PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reis has chosen Master Of Puppets as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kang
vs
Reis

178 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Kang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodrigo Reis!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kang lands with a nice body punch.
Kang lands with a cross.
Kang misses with a straight left.
Reis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reis tries to clinch there but Kang circles away.
Kang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Kang misses its intended target.
Kang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kang misses the target.
Reis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Reis is looking to clinch.
Kang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Reis at a distance.
Reis scores with a shot to the body.
Kang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reis's head.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Kang misses its intended target.
Kang moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reis.
Reis ducks right into an uppercut from Kang.
Reis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reis's head.
Kang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis.
Kang swinging wildly here.
Kang scores with a sloppy right hand. Reis should have avoided that one.
Reis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body punch from Kang.
Reis throws out a loose jab but Kang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kang lands with a cross.
Kang lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Reis throws a series of punches but Kang avoids them all with ease.
Kang fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reis throws a series of strikes that have Kang backpedaling.
Kang scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kang connects with a nice looking jab.
Kang misses with a hook.
Kang is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kang lands with an overhand left.
A right-left combo lands from Kang.
Jab by Kang.
Kang blocks a head kick by Reis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang looks to land a right hand but Reis moved out of range.
Reis misses with a double jab.
Kang misses with a straight left.
Reis swinging wildly here.
A jab from Kang misses.
A big left from Kang misses.
Kang blocks a leg kick.
Reis misses with a body shot.
A jab from Kang does it's job there.
Kang throws out a loose jab but Reis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kang lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Reis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reis misses with a series of wild punches.
Donk. Kang catches Reis right on the button with a cross.
Kang throws a hook to the side of Reis's head but Reis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kang digs a good body shot into Reis's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Reis has Kang up against the cage in a clinch.
Kang wants to break free but Reis has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kang working hard to break the clinch.
Reis is trying to break the clinch but Kang is controlling him.
Reis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reis is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Kang.
Kang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reis wants to stall.

Reis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kang cracks Reis with an open hand slap.
Reis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kang scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kang.
Reis is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Reis.
Nice body punch from Kang.
Kang getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good shot there by Kang.
Reis doesn't manage to clinch there - Kang circles away.
Kang getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Reis misses with the combination.
Kang cracks Reis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reis moves away from the strike by Kang.
Reis moves in looking to clinch but Kang pushes him off.
Kang is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Reis tries to move into range but Kang moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kang ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kang lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kang scores with a nice head shot.
Reis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reis throws a series of punches but Kang avoids them all with ease.
Kang lands an overhand right.
Kang misses with a straight left.
Reis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kang looks to throw the jab but Reis is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Kang dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reis throws a right hand that Kang ducks under and follows up with a left that Kang also avoids with ease.
Kang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reis misses with a two punch combination.
Reis misses the jab.
Rodrigo Reis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kang connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paulo Kang is winning the standup battle so far.
Reis doesn't manage to clinch there - Kang circles away.
Reis slips a jab from Kang.
Reis dodges the punch combination from Kang.
Reis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kang throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Reis moves into the clinch.
Reis taking a breather.
Kang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reis's efforts to push away.
Kang wants to get back to striking at distance but Reis won't allow it.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kang swinging wildly here.
Kang moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reis wants to clinch up but Kang keeps it at a distance.
Kang digs a good hook to Reis's body.
A big left from Kang misses.
Kang works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kang cracks Reis with a good jab.
Kang throws an overhand right that lands on Reis's shoulder, as Reis tries to avoid the shot.
Reis slips a jab from Kang.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kang lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kang.
Kang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reis's hands.
Kang lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Reis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kang scores with a sloppy right hand. Reis should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reis swinging wildly here.
Kang walks into a jab.
Reis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Kang blocks the low kick.
Reis wants to clinch.
Reis tries to clinch up.
Kang scores with a nice head shot.
Reis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Reis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kang swats away the attempt to clinch by Reis.
Kang throws the left hand but Reis avoids the punch easily.
Reis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kang throws out the jab.
Reis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kang to score with a decent uppercut.
Reis blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Kang.
Reis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reis avoids a punch combination nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Reis.
Kang lands a slapping body shot.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kang.
Reis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kang scores with a one two! Reis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Reis is breathing heavily.
Reis slips a jab from Kang.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice shot by Kang.
Kang lands a jab.
Reis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kang lands with an uppercut that bounces Reis off the cage and back into rage.
Reis throws a sloppy head kick and Kang moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kang circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Kang counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Kang.
Reis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Reis misses with a wild combination.
Reis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kang slips a jab from Reis.
Good shot there by Kang.
Reis ducks under a wild hook from Kang.
Kang throws a one two combo.

It looks like Rodrigo Reis has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kang cracks a nice hook into Reis's ribs.
Reis swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kang!
Kang connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kang is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kang throws a one two combo.
Reis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Kang dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Reis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kang!
Reis just misses with a punch to the body.
Kang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kang jabs Reis right on the nose. Reis blinks but takes it well.
Reis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kang's hands.
Kang lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Reis tries to clinch but Kang moves out of range.
Kang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reis connects with a solid leg kick.
Kang missing with a left hand there. Reis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Kang finds it's way through Reis's defenses.
Kang throws a hook but Reis blocks it.
Kang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis.
Reis tries to clinch up but Kang circles away and keeps his distance.
Reis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kang looks to land a right hand but Reis moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis.
Reis tries to clinch up
and Kang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Reis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kang manages to avoid it.
Kang keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kang listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Reis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reis can do to turn this around?
Reis tries to clinch up but Kang circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice body punch from Kang.
Kang misses with a hook. Reis ducked under it nicely.
Reis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Reis tries to clinch but Kang is having none of it.
Kang with a nice cross.
Reis misses with a double jab.
Nice body punch from Kang.
Kang connects with a crisp jab.
Reis throws a head kick but Kang moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kang misses with a looping right.
Kang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kang!
Reis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reis ducks under a wild hook from Kang.
Kang thuds his right hand into Reis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reis tries to clinch
and Kang counters with a left to the body.
A nice combination there by Kang.
Kang throws an overhand right that lands on Reis's shoulder, as Reis tries to avoid the shot.
Reis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kang counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reis thinking.
Kang wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reis has time to react.
Reis throws a right hand that Kang ducks under and follows up with a left that Kang also avoids with ease.
Reis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kang scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kang thuds his right hand into Reis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reis looks to clinch
and Kang counters with a stiff right hand.
Kang lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A right-left combo lands from Kang.
Reis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab by Kang.
Kang ducks under a wild hook from Reis.
Kang lands with a good body shot.
Reis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kang cracks Reis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice jab there from Kang.
Decent striking displayed by Kang there.
Kang scores with a jab to the head.
Reis swinging wildly here.
Kang clobbers Reis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kang scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reis slips a straight right by Kang.
Reis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kang.
Kang scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Reis moves forwards but Kang connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kang bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kang!
Kang connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reis momentarily.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reis misses with a wild combination.
Kang scores with a sloppy right hand. Reis should have avoided that one.
Reis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rodrigo Reis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kang looks to land a combination. Reis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A left and a right from Kang both land. Nice combination.
Kang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kang connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reis. Reis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Kang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kang, 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Kang!