PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Reyes (ranked 3386 p4p, 3933 weight class) and Sweet Tea Bloominshine (ranked 321 p4p, 357 weight class). Antonio Reyes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reyes
vs
Bloominshine

180 cm
20
165
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
22
168
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sweet Tea Bloominshine!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes misses the shot to the body.
Sweet Tea Bloominshine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bloominshine moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bloominshine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Reyes tries to clinch up.
Reyes darts in looking for a takedown but Bloominshine gets double underhooks and turns Reyes into the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Reyes has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Bloominshine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bloominshine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Reyes does no damage.
Bloominshine displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bloominshine scores with a hook.
Bloominshine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bloominshine duly obliges.
A shot to the liver by Reyes. Beautiful body shot.
Bloominshine throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Reyes stumbling backwards into the cage! Reyes bounces back off the cage towards Bloominshine, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Bloominshine lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Bloominshine celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sweet Tea Bloominshine!