PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by PELIMUSA. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Reese
vs
Sanchez

170 cm
26
150 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

178 cm
27
153 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Reese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reese explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sanchez.
Reese delivers a nice body kick.
Reese turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez scores with a head kick. Reese tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Reese checks a leg kick nicely.
Reese lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
A head kick by Sanchez misses
and Reese counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Reese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Reese.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Reese fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sanchez scores with the left hand. Reese knows he should have avoided that one.
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Reese checks it
and Reese counters with a nice body kick.
Sanchez scores with a nice head shot.
Sanchez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Reese.
Reese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez cracks Reese with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sanchez tried to score with a low kick but Reese checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Reese checks a leg kick nicely.
Sanchez connects with a solid leg kick.
Reese avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Reese is out of range.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Reese down.
Sanchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reese moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jose Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sanchez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reese fakes the leg kick and cracks Sanchez in the body.

Sanchez gets caught napping as Reese dives in and scores a takedown. Sanchez manages to retain guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reese stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reese postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Reese is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reese accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Sanchez has his foot on Reese's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Reese works his way back into a safe position though.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reese's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reese with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Reese chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reese accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese preventing the sweep.

Sanchez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Reese can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanchez has momentary wrist control but Reese slips an elbow through the middle.

Sanchez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reese distracts Sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanchez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reese.
Reese throws a big right hand that misses.
Reese lands a couple of digs.
Reese postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reese trying to move into half guard but instead Sanchez has managed to sweep!
Reese 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.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reese looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Sanchez is looking to work some ground and pound but Reese has wrist control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Reese is retaining full guard.
Reese tries to strike from the bottom.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Reese dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reese gets the takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Reese scoring with punches and elbows.
Reese scores with punches from side control.
Reese looks up at the clock and then as Sanchez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Reese smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reese lands a nice forearm strike.
Check out the look on Reese's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sanchez is looking to regain half guard here but Reese keeps moving and retains side control.
Reese scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sanchez to see if he's OK.
The ground and pound from Reese seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ground and pound from Reese seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Reese working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese working the ground and pound from side control.
Sanchez looks to move to half guard but instead Reese has passed into mount! Damn!
Reese working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Reese goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Sanchez turns into him and now he's in Reese's guard.
Kyle Reese overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Reese looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.

Reese had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sanchez defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Reese's brow.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Reese is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez throws a big elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sanchez gets to his feet. Reese looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Reese lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reese scoring well with a low kick there.
Reese throws a low kick, looking for Sanchez's leg but Sanchez calmly moves out of range.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Reese moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Reese scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Reese avoids it well.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Reese moves out of range easily.
Sanchez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Reese.
Reese tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reese avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Reese blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reese.
Reese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Reese.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kyle Reese is winning the standup battle so far.
Reese throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez wants to clinch.
Reese lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sanchez will feel that in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez cracks Reese with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reese. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reese scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Reese moved out of range.

Reese shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reese lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Reese not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Reese dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Reese lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reese looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sanchez enables Reese to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sanchez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Reese stands up over Sanchez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Reese stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanchez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reese.
Reese throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Reese lands a couple of digs.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reese postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reese working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reese throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanchez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanchez trying to control from half guard but Reese is working away.
Reese tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Reese tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Reese moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reese swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanchez connects with a couple of short punches.
Reese working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reese throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Reese is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reese throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jose Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Reese is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanchez defends well.
Sanchez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Reese blocks nicely.
Sanchez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez cracks Reese with a solid left hand.
Sanchez with a nice head shot there.
Reese preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reese utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Sanchez has gone for a leg lock! Reese slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sanchez's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanchez looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Sanchez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reese defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jose Sanchez.
Well Reese 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Reese!