PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sol Tavarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Helio Reincarneited (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sol Tavarez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Helio Reincarneited's chin.

Tavarez
vs
Reincarneited

186 cm
27
204 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

195 cm
28
211 lbs
24 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sol Tavarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Helio Reincarneited!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reincarneited pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tavarez connects with the punch.
Reincarneited lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tavarez will feel that in the morning.
Tavarez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Tavarez tries to sprawl but Reincarneited drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tavarez trying to control from the bottom.
Tavarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reincarneited.
Tavarez is looking to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Reincarneited is looking for a kimura but Tavarez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Reincarneited to get the leverage.
Reincarneited trying to mount his opponent but Tavarez defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Tavarez holds on and takes a little breather.
Reincarneited pushes down on Tavarez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tavarez is trying to maintain the position but Reincarneited is very close to passing his half guard.
Tavarez controlling the position for now.

Reincarneited is looking for a kimura but Tavarez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Reincarneited to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez is looking to improve his position.
Tavarez is working hard here to advance position.
Tavarez is trying to control but can't.

Reincarneited looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tavarez is looking to improve his position.
Tavarez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reincarneited.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez trying to control from the bottom.
Tavarez moves into full guard.
Tavarez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Reincarneited got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tavarez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Reincarneited has managed to get both his arms back between Tavarez's legs - danger averted.
Reincarneited pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tavarez is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reincarneited stands and throws Tavarez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Tavarez is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reincarneited is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tavarez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tavarez is trying to control Reincarneited's posture but Reincarneited avoids it.

Reincarneited is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tavarez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Reincarneited misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reincarneited working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tavarez gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Helio Reincarneited will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reincarneited lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tavarez lands a head shot.
A slow jab from Reincarneited misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Reincarneited.
Tavarez is looking to clinch.
Tavarez slaps away a takedown attempt from Reincarneited, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tavarez throws a right and a left that Reincarneited avoids nicely.
Tavarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tavarez looks to throw a body kick
enabling Reincarneited to counter with a crisp jab.
Reincarneited swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Tavarez clinches.
Reincarneited is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tavarez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reincarneited lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Reincarneited.
Tavarez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reincarneited prevents a body shot from Tavarez.
Tavarez misses with a punch to the body.
Tavarez gets underhooks to prevent Reincarneited's takedown attempt.
Sol Tavarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Helio Reincarneited.
Tavarez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reincarneited backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tavarez.

Tavarez gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Reincarneited regains guard.
Tavarez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reincarneited wants to sweep here but Tavarez controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tavarez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tavarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Reincarneited is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Reincarneited is looking for a triangle here but Tavarez uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Tavarez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Tavarez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Reincarneited tries to bench press Tavarez off him but Tavarez keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reincarneited takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tavarez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Reincarneited is trying to get back to his feet.
Reincarneited manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tavarez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Reincarneited does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Reincarneited is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tavarez pulls his head out easily.
Reincarneited is looking to improve his position.
Tavarez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Reincarneited is looking to improve his position.

Reincarneited looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reincarneited pushes Tavarez off looking to stand but Tavarez dives back in and keeps control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tavarez passes to full mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tavarez cracks Reincarneited with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sol Tavarez dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Reincarneited pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Tavarez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Reincarneited won't allow Tavarez to sweep him here.
Tavarez trying to keep a closed guard but Reincarneited is proving a slippery customer.

Reincarneited drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Reincarneited jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Reincarneited works over Tavarez with some ground and pound from guard.
Tavarez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tavarez trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reincarneited preventing the sweep.
Reincarneited postures up.

We're going to have a standup here because Sol Tavarez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Tavarez misses with the combination.
Tavarez misses with a straight right.
Crunch! Tavarez slams his shin into Reincarneited's torso.
Reincarneited does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez avoids the body shot from Reincarneited.
Tavarez shoots in but Reincarneited avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sol Tavarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reincarneited ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tavarez moves away.
Tavarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reincarneited moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reincarneited shoots in for a takedown but Tavarez shows good takedown defense.
Tavarez throws an overhand right that lands on Reincarneited's shoulder, as Reincarneited tries to avoid the shot.
A clash of legs there as Reincarneited blocks the low kick.
Tavarez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tavarez throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Reincarneited throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tavarez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Tavarez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sol Tavarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good standup being displayed there by Tavarez as he connects with a hook.
Tavarez throws a big shot that misses.
Reincarneited blocks a jab.
Reincarneited shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tavarez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reincarneited swats away the attempt to clinch by Tavarez.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tavarez is defended easily by Reincarneited.
Reincarneited fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reincarneited.
Reincarneited misses with a hook.
Reincarneited's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tavarez under the eye.
Tavarez digs a good hook to Reincarneited's body.
Reincarneited shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sol Tavarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Helio Reincarneited.
Reincarneited goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reincarneited throws a leg kick but Tavarez checks it.
Tavarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Helio Reincarneited has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reincarneited throws a wild body kick that Tavarez sees coming a mile off.
Tavarez tries for a takedown but Reincarneited sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Reincarneited wants to slow Tavarez down by chopping away at his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sol Tavarez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tavarez 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sol Tavarez!
Sol Tavarez made sure to mention his sponsor, Sublime Supplements in his post fight interview.