PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Burt Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Kraken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Kraken has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reynolds
vs
Kraken

181 cm
24
184 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
174 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[PCB] Club Tops 'n' Hot Pants
[PCB] Club Tops 'n' Hot Pants

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Burt Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Kraken!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kraken avoids the head kick by Reynolds.
Kraken fails to land with a series of punches.
Kraken takes a kick to the side of the head.
Reynolds is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kraken lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kraken.

Reynolds closes the distance and pushes Kraken back into the cage.
Kraken blocks an elbow strike.
Reynolds misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kraken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reynolds lands an elbow inside.
Kraken blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reynolds just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kraken's brow.
Reynolds lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Mark Kraken has been cut.
Reynolds pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kraken dodges an elbow strike from Reynolds.
Kraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kraken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reynolds has him pressed against the cage.

Kraken's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reynolds thows a body kick. Kraken tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Reynolds slips a jab from Kraken.
Good leg kick by Reynolds there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kraken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reynolds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reynolds scores with a nice body kick.
Reynolds scores with a nice body kick.
Kraken throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reynolds on the side of the head.
Reynolds thumps Kraken with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Reynolds there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reynolds connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds lands a nice looking body kick.
Kraken looks gassed!
Reynolds lands a head kick. Kraken smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Reynolds darts in and clinches Kraken up against the cage.
Kraken tries to break free but Reynolds pushes him back against the cage.
Kraken has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reynolds putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kraken in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands a nice elbow.
Reynolds lands an elbow that stopped Kraken in his tracks for a moment.
Kraken takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kraken is trying to stall.
Reynolds lands an elbow that stopped Kraken in his tracks for a moment.
Reynolds misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kraken.
Kraken blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kraken lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reynolds tries to land knees in the clinch but Kraken avoids the damage to the body.
Reynolds lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kraken's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Kraken on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kraken takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reynolds creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kraken's defenses.
Reynolds looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kraken takes an elbow to the temple.
Reynolds lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Kraken avoids the elbow strike from Reynolds, against the cage.
Reynolds lands an elbow just above Kraken 's eye.
Reynolds tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kraken avoids it.
Reynolds gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reynolds lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reynolds landing knees to the body.
Reynolds lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kraken wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reynolds gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reynolds looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kraken is defending well for now.
Reynolds lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kraken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kraken takes an elbow to the temple.
Reynolds lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kraken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reynolds comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kraken takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kraken blocks the elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Reynolds.
Kraken avoids the elbow strike from Reynolds, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Burt Reynolds dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Kraken's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Reynolds is just out of range.
Reynolds goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reynolds lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kraken misses with a two punch combination.
Mark Kraken is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, jab by Kraken - just one landing.
Reynolds dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kraken. That did some damage!
Kraken changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reynolds lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kraken's sensitive parts.
Reynolds tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reynolds avoids the body shot from Kraken.
Reynolds has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kraken lands a jab to the nose.
Reynolds throws a head kick that half lands.
Reynolds looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Burt Reynolds is winning the standup battle so far.
Reynolds lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reynolds avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kraken chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reynolds can pounce on him.
Kraken cracks Reynolds with an open hand slap.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kraken.
A punch combination from Kraken misses.
Kraken's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Reynolds pushes Kraken up against the cage in a clinch.
Reynolds pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reynolds lands an elbow just above Kraken 's eye.
Kraken blocks an elbow strike from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds prevents Kraken from breaking the clinch.
Reynolds has Kraken pressed against the cage, preventing Kraken from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reynolds.
Kraken is trying to maintain a safe position but Reynolds gets an underhook and turns Kraken into the cage.
Reynolds throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reynolds comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kraken tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kraken is defending well for now.
Kraken blocks the elbow strike.
Kraken has had enough of the clinch but Reynolds keeps him there for the moment.
Kraken avoiding damage as Reynolds throws knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kraken managing to block the knees to the body from Reynolds.
Reynolds prevents Kraken from breaking the clinch.
Reynolds misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kraken.
Reynolds throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reynolds.
Reynolds throws an elbow that misses.
Reynolds gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraken on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Kraken.
Reynolds lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Mark Kraken's cut even more.
Reynolds lands a damaging elbow.
Reynolds landing knees to the body.
Kraken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reynolds's elbow.
Reynolds creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kraken's defenses.
Reynolds trying to land knees to the body.
Kraken wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reynolds throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kraken is defending well for now.
Reynolds blocks a body shot from Kraken.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Kraken works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kraken tries to break free but Reynolds pushes him back against the cage.
Reynolds keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kraken's efforts to push away.
Kraken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reynolds's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reynolds throws an elbow but misses.
Reynolds throws an elbow but it misses.
Kraken dodges an elbow strike from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands an elbow inside that Kraken shrugs off.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kraken is defending well for now.
Kraken tries to break free but Reynolds pushes him back against the cage.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kraken is defending well for now.
Kraken wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reynolds lands an elbow that stopped Kraken in his tracks for a moment.
Kraken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reynolds misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kraken.
Kraken avoids the elbow strike from Reynolds, against the cage.
Kraken dodges an elbow strike from Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with an elbow over the top.
Kraken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reynolds throws an elbow that misses.
Reynolds keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kraken's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Burt Reynolds dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Kraken'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. This is the final round!

Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kraken.
Kraken is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kraken digs a good hook to Reynolds's body.
Reynolds explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jab, jab by Kraken - just one landing.

Reynolds is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Kraken.
Oh Reynolds is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kraken throws a looping overhand right but Reynolds ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Kraken misses its intended target.
Kraken fails to land with a series of punches.
Kraken scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kraken throws a jab but it's blocked by Reynolds.
Reynolds seems to have got his legs back now.
Kraken misses with a hook. Reynolds ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reynolds misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kraken moves out of range of the body kick from Reynolds.
Kraken lands a right hook to the body.
Kraken scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Kraken! Reynolds is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Kraken!