PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Reed
vs
Bear

185 cm
22
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Gifts of the Rainforest

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ed Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Bear!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Bear does no damage.
Bear throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reed is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bear lands an elbow just above Reed 's eye.
Reed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bear lands a shot to the body.
Reed lands a body punch.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Reed's ribcage.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Reed wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bear.
Reed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear keeps control of Reed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Reed can't break the clinch.
Reed tries to break the clinch but Bear is controlling the position.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reed managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bear keeps control of Reed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reed.
Bear looks gassed!
Bear works on Reed's body with a couple of short punches.
Bear tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Reed breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reed shoots in but no luck this time.
Bear fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bear throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reed keeps the fight on the outside.
Bear tries to clinch but Reed is having none of it.
A right-left combo lands from Reed.
Tiger Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bear lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good shot there by Reed.
Bear throws a sloppy head kick and Reed moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Reed.

Reed has Bear up against the cage in a clinch.
Reed has had enough of the clinch but Bear keeps him there for the moment.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Reed wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reed.
Reed tries to stall but Bear uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Bear.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reed.
Bear lands with a short shot to the head.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reed managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but Reed blocks with his arms.
Reed has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bear avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bear keeps control of Reed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Bear.
Reed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bear prevents Reed from breaking the clinch.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Reed's ribcage.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Reed avoids the damage to the body.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reed.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Reed is blocking nicely.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Reed avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Reed missing with knees to the body.

Reed breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bear darts in trying to clinch

and Reed counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bear won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reed tries to advance to mount but can't.

Reed thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bear can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bear wants to get back to his feet but Reed drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reed looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Reed tries for a kimura but Bear is defending well.
Bear wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Reed is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Bear looks calm but he's in trouble here. Reed gets his head over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Bear is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Reed lets go of the hold and Bear can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ed Reed!