PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muskeli Mies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Reeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mies comes to the cage accompanied by The way of the fist. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mies
vs
Reeves

186 cm
29
207 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

190 cm
27
222 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Muskeli Mies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mac Reeves!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mies!

Reeves shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mies napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Reeves throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Reeves thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mies wants to control but Reeves postures up.
Reeves throwing strikes but Mies manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Reeves is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Mies's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Reeves controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Muskeli Mies wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Mies throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reeves sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muskeli Mies is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reeves moves out of range as Mies strikes.

Reeves feints and as Mies raises his hands in defense, Reeves changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Reeves has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mies is proving hard to escape from.
Reeves trying to control but Mies is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves throwing strikes but missing.
Mies is trying to control the position but Reeves postures up.
Reeves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mies swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reeves throws a big right hand that misses.
Reeves wants to control from the top but Mies keeps moving.
Reeves wants to pass the guard but Mies is keeping the position.
Mies will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reeves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Reeves trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Reeves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mies holds on and takes a little breather.
Reeves throws a big elbow that misses.
Reeves postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reeves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mies working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reeves.
Mies keeping full guard, as Reeves tries to pass.

Reeves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mies controls Reeves momentarily but Reeves frees himself.
Mies trying to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reeves postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Reeves dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reeves scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Reeves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mies keeps working.
Reeves is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Mies!
Reeves punching from mount but Mies doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Mies is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Mies is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mies is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Mies tries to lock up and control but Reeves gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Reeves misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies wants to control but Reeves is having none of it.
Reeves throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Reeves throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mies wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Reeves.

Reeves is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Mies has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Mies!
Reeves pulls Mies in to control the position.
Mies has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Muskeli Mies.
Mies swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mies scores with a jab. Reeves acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Reeves bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Reeves decides to stand back up. Reeves steps back and let's Mies get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mies cracks Reeves with an open hand slap.
Reeves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mac Reeves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mies slips a jab from Reeves.
Mies scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reeves with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mies to score with a decent uppercut.

Reeves shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Reeves was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Reeves wants to control the pace but Mies is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeves thowing shots but they're missing.
Reeves thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Mies is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Reeves goes for an armbar but Mies turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Mies.
Reeves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mies is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

We're going to have a standup here because Muskeli Mies wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Reeves lands an overhand right.
Mies connects with a nice looking jab.

Reeves manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Mies on his heels. He'll look to pass Mies's guard now, I'm sure.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Reeves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reeves pushes down on Mies's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Reeves throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mies controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Mies trying to control but Reeves postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Reeves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Reeves feints and as Mies raises his hands in defense, Reeves changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mies is trying to keep Reeves in close.
Mies keeping full guard, as Reeves tries to pass.
Reeves wants to get up but he can't break Mies's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mies controls Reeves momentarily but Reeves frees himself.
Mies keeping full guard, as Reeves tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies keeping moving, preventing Reeves from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Reeves shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mies is looking to improve his position but Reeves isn't that keen on the idea.
Reeves throwing strikes here but Mies is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Reeves can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mies is looking to escape.
Reeves punching from mount but Mies doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mies because Reeves loaded up on that one.
Mies wants to control but Reeves is having none of it.
Reeves controlling the pace for now.
Mies manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.

Mies is defending against the submission attempts here by Reeves.
Mies is staying active underneath Reeves, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mies wants to control but Reeves is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Reeves content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Muskeli Mies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mies tries to get to full guard but Reeves has control of the leg.
Mac Reeves has got the better of the ground game so far.
Reeves throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Mies to regain full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mies keeping moving, preventing Reeves from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mac Reeves.
Reeves pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Reeves shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Reeves is trying to control the action in half guard but Mies is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mies is controlling Reeves's trapped leg to prevent Reeves from advancing to side control.
Mies missing with punches from the bottom.
Mac Reeves is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Reeves is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mac Reeves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Reeves winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30

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