PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luigi Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Reyes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marshall
vs
Reyes

206 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luigi Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marshall rushes Reyes and presses him up against the cage.
Marshall throws an elbow but it misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reyes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reyes.
Marshall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reyes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marshall just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marshall swings wildly with an uppercut but Reyes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reyes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marshall prevents it.
Reyes is trying to push Marshall away but Marshall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marshall holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Reyes has hold of one of Marshall's legs. Marshall is fighting the takedown attempt but Reyes gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Reyes won't allow Marshall to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes wants to control from the top but Marshall keeps moving.
Marshall wants to sweep but no luck.
Reyes wants to get up but he can't break Marshall's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Marshall really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Reyes scoring with some ground and pound.
Marshall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reyes on the ground.
Marshall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reyes is one step ahead there.
Reyes trying to control but Marshall is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes scoring with some ground and pound.
Reyes trying to control the position from guard on top but Marshall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ben Reyes was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Reyes pushes Marshall up against the cage in a clinch.
Marshall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reyes tries to stall but Marshall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marshall stops a takedown attempt from Reyes.
Luigi Marshall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Reyes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes jumps guard but Marshall turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Marshall is trying to break free.
Marshall is trying to pull guard but Reyes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Reyes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marshall lands a right hand.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Reyes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes dodges an elbow strike from Marshall.
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Reyes gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Marshall moves into full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marshall throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall keeping moving, preventing Reyes from controlling successfully.
Marshall wants to stand up but Reyes is controlling him.
Reyes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marshall works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshall throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marshall being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Reyes dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Marshall fails with the takedown
and Reyes counters with a nice body shot.

Reyes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Reyes thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Reyes wants to control from the top but Marshall keeps moving.
Marshall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall is pulling down on Reyes's head to control his posture.
Reyes postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

We're going to have a standup here because Luigi Marshall wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Marshall blocks a head kick by Reyes.
Reyes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Marshall sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Reyes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marshall throws an elbow but misses.
Marshall fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is trying to pull guard but Marshall has him pressed against the cage.
Luigi Marshall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Reyes.

Marshall jumps into guard, dragging Reyes to the mat.
Marshall wants to sweep here but Reyes controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reyes is working Marshall over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Marshall will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reyes stays in close to Marshall's body and controls the position.
Marshall keeping moving, preventing Reyes from controlling successfully.
Ben Reyes has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ben Reyes was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Reyes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Marshall counters with a left to the body.

Reyes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Reyes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marshall is looking to control Reyes's arms but Reyes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marshall has his back to the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Reyes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marshall scores with a shot to the side of Reyes's head.

Reyes drags the fight down to the ground.
Marshall chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reyes looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Marshall gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Marshall cracks a nice hook into Reyes's ribs.
Horrible takedown by Reyes or perhaps it was just good defense by Marshall which made him look bad.

Marshall shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Reyes manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes controls Marshall momentarily but Marshall frees himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marshall makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Reyes is looking for a triangle but Marshall pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luigi Marshall will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Marshall dives in and scores a takedown into Reyes's guard.
Marshall throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reyes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Marshall makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Reyes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marshall is one step ahead there.
Marshall wants to get up but he can't break Reyes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Marshall with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reyes wants to sweep here but Marshall controlling him for the moment.
Reyes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marshall has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Reyes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ben Reyes hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Marshall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reyes avoids a wild elbow strike from Marshall.
Marshall is working Reyes over against the cage.
Reyes is trying to break the clinch but Marshall is controlling him.
Reyes missing with knees to the body.
Marshall throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marshall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Reyes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reyes stuffs the takedown.
Reyes misses with a low kick as Marshall jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marshall takes the fight into the clinch.
Marshall misses with an elbow strike.

Reyes jumps guard.
Marshall works over Reyes with some ground and pound from guard.
Marshall postures up in Reyes's guard and throws a big left but Reyes blocks it.
Marshall is looking to work some ground and pound but Reyes has wrist control.
Reyes is trying to keep Marshall in close.
Marshall trying to stand up but can't free himself from Reyes's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reyes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall wants to stand and escape but instead Reyes has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Reyes trying to control the position from guard on top but Marshall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ben Reyes was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Marshall gets a clinch.
Reyes wants to break free but Marshall has control.
Reyes tries to stall but Marshall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reyes working hard to break the clinch.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.

Reyes wants the takedown. Marshall is fighting it off but Reyes persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Marshall's guard against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Reyes controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Marshall is trying to control the position but Reyes postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marshall defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reyes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reyes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Marshall darts in looking for a takedown but Reyes gets double underhooks and turns Marshall into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Luigi Marshall.
I think Marshall has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Luigi Marshall!