PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howland Reed (ranked 3918 p4p, 516 weight class) and Mamadou Sakho (ranked 7422 p4p, 721 weight class). Mamadou Sakho will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Reed
vs
Sakho

190 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

190 cm
22
223 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

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 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howland Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mamadou Sakho!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakho fails with a takedown attempt.
Sakho throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Reed counters by clinching up.
Reed gets through Sakho's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Reed lands a takedown into guard.
Reed postures up in Sakho's guard and throws a big left but Sakho blocks it.
Reed landing with the ground and pound.
Sakho looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Reed is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Reed 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reed is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sakho controlling Reed's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakho not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Reed lands a couple of elbows.
Reed scoring with some ground and pound.
Sakho trying to control the position.
Reed working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reed postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Reed postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sakho not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reed throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reed scoring with punches to the head and body.
Reed looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Reed missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sakho looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Reed puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed slows the pace down in half guard.
Nice strikes from Reed there.
Reed lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sakho gets full guard.
Reed working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sakho's head.
Sakho not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sakho looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reed is one step ahead there.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sakho working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Reed has passed into half guard!
The fighters are battling for position here. Sakho manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Reed is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reed working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reed postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Reed is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sakho is trying to control the position but Reed postures up.
Reed arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Sakho'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 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Howland Reed!