PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Soul Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drama Beats (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reaper comes to the cage accompanied by ayatolla. Soul Reaper has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Reaper
vs
Beats

180 cm
21
159 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

168 cm
22
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Soul Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Drama Beats!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reaper rushes Beats and presses him up against the cage.

Reaper manages to break the clinch.
Reaper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beats tries to clinch up.
Reaper goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Drama Beats has been cut.
Beats keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reaper.
Reaper shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beats as he jumps to the side.
Beats tries to clinch there but Reaper circles away.
Beats fails with the takedown.
Beats fails with a takedown attempt.
Beats jabs at Reaper's body.
Reaper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beats tries to close the distance and clinch but Reaper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beats closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reaper circles away.
Soul Reaper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drama Beats.
Beats throws a solid leg kick but Reaper takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Beats.
Reaper fails to land with a series of punches.
Beats misses with a takedown attempt - Reaper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beats closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reaper circles away.
Reaper fails with a takedown attempt.
Beats tries to clinch up but Reaper circles away and keeps his distance.
Reaper tries to clinch up.
Reaper throws a front kick aimed at Beats's knee but Beats avoids it well.

Beats rushes Reaper and presses him up against the cage.
Beats fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Beats is looking to break free of the clinch but Reaper has double underhooks.

Reaper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reaper lands with a right hand.
Beats wants to clinch but Reaper slips to the side
and Reaper counters with a good low kick that Beats was not able to check.
Nice defenses there by Beats.
Reaper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Beats fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beats moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Reaper is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Reaper. No joy for Beats on that attempt.
Beats shoots for a takedown but Reaper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beats tries to clinch up.

Reaper scores with a takedown into Beats's guard.
Beats has control of Reaper's left arm, preventing Reaper from doing any damage.
Reaper trying to control the position from guard on top but Beats is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Beats throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Reaper thows a big elbow that misses.

Reaper gets to his feet - Beats follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beats keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Beats lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Soul Reaper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beats shoots for a takedown but Reaper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beats attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Beats doesn't manage to clinch there - Reaper circles away.
Beats moves in looking to clinch but Reaper pushes him off.
Reaper misses with a hook. Beats ducked under it nicely.
Beats fails with an attempt to clinch.

Beats drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beats sitting in guard here, content to control.

Reaper working for a triangle but Beats defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper keeping moving, preventing Beats from controlling successfully.
Reaper is looking to stand up but Beats isn't so interested in that idea.
Reaper will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Beats pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reaper is keeping the position for now.
Beats sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reaper looking for a sweep. Not yet Reaper, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soul Reaper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drama Beats's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Beats shoots for a double leg takedown but Reaper sprawls well. He's pushed Beats's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Beats tries to close the distance and clinch but Reaper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beats shoots in but no luck this time.
Beats stuffs the takedown attempt from Reaper. Reaper gets slowly back to his feet.
Beats is looking to chop away at Reaper's legs.
Beats uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reaper.
Beats is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Beats.

Beats drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Beats working away.
Reaper parries the strikes from Beats easily there. Beats is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Reaper to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reaper is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Beats's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Reaper kicks off Beats and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beats darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Beats seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Reaper gets back to full guard.
Beats is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beats pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reaper is keeping the position for now.
Beats slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Beats's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Reaper tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reaper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Beats stays in close to Reaper's body and controls the position.
Beats preventing the sweep.
Reaper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reaper wants to get back to his feet but Beats is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Beats showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Beats wants to control from the top but Reaper keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Beats stalks Reaper and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reaper's face. Reaper staggers backwards, shaken.
Beats stalks Reaper and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reaper's face. Reaper staggers backwards, shaken.
Reaper shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reaper avoids the head kick by Beats.
Reaper shoots in looking for a takedown. Beats tries to sprawl out of it but Reaper keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Beats manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Beats tries to clinch but Reaper moves out of range.
Beats shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reaper pinned against the cage. Reaper gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Soul Reaper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drama Beats.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beats.
Beats lands with a nice combination. Reaper backs away looking to recover.
Reaper closes this distance looking for a takedown but Beats circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drama Beats showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Drama Beats'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Beats shoots for a takedown but Reaper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reaper shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Beats but Beats pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A head kick misses from Beats.
Nice takedown defense from Beats. No joy for Reaper on that attempt.
No luck for Beats with that takedown attempt.
Reaper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beats counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Reaper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beats tries to clinch up but Reaper circles away and keeps his distance.

Beats shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Reaper's guard.
Beats is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reaper wants to sweep but no luck.
Reaper is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Beats has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Reaper is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reaper controls Beats momentarily but Beats frees himself.
Beats must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Reaper looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Beats throwing strikes from guard but Reaper blocks nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reaper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beats wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reaper misses with a low kick as Beats jumps back.
Soul Reaper is winning the standup battle so far.
Beats fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Soul Reaper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drama Beats.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Beats tries to land a front kick but Reaper steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beats shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reaper as he avoids it easily.
Reaper scores with a three punch combo!
Reaper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Beats swivels and escapes.

Beats has Reaper up against the cage in a clinch.
Beats wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beats wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reaper has him pressed against the cage.
Beats is pressed up against the cage. Reaper has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Beats down to the mat. Beats avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beats looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beats walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Reaper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Beats fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Reaper sprawls well initially but Beats persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Reaper is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Beats's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Beats's back!
Beats really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reaper. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Beats covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Reaper throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Beats tries to break free.
Reaper has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Beats's body.

Reaper has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Beats has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Beats is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Reaper trying to control momentarily.

Beats defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reaper is looking to control Beats but Beats is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Beats just trying to survive but Reaper is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
I really don't envy Beats right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drama Beats comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Beats has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drama Beats!