PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacopo Faithful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spurt Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faithful comes into the arena with Be Faithful blaring out of the sound system. Spurt Reynolds has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Faithful
vs
Reynolds

180 cm
25
265 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

203 cm
23
245 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacopo Faithful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spurt Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faithful swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Reynolds counters with a single leg into guard. Faithful didn't expect that.
Reynolds with a nice head shot there.
Faithful is looking to stand up but Reynolds isn't so interested in that idea.
Reynolds working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reynolds with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Faithful wants to stand up but Reynolds is controlling him.
Faithful looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reynolds is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Reynolds has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reynolds sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Reynolds is in close to Faithful's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faithful wants to stand up but Reynolds is controlling him.
Reynolds connects with a couple of short punches.
Reynolds chips away with some ground and pound.
Faithful wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Reynolds is now in half guard.

Reynolds looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Reynolds seems to be working for a kimura but Faithful defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faithful tries to get to full guard but Reynolds has control of the leg.
Reynolds winds up and cracks Faithful with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Faithful wants to control but Reynolds is keeping busy.
Reynolds takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reynolds missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Reynolds working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Reynolds not doing much here.
We've been hearing good reports from Faithful's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faithful is looking to improve his position.
Faithful is trying to stand.
Faithful won't allow Reynolds to pass to mount.

Reynolds is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Reynolds is working for a submission of some sort.
Reynolds prevents Faithful from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Faithful has hold of Reynolds's hands but Reynolds slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Reynolds passes to side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Reynolds landing a few strikes.
Faithful tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spurt Reynolds dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sloppy strikes from Faithful. Those never looked like landing.
Reynolds lands a jab to the head.
Faithful moves in looking to clinch but Reynolds pushes him off.
Faithful ducks right into an uppercut from Reynolds.
Faithful uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reynolds.

Reynolds moves into range and clinches up with Faithful.
Faithful lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds tries to throw a body punch but Faithful avoids it by throwing Reynolds back against the cage.

Faithful breaks the clinch.
Reynolds lands a nice looking body shot.
Reynolds takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Reynolds bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Faithful's head backwards.
Reynolds tries to move into range but Faithful moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jacopo Faithful is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faithful takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reynolds cracks Faithful with a good jab.
Reynolds has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Faithful misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faithful looks to land a left hand but Reynolds moved out of range nicely.
Faithful lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Faithful keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faithful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Faithful walks into a straight right hand from Reynolds.
Faithful jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Faithful wants to clinch.

Reynolds shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Reynolds showed some decent athleticism there.
Reynolds working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Reynolds lands with a punch from half guard.
Spurt Reynolds has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds trying to control the action but Faithful is working from the bottom.
Reynolds trying to control the pace.
Reynolds slips a nice elbow through Faithful's hands, connecting with Faithful's forehead.
Reynolds stalling.
Faithful wants to control but Reynolds is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds is pressing down on Faithful's thigh, looking to free his foot. Faithful is holding on for now.
Reynolds looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Faithful with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Reynolds is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Reynolds looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Reynolds working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

Reynolds is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Faithful has managed to free his arm - good work.
Reynolds tries to pass to full mount but Faithful defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Reynolds is thwarting Faithful's attempts to control the position.
Faithful tries to roll over but Reynolds keeps him under control.
Reynolds slows the pace down in half guard.
Faithful taking some punishment here, with Reynolds in his half guard.
Reynolds working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spurt Reynolds showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Faithful throws the left hand but Reynolds avoids the punch easily.
Spurt Reynolds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reynolds scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Reynolds has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Faithful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reynolds tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Reynolds slips a jab and a cross from Faithful.
Faithful throws the left hand but Reynolds avoids the punch easily.
Reynolds connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Faithful's hands.
Faithful doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Reynolds takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faithful slaps away a takedown attempt from Reynolds, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Faithful thuds his right hand into Reynolds's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Faithful throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faithful misses with a few strikes there.
Faithful throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faithful drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Faithful lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Faithful drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faithful looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Faithful drives through and clinches with Reynolds against the cage.

Reynolds breaks the clinch.
Faithful throws a lazy right hand but Reynolds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Faithful wants to clinch.
Faithful fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reynolds shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Faithful napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faithful is not content to let Reynolds control the position.
Faithful struggling a bit here.
Jacopo Faithful has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reynolds lands a decent elbow from side control.
Reynolds in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Faithful tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Faithful taking punishment in the form of punches.
Reynolds in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Faithful looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Reynolds turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spurt Reynolds!