PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Reborn (ranked 6875 p4p, 506 weight class) and Baron Geisler (ranked 3945 p4p, 395 weight class). Danny Reborn has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Reborn
vs
Geisler

181 cm
30
195 lbs
16 - 26 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Reborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baron Geisler!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Geisler has Reborn up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reborn throws an elbow but misses.
Reborn looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Reborn fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Geisler.
Geisler is trying to maintain a safe position but Reborn gets an underhook and turns Geisler into the cage.
Reborn misses with some punches.
Reborn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Reborn.

Geisler breaks the clinch.

Geisler forces Reborn back against the cage and clinches.
Reborn misses with some punches.
Reborn misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reborn misses with the head strike.
Reborn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Geislers head.
Reborn controlling the action here for a moment.
Geisler lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reborn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Geisler.
Geisler has a couple of punches blocked by Reborn.
Geisler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reborn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Geisler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reborn tries to throw a body punch but Geisler avoids it by throwing Reborn back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reborn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Geisler's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reborn.
Geisler blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reborn.
Reborn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Geisler.
Geisler lands with a short shot to the head.
Geisler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reborn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn letting Geisler take a breather here.
Geisler has a couple of punches blocked by Reborn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Geisler struggles to land a body shot inside as Reborn controls his hands.
Geisler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reborn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reborn misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
Geisler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Geisler lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Geisler works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Geisler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Geisler lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Geisler is looking to control Reborn's arms but Reborn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Geisler has his back to the cage.
Geisler tries to stall but Reborn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reborn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Reborn breaks from the clinch.

Geisler drives through and clinches with Reborn against the cage.
Geisler lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Geisler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Geisler dodges an elbow strike from Reborn.
Geisler lands with a left to the head.
Geisler misses with a punch on the inside.

Reborn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reborn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Geisler clinches up with Reborn and pushes him back against the cage.
Geisler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reborn tries to work over Geisler's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reborn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reborn just leaning against Geisler, taking a breather.
Geisler lands a body shot.
Geisler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reborn's elbow.
Geisler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reborn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reborn misses with some punches.
Reborn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Reborn breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reborn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Geisler.
Geisler throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reborn misses the jab.
A jab from Reborn finds it's way through Geisler's defenses.

Geisler tries to keep at a distance but Reborn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reborn looking to slow down the pace here.
Reborn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reborn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Geisler backwards.
Reborn taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Geisler pushes Reborn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Geisler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reborn's elbow.
Reborn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Geisler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reborn is keeping busy.
Geisler lands a left hand.
Geisler scores with a shot to the side of Reborn's head.
Geisler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reborn is keeping busy.
Reborn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Danny Reborn will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Reborn misses with a left hand
and Geisler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Geisler drives through and clinches with Reborn against the cage.
Geisler struggles to land a body shot inside as Reborn controls his hands.
Reborn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Reborn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Geisler dodges an elbow strike from Reborn.
A short body shot lands from Geisler as the two fighters clinch.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reborn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reborn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reborn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Geisler is keeping busy.
Reborn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Danny Reborn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reborn pushes off an throws an elbow but Geisler leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Geisler takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Geisler pushes Reborn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geisler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Geisler misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Geisler fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Geisler.
Reborn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reborn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Geisler.
Geisler blocks the elbow strike.
Geisler misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Geisler.
Geisler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reborn's elbow.
Reborn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Geisler.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Geisler.

Reborn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Geisler takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reborn throws a combination that misses
and Geisler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Geisler darts in and clinches Reborn up against the cage.
Geisler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reborn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Geisler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reborn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reborn blocking some punches.
Geisler throws a punch but it's blocked by Reborn.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Geisler misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reborn lands a right hand.
Reborn stalling in the clinch.
Geisler working aggressively here.
Reborn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reborn stalling the fight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reborn throws an elbow but misses.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Geisler blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reborn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reborn thuds his right hand into Geisler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Reborn gets tackled into the cage by Geisler. Geisler maintains the clinch.
Geisler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Geisler on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reborn.
Geisler lands with a right to the head.
Reborn has Geisler pushed against the cage.
Geisler is trying to stall.
Reborn pushes off an throws an elbow but Geisler leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Geisler tries to work over Reborn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reborn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reborn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Reborn swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Geisler takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Geisler lands a shoulder strike.
Reborn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Geisler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Geisler swings wildly with an uppercut but Reborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reborn.
Geisler avoids the elbow strike from Reborn, against the cage.
Geisler being controlled against the cage.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Reborn trying to stall but Geisler improves his position.
Reborn blocks an uppercut.

Geisler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Geisler clinches up with Reborn and pushes him back against the cage.
Reborn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Geisler is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Reborn 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!

Reborn closes the distance and pushes Geisler back into the cage.
Reborn takes a shot to the head.
Geisler working aggressively here.

Reborn manages to break the clinch.
Reborn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Reborn tries to score with a low kick but Geisler moves his leg out of the way.

Geisler tries to keep at a distance but Reborn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Geisler misses with a body punch.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reborn misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Geisler has a couple of punches blocked by Reborn.
Reborn has a couple of punches blocked by Geisler.
A head punch on the inside from Geisler fails to land.
Geisler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Geisler.
Geisler trying to control the position but instead, Reborn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Geisler into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reborn looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Geisler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Geisler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reborn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reborn.
Geisler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reborn's elbow.

Reborn breaks the clinch.

Geisler instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reborn.
Geisler throws a head punch that misses.
Geisler misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn blocks an uppercut.
Geisler misses with a punch to the body.
Geisler tries to throw a body punch but Reborn avoids it by throwing Geisler back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn misses with a punch to the body.

Geisler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reborn cracks Geisler with a good jab.

Geisler closes the distance and pushes Reborn back into the cage.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Reborn fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reborn misses with the head strike.
Reborn working aggressively here.
Geisler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reborn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Geisler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Geisler swings wildly with an uppercut but Reborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Reborn pushes Geisler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Geisler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Geisler struggles to land a body shot inside as Reborn controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Geisler misses with a punch on the inside.
Geisler misses with a punch on the inside.
Geisler struggles to land a body shot inside as Reborn controls his hands.
Geisler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reborn lands a nice uppercut.
Reborn taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reborn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reborn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Geisler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Reborn fails to land.
Geisler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reborn tries to throw a body punch but Geisler avoids it by throwing Reborn back against the cage.
Reborn misses with a body punch.
Geisler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Geisler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Danny Reborn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reborn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Geisler's defenses.
Baron Geisler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Geisler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reborn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reborn lands an elbow that stopped Geisler in his tracks for a moment.
Geisler swings wildly with an uppercut but Reborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Geisler.
Geisler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reborn lands an elbow inside.
Geisler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn misses with an elbow over the top.

Reborn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Geisler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Geisler lands a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Reborn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reborn 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Reborn!
An out of breath Danny Reborn thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.