PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mak Artur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reyes comes to the cage accompanied by All the Above. Artur has chosen I shall return as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reyes
vs
Artur

169 cm
31
157 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

170 cm
29
160 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Stevie Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mak Artur!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Artur is looking to clinch but Reyes is avoiding it.
Reyes throws a good cross that connects.
Reyes swings widly with a right hand
and Artur counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Artur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
Artur misses the shot to the body.
Reyes throws a jab but it's blocked by Artur.
Artur tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Artur 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Artur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Artur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reyes misses the shot to the body.
Mak Artur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Artur tries to clinch but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes throws a jab but it's blocked by Artur.
Reyes throws a shot from downtown. Artur moves away and avoids it.
Artur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Artur wants to clinch up but Reyes keeps it at a distance.
Artur fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artur scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reyes doesn't seem bothered though.
Reyes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Artur.
Reyes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Artur.
Artur fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reyes dodges the punch combination from Artur.
Artur is looking to clinch but Reyes is avoiding it.
Artur is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reyes rather than just go for the knockout.
Artur tries to clinch but Reyes is having none of it.
Reyes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a hook but Artur avoids it easily.
Artur just misses with a punch to the body.
Artur misses with a body shot.
Artur misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Reyes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Artur tries to clinch but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes throws the left hand but Artur avoids the punch easily.
Artur swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Artur wants to clinch up but Reyes keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Artur counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Reyes misses with a hook
and Artur counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Artur.
Artur closes the distance but Reyes moves to the side
and Artur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reyes misses with an uppercut.
Artur throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reyes on the side of the head.
Reyes needs to keep his hands up - Artur had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mak Artur dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Reyes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Artur counters with a straight right hand.
Artur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Artur forces Reyes back against the cage and clinches.
Artur digs a right hand into Reyes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reyes's gas tank.
Reyes managing to block the knees to the body from Artur.
A frustrated look appears on Reyes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Artur prevents a body shot from Reyes.

Reyes breaks the clinch.
Artur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Artur blocks a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reyes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Artur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes slips a jab from Artur.
Artur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Artur takes the fight into the clinch.
Artur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reyes avoids it.
Artur throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Artur's elbow.
Artur tries to throw a body punch but Reyes avoids it by throwing Artur back against the cage.
Artur works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Reyes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reyes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Artur.
Reyes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Artur moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Artur connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reyes's hands.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Artur avoids the body shot from Reyes.
Artur fails in his attempt to clinch.
Artur moves out of range as Reyes strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Reyes misses with a few strikes there.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Artur missing with a left hand there. Reyes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reyes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Artur moves away from the strike by Reyes.
Reyes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Artur tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Reyes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reyes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reyes misses with a body shot.
Artur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Reyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Artur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reyes.

Artur rushes Reyes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mak Artur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Artur tries to clinch there but Reyes circles away.
Artur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reyes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Reyes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Artur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Artur.
Artur misses the shot to the body.
Artur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes throws the left hand but Artur avoids the punch easily.
Artur throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Artur misses with a jab to the body
and Reyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Artur.
Artur looks to clinch
and Artur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Artur has closed the distance and engaged Reyes in a clinch.
Artur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reyes's elbow.
Artur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Artur misses with a punch on the inside.
Artur keeps control of Reyes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Reyes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reyes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Reyes misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artur staying out of range there.
Artur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reyes throws out the jab.
Reyes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Reyes misses with a two punch combination.
Artur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reyes manages to avoid it.
Reyes connects with a body shot.
Reyes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Artur finds it's way round the side to connect with Reyes's head.
Reyes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Reyes ducks under a wild hook from Artur.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reyes.
Artur wants to clinch.
Reyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mak Artur is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mak Artur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Artur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Artur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reyes misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Artur clinches up against the cage.

Reyes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reyes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevie Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Artur moves into the clinch.
Reyes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reyes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Artur tries to work over Reyes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Reyes on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reyes.
Reyes can't break the clinch.
Artur misses with a punch to the body.
Reyes misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Artur's elbow.
Reyes misses with a punch to the body.
Artur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mak Artur.
Well Artur has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

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