PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Woody Guthrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Reeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guthrie comes to the cage accompanied by Power For Power, The Swans. Reeves comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Motley Crye - Kickstart My Heart kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Guthrie
vs
Reeves

179 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

170 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Woody Guthrie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Steve Reeves!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Guthrie has managed to clinch.
Reeves is trying to break the clinch but Guthrie has him pressed against the cage.
Reeves landing knees to the body.
Guthrie lands a right hand.

Guthrie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Guthrie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reeves shoots for a double leg takedown but Guthrie sprawls well. He's pushed Reeves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Guthrie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Reeves wants to break the clinch but can't.

Guthrie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reeves fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Guthrie is out of range.
Guthrie blocks a low kick nicely.
Reeves moves in looking to clinch but Guthrie pushes him off.
Reeves tries to clinch there but Guthrie circles away.
No luck for Reeves with that takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Guthrie.
Guthrie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reeves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reeves shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Guthrie pinned against the cage. Guthrie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Woody Guthrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Reeves.
Guthrie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Steve Reeves has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Guthrie darts in and clinches Reeves up against the cage.
Reeves avoiding damage as Guthrie throws knees to the body.
Reeves fails to pull guard.

Guthrie breaks from the clinch.

Guthrie moves into the clinch successfully.
Reeves fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Reeves with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves blocks an elbow strike from Guthrie.

Guthrie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Guthrie closes the distance and clinches.
Guthrie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reeves looks gassed!
Guthrie prevents Reeves from breaking the clinch.
Reeves is trying to break the clinch but Guthrie has him pressed against the cage.

Reeves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Guthrie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guthrie tries a head kick but it misses.
Guthrie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Woody Guthrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guthrie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Guthrie drives through and clinches with Reeves against the cage.

Guthrie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guthrie throws a head kick but Reeves moves out of range.
Guthrie lands with a kick to the temple. Reeves shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guthrie throws a right hand that Reeves ducks under and follows up with a left that Reeves also avoids with ease.

Guthrie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Guthrie controlling the action here for a moment.

Guthrie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reeves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Reeves tries to keep at a distance but Guthrie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reeves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie scores with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Reeves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Guthrie being controlled against the cage.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reeves lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guthrie lands with a right to the head.

Guthrie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guthrie throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Guthrie moves into range and clinches up with Reeves.
Reeves can't break the clinch.
Guthrie missing with knees to the body.
Reeves blocks a body shot from Guthrie.

Guthrie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Guthrie stuffs the takedown.
Guthrie misses with a body shot.
Guthrie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reeves.

Guthrie rushes Reeves and presses him up against the cage.
Guthrie with a knee to the head.
Reeves trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reeves wants to break free but Guthrie has control.
Reeves tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Guthrie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reeves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guthrie manages to avoid it.
Guthrie tries to bum rush Reeves with a series of wild strikes but Reeves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Reeves gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reeves has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Guthrie is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Reeves is trying to break free.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reeves lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guthrie lands with a short shot to the head.
Guthrie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reeves is keeping busy.

Reeves jumps guard.
Reeves is trying to control the position but Guthrie postures up.

Reeves working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Guthrie has passed into half guard!
Reeves is looking to control Guthrie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reeves avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reeves wants to get back to full guard.
Guthrie takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Guthrie trying to control from half guard but Reeves is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reeves is looking to control Guthrie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reeves avoid being mounted?
Reeves is looking to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Woody Guthrie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Reeves's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Guthrie stalks Reeves and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reeves's face. Reeves staggers backwards, shaken.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
No joy there for Guthrie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reeves blocks the body kick.
Reeves moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reeves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reeves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reeves has a takedown stuffed.
Guthrie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Guthrie, right into the meat.

Guthrie drives through and clinches with Reeves against the cage.
Reeves tries to break the clinch but Guthrie is controlling the position.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reeves lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Guthrie breaks the clinch.
Guthrie connects with a solid leg kick.
Woody Guthrie is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reeves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guthrie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guthrie lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Reeves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guthrie manages to avoid it.
Guthrie misses with a two punch combination.
Guthrie throws a head kick but Reeves moves out of range.

