PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grim Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Luther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luther has chosen Superheroes by Edguy as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Reaper
vs
Luther

188 cm
24
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

MTG - NY
(GTI) PROLETARIAN

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 Las Vegas, Grim Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Luther!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luther throws a big shot that misses.
Reaper throws out a leg kick but Luther moves out of range and Reaper only half commits.
Reaper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luther throws out the jab.
Luther slips a jab and a cross from Reaper.
A jab from Reaper does it's job there.
Luther avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reaper looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grim Reaper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luther throws a series of punches but Reaper avoids them all with ease.
Reaper chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luther throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reaper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reaper cracks Luther with an open hand slap.
Luther missing with a left hand there. Reaper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luther moves away from the strike by Reaper.
Luther misses with a hook.

Reaper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Reaper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reaper is stalling here.
Reaper taking a breather.
Reaper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luther blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reaper keeps control of Luther as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luther wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reaper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper looking to throw knees to the head but Luther is blocking nicely.
Luther wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Luther is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Luther is trying to break free.
Reaper lands a nice shot to the body.
Luther looks gassed!

Luther breaks the clinch.
Reaper lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reaper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Luther. That did some damage!
Reaper turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reaper lands a jab to the nose.
Reaper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Luther takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reaper lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reaper tries to clinch but Luther moves out of range.
Reaper bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Luther's head backwards.
The fighters circling - Reaper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luther takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reaper moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reaper.

Reaper closes the distance and clinches.
Reaper with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
Reaper has Luther pushed against the cage.
Reaper is leaning against Luther and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reaper avoids a wild elbow strike from Luther.
Reaper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luther.
Luther blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reaper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luther is defending well for now.
The referee calls for Reaper to work.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reaper - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Reaper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Luther's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reaper.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.

Luther breaks from the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reaper.
Luther throws a series of strikes that have Reaper backpedaling.
Reaper is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Reaper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Reaper rushes Luther and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper has Luther pressed against the cage, preventing Luther from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reaper is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reaper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Luther avoids it.
Reaper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luther blocks it with crossed arms.
Reaper missing with knees to the body.
Luther is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reaper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reaper lands a nice knee to the body.
Reaper stalling in the clinch.
Reaper misses with a knee to the head.
Luther avoiding damage as Reaper throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Luther avoiding damage as Reaper throws knees to the body.
Reaper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luther's efforts to push away.
Reaper landing knees to the body.
Luther throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Luther's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reaper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hand to the body from Reaper.
Reaper looking to throw knees to the head but Luther is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luther is trying to break the clinch but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Reaper missing with knees to the body.
Reaper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Luther is keeping busy.
Reaper crunches a lovely knee into Luther's ribcage.
A body shot lands from Reaper.
Luther tries to circle away but Reaper has him pinned against the cage.
Reaper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Reaper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Luther misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reaper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reaper avoiding damage.
Reaper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Luther escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reaper moves out of range as Luther strikes.
Reaper slips under a jab.
Reaper takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grim Reaper dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Luther swings for the body but Reaper moves out of range.
Reaper swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Luther throws a left and a right that both miss
and Reaper counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reaper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Luther's calf.

Reaper instigates a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reaper stalling.
Reaper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reaper misses with a knee strike.
Luther is trying to break the clinch but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Reaper keeps control of Luther as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reaper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luther backwards.
Luther has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reaper.
Reaper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luther blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reaper trying to land knees to the body.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
Luther is breathing heavily.
Reaper looking to throw knees to the head but Luther is blocking nicely.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
Luther can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Reaper has Luther pressed against the cage, preventing Luther from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Luther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luther has had enough of the clinch but Reaper keeps him there for the moment.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
Luther has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luther is trying to break the clinch but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Reaper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luther being controlled against the cage.
Luther can't break the clinch.
Reaper is trying to maintain a safe position but Luther gets an underhook and turns Reaper into the cage.
Reaper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luther.
Luther working hard to break the clinch.
Reaper looking to throw knees to the head but Luther is blocking nicely.

Luther pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luther blocks a low kick nicely.
Luther misses the shot to the body.
Reaper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reaper is looking to clinch.

