PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hudson Levine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Levine has chosen Parkway Drive - Carrion as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Warren
vs
Levine

170 cm
25
160 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

174 cm
21
168 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reggie Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hudson Levine!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warren looks to score with a jab to the body but Levine is just out of range.
Warren avoids the head kick by Levine.
Warren shoots in for a takedown but Levine shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Levine throws a leg kick but Warren sees it coming and moves out of range.
Warren lands with a nice body punch.

Levine scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Warren makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Warren.
Warren looking for a sweep. Not yet Warren, not yet.
Warren not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Warren escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Levine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Warren is looking for a triangle but Levine pushes his legs off easily.
Warren wants to sweep but no luck.
Levine must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren looking to control but Levine passes into half guard.
Levine is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Levine wants to take a breather but Warren is having none of it.
Levine content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Levine is keen to just control but Warren is a slippery customer.
Levine trying to mount his opponent but Warren defends it.
Warren moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Levine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Warren swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Levine stopping the sweep attempt from Warren.
Levine wants to control from the top but Warren keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Levine. Warren does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren checks a low kick from Levine.
Levine tries a head kick but it misses.

Warren changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Levine looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Warren goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Levine rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Warren's guard! Nice work there by Levine!
Warren looking to control.

Warren looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Levine passes into half guard.
Warren is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Levine content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren tries to get to full guard but Levine has control of the leg.
Warren is working hard here to advance position.
Levine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warren's head.
Levine controlling the action here.

Warren actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Reggie Warren will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Levine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Warren misses with a takedown attempt

and Levine counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Levine.
Levine trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Warren manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Levine pulls Warren in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warren tries to free his leg and advance position but Levine is retaining full guard.
Levine is trying to control the position but Warren postures up.
Levine is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Warren trying to control but Levine is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Warren trying to control but Levine is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Levine fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the body from Warren misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Warren swings for the body but Levine moves out of range.
Levine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Warren throws a body punch but Levine moves out of range.
Warren fails to land with a series of punches.
Warren fails with the takedown
and Levine counters with a good low kick that Warren was not able to check.
Warren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levine lets loose with a powerful body kick. Warren will feel that in the morning.
Levine throws a head kick but Warren moves out of range.
Levine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Levine throws a leg kick that misses.
Levine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Levine shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Levine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Levine pushing down on Warren's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Levine not doing much here.
Warren tries to get to full guard but Levine has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Warren wants to sweep here but Levine controlling him for the moment.
Warren manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Levine manages to get himself to full guard.
Warren looking to sit in guard and control but Levine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Levine postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Levine won't allow Warren to sweep him here.
Levine wants to control from the top but Warren keeps moving.

Warren escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Levine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Levine trying to control the position from guard on top but Warren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hudson Levine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Warren throws a solid leg kick but Levine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Warren.
Warren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warren misses with a wild body shot.
Levine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Levine. Warren shrugs it off though.
The fighters circling - Warren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Warren shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Warren is fighting to break Levine's control of his arms but Levine is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Warren trying to control the position from guard on top but Levine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warren scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Levine managing to control the position.
Levine wants to sweep here but Warren controlling him for the moment.
Warren is looking to work some ground and pound but Levine has wrist control.
Warren postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Warren throwing strikes but missing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Levine.
A big right from Warren misses.
Levine throws a leg kick
and Warren counters with a stiff right hand.

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.
Warren shoots and misses
and Levine counters with a good low kick that Warren was not able to check.
Levine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Warren.
Warren takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Levine throws a wild body kick that Warren sees coming a mile off.
Levine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warren throws a head kick that misses.
Levine tried to score with a low kick but Warren checks it.
Levine throws a low kick but Warren avoids it.
Levine misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reggie Warren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Warren feints and as Levine raises his hands in defense, Warren changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Warren wants to control from the top but Levine keeps moving.
Levine controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren trying to control the position from guard on top but Levine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warren preventing the sweep.
Levine pulls Warren in close to prevent any damage.
Levine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Warren tries to free his leg and advance position but Levine is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Warren in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Warren with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Warren postures up.
Hudson Levine has got the better of the ground game so far.
Levine utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Levine seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Warren wants to control from the top but Levine keeps moving.
Warren missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Levine keeping moving, preventing Warren from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Reggie Warren.
I think Warren has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Hudson Levine!