PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between mr wonderful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lights Out - Bobby Light. On his way into the cage it seems that mr wonderful has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily mr wonderful seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

wonderful
vs
Reynolds

186 cm
24
217 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

197 cm
23
224 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

BEST NUTRITION,no doping

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mr wonderful!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Niko Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wonderful tries to clinch up.
Reynolds takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
wonderful throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
wonderful scores with a three punch combo!

wonderful fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reynolds, pushing him back against the cage.
wonderful throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from Reynolds.
With the fighters up against the cage, wonderful throws an elbow but misses.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
wonderful doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds tries to clinch up
and wonderful counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reynolds will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
wonderful tries to clinch

and Reynolds counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
wonderful throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reynolds wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reynolds lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt wonderful or not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
wonderful avoids the body shot from Reynolds.
wonderful lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.

wonderful closes the distance and clinches.
wonderful throws an elbow that misses.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the temple.

Reynolds breaks the clinch.
Reynolds throws a leg kick but wonderful sees it coming and moves out of range.
wonderful lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
wonderful tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Reynolds holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Reynolds is trying to break the clinch but wonderful is controlling him.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reynolds's defenses.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.
wonderful throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reynolds tries to score a body lock takedown but wonderful shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
wonderful lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reynolds misses with a punch on the inside.
Reynolds tries to break free but wonderful pushes him back against the cage.
wonderful putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reynolds in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reynolds looks gassed!
wonderful misses with an elbow over the top.
wonderful lands a shoulder strike.
wonderful tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

wonderful's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
wonderful lands with a good body shot.
wonderful clinches but Reynolds breaks the clinch

and Reynolds counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reynolds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds blocks the elbow strike.

wonderful manages to break the clinch.
Reynolds takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
wonderful lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reynolds takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

wonderful takes the fight into the clinch.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
wonderful circles away from the clinch attempt
and wonderful counters with a good low kick that Reynolds was not able to check.
Reynolds throws a left and a right that both miss
and wonderful counters with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from wonderful.
Reynolds walks into a jab.

wonderful has managed to clinch.
Nice elbow from wonderful.

wonderful's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
wonderful moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
wonderful clinches but Reynolds breaks the clinch
and Reynolds counters with a stiff right hand.
mr wonderful seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

wonderful closes the distance and clinches.
Reynolds swings away with an uppercut that misses.
wonderful with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Reynolds fails to land.
wonderful tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reynolds tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
wonderful thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Reynolds if he has to take too many more of those.
wonderful feints and then cracks Reynolds's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Reynolds down.
Crunch! wonderful slams his shin into Reynolds's torso.
wonderful scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
wonderful throws a leg kick which misses Reynolds's front leg but catches the back leg as Reynolds tries to avoid it.
wonderful throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Reynolds counters with a stiff right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by wonderful as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wonderful scores with a leg kick.
mr wonderful is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reynolds takes a jab right on the kisser.
wonderful tries to clinch up

and Reynolds moves into the clinch.
wonderful lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Niko Reynolds has been cut.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reynolds walks into a straight right hand from wonderful.
Reynolds dodges the punch combination from wonderful.
wonderful throws a leg kick which misses Reynolds's front leg but catches the back leg as Reynolds tries to avoid it.
wonderful staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

wonderful moves into the clinch successfully.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Reynolds 's eye.
wonderful with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

wonderful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
wonderful throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Niko Reynolds's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

wonderful throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Reynolds avoids a punch combination nicely.

wonderful clinches up with Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage.
Reynolds trying to control the position but instead, wonderful has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reynolds into the cage.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.

wonderful gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, wonderful just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reynolds's brow.
wonderful landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reynolds dodges an elbow strike from wonderful.
wonderful lands with a short shot to the head.
wonderful pushes Reynolds back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, wonderful throws an elbow but misses.
A short left from Reynolds.
A nice right hand lands inside from wonderful.
A short right hand to the side of the head by wonderful.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
Reynolds is breathing heavily.
Reynolds misses with a punch to the body.
wonderful misses with some punches.
Reynolds lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for wonderful.
wonderful misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynolds.

