PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hilario Washington (ranked 4879 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Reefer (ranked 25117 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Reefer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Washington
vs
Reefer

220 cm
26
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

169 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hilario Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Reefer!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reefer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Washington circles away.
Washington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Reefer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Washington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Washington seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Reefer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reefer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Washington has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Washington tries to score a power double leg takedown but Reefer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Washington somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reefer moves in looking to clinch but Washington pushes him off.
Washington slaps away a takedown attempt from Reefer, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hilario Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Washington wants it to stay on the feet.
Reefer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reefer tries to close the distance and clinch but Washington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Washington as Reefer shoots in.
Reefer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Washington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Washington works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Washington throwing strikes from guard but Reefer blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reefer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Washington is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Washington with a nice head shot there.
Washington throwing strikes from guard but Reefer blocks nicely.
Reefer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Washington is one step ahead there.
Washington working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reefer's head.
Reefer wants to sweep here but Washington controlling him for the moment.
Washington working some strikes from top position.
Reefer looks winded!

Washington gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Reefer fails to land the takedown.
Washington appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Washington takes the fight into the clinch.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Washington has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Reefer regains guard immediately.
Washington working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Washington content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Washington decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Reefer, up you get!
Washington tries for a takedown but Reefer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Reefer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Washington looks for a takedown but Reefer sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Reefer defends it nicely.
Reefer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Washington as he jumps to the side.
Washington is looking for a counter combo.
Ryan Reefer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reefer shoots in for a takedown but Washington shows good takedown defense.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Washington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington misses with a knee to the head.
Washington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reefer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hilario Washington dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

No joy there for Reefer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Washington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Washington scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Reefer goes for a double leg but Washington avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Washington continues to drive forward.
Reefer has his takedown stuffed
and Washington counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Reefer.
Reefer is breathing heavily.
Reefer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Washington drops down looking for a counter takedown but Reefer sprawls and moves away.
Hilario Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Reefer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Washington clinches up against the cage.
Reefer effectively controlling the action here.

Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington leaves Reefer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Washington tries to score a power double leg takedown but Reefer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Washington somewhat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington looks to land a combination but Reefer avoids it well.

Washington has managed to clinch.

Washington breaks the clinch.
Reefer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reefer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reefer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reefer goes for a double leg but Washington avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Washington continues to drive forward.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reefer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Reefer looks to move away, Washington throws a big counter combo but Reefer just gets out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Washington scores with a takedown into Reefer's guard.
Washington distracts Reefer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Washington connects with a couple of short punches.
Reefer controls Washington momentarily but Washington frees himself.

Washington stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Washington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reefer can do to turn this around?
Washington tries to score a power double leg takedown but Reefer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Washington somewhat.
Washington fails with a takedown attempt.
Hilario Washington is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington shoots in for a takedown but Reefer shows good takedown defense.
Reefer throws a big counter head kick but Washington avoids it with no problem.
Nice sprawl there from Washington as Reefer shoots in.
Washington fails with the takedown.
No luck for Washington with that takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reefer tries to close the distance and clinch but Washington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reefer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hilario Washington dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Reefer looks for a takedown but Washington sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Washington.
Reefer shoots in for a takedown but Washington shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Washington pushes Reefer up against the cage in a clinch.
Reefer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington blocks an uppercut.
Washington has Reefer pressed against the cage, preventing Reefer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Washington is looking to break free of the clinch but Reefer has double underhooks.
Washington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reefer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reefer is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Washington pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hilario Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Reefer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reefer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Reefer fails to pull guard.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Reefer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reefer jumps guard but Washington stands there with Reefer around his waist. Reefer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Washington avoiding damage as Reefer throws knees to the body.
Reefer jumps guard but Washington stands there with Reefer around his waist. Reefer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Washington is trying to trip Reefer. He has hold of a leg but Reefer is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Washington persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Reefer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Washington gets to his feet. Reefer looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Washington shoots in and drives through. Reefer sprawls well.
Reefer is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reefer with a poor takedown
and Washington counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Washington drives through with a takedown into Reefer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Washington gets to his feet - Reefer follows without any prompting.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Reefer tries to keep at a distance but Washington has taken the fight into the clinch.

Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Washington throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Reefer was covering up waiting for the punch and Washington finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Washington scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reefer keeping moving, preventing Washington from controlling successfully.
Washington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Washington makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Washington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Reefer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Washington is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Washington gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Washington shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Reefer wants to control but Washington is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington working the head and body with strikes.
Reefer wants to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Washington connects with a nice short shot to Reefer's temple.
Washington 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.
Washington looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Washington there.
Washington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Washington landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Reefer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Washington lands with a punch from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Reefer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nice strikes from Washington there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Washington looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ryan Reefer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hilario Washington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reefer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Washington. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Reefer is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hilario Washington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Washington has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hilario Washington!