PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reyes's entrance music is Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa. A fine choice. Stone has chosen I stand alone - Godsmack as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Reyes
vs
Stone

178 cm
21
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
170 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamie Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Stone!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stone works Reyes's body with a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Reyes misses the target.
Stone moves out of range of the leg kick from Reyes.
Reyes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stone at a distance.
Stone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reyes misses with a wild body shot.
Reyes misses with a left hand
and Stone counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stone drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Reyes lands a leg kick that knocks Stone off balance momentarily.
Reyes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stone to score with a decent uppercut.
Stone ducks right into an uppercut from Reyes.
Reyes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reyes pushes Stone up against the cage in a clinch.
Reyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stone's elbow.
Reyes can't find room to land a body shot as Stone controls the action.
Reyes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
Still in the clinch, Reyes scores with a nice short uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reyes misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reyes.
Reyes misses with a punch to the body.
Reyes trying to control the position but instead, Stone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reyes into the cage.
Stone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reyes leaning against his opponent.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
A hook to the body from Reyes.
Stone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stone has a couple of punches blocked by Reyes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reyes checks the leg kick.
Nice shot by Reyes.
Jamie Reyes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reyes cracks the inside of Stone's front leg.
Donk. Reyes catches Stone right on the button with a cross.
Stone misses with a looping left.
Reyes thumps Stone with a low kick.
Reyes blocks a leg kick.
Stone takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Andy Stone has been cut.
Reyes clobbers Stone with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reyes lands with a right hand.
Reyes lands a front kick.
Reyes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Stone checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Stone misses the target.
A low kick from Stone misses
and Reyes counters with a head kick. That will keep Stone thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Reyes throws a lazy body kick
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
Reyes lands with a shot to the body.
Stone looks gassed!
A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reyes cracks a nice hook into Stone's ribs.
Reyes scores with a hook to the body. Stone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reyes lunges at Stone with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stone's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes misses with a kick to the body.
Stone doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes tests Stone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reyes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reyes. That's going to slow Stone down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stone.
Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes.
Reyes throws a nice head kick!
Reyes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Reyes tries a low kick but Stone avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reyes tries to clinch there but Stone circles away.
Stone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reyes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Reyes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andy Stone'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.

Stone walks into a jab.
Reyes scores with a leg kick.
Stone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reyes. Reyes obviously looking to wear him down.
Reyes is looking to slow Stone down with leg kicks.
That kick from Reyes tenderised Stone's leg. Stone is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reyes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reyes throws out a leg kick but Stone moves out of range and Reyes only half commits.
Stone looks to throw the jab but Reyes is out of range.
Reyes connects with a leg kick. Stone looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stone takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Stone is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Reyes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stone trying to control the position but instead, Reyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stone into the cage.
Reyes controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reyes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stone is keeping busy.
Reyes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reyes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reyes keeps control of Stone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reyes avoids it.
Reyes has Stone pushed against the cage.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reyes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reyes is working Stone over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reyes obliges.
Reyes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
A shot in the inside from Reyes.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Reyes here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reyes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Reyes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reyes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short left from Reyes.
Still in the clinch, Reyes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
Reyes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Reyes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reyes stalls.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
Stone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Reyes trying to stall but Stone improves his position.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reyes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stone wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reyes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reyes looking to stall.
Reyes scores with a shoulder strike.
Stone is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stone working aggressively here.
Reyes stalling the fight.
Stone pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reyes is keeping busy.
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!
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
A short uppercut from Reyes.
Reyes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Reyes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andy Stone'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. This is the final round!

Reyes digs a good hook to Stone's body.
Reyes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Reyes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stone.
Reyes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stone.
Reyes lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Stone chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reyes can pounce on him.
Reyes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Reyes throws a leg kick which misses Stone's front leg but catches the back leg as Stone tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone misses with a combination
and Reyes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reyes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stone's calf.
Reyes lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reyes.
Reyes connects with a body shot that sends Stone's belly button to the back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reyes. That's going to slow Stone down.
Reyes throws a one two combo.

Stone is rocked!
Reyes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stone is still on wobbly legs! Can Reyes finish him?
Stone on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stone keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stone seems to have recovered his senses.
Reyes lands a leg kick that knocks Stone off balance momentarily.
Reyes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Reyes looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reyes scores with a nice right hand.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reyes.

Reyes gets a clinch.
Reyes connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
A head punch on the inside from Stone fails to land.
Jamie Reyes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stone is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A bit of stalling here from Reyes.
Reyes prevents Stone from breaking the clinch.
Reyes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reyes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reyes is leaning against Stone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reyes lands a hook that snaps the head of Stone backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
Stone tries to break free but Reyes pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Reyes.
Reyes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stone or not.
Nice body punch from Reyes - that landed with a thud.
Reyes scores with a shot to the side of Stone's head.
The referee calls for Reyes to work.
Reyes lands a left hand.
Reyes digs a right hand underneath Stone's ribcage. Stone let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reyes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reyes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reyes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Good body shot from Reyes.
Reyes presses Stone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reyes works on Stone's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Reyes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a body shot.
Reyes cracks Stone with a nice body shot.
Reyes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Reyes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reyes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jamie Reyes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reyes trying to stall but Stone improves his position.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
Reyes lands with a left to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reyes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reyes digs a right hand into Stone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stone's gas tank.
Andy Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Reyes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reyes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Reyes!
After winning the bout, Jamie Reyes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.