PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between iLike Turtles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Turtles
vs
Reis

170 cm
21
173 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

170 cm
19
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Blueprint Clothing

FIT FOR LIFE

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, iLike Turtles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Reis!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reis looks to land a combination but Turtles avoids it well.
Reis is looking to clinch.
Turtles on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reis. Reis obviously looking to wear him down.
Reis staying out of range there.
Turtles misses with an uppercut.
Turtles takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A solid body kick from Reis.
Reis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like iLike Turtles has been cut.
Reis ducks under a wild hook from Turtles.
Turtles walks forward, straight into a front kick from Reis.
Turtles looks to land a combination but Reis avoids it well.
Ricardo Reis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reis tries to clinch there but Turtles circles away.
Reis throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Turtles just misses with a punch to the body.
Reis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turtles.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from Reis as Turtles shoots in.
Turtles is breathing heavily.
Reis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Turtles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reis.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reis has closed the distance and engaged Turtles in a clinch.
Reis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Turtles up against the cage.
Reis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Turtles lands a left hand.
Reis lands a nice knee to the body.
Reis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turtles lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Reis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reis misses with a double jab.
Reis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Reis moves into the clinch successfully.
Reis is trying to break free.
Reis lands a knee to the body.

Reis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reis fails to land with a series of punches.
Reis is looking to clinch.

Reis clinches with his opponent.
Turtles pressing his opponent against the cage.
Turtles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtles leaning his opponent against the cage.
Reis taking a breather.
Reis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turtles taking a breather.
Reis taking a breather.
Turtles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turtles misses with a punch on the inside.

Reis manages to break the clinch.
Reis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turtles's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reis tries to clinch but Turtles moves out of range.
Turtles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Reis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Turtles takes a step back to recover.
Reis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turtles.
Turtles takes a kick to the side of the head.
Reis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis wants to clinch.
Reis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reis throws a head kick that half lands.
Reis lands a front kick.
Reis is looking to clinch but Turtles is avoiding it.
Reis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turtles.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Turtles crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Reis - the referee stops the clock and Turtles gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Reis. Turtles manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Reis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turtles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid body kick from Reis.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Reis - that will leave a mark!
Reis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turtles is looking to clinch.
Reis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reis lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turtles gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Reis counters with a three punch combo that has Turtles backing up. Turtles nods at Reis to acknowledge the strikes.
Turtles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis.
Turtles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Turtles doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reis's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Reis duly obliges.
Reis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turtles misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Reis counters with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turtles throws out the jab.
Reis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Turtles keeps the fight on the outside.
Reis scores with a sloppy right hand. Turtles should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Reis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on iLike Turtles's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Reis lands with a slapping head kick.
Turtles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turtles steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Reis. That one must have hurt.
Turtles misses with a wild body shot.
Turtles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice sprawl there from Reis as Turtles shoots in.

Reis has managed to clinch.
Turtles has a couple of punches blocked by Reis.
Reis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turtles has him pressed against the cage.
Turtles blocks a body shot from Reis.

Turtles wants the takedown. Reis is fighting it off but Turtles persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Reis's guard against the cage.
Turtles trying to control the position from guard on top but Reis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reis wants to stand and escape but Turtles is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turtles sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Reis's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turtles.
Turtles trying to control from Reis's half guard. Reis has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Turtles with a flurry of punches that miss.
Turtles throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Turtles wants to control from the top but Reis keeps moving.
Turtles missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Turtles is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Turtles pushing down on Reis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Turtles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Reis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turtles.
Turtles wants to control but Reis is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turtles missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Turtles trying to pass the guard but Reis defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turtles is working hard here to advance position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ricardo Reis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turtles misses with a wild body shot.
Reis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turtles. That did some damage!
Ricardo Reis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turtles. That did some damage!
Turtles swats away the attempt to clinch by Reis.
Turtles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turtles throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Turtles misses the shot to the body.
Reis dodges the punch combination from Turtles.
Reis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turtles's sensitive parts.
Turtles takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Reis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reis tries to clinch but Turtles is having none of it.
Reis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Reis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on iLike Turtles's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Turtles takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Turtles has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Reis.
Turtles looks to score with a jab to the body but Reis is just out of range.
Reis connects with a high kick.
Nice body kick from Reis.
Reis thuds his shin into the meat of Turtles's side.
Turtles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turtles keeps the fight on the outside.
Turtles takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turtles swings for the body but Reis moves out of range.
Turtles takes a kick to the side of the head.
Turtles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turtles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Reis.
Turtles swats away the attempt to clinch by Reis.
Ricardo Reis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reis is looking to slow Turtles down with leg kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis moves in looking to clinch but Turtles pushes him off.
Turtles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Reis.
Reis tries to clinch there but Turtles circles away.
Reis is looking to clinch.

Reis moves into range and clinches up with Turtles.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reis missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Turtles.
Reis trying to stall but Turtles improves his position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Turtles throws an elbow but misses.
Turtles will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Reis breaks the clinch.
Nice body kick from Reis.
Reis tries to clinch there but Turtles circles away.
Reis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turtles throws a sloppy body shot
and Reis counters with an outside leg kick.
Reis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Turtles at a distance.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turtles swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Turtles.
Turtles misses with a hook to the body
and Reis counters with a good, hard body kick but Turtles shrugs it off.
Reis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Turtles misses with a hook. Reis ducked under it nicely.
Reis is looking to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reis.
Turtles misses with a body punch
and Reis counters with a big head kick but Turtles shrugs it off.
Turtles chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reis can pounce on him.
Reis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Reis tries to clinch but Turtles is having none of it.
Turtles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reis.
Reis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Reis rushes Turtles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Reis tries a knee to the head but Turtles blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis trying to control the position but instead, Turtles has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reis into the cage.
Turtles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reis blocks it with crossed arms.

Turtles gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Reis regains guard.
Turtles throws a big right hand that misses.
Turtles passes Reis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Reis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Turtles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Turtles wants to pass the guard but Reis is defending well.
Reis wants to get back to his feet.
Reis is refusing to be controlled, as Turtles sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Turtles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turtles moves into full mount! Reis won't be happy about that!
Ricardo Reis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reis is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Turtles cracks Reis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
iLike Turtles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turtles is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Reis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Reis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Reis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 26:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Reis!