PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Laiola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Laiola might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Roots Bloody Roots. Reynolds has chosen The Animals - House of The Rising Sun as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Laiola
vs
Reynolds

178 cm
31
159 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

181 cm
23
164 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leonardo Laiola!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Travis Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good leg kick by Reynolds there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reynolds walks into a left hand.
Laiola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leonardo Laiola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laiola lands a jab to Reynolds's midsection.
Laiola connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Laiola misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laiola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laiola scores with a three punch combo!
Laiola fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice body kick there by Reynolds.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laiola thows a body shot but no joy.
Reynolds scores with the left hand. Laiola knows he should have avoided that one.
Laiola throws out a loose jab but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laiola blocks the body kick.
Reynolds lands a head shot.

Laiola is rocked!
Laiola swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laiola blocks the body kick.
Laiola throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laiola tries to clinch but Reynolds moves out of range.
Laiola jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laiola doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Laiola slips under a jab from Reynolds.
Laiola takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oh Laiola is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laiola blocks a head kick by Reynolds.
Reynolds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Laiola seems to have got his legs back now.
Laiola misses with a series of wild punches.
Laiola scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Laiola throws an overhand right that lands on Reynolds's shoulder, as Reynolds tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reynolds throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Laiola crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Reynolds - the referee stops the clock and Laiola gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Reynolds. Laiola manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Reynolds rushes Laiola and presses him up against the cage.
Reynolds misses with a knee strike.
Laiola swings wildly with an uppercut but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reynolds prevents Laiola from breaking the clinch.
Laiola avoiding damage as Reynolds throws knees to the body.
Reynolds utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reynolds misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reynolds.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reynolds.
Laiola misses with a body punch.
Laiola misses with some punches.
Laiola tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laiola struggles to land a body shot inside as Reynolds controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laiolas head.
Reynolds looking to stall.
Reynolds fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laiola.
Laiola cracks Reynolds with a nice body shot.
Laiola avoiding damage as Reynolds throws knees to the body.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.
Laiola looking to stall.
Laiola lands a left hand.
Laiola fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reynolds lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laiola backwards.
Reynolds tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laiola blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Reynolds.
Laiola misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laiola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reynolds fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laiola.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reynolds blocking some punches.
Laiola lands a shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Reynolds.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laiola.
Laiola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reynolds misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reynolds looking to throw knees to the head but Laiola is blocking nicely.
Laiola misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reynolds tries to land a knee to the head but Laiola blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laiola.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Reynolds dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Laiola moves into range and clinches up with Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a knee strike.
Reynolds is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reynolds tries a body shot but Laiola blocks it.
Laiola misses with a body punch.
Laiola misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laiola is leaning against Reynolds and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reynolds tries to land a knee to the head but Laiola blocks with his arms.
A hook to the body from Laiola.
Laiola working aggressively here.
Reynolds scores with a knee to the head.
Laiola tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Laiola tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
Laiola tries to work over Reynolds's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds lands a left hand.
Reynolds tries a knee to the head but Laiola blocks it.
Laiola stalling in the clinch but Reynolds improves position.
Laiola tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Reynolds in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Reynolds misses with a knee strike.
Reynolds throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reynolds looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Laiola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reynolds thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Laiola if he has to take too many more of those.
Laiola checks a low kick from Reynolds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laiola takes a swing at Reynolds's ribcage but misses.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laiola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laiola scores with a jab to the body.
Laiola throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds misses with a body shot.
Reynolds lands with a hook. Laiola tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Laiola darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Laiola has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Laiola there as he acknowledges the shot.
Laiola takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Laiola blocks the body kick.
Reynolds misses with a right hand
and Laiola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reynolds looks to score with a jab to the body but Laiola is just out of range.
Reynolds tries to bum rush Laiola with a series of wild strikes but Laiola uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Laiola misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds avoids a punch combination nicely.

Reynolds gets a clinch.
Reynolds blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laiola misses with a punch on the inside.
Laiola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.

Laiola manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reynolds. Laiola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reynolds throws a hook but Laiola avoids it easily.
Laiola misses with a few strikes there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Reynolds. Laiola shrugs it off though.
A nice combination there by Laiola.

Reynolds is rocked!
Reynolds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reynolds is still on wobbly legs! Can Laiola finish him?
Reynolds throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Laiola fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Laiola pushes Reynolds up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Laiola as Reynolds tries to tie him up.
Reynolds trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laiola creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laiola manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Laiola lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
A short body shot lands from Laiola as the two fighters clinch.
Laiola scores with a shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Laiola.
Laiola lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reynolds tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laiola's elbow.
Laiola stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Laiola throws a big uppercut that drops Reynolds! More strikes from Laiola and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Reynolds lies dazed against the cage as Laiola celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonardo Laiola!
Leonardo Laiola retains his lightweight title!
Leonardo Laiola thanked the fans post fight for their support.