PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Djoser Rei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Michaels might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gimme Shelter. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Michaels
vs
Rei

187 cm
35
212 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

191 cm
39
210 lbs
32 - 20 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Djoser Rei!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rei looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Michaels misses with an uppercut. Rei saw that one coming.
Rei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rei changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels tries to move into range but Rei moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Michaels moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Karl Michaels has been cut.
Michaels chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rei avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Michaels throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rei moves out of range of the strikes.
Michaels lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Djoser Rei has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rei is out of range.
Rei slips a straight right by Michaels.
Rei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Michaels checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Michaels ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rei moves away.
Rei looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Michaels.
Rei takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Michaels fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Michaels lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rei slips a jab from Michaels.
Rei feints a counter leg kick.
Rei lands a jab to the head.
Michaels throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michaels on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Michaels finds it's target.
Michaels checks the leg kick.
Michaels takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good standup being displayed there by Rei as he connects with a hook.
Karl Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rei tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Michaels is able to avoid easily.
Michaels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rei throws a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Rei scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've been told by Michaels's head coaches at B.P.A.: 3220+ SKILL PTS COACHES + 160Q SUPPLEMENT that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rei takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
An inside leg kick from Michaels misses.
Rei takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Michaels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rei unleashes a big counter combination but Michaels bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A low kick from Michaels is predictable there
and Rei counters with a left to the body.
Michaels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rei.
Rei lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rei connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Michaels's hands.
Michaels pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rei has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Michaels.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rei on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Rei is just out of range.
Rei is looking for the big counter here.
Rei misses with a head kick.
Michaels feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Michaels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rei is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Michaels tries to land a front kick but Rei steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rei punishes Michaels's body with a nice straight punch.
Rei throws a half hearted mid kick.
Michaels throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Karl Michaels will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rei scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rei jabs Michaels to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rei avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Michaels walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Michaels tried to counter with a leg kick but Rei avoided it.
Rei wants to slow Michaels down by chopping away at his legs.
Rei lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Djoser Rei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Rei.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michaels tried to score with a low kick but Rei checks it.
Michaels swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rei misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michaels. Rei does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rei manages to avoid it.
Michaels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rei misses with a straight right.
Rei throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rei checks a low kick from Michaels.
Rei misses with a kick to the body.
Michaels is looking to wear down Rei with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Michaels throws a chopping leg kick but Rei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A big right from Rei misses.
Michaels is looking to score with low kicks.
Michaels steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rei.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Rei appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Michaels checks a leg kick.
Michaels fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Michaels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rei fakes the leg kick and cracks Michaels in the body.
Rei missing with a left hand there. Michaels was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michaels avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Michaels looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rei slips a jab from Michaels.
Rei moves out of range of the body kick from Michaels.

Rei cracks Michaels with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Rei has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Michaels to stand back up!

Michaels is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rei lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Michaels - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Rei!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Djoser Rei!
Our winner, Djoser Rei, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.