PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Billy Tickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar James The Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Tickle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tickle
vs
James The Reaper

155 cm
18
141 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Tickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cesar James The Reaper!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tickle misses with a two punch combination.
Tickle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tickle looks to land a combination but The Reaper avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Tickle.
The Reaper lands with a nice body punch.
Tickle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling The Reaper to score with a decent uppercut.
The Reaper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
No joy there for Tickle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Tickle misses.
Tickle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Reaper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tickle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tickle is breathing heavily.
The Reaper throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tickle counters with a nice uppercut.
Tickle misses with a double jab
and The Reaper cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tickle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Reaper misses with a two punch combination.
The Reaper lunges at Tickle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tickle's hand.
The Reaper thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Reaper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Reaper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Reaper misses with the combination.
Tickle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sloppy strikes from The Reaper. Those never looked like landing.
Tickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tickle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tickle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The Reaper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Reaper throws a series of punches but Tickle moves out of range.
Tickle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Reaper.
Tickle misses the shot to the body.
Tickle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tickle misses with a body shot.
The Reaper wants to slow Tickle down by chopping away at his legs.
The Reaper misses with an uppercut. Tickle saw that one coming.
The Reaper jabs Tickle right on the nose. Tickle blinks but takes it well.
The Reaper lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tickle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tickle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The Reaper lands with a straight right. Tickle didn't see that one coming.
The Reaper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tickle was well out of range. Poor timing from The Reaper.
Tickle lands with a nice combination. The Reaper backs away looking to recover.
The Reaper throws a series of strikes that have Tickle backpedaling.
The Reaper slips under a jab.
Tickle misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Reaper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tickle misses with a double jab.
Tickle blocks a low kick nicely.
Tickle throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Reaper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Reaper looks to land a body kick but Tickle moved away.
The Reaper tests Tickle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Reaper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tickle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Reaper throws a right hand that Tickle ducks under and follows up with a left that Tickle also avoids with ease.
Tickle throws a series of punches but The Reaper moves out of range.
Billy Tickle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Reaper scores with a nice right hand.
Tickle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The Reaper throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Reaper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tickle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tickle could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The Reaper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Reaper misses with a wild combination.
Tickle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tickle lands with an overhand left.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tickle.
A nice combination there by Tickle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Good exchange - The Reaper coming out on top.
No joy there for Tickle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Reaper fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tickle tries to bum rush The Reaper with a series of wild strikes but The Reaper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Reaper cracks Tickle with a good jab.
The Reaper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tickle.
Tickle looks to land a combination but The Reaper avoids it well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Reaper!
The Reaper scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Tickle is rocked!
The Reaper steps in with a hook that catches Tickle right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! The Reaper follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Tickle looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesar James The Reaper!