PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bob Baran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baran comes to the cage accompanied by Beach Boys - Barbara Ann . The crowd seem to be enjoying Reyes's choice of entrance music: All the Above. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Baran
vs
Reyes

180 cm
19
162 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

169 cm
25
157 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Baran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stevie Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Reyes misses its intended target.
Baran misses with an uppercut
and Reyes counters with a left to the body.
Reyes checks a leg kick nicely.
A swing and a miss from Reyes.
Baran misses with a hook
and Reyes counters with a one-two to the body.
Baran connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reyes looks to land a combination but Baran avoids it well.
Baran lands with a kick to the ribs.
Baran falls off balance throwing a combination
and Reyes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Baran throws a combination that misses
and Reyes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reyes scores with a one two! Baran had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Reyes.
Baran throws an off balance right hand
and Baran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baran misses with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Reyes.
Baran throws a poor cross that misses
and Reyes counters with a right hand to the body.
Baran throws a lazy uppercut
letting Reyes counter with a right hand.
Reyes scores with a one two! Baran had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Reyes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baran misses with a hook
and Reyes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reyes lands a nice shot that snaps Baran's head back.
Baran fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Baran misses with a right hand
letting Reyes counter with a right hand.
Baran scores with a jab. Reyes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Baran takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Baran bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reyes's head.
Baran walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Reyes with a hook.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Baran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reyes stuns Baran with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donk. Reyes catches Baran right on the button with a cross.
Reyes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Reyes lands a nice hook to Baran's body. Baran takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reyes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Baran finds it's way round the side to connect with Reyes's head.
Baran takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reyes lands a nice hook to Baran's body. Baran takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Baran misses with an uppercut
and Reyes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes looks to land a combination but Baran avoids it well.
Reyes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baran throws a lazy uppercut
and Reyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reyes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Reyes counter with a right hand.
Baran has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Reyes misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Reyes.
Reyes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice uppercut there from Baran.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baran ducks right into an uppercut from Reyes.
Baran misses with a hook
and Reyes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Reyes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reyes misses with the combination.
Reyes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes cracks Baran with a good jab.
Baran fails to land with a series of punches.
Baran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
Reyes jabs at Baran's body.
Baran misses with a double jab
and Reyes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the body from Baran misses
and Baran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reyes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Baran in his tracks.
Baran misses with a left hand
letting Reyes counter with a right hand.
Reyes fails to land with a series of punches.
Reyes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baran misses the body punch
and Reyes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baran thinking.
Reyes throws a series of punches but Baran avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Baran.
Baran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reyes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baran throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Baran lands a nice looking kick to the body. Reyes takes a step back to recover.
Reyes lands with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baran throws a poor cross that misses
and Reyes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Baran swings widly with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a left and a right that stings Baran.
Baran looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Baran misses with a left hand
and Reyes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baran throws a body kick that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Reyes. That snapped Baran's head back.
Baran avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baran misses with a left hand
and Reyes counters with a nice body shot.
Reyes avoids the body shot from Baran.
Baran misses with a hook
and Reyes counters with a two punch combo.
Reyes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baran needs to keep his hands up - Reyes had a free shot at his head there.
Reyes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Baran scores with a nice strike.
Reyes misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baran misses with a body shot
and Reyes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bob Baran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reyes throws a series of punches but Baran moves out of range.
Baran misses with a combination
and Reyes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baran thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Reyes dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reyes lands a slapping body shot.
Reyes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Baran bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reyes's head.
Baran slips under a jab.
Baran misses with a lunging right hand
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
Reyes jabs at Baran's body.
Reyes misses with the combination.
Baran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reyes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baran throws a right hand that misses
and Reyes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baran misses with an uppercut
and Baran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baran throws a right hand that misses
and Reyes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baran misses with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reyes throws a series of punches but Baran avoids them all with ease.
Baran is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Baran takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Reyes lands a jab to the head.
Baran jabs Reyes right on the nose. Reyes blinks but takes it well.
Reyes scores with a nice right hand.
Reyes misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baran misses with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a left to the body.
Baran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reyes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Baran swings widly with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Baran.
Baran misses with a hook
and Reyes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reyes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reyes misses with a straight right.
Stevie Reyes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Baran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
Reyes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reyes lands a glancing blow to the side of Baran's head.
Baran throws an off balance right hand
enabling Reyes to counter with a crisp jab.
Baran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reyes counters with a stiff right hand.
Reyes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reyes thuds a left hand into Baran's body.
Baran attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Baran ducks under a wild hook from Reyes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Reyes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a combination. Baran tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Baran misses with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reyes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reyes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reyes misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baran. Reyes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reyes works over Baran's head and body with a nice combination.
Baran lands a leg kick that knocks Reyes off balance momentarily.
Baran misses with an uppercut
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
Reyes's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baran under the eye.
Reyes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Reyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baran works the jab nicely.
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!
Reyes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Baran throws out a leg kick but Reyes moves out of range and Baran only half commits.
Baran throws a leg kick
and Reyes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baran thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baran throws a poor cross that misses
and Reyes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baran misses with an uppercut
and Reyes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reyes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Reyes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Baran misses with a lunging right hand
and Reyes counters with a nice body shot.
Reyes cracks a nice hook into Baran's ribs.
Reyes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Baran counters with a nice uppercut.
Reyes cracks Baran with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Baran on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Baran might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Baran throws a poor cross that misses
and Reyes counters with a left and a right that stings Baran.
Baran misses with a lunging right hand
and Reyes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baran thinking.
Baran swings widly with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baran misses with a left hand
enabling Reyes to counter with a crisp jab.
Baran misses with an uppercut
and Baran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reyes lands a nice looking body shot.
Baran throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Reyes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reyes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baran circles away quickly and effectively.
An inside leg kick from Baran misses.
Baran slips a jab and a cross from Reyes.
Baran looks to land a combination but Reyes avoids it well.
Reyes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A left lands for Reyes.
Baran throws a lazy uppercut
and Reyes counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reyes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reyes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baran misses with a combination
and Reyes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baran misses with a double jab
and Reyes counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baran scores with a hook to the body. Reyes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice cross by Baran.
Baran misses with a right hand
and Reyes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reyes scores with the left hand. Baran knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Reyes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Baran throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reyes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baran misses with a right hand
and Baran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baran was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes.
Baran lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reyes's sensitive parts.
Reyes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baran misses with a low kick.
Baran misses with a lunging right hand
and Reyes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reyes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Baran throws a poor cross that misses
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Baran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the body from Baran misses
and Reyes counters with a left to the body.
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reyes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Baran swings widly with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Reyes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Baran walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Baran is rocked!
Stevie Reyes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reyes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Baran is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reyes blocks a head kick by Baran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Baran tumbling to the canvas! Reyes pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Baran was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Stevie Reyes!