PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Lahey (ranked 5150 p4p, 455 weight class) and James Reginald (ranked 5270 p4p, 460 weight class). Trevor Lahey has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lahey
vs
Reginald

180 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 1

193 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

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 3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Trevor Lahey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Reginald!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lahey cracks the inside of Reginald's front leg.
A head kick from Lahey lands but Reginald takes it in his stride.
Lahey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reginald circles away quickly and effectively.
Lahey misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lahey with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reginald to score with a decent uppercut.
Reginald lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lahey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Reginald counters with a nice body shot.
Reginald lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lahey backs up against the cage.
Lahey shoots in looking for a takedown. Reginald tries to sprawl out of it but Lahey keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Reginald manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Reginald tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lahey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Lahey feints and as Reginald raises his hands in defense, Lahey changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Reginald is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Lahey presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Reginald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lahey is trying to push Reginald away but Reginald has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reginald landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reginald lands a hook that snaps the head of Lahey backwards.
Reginald misses with a knee to the head.
Reginald prevents Lahey from breaking the clinch.
Lahey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reginald lands a body shot.
Lahey is breathing heavily.
Reginald tries a knee to the head but Lahey blocks it.
Lahey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lahey can't break the clinch.
Reginald scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Reginald.
Reginald lands a good knee to the midsection. Lahey won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reginald misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lahey.
Reginald lands a left hand.
Reginald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Reginald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reginald lands a good knee to the midsection. Lahey won't want to take too many of those.
Reginald lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reginald.
Lahey has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lahey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Reginald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lahey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lahey scores with a three punch combo!
Lahey darts in looking for a takedown but Reginald gets double underhooks and turns Lahey into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reginald lands with a nice body punch.
Reginald connects with a body shot that sends Lahey's belly button to the back.
Reginald scores with a jab to the body.
Reginald looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lahey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reginald finds it's way round the side to connect with Lahey's head.

Reginald closes the distance and clinches.
Lahey working hard to break the clinch.
Reginald lands with a left to the head.
Reginald lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lahey backwards.
Lahey is trying to force a seperation but Reginald has the dominant position.

Reginald manages to break the clinch.

Reginald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lahey wants to break free but Reginald has control.
Lahey is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reginald lands a nice knee to the body.

Reginald breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lahey throws a one two combo.
Lahey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reginald finds it's way round the side to connect with Lahey's head.
Reginald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lahey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Reginald takes the fight into the clinch.
Lahey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reginald has him pressed against the cage.
Reginald tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reginald scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reginald tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lahey avoids it.
Reginald looking to throw knees to the head but Lahey is blocking nicely.
Reginald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Reginald dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Reginald cracks Lahey with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reginald scores with a jab. Lahey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reginald avoids the head kick by Lahey.
James Reginald seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reginald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lahey moves away.

Reginald takes the fight into the clinch.
Lahey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lahey is trying to push Reginald away but Reginald has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Reginald breaks the clinch.
Lahey takes one to the chin there.
Reginald has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lahey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reginald cracks Lahey with a right hand to the side of the head.

Reginald moves into range and clinches up with Lahey.
Reginald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lahey tries to break the clinch but Reginald is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lahey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Reginald.
Reginald has Lahey pressed against the cage, preventing Lahey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reginald throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lahey managing to block the knees to the body from Reginald.
A short right from Reginald.
Reginald lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reginald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reginald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lahey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reginald utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reginald lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reginald lands with a short shot to the head.
Reginald has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reginald connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reginald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lahey's face.

Reginald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lahey tries for a takedown but Reginald sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Lahey. Those never looked like landing.
Reginald lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reginald throws a right and a left that Lahey avoids nicely.
Reginald is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Reginald avoids the head kick by Lahey.

Reginald clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Reginald.
Lahey tries to break free but Reginald pushes him back against the cage.
Reginald lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lahey is looking to break free of the clinch but Reginald has double underhooks.

Reginald's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lahey goes for a double leg but Reginald avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Reginald continues to drive forward.

Reginald gets caught napping as Lahey dives in and scores a takedown. Reginald manages to retain guard.

Reginald wriggles free and stands up.
Lahey shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Reginald defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Lahey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reginald swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reginald blocks a head kick by Lahey.

Lahey tries to keep at a distance but Reginald has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Reginald as the two fighters clinch.
James Reginald seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reginald scores a nice knee to the body.
Reginald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lahey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Reginald breaks from the clinch.
James Reginald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lahey scores with a one two! Reginald had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reginald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lahey blocks it with crossed arms.
Reginald tries a knee to the head but Lahey blocks it.
Reginald has Lahey pressed against the cage, preventing Lahey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Lahey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lahey plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Reginald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lahey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reginald moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Reginald gets a clinch.

Lahey breaks from the clinch.
Lahey misses with a head kick.
Lahey is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reginald sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lahey needs to keep his hands up - Reginald had a free shot at his head there.
Lahey takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lahey tries a head kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Reginald on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lahey takes one on the button.
Reginald scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lahey in his tracks.
Reginald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lahey manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lahey misses with a wild combination.
As Lahey backs off Reginald throws a huge counter combo but Lahey manages to avoid it all.
Reginald lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trevor Lahey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reginald swings for the body but Lahey moves out of range.
Reginald slips a jab and a cross from Lahey.
Reginald bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lahey's head backwards.
Reginald misses the shot to the body.
Lahey lands a high kick!

Reginald has closed the distance and engaged Lahey in a clinch.
Reginald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lahey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reginald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reginald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lahey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Reginald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reginald doesn't manage to clinch there - Lahey circles away.
Lahey swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reginald lands a jab to the head.
Reginald blocks a head kick by Lahey.
Reginald looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lahey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Reginald! But no joy.
Lahey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lahey digs a good hook to Reginald's body.
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!
Lahey with a poor takedown

and Reginald moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Lahey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reginald.

Reginald breaks the clinch.
Lahey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lahey throws a front kick aimed at Reginald's knee but Reginald avoids it well.
Lahey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lahey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lahey shoots in for a double leg but Reginald sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reginald closes the distance and pushes Lahey back into the cage.
Reginald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reginald scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Reginald.

Reginald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reginald scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Reginald keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lahey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Reginald clinches up against the cage.

Reginald manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reginald lands a nice hook to Lahey's body. Lahey takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lahey misses with a series of wild punches.
Reginald is looking to clinch.

Reginald has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reginald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reginald landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Lahey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trevor Lahey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reginald blocks a head kick by Lahey.
Reginald lunges at Lahey with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lahey's hand.

Reginald closes the distance and pushes Lahey back into the cage.
Lahey is trying to force a seperation but Reginald has the dominant position.
James Reginald is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lahey throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Reginald comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reginald has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Reginald!