Reeves shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Guthrie's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves preventing the sweep.
Guthrie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Reeves!
Guthrie landing strikes from the mount and Reeves is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Guthrie.
Reeves is working to get back to half guard.
Guthrie lands a big elbow.
Guthrie looking to control but Reeves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Guthrie landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Guthrie trying to control but Reeves is having none of it.
Guthrie prevents Reeves from getting the reversal.
Guthrie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Reeves slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Guthrie seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guthrie wants to control but Reeves is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie is nestled in close to Reeves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Reeves wants to get back to full guard.
Reeves trying to hold on to Guthrie's head to control him but Guthrie postures up.
Reeves wants to get back to full guard.
Reeves trying to control but Guthrie postures up.
Guthrie is tying to control. Reeves wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Guthrie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reeves changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Guthrie tries to avoid it but Reeves manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Guthrie to the ground. Guthrie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Guthrie scores with a kick to the body.

Guthrie clinches up with Reeves and pushes him back against the cage.

Guthrie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A head kick misses from Reeves.
Guthrie throws a hook to the side of Reeves's head but Reeves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reeves throws a head kick but Guthrie moves out of range.

Guthrie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reeves wants to get back to striking at distance but Guthrie won't allow it.
Guthrie tries to land a knee to the head but Reeves blocks with his arms.

Guthrie breaks the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Reeves or perhaps it was just good defense by Guthrie which made him look bad.
Woody Guthrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Reeves.
Reeves shoots in for a double leg but Guthrie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Guthrie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reeves misses with a series of wild punches.
No luck for Reeves with that takedown attempt.
Reeves wants to clinch up but Guthrie keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guthrie lands a head kick. Reeves smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Reeves scores a takedown into full mount!
Guthrie is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Woody Guthrie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steve Reeves's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Guthrie lands a with a good body shot.
Guthrie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Guthrie clinches with his opponent.
Reeves throws an elbow but it misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reeves as Guthrie tries to tie him up.

Guthrie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guthrie throws a leg kick but Reeves sees it coming and moves out of range.
Guthrie looks for the body kick but Reeves saw that one coming.
Guthrie throws a sloppy head kick

and Reeves counters with a takedown into side control.
Guthrie is looking to reverse the position.
Reeves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Guthrie keeps working.
Guthrie tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Reeves easily slips into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guthrie is looking to escape.
Guthrie can't escape the position.
Guthrie takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Reeves looking to control but Guthrie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Reeves wants to control the action but instead Guthrie gets a body lock and reverses into Reeves's guard! Nice work!

Guthrie decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Reeves, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Guthrie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Reeves's head.
Guthrie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Guthrie.
Woody Guthrie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Guthrie looks to score with a jab to the body but Reeves is just out of range.
Guthrie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Guthrie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reeves throws a head kick that misses.
Guthrie lands a high kick!
Guthrie misses with a low kick.
Reeves looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reeves tries to clinch up but Guthrie circles away and keeps his distance.
Reeves avoids the body shot from Guthrie.
Guthrie scores with a kick to the midsection.
Woody Guthrie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Guthrie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Reeves tries to keep at a distance but Guthrie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Guthrie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reeves's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The is referee keeping an eye on Reeves - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Guthrie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horrible takedown by Reeves or perhaps it was just good defense by Guthrie which made him look bad.

Guthrie has managed to clinch.
Reeves tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Guthrie just stands there and leans against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Guthrie.
Reeves goes for a takedown attempt but Guthrie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Woody Guthrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Reeves.
Reeves shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Guthrie moves out of range as Reeves throws a body kick.
A punch combination from Guthrie misses.
A head kick misses from Guthrie.
Reeves misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Guthrie goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Reeves slips a jab and a cross from Guthrie.
Reeves plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Guthrie throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reeves avoids the head kick by Guthrie.

Reeves gets the takedown into side control.
Guthrie wants to control but Reeves postures up.
Guthrie manages to work his way to half guard, despite Reeves's best efforts.
Guthrie is trying to control but can't.
Guthrie tries to kick Reeves off but Reeves keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Steve Reeves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reeves trying to control from half guard but Guthrie is working away.
Woody Guthrie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Reeves is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Reeves thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Guthrie to regain full guard.
Reeves trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Reeves.
I think Guthrie 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Woody Guthrie!