utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Remington throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Will works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Remington tries to free his leg and advance position but Will is retaining full guard.
Will is trying to keep Remington in close.
Will pulls Remington in close to his closed guard and prevents Remington from doing any damage or advancing position.
Remington with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remington trying to control the position from guard on top but Will is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Remington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Remington trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Remington is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Will keeping moving, preventing Remington from controlling successfully.
Remington is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Remington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Remington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Will not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Reese Remington dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Remington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Will throws out a counter right but Remington avoids it with no problem.
Remington drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Remington tries to score a power double leg takedown but Will sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Remington somewhat.

Remington shoots in and gets a takedown into Will's guard.
Remington is looking to work some ground and pound but Will has wrist control.
Remington wants to control from the top but Will keeps moving.
Will preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Remington not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Remington stands and throws Will's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Remington has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Will!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remington lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Will hang on?
Remington lands a couple of good shots and Will has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Even with his hooks in, Remington manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Remington somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Remington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Will can do to turn this around?
Remington trying to control momentarily.
Remington scores with punches and elbows.
Will is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Will as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Remington!
Remington missing with punches from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Remington throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Remington softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Remington loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Will hold on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Remington has Will flattened out and is raining down punches.
Remington controls the action.
Remington lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Will.
Remington controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remington scores with strikes from the back.
Remington lands a shot to the head.

Will is rocked!
Will just trying to survive but Remington is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Remington scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Will is still in real trouble! Can Remington finish him?
Remington punches Will on the ear.
Remington lands shots to the head and Will turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reese Remington!
After winning the bout, Reese Remington thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.