That's two 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.
Luther scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Reaper ducks under a wild hook from Luther.
Reaper throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luther.
Luther throws a combination that misses

and Reaper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reaper.
Luther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luther pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reaper looking to throw knees to the head but Luther is blocking nicely.
Reaper missing with knees to the body.
Luther utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luther's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Reaper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luther is defending well for now.
Luther wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reaper lands a nice knee to the body.

Luther escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luther misses with a hook. Reaper ducked under it nicely.
Reaper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luther misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper misses with a series of wild punches.
Luther blocks a leg kick.
Luther swinging wildly here.
Luther throws a series of punches but Reaper moves out of range.
Reaper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luther.
Reaper is looking to clinch.
Luther throws a one two combo.
Reaper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
David Luther is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reaper scores with a nice strike.
Luther takes one to the side of the head.
Reaper turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reaper tries to clinch up.
Luther wants to slow Reaper down by chopping away at his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper scores with a sloppy right hand. Luther should have avoided that one.
Reaper slips a jab and a cross from Luther.
Luther thows a body shot but no joy.
Luther takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Luther takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reaper throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reaper throws a big shot that misses.
Reaper lands with a right hand.
Reaper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luther throws a leg kick
and Reaper counters with a leg kick.

Reaper closes the distance and pushes Luther back into the cage.
Luther takes a knee right on the jaw!
Come on Reaper - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Reaper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luther wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Luther has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reaper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luther blocks it with crossed arms.
Reaper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Luther's face.
Luther letting Reaper take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grim Reaper dominated that second round.
That's time! Reaper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Reaper sizes up Luther with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Luther throws a hook but Reaper avoids it easily.

Reaper rushes Luther and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reaper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Luther is looking to break free of the clinch but Reaper has double underhooks.
Reaper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reaper looking to slow down the pace here.
Reaper tries to land a knee to the head but Luther blocks with his arms.
Reaper keeps control of Luther as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luther is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Luther has had enough of the clinch but Reaper keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reaper is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Luther managing to block the knees to the body from Reaper.
Reaper tries a knee to the head but Luther blocks it.
Reaper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reaper lands a body shot.
Reaper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper avoiding damage.

Luther breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reaper connects with a right hand. Luther shakes it off.
Luther tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reaper was well out of range. Poor timing from Luther.
Reaper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luther keeps the fight on the outside.
Luther stuns Reaper with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Luther thows a body shot but no joy.
Luther fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luther takes one to the side of the head.

Reaper drives through and clinches with Luther against the cage.
Grim Reaper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Luther wants to get back to striking at distance but Reaper won't allow it.
Luther blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Luther breaks the clinch.

Reaper pushes Luther up against the cage in a clinch.
Luther throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reaper blocks it with crossed arms.
Luther wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
Luther pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reaper tries to land knees in the clinch but Luther avoids the damage to the body.
Luther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luther has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reaper missing with knees to the body.
Luther wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Reaper tries to land a knee to the head but Luther blocks with his arms.
Reaper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Reaper - that landed with a thud.
Luther wants to break free but Reaper has control.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reaper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Luther is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Luther is trying to break the clinch but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Reaper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reaper misses with a knee to the head.
Luther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reaper connects with a knee to the head.
Reaper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luther is defending well for now.
Reaper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luther's efforts to push away.
David Luther has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reaper lands a good knee to the midsection. Luther won't want to take too many of those.
Reaper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luther managing to block the knees to the body from Reaper.
Reaper connects with a knee to the head.
Luther tries to land knees in the clinch but Reaper avoids the damage to the body.
Reaper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Reaper trying to land knees to the body.
Luther tries to break the clinch but Reaper is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reaper.
Luther wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luther blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reaper lands a knee to the head.

Luther pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reaper connects with a single shot there.
Grim Reaper is winning the standup battle so far.
Luther takes one on the button.
Reaper lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luther has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Luther there as he acknowledges the shot.
Reaper ducks under a wild hook from Luther.
Reaper doesn't manage to clinch there - Luther circles away.
Luther throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Reaper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luther blocks a leg kick.
Luther takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grim Reaper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luther. Reaper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reaper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luther tries to move into range but Reaper moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Reaper clinches up against the cage.
Reaper prevents Luther from breaking the clinch.
Luther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reaper landing knees to the body.
Reaper lands with a short shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Luther managing to block the knees to the body from Reaper.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grim Reaper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reaper has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grim Reaper!