PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dons Dasuffrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Reckless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dasuffrah might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rza - Grits. Reckless has chosen No Heroes by Converge as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dasuffrah
vs
Reckless

175 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

190 cm
21
222 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dons Dasuffrah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Reckless !
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dasuffrah checks a low kick from Reckless .
Dasuffrah has a takedown stuffed.
Dasuffrah tries to close the distance and clinch but Reckless swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reckless tries to score with a low kick but Dasuffrah moves his leg out of the way.
Reckless walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dasuffrah checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Reckless swings for the body but Dasuffrah moves out of range.
Reckless is looking to land body kicks.
Good leg kick by Reckless there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dasuffrah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reckless throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dasuffrah.
Reckless throws a leg kick but Dasuffrah moved away.
Reckless lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dasuffrah circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dasuffrah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reckless pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dasuffrah is out of range and Reckless settles back down.
Reckless throws a head kick that misses.
Dasuffrah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dasuffrah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reckless lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dasuffrah's sensitive parts.
Dasuffrah shoots in but Reckless avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Scott Reckless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick from Reckless misses.
A cross from Reckless lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dasuffrah checks a leg kick.
Dasuffrah keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dasuffrah shoots for a takedown but Reckless saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dons Dasuffrah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reckless throws a series of punches but Dasuffrah avoids them all with ease.
Reckless throws a leg kick which misses Dasuffrah's front leg but catches the back leg as Dasuffrah tries to avoid it.
Dasuffrah shoots in looking for a takedown. Reckless tries to sprawl out of it but Dasuffrah keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Reckless manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Reckless displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Dons Dasuffrah has been cut.
Dasuffrah checks a low kick from Reckless .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dasuffrah is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Reckless misses.
Dasuffrah has a takedown stuffed.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reckless .
Dasuffrah looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Reckless throws a low kick, looking for Dasuffrah's leg but Dasuffrah calmly moves out of range.
Reckless throws a big shot that misses.
A right-left combo lands from Reckless .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Reckless .
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reckless .
A swing and a miss from Reckless .
Reckless feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dasuffrah's calf.
Reckless throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reckless attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dasuffrah checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dasuffrah slips a jab from Reckless .
Dasuffrah misses with a takedown attempt - Reckless sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Reckless dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dons Dasuffrah'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.

Dasuffrah takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reckless lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dasuffrah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dasuffrah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reckless lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dasuffrah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dasuffrah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A combination from Reckless does no damage.
Reckless lands a body shot.
Dasuffrah scores with a one two! Reckless had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Reckless tries to land a front kick but Dasuffrah steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reckless misses with a body shot.

Dasuffrah scores with a takedown into Reckless 's guard.
Reckless keeping full guard, as Dasuffrah tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dasuffrah pushing down on Reckless 's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dasuffrah throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dasuffrah tries to pass the half guard into mount. Reckless knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Reckless is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dasuffrah thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reckless 's head.

Dasuffrah is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Reckless is just riding it out for now. Dasuffrah eventually gives up the hold.
Dasuffrah is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

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.
Dasuffrah wants to free his trapped foot but Reckless is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Dasuffrah is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Reckless sees it coming and defends easily.
Dasuffrah sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reckless defending well though.

Dasuffrah is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Dasuffrah is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Reckless defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Reckless gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dasuffrah missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reckless has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dasuffrah looking to pass the guard.
Reckless pulls Dasuffrah in to control the position.
Dasuffrah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dasuffrah might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dasuffrah won't allow Reckless to sweep him here.
Dasuffrah wants to stand and escape but instead Reckless has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Reckless working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reckless stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dasuffrah swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Reckless avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reckless is working Dasuffrah over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Dasuffrah is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Reckless is aware though and is defending well.

Dasuffrah looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Reckless avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reckless with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dons Dasuffrah dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dons Dasuffrah's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Reckless misses with a few strikes there.
Dasuffrah shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Dasuffrah with that takedown attempt.
Reckless wants to slow Dasuffrah down by chopping away at his legs.
Horrible takedown by Dasuffrah or perhaps it was just good defense by Reckless which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dons Dasuffrah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reckless throws the kick towards the body but Dasuffrah avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reckless tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dasuffrah was well out of range. Poor timing from Reckless .
Reckless swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Dasuffrah moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reckless tries to break free but Dasuffrah pushes him back against the cage.
Dasuffrah letting Reckless take a breather here.

Reckless tightens his grip and picks Dasuffrah up, before dumping him to the ground. Dasuffrah manages to land in guard.

Dasuffrah has his foot on Reckless 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Reckless works his way back into a safe position though.
Dasuffrah wants to sweep here but Reckless controlling him for the moment.
Reckless must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Reckless avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reckless lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dasuffrah looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reckless missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reckless is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Dasuffrah is looking to sinch up a triangle. Reckless throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Dasuffrah's body to avoid the submission. Dasuffrah has instead reached around Reckless 's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Dasuffrah arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dons Dasuffrah!