Reynolds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reynolds throws a right hand that wonderful ducks under and follows up with a left that wonderful also avoids with ease.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
wonderful throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reynolds on the side of the head.
wonderful tries to clinch but Reynolds is having none of it.

wonderful has managed to clinch.
Reynolds tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
wonderful is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reynolds is defending well for now.
Reynolds is looking for a takedown up against the cage. wonderful gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
wonderful makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
wonderful lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reynolds blocks an elbow strike.
wonderful lands with a short punch from the clinch.
wonderful lands an uppercut.
wonderful tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reynolds avoids it.
wonderful pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
wonderful is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reynolds can do to turn this around?
Reynolds takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

wonderful clinches.
wonderful works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

wonderful clinches up against the cage.
Reynolds blocks an elbow strike.
wonderful misses with some punches.
wonderful misses with an elbow over the top.
wonderful lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reynolds works on wonderful's body with a couple of short punches.
wonderful softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
Reynolds dodges an elbow strike from wonderful.
wonderful pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from wonderful.
wonderful misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Reynolds's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from wonderful.
wonderful lands a left hand.
wonderful pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good body shot from wonderful.
A short right from wonderful.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
wonderful throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reynoldss head.
Still in the clinch, wonderful scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reynolds content to slow the pace in the clinch.
wonderful gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reynolds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful scores with an uppercut up the middle.
wonderful with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reynolds misses with some punches.
Reynolds blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the forehead.
wonderful unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reynolds lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch on the inside from wonderful fails to land.
wonderful lands a shoulder strike.
wonderful blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reynolds's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
wonderful throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
wonderful tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
Reynolds is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
wonderful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
wonderful tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
mr wonderful is winning the standup battle so far.
Reynolds tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Reynolds has closed the distance and engaged wonderful in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wonderful digs a right hand underneath Reynolds's ribcage. Reynolds let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reynolds is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reynolds swings away with an uppercut that misses.
wonderful lands a shot to the body.

wonderful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
wonderful wants to clinch

and Reynolds counters with a nice double leg into side control. wonderful won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds wants to lay and pray for a moment but wonderful keeps working.
wonderful regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reynolds stops wonderful from getting back to his feet.
wonderful is trying to maintain the position but Reynolds is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Niko Reynolds's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

wonderful throws a series of punches but Reynolds avoids them all with ease.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reynolds looks to score with a jab to the body but wonderful is just out of range.
Reynolds misses with a double jab.
Reynolds throws a left and a right that both miss
and wonderful counters with a body kick.
wonderful pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from wonderful, right into the meat.
wonderful lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

wonderful rushes Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reynolds chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before wonderful can pounce on him.
wonderful lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reynolds's sensitive parts.
Reynolds takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

wonderful closes the distance and clinches.
Reynolds softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
wonderful throws a sloppy head kick and Reynolds moves out of range easily.
wonderful with a body punch. A glancing blow.
wonderful thows a body kick. Reynolds tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Reynolds moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
wonderful throws a series of strikes that have Reynolds backpedaling.
wonderful lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reynolds has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from wonderful.
wonderful scores with a shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reynolds.
wonderful throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
wonderful working aggressively here.
Reynolds has a couple of punches blocked by wonderful.

wonderful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
wonderful cracks Reynolds with a right hand to the side of the head.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
wonderful lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
wonderful looks to land a combination but Reynolds avoids it well.
An inside leg kick lands from wonderful.
Donk. wonderful catches Reynolds right on the button with a cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by wonderful. That's going to slow Reynolds down.
mr wonderful is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

wonderful has Reynolds up against the cage in a clinch.
wonderful makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Reynolds 's eye.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wonderful.
wonderful lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reynolds avoiding damage.

wonderful's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reynolds swats away the attempt to clinch by wonderful.
wonderful fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by wonderful.
wonderful keeps the fight on the outside.
wonderful looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
wonderful fails with an attempt to clinch.
wonderful swinging wildly here.
Donk. Reynolds catches wonderful right on the button with a cross.
wonderful avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
wonderful lands with a slapping head kick.
wonderful tries to clinch up

and Reynolds counters with a single leg into guard. wonderful didn't expect that.
wonderful is trying to keep Reynolds in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wonderful wants to stand and escape but Reynolds is having none of it.
wonderful manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Reynolds manages to get himself to full guard.
Reynolds keeping full guard, as wonderful tries to pass.
wonderful sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Reynolds's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Niko Reynolds's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
wonderful tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
wonderful keeps Reynolds at a distance using the push kick.
A left lands for Reynolds.
Reynolds tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
wonderful tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
wonderful connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reynolds's hands.
wonderful is looking to slow Reynolds down with leg kicks.
wonderful fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reynolds.
Reynolds takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reynolds on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Reynolds is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
wonderful fails with an attempt to clinch.
wonderful tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reynolds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
wonderful looks to land a combination but Reynolds avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

wonderful has Reynolds up against the cage in a clinch.
wonderful misses with some punches.
wonderful misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynolds.
wonderful misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynolds.
wonderful has Reynolds pressed against the cage, preventing Reynolds from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
wonderful is leaning against Reynolds and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Reynolds's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reynolds just misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Reynolds misses the jab.
wonderful pushes Reynolds away with a front kick.
wonderful turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
wonderful tries to clinch
letting Reynolds counter with a right hand.
wonderful misses with a head kick.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut. wonderful saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

wonderful closes the distance and pushes Reynolds back into the cage.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reynolds has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reynolds takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
wonderful tries to clinch there but Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Reynolds.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Reynolds.
wonderful stuns Reynolds with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reynolds shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reynolds gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reynolds is looking to clinch.
A left lands for wonderful.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to clinch up.
wonderful scoring well with a low kick there.
Reynolds thows a body shot but no joy.

