PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Reid (ranked 24732 p4p, 563 weight class) and Suppa Beast (ranked 3186 p4p, 343 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reid
vs
Beast

200 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Suppa Beast!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beast closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Reid's guard.
Reid looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Beast looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reid preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beast keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reid's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beast keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reid's head.
Beast is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Let's hope that Beast has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Beast passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast advances nicely into full mount.
Beast sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Beast's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Beast.

Beast is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Reid can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Beast looking to finish Reid with some ground and pound. This is bad for Reid!
Reid really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Beast has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Reid's face.
Beast takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yet more stalling tactics from Beast.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Beast scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reid?
Beast scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reid?
Beast takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Beast working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Beast controlling his opponent.
Beast lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Beast is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Reid has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Beast landing punches.

Reid is rocked!

Beast has isolated one of Reid's arms. Reid looking to fight him off but Beast twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Suppa Beast!