PBP Commentary

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

Ransom
vs
Reynolds

179 cm
21
177 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

181 cm
20
184 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Blueprint Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samson Ransom!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Burt Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Reynolds finds it's way through Ransom's defenses.

It looks like Samson Ransom has been cut.
Reynolds stuffs the takedown.

Ransom closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ransom sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reynolds defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ransom seems to be looking for submissions.
Ransom takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ransom is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Reynolds misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ransom frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Reynolds sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Reynolds moves into full guard.
Ransom preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ransom thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ransom advances to half guard.
Reynolds works his way to full guard. Good work.
Reynolds will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ransom tries to free his leg and advance position but Reynolds is retaining full guard.
Ransom landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Ransom from controlling successfully.
Reynolds lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ransom!
Ransom is in a horrible position here. Reynolds smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Reynolds pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Reynolds connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ransom keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Reynolds lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ransom hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee warns Ransom that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Ransom that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Samson Ransom's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Reynolds blocks Ransom's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Reynolds looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Ransom is rocked!

Jeez, Samson Ransom's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Samson Ransom's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Burt Reynolds! Burt Reynolds retains his welterweight title!