PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nero Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Reach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reach has chosen Rich Like Me as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Padilla
vs
Reach

190 cm
27
190 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
190 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nero Padilla!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Reach!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Padilla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reach scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Padilla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reach walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Padilla checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Padilla has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A punch lands to the side of Reach 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Padilla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reach moves away.
Reach takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reach takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Padilla looks to land a right hand but Reach moved out of range.
Reach scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Padilla scores with a jab to the body.
Reach scores with a head kick. Padilla tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Nero Padilla has been cut.
Reach slips a straight right by Padilla.
Padilla's corner calls for a 1-2. Padilla obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Padilla misses with a left hand

and Reach counters by clinching up.
Reach tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Padilla avoids it.
Padilla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reach lands with a left to the head.
Reach misses with a punch on the inside.
Padilla is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reach is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla being controlled against the cage.
Padilla misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reach.
Reach connects with a nasty looking knee right to Padilla's face.
Padilla is trying to pull guard but Reach turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Padilla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reach tries to stall but Padilla uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Padilla is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Reach to keep the fight standing.
Padilla lands a left hand.
Padilla blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Padilla.
Padilla is leaning against Reach and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Padilla cracks Reach with a nice body shot.
A short left from Reach.
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!
Padilla lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reach backwards.
Padilla throws a punch but it's blocked by Reach.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla misses with the head strike.
Padilla lands a nice shot to the body.
Padilla tries to throw a body punch but Reach avoids it by throwing Padilla back against the cage.
Padilla avoids a wild elbow strike from Reach.
A hook to the body from Padilla.
Padilla blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Padilla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reach has a couple of punches blocked by Padilla.

Padilla manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Padilla is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Padilla isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Reach stacks Padilla on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Reach!
Reach wants to stand but Padilla is controlling his arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla is being controlled here.
Padilla struggling a bit here.
Padilla tries to bench press Reach off him but Reach keeps the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Padilla is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reach content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Padilla trying to control but Reach postures up.
Padilla tries to get to full guard but Reach has control of the leg.

Padilla looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reach seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Reach wants to pass the guard but Padilla is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nero Padilla dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nero Padilla's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reach takes one on the button.
Reach ducks under a wild hook from Padilla.
Reach thumps Padilla with a low kick.
Reach looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Padilla.
Reach throws a nice inside leg kick.
Padilla scores with a kick to the body.
Padilla throws out a loose jab but Reach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reach scores with a leg kick.
Reach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reach connects with an inside leg kick.
Padilla tests Reach's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reach connects with an inside leg kick.
Padilla throws a hook but Reach avoids it easily.
Padilla takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Padilla looks to land a body kick but Reach moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reach lands a slapping body shot.
Nero Padilla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Padilla falls off balance throwing a combination
and Reach counters with a right hand to the body.
Reach getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Padilla fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reach manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Padilla.
Padilla fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big left from Padilla misses.
Padilla misses with a jab, cross combination.
Padilla throws a predictable looking body shot
and Reach counters with a stiff right hand.
Padilla throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Padilla throws a jab but it's blocked by Reach.
Reach lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reach scores with a nice body kick.
Padilla jabs Reach right on the nose. Reach blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Padilla was well out of range. Poor timing from Reach.
Reach dodges the punch combination from Padilla.
Padilla keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Padilla is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Padilla throws a half hearted mid kick.
Padilla uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reach has time to react.
Padilla scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reach.
Padilla misses with a low kick as Reach jumps back.
Decent striking displayed by Padilla there.
Padilla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reach walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Padilla takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnny Reach seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reach lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reach cracks Padilla with a good jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Reach darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Reach connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Padilla momentarily.

Padilla is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla connects with a solid leg kick.
Oh Padilla is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Padilla lands a nice shot to the body.
Padilla seems to have got his legs back now.
Padilla bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reach's head.
Reach ducks under a wild hook from Padilla.
Padilla misses with a body shot.
Padilla uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reach has time to react.
Padilla scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reach tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reach connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reach takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reach sizes up Padilla with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Padilla throws the left hand but Reach avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Reach.
Reach misses with a straight left.
Reach has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Padilla thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reach uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Padilla.
Padilla misses with an uppercut.
Padilla misses with a wild combination.
Padilla throws a jab but it's blocked by Reach.
Padilla walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Reach scores with a decent looking hook.
Reach looks to land a body kick but Padilla moved away.

Padilla drops Reach with a beautiful combination! Reach stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Padilla is looking for the KO!

Reach is rocked!
Padilla fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reach.
Reach is still on wobbly legs! Can Padilla finish him?
The fighters circling - Padilla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Padilla fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reach has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Reach seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reach staying out of range there.
Reach lands with a big left! Padilla is wobbled badly! Reach comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Padilla to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Johnny Reach!
Johnny Reach is the new middleweight champion!
An intense looking Johnny Reach took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Yea...I punch, they go down, es normal...'.