PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Reeding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Reeding
vs
Santos

190 cm
23
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse Reeding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Santos!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reeding circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries to bum rush Reeding with a series of wild strikes but Reeding uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Reeding lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reeding fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santos.
Reeding tries to clinch up.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Reeding.

Reeding clinches up against the cage.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Reeding lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Brian Santos has been cut.
Reeding connects with a knee to the head.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding landing knees to the head.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reeding connects with a knee to the head.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Reeding is breathing heavily.
Reeding prevents a takedown attempt there.
Reeding scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reeding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Reeding misses with a knee to the head.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Reeding keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jesse Reeding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Santos.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling him.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos tries to break free but Reeding pushes him back against the cage.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

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.
Santos trying to control the position but instead, Reeding has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santos into the cage.
Reeding keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos wants to break free but Reeding has control.
Good body shot from Santos.
Reeding scores with a knee to the head.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos tries to break free but Reeding pushes him back against the cage.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos tries to break free but Reeding pushes him back against the cage.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reeding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reeding prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling the position.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Santos wants to break free but Reeding has control.
Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Reeding pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeding avoids a kick to the body.
A shot to de liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Santos scores with a one two! Reeding had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Reeding throws a leg kick that misses.
Santos throws a low kick, looking for Reeding's leg but Reeding calmly moves out of range.
Reeding chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Santos looks to land a combination but Reeding avoids it well.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos throws a head kick but Reeding moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Reeding misses with a low kick.
Reeding tries to clinch up.
Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reeding backs up against the cage.
Reeding lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brian Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Santos.
Reeding misses with a low kick.
Reeding slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Santos both land. Nice combination.
Reeding is looking to clinch.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reeding circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have Reeding backpedaling.
Santos throws a head kick but Reeding moves out of range.
Reeding wants to clinch.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Reeding misses with a body kick.
Reeding lands a nice hook to Santos's body. Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santos misses with the combination.
Reeding looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Reeding moves into the clinch.
Reeding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Reeding dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Santos's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reeding tries to clinch up.
Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Santos throws a one two combo.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos throws a wild body kick that Reeding sees coming a mile off.
Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Santos duly obliges.

Reeding closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Reeding has the dominant position.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reeding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Reeding has the dominant position.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reeding keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling the position.
Reeding keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Reeding keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reeding has him pressed against the cage.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reeding keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reeding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Reeding just stands there and leans against the cage.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos tries for a takedown but Reeding manages to get underhooks.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reeding keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Reeding misses with a knee to the head.
Reeding with a knee to the head.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Reeding has the dominant position.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos is working for takedown but Reeding is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jesse Reeding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Santos.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Reeding prevents it.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling him.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Reeding keeps him there for the moment.
Santos tries to circle away but Reeding has him pinned against the cage.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Reeding.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Reeding has double underhooks.
Reeding has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeding stops a takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Reeding keeps him there for the moment.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Santos is trying to break free.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling the position.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Santos tries to circle away but Reeding has him pinned against the cage.
Santos looking for a takedown.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Reeding misses with a knee to the head.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Reeding has double underhooks.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Reeding avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Reeding keeps him there for the moment.
Reeding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reeding gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Santos jumps guard but Reeding stands there with Santos around his waist. Santos gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Reeding keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Reeding controls the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
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 Jesse Reeding will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brian Santos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Santos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Santos blocks a leg kick.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Reeding.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Reeding backs away looking to recover.
Good shot there by Santos.
Santos throws a leg kick but Reeding sees it coming and moves out of range.
Reeding lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Reeding has taken the fight to the clinch.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reeding gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Reeding keeps him there for the moment.
Reeding keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reeding has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Reeding has double underhooks.
Santos is trying to break free.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Reeding controls his hands.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Santos looking for a takedown.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos tries to break free but Reeding pushes him back against the cage.
Reeding gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santos.
Jesse Reeding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Santos.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reeding keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brian Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jesse Reeding is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santos is trying to break free.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Reeding has him pressed against the cage.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling the position.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Reeding has the dominant position.
Santos tries to circle away but Reeding has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling him.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling the position.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Reeding is controlling the position.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reeding's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reeding has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santos can't break the clinch.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesse Reeding showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reeding, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesse Reeding!