PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brett Reznar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reznar comes to the cage accompanied by m.o.v.e - BREAK IN2 THE NITE. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Reznar
vs
Capone

190 cm
27
219 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

180 cm
31
213 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Hellbent - Pit Inc
Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brett Reznar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Capone!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Capone.
Capone lands a head shot.
Capone shoots in but Reznar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Capone misses with a wild body shot.
Reznar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Capones jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Reznar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Capone moves away.
Capone scores with a nice right hand.
Capone lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Capone clinches up with Reznar and pushes him back against the cage.
Reznar can't break the clinch.

Capone breaks from the clinch.
Capone lands a leg kick that knocks Reznar off balance momentarily.
Capone takes a swing at Reznar's ribcage but misses.
Reznar defending well as Capone loads up on a big left hand.
Capone misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reznar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Capone circles away quickly and effectively.
Capone connects with a solid leg kick.
Capone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reznar. Reznar obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Capone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Capone lands with a light punch inside.

It looks like Brett Reznar has been cut.
Capone has a couple of punches blocked by Reznar.
Capone lands a nice uppercut.

Reznar is fighting off a takedown attempt but Capone is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Reznar to the mat. Reznar regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Reznar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Capone drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Reznar dives on top into guard.
Capone has control of Reznar's left arm, preventing Reznar from doing any damage.

Capone had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reznar defends it easily.
Capone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reznar throws a strike but Capone rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone throws a big elbow that misses.
Capone throwing strikes from guard but Reznar blocks nicely.
Capone prevents Reznar from getting back to his feet.
Capone postures up in Reznar's guard and throws a big left but Reznar blocks it.
Capone trying to control but Reznar is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Capone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reznar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Capone throws a big elbow that misses.
Capone wants to control from the top but Reznar keeps moving.
Capone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reznar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reznar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reznar is breathing heavily.
Capone working some strikes from top position.
Capone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Capone wants to control from the top but Reznar keeps moving.
Capone working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reznar's head.
Capone is looking to work some ground and pound but Reznar has wrist control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Capone is looking to work some ground and pound but Reznar has wrist control.
Capone throws a big right hand that misses.
Capone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Capone with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Capone is in close to Reznar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Capone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reznar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Capone lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Capone throws a big right hand that misses.
Reznar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Capone landing with the ground and pound.
Capone throws a big elbow that misses.
Reznar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Capone.
Capone keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reznar's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Capone lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reznar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Capone throws a big right hand that misses.
Capone chips away with some ground and pound.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reznar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reznar keeping moving, preventing Capone from controlling successfully.
Capone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Reznar can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Capone controls the pace.
Capone is looking to work some ground and pound but Reznar has wrist control.
Capone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reznar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Capone.
Capone is working Reznar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Capone throwing strikes from guard but Reznar blocks nicely.
Capone with a nice head shot there.
Capone trying to control the position from guard on top but Reznar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reznar can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Capone controls the pace.
Reznar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Capone works over Reznar with some ground and pound from guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Capone controls from within his opponent's guard.
Capone stands up over Reznar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Capone stands up over Reznar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Capone wants to control from the top but Reznar keeps moving.
Capone passes Reznar's left leg - he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Capone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Capone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brett Reznar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Capone lands a really nice looking cross but Reznar seems unphased.
Good shot there by Capone.
Reznar needs to keep his hands up - Capone had a free shot at his head there.
Reznar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Reznar scores with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Capone.
Capone moves out of range as Reznar strikes.

Capone closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Reznar did well to prevent Capone getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reznar is refusing to be controlled, as Capone sits in half guard.
Capone is pressing down on Reznar's thigh, looking to free his foot. Reznar is holding on for now.
Capone throwing shots but Reznar is blocking nicely.
Capone has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reznar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Capone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reznar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Capone.
Capone moves into full mount! Reznar won't be happy about that!
Capone can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reznar is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Capone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Capone tries to control but Reznar wriggling away.
Capone sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Capone in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Capone! Reznar is hurt baaadly! Capone is firing away with more strikes - Reznar is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Al Capone!
A victorious Al Capone thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.