PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary The Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barbara Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Reaper
vs
Long

186 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gary The Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barbara Long!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long fakes the leg kick and cracks The Reaper in the body.
The Reaper definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Reaper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Long.
Long ducks under a wild hook from The Reaper.
Long scores with a spinning back kick!
Long throws a head kick that misses.

The Reaper scores with a takedown into Long's guard.
The Reaper sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The Reaper got a little sloppy there for a moment and Long has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, The Reaper has managed to get both his arms back between Long's legs - danger averted.
The Reaper lands a couple of elbows.
Long is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The Reaper throwing strikes from guard but Long blocks nicely.
The Reaper content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Reaper makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The Reaper slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The Reaper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Reaper connects with a couple of short punches.
The Reaper not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The Reaper connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells The Reaper's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

The Reaper drops back looking for a leg! Long is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Long manages to kick The Reaper off! The Reaper jumps back into Long's guard.
Long utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long keeping moving, preventing The Reaper from controlling successfully.
The Reaper advances position into side control!
Long is looking to reverse the position.
Long really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Reaper. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Reaper is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Long will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Reaper scoring with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Reaper lands an elbow.
Long takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

The Reaper tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The Reaper scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper wants to control but Long is keeping him busy.

The Reaper wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Long, who protects the arm well.

The Reaper looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Long takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The Reaper working the ground and pound.
The Reaper cracks Long with a big right hand but Long just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper working the head and body with strikes.
Long is trying to control The Reaper's posture but The Reaper avoids it.
The Reaper creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The Reaper scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Long to see if he's OK.
Long taking punishment in the form of punches.

The Reaper has an Americana. Long didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! The Reaper is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if The Reaper hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gary The Reaper!
Gary The Reaper thanked the fans post fight for their support.