PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elvin Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Segei brinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reyes comes to the cage accompanied by D' Awassss. Elvin Reyes looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Reyes
vs
brinn

190 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elvin Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Segei brinn!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
brinn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Reyes looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
brinn fails to land with a series of punches.
brinn throws a one two combo.
Reyes shoots in for a takedown but brinn shows good takedown defense.
Some wild striking there from brinn.
Good shot there by brinn.
brinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Reyes.
brinn throws a head kick but Reyes moves out of range.
brinn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reyes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? brinn is fending him off so far but Reyes persists. Nope, brinn circles away and we're back to standing.
brinn lets loose with a powerful body kick. Reyes will feel that in the morning.
brinn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
brinn scores with a jab. Reyes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
brinn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reyes.
brinn misses with a jab, cross combination.

brinn drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
brinn is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
brinn preventing the sweep.
Reyes trying to control the position here.
Reyes is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brinn trying to control but Reyes is working from the bottom.
Reyes wants to stand up but brinn is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reyes keeping full guard, as brinn tries to pass.
Reyes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in brinn's guard.
Reyes with a nice head shot there.
Reyes slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Reyes trying to control the action but brinn is working from the bottom.
Reyes working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reyes goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, brinn has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Reyes but great work by brinn.
Reyes is trying to improve his position.
Reyes has control of an arm but brinn manages to advance to brinn's back!
brinn misses with an elbow to the head.
Reyes looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Reyes wants to get back to his feet.
Good control from brinn.
brinn doesn't have the hooks in and Reyes manages to turn into his guard.
brinn looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Reyes puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
brinn tries to roll over but Reyes keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is trying to control the action in half guard but brinn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
brinn is trying to stand up here but Reyes is controlling him well.
The fighters are battling for position here. brinn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
brinn has his hands on Reyes's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
brinn is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
brinn wants to control but Reyes is keeping him busy.
brinn is looking to advance position but Reyes won't allow it.
brinn is controlling the pace.
Let's hope that brinn has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
brinn prevents Reyes from improving his position.
Reyes taking some punishment here, with brinn in his half guard.
brinn is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Reyes swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Reyes wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Reyes wants to control but brinn is having none of it.
brinn cracks Reyes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
brinn content just to control the position here.
brinn breaks from Reyes's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Segei brinn dominated that round.
That's time! Reyes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch but brinn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
brinn throws a right hand that Reyes ducks under and follows up with a left that Reyes also avoids with ease.
brinn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Reyes has closed the distance and engaged brinn in a clinch.

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

brinn closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
brinn is looking to take a break and control but Reyes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Reyes struggling a bit here.
brinn is looking to take a break and control but Reyes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Reyes wants to control but brinn postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reyes is pushing brinn's head away, looking to escape. brinn manages to hold on to the position though.
brinn tries to move to mount but Reyes blocks the move with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes wants to control but brinn postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
brinn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Reyes drives through with a takedown into guard.
brinn wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Reyes is now in half guard.

brinn actively working from the bottom here.
brinn controlling the position for now.
brinn is staying active underneath Reyes, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
brinn works his way to full guard. Good work.
brinn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
brinn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Reyes tries to hold on but brinn pushes him away.
Reyes is desperately trying to improve his position but brinn has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
brinn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reyes?
brinn tries to control but Reyes wriggling away.
Reyes tries to hold on but brinn pushes him away.
brinn landing strikes from the mount and Reyes is in trouble!
Reyes really wants to buck brinn off and get back to his feet.
The referee warns Reyes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
brinn trying to control but he's not successful this time.

brinn moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Reyes has worked his arm free - good work by Reyes!

brinn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Reyes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Reyes sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
brinn with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
brinn is looking to advance position but Reyes won't allow it.
brinn is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

brinn swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Reyes is now in brinn's guard. A big mistake from brinn there, giving up the dominant position!

Reyes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reyes tries to free his leg and advance position but brinn is retaining full guard.

brinn is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Reyes stopping the sweep attempt from brinn.
brinn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four 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.
Reyes won't allow brinn to sweep him here.

Reyes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
brinn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Reyes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
brinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
brinn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
brinn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
brinn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
brinn fails with the takedown

and Reyes counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for brinn!
brinn is wriggling around trying to escape.
brinn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
brinn is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Elvin Reyes will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Reyes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and brinn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left and a right from brinn both land. Nice combination.
brinn scores with a one two! Reyes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Reyes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reyes throws a sloppy head kick and brinn moves out of range easily.

brinn fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Reyes sprawls well initially but brinn persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
brinn is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Reyes!
Reyes is wriggling around trying to escape.
brinn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Reyes hang on?
Reyes regains half guard.
brinn is tying to control. Reyes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
brinn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reyes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reyes is looking to improve his position.
Reyes taking some punishment here, with brinn in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes is refusing to be controlled, as brinn sits in half guard.
Reyes is trying to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Reyes shoots and misses
and brinn counters with a left and a right that stings Reyes.
brinn looks to land a combination. Reyes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A right-left combo lands from brinn.

Reyes moves into the clinch.
brinn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Reyes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
brinn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elvin Reyes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
brinn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
brinn misses with a jab, cross combination.
brinn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
brinn lands a jab-cross combination.
Reyes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
brinn fails with the takedown.
Reyes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? brinn is fending him off so far but Reyes persists. Nope, brinn circles away and we're back to standing.
brinn throws a solid leg kick but Reyes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at brinn.
Reyes dodges the punch combination from brinn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from brinn as Reyes shoots in.
A bone on bone clash there as Reyes blocks the leg kick.
brinn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reyes is fending him off so far but brinn persists. Nope, Reyes circles away and we're back to standing.

Reyes takes the fight into the clinch.
brinn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Reyes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
brinn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reyes misses with a combination
and brinn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
brinn shoots in but no luck this time.
brinn lands a jab to the nose.
brinn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reyes. Reyes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Danga de danga de dang - brinn scores with a four punch combination!
brinn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reyes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
brinn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
brinn pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reyes is out of range and brinn settles back down.
Reyes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reyes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Reyes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
brinn is desperately trying to improve his position but Reyes has a good base and remains in mount.
Reyes avoids the attempt from brinn to control.
Reyes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

brinn is rocked!

It looks like Segei brinn has been cut.
Reyes landing strikes, looking to finish!
brinn is still in real trouble! Can Reyes finish him?

That has opened up Segei brinn's cut even more.
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!
brinn working to try and regain half guard.
brinn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
brinn seems to have recovered his senses.
brinn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Reyes looking to ground and pound but brinn is blocking nicely.
brinn regains half guard.
brinn wants to improve his position but Reyes is controlling well.
Reyes is trying to control the action in half guard but brinn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
brinn is looking to improve his position.
brinn trying to control but Reyes postures up.

Reyes is working for a kimura here but brinn manages to reverse the position and he's now in Reyes's guard.

brinn stands and steps away. Reyes gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
brinn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Reyes closes the distance and clinches.
brinn is trying to break free.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but brinn avoids the damage to the body.
Reyes wants to stall.

Reyes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reyes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reyes shoots in but no luck this time.
brinn lands a body shot.
brinn blocks a head kick by Reyes.
Reyes checks a low kick from brinn.
Reyes has a takedown stuffed.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Segei brinn.
I think brinn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Segei brinn!