PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Eduardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Price
vs
Eduardo

203 cm
21
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Reginald Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Eduardo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Price fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Eduardo to the ground. Price is now in Eduardo's guard.

Eduardo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Eduardo is looking for a triangle but Price pushes his legs off easily.
Price lands a couple of elbows.
Price with a flurry of punches that miss.
Price working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Eduardo is looking for a triangle here but Price uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Eduardo is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Price is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price manages to capitalize on a mistake by Eduardo to take his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price has the hooks in. Eduardo is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Price is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Eduardo defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Eduardo is taking damage to the body and head.
Eduardo rolls, trying to escape but Price keeps control of the position.
Price really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Price.
Eduardo is in bad spot here.

Price has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo tries to escape but Price has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Eduardo turns into Price and is now in his guard.
Price throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Price is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Eduardo defends well.
Price keeping moving, preventing Eduardo from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Price throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Eduardo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Eduardo passes Price's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We've been informed that Eduardo has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Eduardo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Price punching from the bottom.

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.
Price slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Price throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Price striking off his back but it's not causing Eduardo any problems.
Price is breathing heavily.
Eduardo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Price swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Eduardo scoring with punches to the head and body.

Eduardo drops back looking for a leg! Price is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Price manages to kick Eduardo off! Eduardo jumps back into Price's guard.
Eduardo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Price is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Price dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Eduardo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Price looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Eduardo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Price down.
Reginald Price overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Price gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Eduardo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Price keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Price manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Eduardo landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eduardo with a nice head shot there.
Price is striking from the bottom but Eduardo uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Eduardo prevents Price from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Eduardo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Price has hold of Eduardo's hands but Eduardo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Well, if Eduardo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Price throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Eduardo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Eduardo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Price is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Price is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Eduardo pulls his head out easily.
Eduardo is looking to stall here but Price recovers full guard.
Eduardo wants to control from the top but Price keeps moving.
Price will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Price is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Eduardo is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eduardo connects with a couple of short punches.
Oh Price is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Eduardo is stalling in the full guard.
Eduardo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Eduardo stays in close to Price's body and controls the position.
Eduardo arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Price's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Johnny Eduardo!