PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Reimer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filip Drpic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reimer comes to the cage accompanied by BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Reimer
vs
Drpic

179 cm
22
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

179 cm
24
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Caleb Reimer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Filip Drpic!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reimer leaves Drpic with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reimer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Drpic.
Reimer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Drpic is looking to land body kicks.
A swing and a miss from Reimer.
Reimer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Drpic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Drpic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reimer to score with a decent uppercut.
Drpic misses with a wild body shot.
Drpic misses with a straight left.
Reimer lands a slapping body shot.
Reimer looks to throw the jab but Drpic is out of range.
Reimer motions for Drpic to come forward. Reimer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Drpic shoots in and drives through. Reimer sprawls well.
Caleb Reimer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filip Drpic.
Reimer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Reimer gets a takedown into half guard.
Drpic is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Reimer scores with a couple of nice shots.
Reimer is taking a breather. Drpic says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reimer wants to control but Drpic is keeping him busy.
Reimer wants to advance to full mount but Drpic doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Reimer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Reimer pushes down on Drpic's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Drpic trying to control here.
Drpic is looking for a sweep. Reimer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Drpic is not content to let Reimer control the position.
Drpic trying to control from the bottom.
Drpic is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Reimer scores with a couple of nice shots.
Reimer is keen to just control but Drpic is a slippery customer.
Reimer lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reimer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Drpic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Drpic tries to get to full guard but Reimer has control of the leg.
Drpic wants to get back to his feet.
Reimer is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Drpic!
Drpic wants to control but Reimer is having none of it.
Drpic is working to get back to half guard.
Reimer controlling from mount.
Drpic throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drpic is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Drpic might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Reimer kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Reimer working the ground and pound effectively.
Reimer raining down shots from the mount!
Drpic is looking to get to half guard.
Reimer lands a big elbow.

Reimer wants to finish this one by submission but Drpic is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Reimer.
Reimer breaks from Drpic's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reimer trying to control but Drpic is having none of it.
Drpic is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reimer looking to control but Drpic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Drpic tries to reverse the position but Reimer maintains control.
Reimer with good strikes from the mount here!
Drpic is squirming around, avoiding Reimer's attempts to control the action.
Drpic wants to control but Reimer is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caleb Reimer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Drpic shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Reimer is trying to defend but Drpic finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Reimer gets back to full guard.
Reimer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Drpic trying to control the position from guard on top but Reimer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reimer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Drpic manages to get himself to full guard.
Drpic keeping full guard, as Reimer tries to pass.
Drpic wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reimer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Drpic is keeping the position for now.

Reimer is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Drpic is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Drpic has escaped and now he's on top!
Drpic stopping the sweep attempt from Reimer.
Drpic is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Reimer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Drpic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reimer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drpic pushes down on Reimer's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Drpic prevents Reimer from improving his position.
Drpic works his foot free and advances to mount.
Reimer is desperately trying to improve his position but Drpic has a good base and remains in mount.
Drpic fails to take his opponent's back.
Drpic lands a big shot there that rocks Reimer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Drpic prevents Reimer from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drpic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Reimer is trying to escape the mount.

Drpic moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Reimer has worked his arm free - good work by Reimer!
Reimer tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Drpic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Drpic scores with punches from side control.
Reimer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Reimer gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Reimer is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reimer slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Reimer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Drpic is one step ahead there.
Caleb Reimer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Drpic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Drpic stopping the sweep attempt from Reimer.
Reimer lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Drpic!
Drpic tries to hold on but Reimer postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Filip Drpic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Reimer cracks Drpic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Drpic misses with a takedown attempt - Reimer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Drpic takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Reimer is looking to score with low kicks.
Reimer misses with a head kick.
A left and a right from Reimer both land. Nice combination.
Reimer keeps the fight on the outside.
Reimer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Drpic as he avoids it easily.
Drpic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Caleb Reimer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reimer throws a hook to the side of Drpic's head but Drpic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drpic fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drpic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reimer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good leg kick by Reimer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reimer cracks the inside of Drpic's front leg.
Reimer fails to land with a series of punches.
Reimer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drpic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reimer. Reimer obviously looking to wear him down.
Drpic shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reimer as he avoids it easily.
Caleb Reimer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filip Drpic.
Reimer lands a jab to the head.
Reimer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Drpic tries a head kick but it misses.
Reimer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drpic on the side of the head.
Reimer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reimer misses with a kick to the body.
Reimer looks for a takedown but Drpic sprawls well.
Reimer tried to score with a low kick but Drpic checks it.
Drpic tries to clinch but Reimer moves out of range.
Drpic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reimer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Reimer.
Reimer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Drpic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reimer closes the distance and clinches up with Drpic, looking for a takedown. Reimer pushes Drpic against the cage but Drpic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Drpic.
Reimer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drpic circles away quickly and effectively.

Reimer looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Drpic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Reimer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Drpic looking to control.
Drpic is adopting a defensive guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Drpic is on top in guard.
Drpic's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drpic gets to his feet - Reimer follows without any prompting.
Drpic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drpic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reimer throws a hook but Drpic avoids it easily.
Reimer misses with a head kick.
Reimer swats away the attempt to clinch by Drpic.
Reimer misses with a body shot.

Drpic feints and as Reimer raises his hands in defense, Drpic changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Reimer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Reimer keeping full guard, as Drpic tries to pass.
Reimer throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Reimer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Drpic manages to get himself to full guard.
Reimer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reimer trying to control but Drpic is working from the bottom.
Reimer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drpic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drpic wants to stand and escape but Reimer is having none of it.
Drpic keeping moving, preventing Reimer from controlling successfully.
Drpic can't keep his opponent in guard - Reimer advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Reimer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Reimer scoring with strikes to the body and head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caleb Reimer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reimer 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caleb Reimer!