PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arizona Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arizona Reed has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reed
vs
Lister

183 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arizona Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dean Lister!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lister clinches up with Reed and pushes him back against the cage.
Reed looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lister takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Reed manages to break the clinch.
Lister avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lister misses with a wild body shot.
Reed takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Lister moves into the clinch.
Reed jumps guard but Lister turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Lister can't find room to land a body shot as Reed controls the action.
Reed prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lister is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lister wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reed has him pressed against the cage.
Lister has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Reed after a bit of a struggle.
Arizona Reed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Lister.
Lister stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lister jumps guard and drags Reed to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Reed trying to control but Lister is working from the bottom.

Lister is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Lister tries a body shot but Reed blocks it.

Lister has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Reed uses from the top position.
Lister lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Reed!
Lister looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lister has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lister looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lister pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lister has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Reed is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dean Lister!