wonderful forces Reynolds back against the cage and clinches.
mr wonderful has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reynolds misses with a hook to the ribs.
wonderful lands an elbow inside that Reynolds shrugs off.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reynolds tries to throw a body punch but wonderful avoids it by throwing Reynolds back against the cage.
wonderful misses with a knee to the head.
wonderful looks to throw an elbow but misses.
wonderful lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reynolds lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from wonderful.

wonderful breaks the clinch.
wonderful scores with a jab to the body.
Reynolds tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reynolds tries to clinch
and wonderful counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A good leg kick by wonderful.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - wonderful looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
wonderful with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab by wonderful.
Reynolds just misses with a punch to the body.
wonderful scores with a head kick.
Reynolds throws a combination that misses
enabling wonderful to counter with a crisp jab.
wonderful lands with a kick to the ribs.
wonderful tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Reynolds moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
wonderful lands with a short shot to the head.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the temple.
wonderful working aggressively here.
wonderful lands an elbow that stopped Reynolds in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful had his way with Niko Reynolds in that round.
The cut man is working on Niko Reynolds's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

wonderful throws a combination. Reynolds tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
wonderful dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reynolds. That did some damage!
Reynolds has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
wonderful looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reynolds closes the distance looking to clinch
and wonderful counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reynolds thinking.
wonderful lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Reynolds misses with a wild body shot.
wonderful wants to clinch up but Reynolds keeps it at a distance.
wonderful tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reynolds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
wonderful thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Reynolds if he has to take too many more of those.
wonderful lands an overhand right.
wonderful tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reynolds counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Reynolds is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
wonderful throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reynolds walks into a stiff left hand from wonderful.
wonderful connects with a solid leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from wonderful, right into the meat.

wonderful closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Reynolds wants to stall.
wonderful tries to land knees in the clinch but Reynolds avoids the damage to the body.
wonderful lands with a short punch from the clinch.
wonderful throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reynolds is working for takedown but wonderful is calmly controlling the position for now.
Still in the clinch, wonderful scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from wonderful.
wonderful gets through Reynolds's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
wonderful working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
wonderful comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reynolds blocks the elbow strike.
Reynolds avoids the elbow strike from wonderful, against the cage.
wonderful working aggressively here.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reynolds's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reynolds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wonderful pushes Reynolds back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reynolds's defenses.
Reynolds misses with a short punch on the inside.
wonderful working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
wonderful pushes Reynolds back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
wonderful lands a right hand.
wonderful throws an elbow that misses.
wonderful blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
wonderful gets through Reynolds's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
wonderful lands a jab to Reynolds's midsection.
wonderful cracks Reynolds with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from wonderful does it's job there.
wonderful lands a nice looking body kick.
wonderful connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reynolds's hands.
wonderful lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
wonderful scores with a jab.
wonderful pushes Reynolds away with a front kick.
wonderful throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reynolds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
wonderful slips under a jab from Reynolds.
wonderful looks to clinch
and Reynolds counters with a three punch combo that has wonderful backing up. wonderful nods at Reynolds to acknowledge the strikes.
wonderful looks to land a combination but Reynolds avoids it well.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
wonderful closes the distance but Reynolds moves to the side
and Reynolds cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
wonderful tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Reynolds counter with a right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by wonderful.
wonderful wants to clinch but Reynolds slips to the side

and Reynolds counters by clinching up.
wonderful wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the forehead.
A quick uppercut on the inside from wonderful.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reynolds.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds misses with a hook to the ribs.
wonderful lands an elbow inside.
wonderful lands a nice elbow.
Reynolds avoids the elbow strike from wonderful, against the cage.
wonderful is trying to break the clinch but Reynolds is controlling him.
Niko Reynolds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by wonderful.

wonderful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reynolds misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reynolds is looking to clinch but wonderful is avoiding it.
wonderful lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reynolds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
wonderful throws a head kick that Reynolds semi-blocks.
Reynolds chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before wonderful can pounce on him.
Reynolds looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
wonderful tries to clinch up
and Reynolds counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
mr wonderful showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for wonderful, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 50:45
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mr wonderful!
mr wonderful is the new light heavyweight champion!