PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sherman Tribbett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanner Reach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reach has chosen Never Gonna Give You Up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tribbett
vs
Reach

195 cm
21
213 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Knock Out Artistry
Knock Out Artistry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sherman Tribbett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tanner Reach!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reach scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tribbett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reach was well out of range. Poor timing from Tribbett.
Reach connects with a body shot.
Tribbett has his takedown stuffed
and Reach counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tribbett's knee momentarily.

Reach takes the fight into the clinch.
Reach throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reach lands with a right to the head.
Reach throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reach cracks Tribbett with a nice body shot.
Tribbett is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Reach - that landed with a thud.
Reach lands a good knee to the midsection. Tribbett won't want to take too many of those.
Tribbett dodges an elbow strike from Reach.
Reach using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reach lands an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reach obliges.
Reach lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reach is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Reach.
Tribbett blocks an elbow strike from Reach.
Reach lands a knee to the body.
Reach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reach landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reach lands a body shot.
Reach gets through Tribbett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reach scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Reach.
Reach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tribbett backwards.
A short left from Reach.
Reach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reach unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tribbett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reach unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reach cracks Tribbett with a nice body shot.
Reach misses with an elbow over the top.
Tribbett blocks an elbow strike.
Reach lands an elbow just above Tribbett 's eye.
Reach lands with a left to the head.
Reach gets through Tribbett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reach.
Reach lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Reach.
Reach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reach lands a shot to the body.
Reach using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tribbett takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reach.
Tribbett avoids the elbow strike from Reach, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reach.
Reach lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reach throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reach throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reach.
Reach landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reach creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reach lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Reach.
Reach misses with an elbow over the top.
Reach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reach lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reach obliges.
Tribbett avoids the elbow strike from Reach, against the cage.
Reach unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tribbett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reach lands a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Reach.
Reach is working Tribbett over against the cage.
Reach pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reach working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reach lands a nice knee to the body.
Reach using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reach lands a right hand.
Tribbett's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reach scores with a hook to the body.
Reach putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tribbett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reach cracks Tribbett with a nice body shot.
Reach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reach is working Tribbett over against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reach just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tribbett's brow.
Reach gets through Tribbett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reach throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reach lands an elbow inside that Tribbett shrugs off.

It looks like Sherman Tribbett has been cut.
Reach lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tribbett.
Knees to the body from Reach.
Reach putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tribbett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tribbett backwards.
Reach misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reach obliges.
Reach lands a nice elbow.
Reach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Reach.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reach.
Reach lands a hook that snaps the head of Tribbett backwards.
Nice body punch from Reach - that landed with a thud.
Reach lands a good knee to the midsection. Tribbett won't want to take too many of those.
Reach cracks Tribbett with a nice body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reach throws an elbow but misses.
Reach pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reach lands a body shot.
Tribbett blocks the elbow strike.
Tribbett avoids a wild elbow strike from Reach.
Reach lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tribbett blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reach lands a shoulder strike.
Reach scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reach lands a knee to the body.
Reach lands a body shot.
Reach creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tanner Reach dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sherman Tribbett's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tribbett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reach scores with a jab to the head.
Reach bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Reach with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reach connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reach lands a nice looking body kick.
Reach's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Reach duly obliges.
Tanner Reach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tribbett is rocked!
Reach has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Reach drops Tribbett with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tribbett looks back up at him and smiles so Reach waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Oh Tribbett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reach cracks Tribbett with a left hook right on the temple and Tribbett goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Reach lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Tribbett is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tanner Reach!