PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Driver (ranked 6008 p4p, 5742 weight class) and Thanos Reigns (ranked 638 p4p, 627 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Driver
vs
Reigns

187 cm
21
180
1 - 4 - 0

182 cm
26
175
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Driver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thanos Reigns!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reigns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Driver turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reigns. Driver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Driver tries to land a front kick but Reigns steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reigns blocks a head kick by Driver.
Driver scores with a nice body kick.
Reigns thows a left - swing and a miss!
Driver tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Reigns misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Driver.
Driver scores with a spinning back kick!
Reigns has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Reigns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Driver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Driver misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Driver finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Reigns throws a right and a left that Driver avoids nicely.
Driver throws a head kick that misses.

Driver clinches with his opponent.
Driver misses with an elbow strike.
Reigns is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Driver is defending well for now.
Driver lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reigns lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reigns has a couple of punches blocked by Driver.
Reigns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reigns throws an elbow but it misses.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.
Driver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reigns throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reigns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reigns avoiding damage as Driver throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driver avoids the elbow strike from Reigns, against the cage.
Driver connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reigns's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Driver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reigns avoids it.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.
Reigns tries a knee to the head but Driver blocks it.
Driver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reigns looking to throw knees to the head but Driver is blocking nicely.
Driver stalling the fight.
Reigns throws a punch but it's blocked by Driver.
Reigns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Driver misses with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Driver.
Driver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reigns misses with a knee strike.
Reigns misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Reigns fails to land.
Driver blocks a body shot from Reigns.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driver misses with an elbow over the top.
Reigns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Driver taking a breather.
Driver avoids a wild elbow strike from Reigns.
Knees to the body from Reigns.
Driver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Driver gets through Reigns's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reigns avoids the elbow strike from Driver, against the cage.
Reigns blocks an elbow strike.
Driver tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Driver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Driver tries a head kick but it misses.
Driver on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Driver clinches up with Reigns and pushes him back against the cage.
Driver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reigns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Driver is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Driver breaks the clinch.
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!
Driver attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Reigns tries to counter by closing the distance.
Reigns tries to clinch but Driver moves out of range.
Driver is looking to counter with head kicks.
Reigns is looking to clinch.
Driver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reigns misses with a straight left.

Driver gets a clinch.
Reigns tries to land knees in the clinch but Driver avoids the damage to the body.
Driver taking a breather.
Reigns misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Driver dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Driver throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Reigns tries to clinch there but Driver circles away.
Reigns scores with a nice strike.
Reigns moves in looking to clinch but Driver pushes him off.
Reigns moves out of range as Driver throws a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Driver.
Reigns swings away with a body shot that misses
and Driver counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Reigns blocks a head kick by Driver.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Driver wants to land a leg kick but Reigns is out of range.
Reigns tries to counter with a clinch but Driver shakes him off and moves away.
Reigns tries to clinch but Driver moves out of range.
Driver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reigns can do to turn this around?
Driver is looking to land body kicks.
Reigns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reigns tries to close the distance and clinch but Driver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Driver moves into the clinch.
Driver lands a body punch.
Driver slowing the pace effectively.
Reigns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Driver.
Reigns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reigns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reigns throws a punch but it's blocked by Driver.
A nice left hand lands by Driver.
Reigns using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Driver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reigns has a couple of punches blocked by Driver.
Driver has a couple of punches blocked by Reigns.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.
Alex Driver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Driver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Driver is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Driver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Driver.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reigns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Driver tries to work over Reigns's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reigns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Driver misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for Driver to work.
Driver tries to throw a body punch but Reigns avoids it by throwing Driver back against the cage.
Driver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Driver avoids the elbow strike from Reigns, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reigns misses with a body punch.

Driver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Driver.
Reigns looks to land a right hand but Driver moved out of range.
As Reigns looks to move away, Driver throws a big counter combo but Reigns just gets out of the way.

Driver darts in and clinches Reigns up against the cage.
Driver prevents a body shot from Reigns.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driver struggles to land a body shot inside as Reigns controls his hands.
Driver dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Driver managing to block the knees to the body from Reigns.
Reigns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reigns blocks a body shot from Driver.
Reigns lands a knee to the body.
Driver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Driver dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Driver stalling against the cage.
Driver leaning against his opponent.
Reigns tries a knee to the head but Driver blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Driver.
Driver avoiding damage as Reigns throws knees to the body.
Driver avoids a wild elbow strike from Reigns.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.
Driver prevents a body shot from Reigns.

Driver manages to break the clinch.
Driver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Driver throws a head kick but Reigns moves out of range.

Driver closes the distance and clinches.
Driver misses with some punches.
Driver misses with an elbow over the top.

Driver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reigns's jab looks to have found its range, popping Driver under the eye.

It looks like Alex Driver has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Driver moves into the clinch successfully.
Driver throws a head punch that misses.
Reigns looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reigns throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Driver dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Driver's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Driver tries a head kick but it misses.
Reigns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Driver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Driver.

Driver gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.
Reigns landing knees to the head.
Reigns misses with some punches.
Driver blocking some punches.
Driver tries to land knees in the clinch but Reigns avoids the damage to the body.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reigns pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reigns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Driver avoids the elbow strike from Reigns, against the cage.
Reigns throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Driver blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Driver.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Driver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Driver clinches up against the cage.
Driver gets through Reigns's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reigns using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Driver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short left from Driver.
Driver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Reigns fails to land.
Driver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reigns blocks it with crossed arms.
Reigns misses with a knee to the head.
Reigns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Driver.
Reigns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reigns struggles to land a body shot inside as Driver controls his hands.
Reigns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reigns takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Driver blocks the elbow strike.
Driver lands a body punch.

Driver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thanos Reigns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reigns gets tackled into the cage by Driver. Driver maintains the clinch.

Driver breaks from the clinch.

Driver gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Driver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reigns's elbow.
Driver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Driver blocks the elbow strike.

Driver breaks from the clinch.
Driver takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Driver throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Driver closes the distance and pushes Reigns back into the cage.
Driver blocks an uppercut.
Driver works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reigns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reigns blocking some punches.
Driver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Driver breaks from the clinch.
Reigns throws a leg kick but Driver sees it coming and moves out of range.

Driver moves into the clinch successfully.
Driver has a couple of punches blocked by Reigns.
Driver leaning his opponent against the cage.
Reigns tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Driver avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reigns throws an elbow but misses.
Reigns blocks a body shot from Driver.
Reigns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reigns misses with the head strike.
Reigns struggles to land a body shot inside as Driver controls his hands.
Reigns digs a right hand underneath Driver's ribcage. Driver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reigns lands with a right to the head.
Reigns landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reigns can't find room to land a body shot as Driver controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reigns.
Reigns throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reigns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Driver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reigns avoids the head kick by Driver.
Reigns tries to clinch but Driver is having none of it.
Driver moves away from the strike by Reigns.
Reigns throws a hook to the side of Driver's head but Driver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Driver goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reigns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Driver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Reigns misses.
Alex Driver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A thudding body kick lands there by Driver!

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Driver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Driver 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Driver!