PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cesc Fabregas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedric Reynor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Fabregas
vs
Reynor

175 cm
22
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

150 cm
22
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cesc Fabregas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pedric Reynor!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynor staying out of range there.

Fabregas rushes Reynor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Reynor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Fabregas.
Reynor wants to stall.

Reynor is trying to trip Fabregas. He has hold of a leg but Fabregas is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Reynor persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fabregas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reynor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fabregas is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Reynor gets to his feet. Fabregas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Fabregas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fabregas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fabregas throws a chopping leg kick but Reynor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fabregas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fabregas lands a slapping body shot.
Reynor looks gassed!
Fabregas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fabregas pushes Reynor up against the cage in a clinch.
Fabregas crunches a lovely knee into Reynor's ribcage.
Fabregas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fabregas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fabregas crunches a lovely knee into Reynor's ribcage.
Fabregas landing knees to the head.
Fabregas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reynor's face.
Fabregas scores a nice knee to the body.
Fabregas landing knees to the body.
Fabregas landing knees to the body.
Fabregas lands a knee to the head.
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Fabregas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fabregas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fabregas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fabregas lands a damaging elbow.
Fabregas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fabregas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reynor's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabregas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fabregas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reynor's face.
Fabregas lands a knee to the head.
Fabregas lands a knee to the head.
Reynor is trying to break the clinch but Fabregas is controlling him.
Reynor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reynor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fabregas prevents it.
Fabregas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reynor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fabregas lands a nice knee to the body.
Fabregas keeps control of Reynor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fabregas lands a good knee to the midsection. Reynor won't want to take too many of those.
Fabregas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reynor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Reynor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Reynor tries to break free but Fabregas pushes him back against the cage.
Fabregas lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynor takes a knee right on the jaw!

Reynor pulls guard successfully.
Fabregas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reynor keeping moving, preventing Fabregas from controlling successfully.
Reynor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fabregas wants to control from the top but Reynor keeps moving.
Reynor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fabregas tries to stand but Reynor is controlling from the bottom.
Fabregas looking to sit in guard and control but Reynor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fabregas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Fabregas closes the distance and pushes Reynor back into the cage.
Fabregas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynor.
Reynor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fabregas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fabregas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reynor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fabregas prevents it.
Cesc Fabregas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedric Reynor.
Fabregas lands a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fabregas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Fabregas.
Fabregas lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fabregas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reynor.
Fabregas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fabregas is looking to clinch but Reynor is avoiding it.
Nice jab there from Fabregas.

Fabregas darts in and clinches Reynor up against the cage.
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Fabregas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reynor missing with knees to the body.
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Fabregas lands an elbow inside that Reynor shrugs off.
Reynor managing to block the knees to the body from Fabregas.
Fabregas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reynor avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reynor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fabregas missing with knees to the body.
Reynor blocks the elbow strike.
Fabregas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fabregas with a knee to the head.
Reynor avoiding damage as Fabregas throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reynor avoids the elbow strike from Fabregas, against the cage.
Fabregas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reynor.
Fabregas stops a takedown attempt from Reynor.
Reynor trying to land knees to the body.
Fabregas scores with a knee to the head.
Fabregas lands a knee to the head.
Reynor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reynor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fabregas pulls his leg out and moves away.
Cesc Fabregas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedric Reynor.
Reynor shoots in for a takedown but Fabregas shows good takedown defense.

Fabregas closes the distance and clinches.
Reynor is looking to break free of the clinch but Fabregas has double underhooks.
Fabregas lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fabregas lands a nice elbow.
Fabregas working Reynor over with knees to the body.
Fabregas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reynor jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fabregas walks away with a smile on his face. Reynor gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fabregas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reynor.
Fabregas scores with a spinning back kick!

Fabregas has managed to clinch.
Fabregas connects with a knee to the head.
Fabregas lands an elbow that stopped Reynor in his tracks for a moment.
Reynor wants a takedown.
Nice elbow from Fabregas.
Fabregas connects with a knee to the head.
Reynor drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fabregas lands a nice knee to the body.
Fabregas scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fabregas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cesc Fabregas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fabregas throws a head kick but Reynor moves out of range.

Fabregas rushes Reynor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fabregas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reynor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reynor trying to land knees to the body.
Fabregas connects with a knee to the head.
Fabregas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fabregas lands a good knee to the midsection. Reynor won't want to take too many of those.
Reynor working hard to break the clinch.
Reynor looking to stall.
Reynor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reynor looking for a takedown.
Cesc Fabregas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fabregas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fabregas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fabregas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fabregas scores a nice knee to the body.
Reynor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reynor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reynor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fabregas landing knees to the body.
Fabregas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reynor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fabregas connects with a knee to the head.
Reynor tries for a takedown but Fabregas manages to get underhooks.
Reynor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fabregas is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fabregas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reynor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fabregas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Reynor is trying to break free.
Fabregas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Reynor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fabregas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fabregas.
Fabregas lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cesc Fabregas dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Fabregas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fabregas tries to clinch up but Reynor circles away and keeps his distance.
Fabregas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reynor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fabregas swivels and escapes.
Fabregas tries to clinch there but Reynor circles away.

Fabregas clinches with his opponent.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fabregas as Reynor tries to tie him up.
Fabregas with a knee to the head.
Fabregas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reynor.
Fabregas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fabregas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fabregas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fabregas working Reynor over with knees to the body.
Fabregas trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabregas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reynor is defending well for now.
Reynor wants a takedown.
Cesc Fabregas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedric Reynor.
Fabregas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reynor's face.
Fabregas connects with a knee to the head.
Reynor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fabregas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reynor managing to block the knees to the body from Fabregas.
Fabregas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reynor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reynor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reynor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reynor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fabregas smiles and moves away.
Fabregas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reynor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cesc Fabregas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Fabregas clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fabregas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reynor takes an elbow to the temple.
Reynor has had enough of the clinch but Fabregas keeps him there for the moment.
Reynor working hard to break the clinch.
Reynor avoids a wild elbow strike from Fabregas.
Fabregas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reynor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fabregas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynor.
Fabregas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reynor avoids it.
Fabregas landing knees to the head.
Fabregas misses with an elbow strike.
Reynor tries to pull guard but Fabregas won't allow it.
Fabregas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reynor tries to break free but Fabregas pushes him back against the cage.

Reynor pulls Fabregas into guard.
Reynor has a closed guard, preventing Fabregas from standing up.
Cesc Fabregas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reynor has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Fabregas should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Reynor has tightened it up now! Fabregas should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Pedric Reynor!