PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Reich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Wolf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Wolf struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jim Wolf told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Reich
vs
Wolf

195 cm
22
290 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

200 cm
21
290 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustav Reich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Wolf!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolf smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wolf misses with a body shot.
Wolf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reich moves away from the strike by Wolf.
Reich slips a jab and a cross from Wolf.
Wolf listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wolf pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wolf misses with a wild combination.
Wolf connects with a body shot that sends Reich's belly button to the back.
Wolf throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wolf scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wolf swinging wildly here.
Reich shoots in for a takedown but Wolf shows good takedown defense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf lands with a shot to the body.
Wolf throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jim Wolf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Wolf does it's job there.
Reich missing with a left hand there. Wolf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wolf looks to score with a jab to the body but Reich is just out of range.
Wolf throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wolf wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wolf cracks Reich with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Wolf.
Wolf ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wolf misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wolf fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reich moves out of range as Wolf strikes.
Reich slips a jab and a cross from Wolf.
Reich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reich throws a sloppy body shot
and Wolf connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wolf cracks a nice hook into Reich's ribs.
Wolf throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reich.
Wolf lands a two punch combo.
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!
Wolf just misses with a punch to the body.
Wolf slips a straight right by Reich.
Wolf scores with a nice right hand.
Reich dives in and grabs Wolf's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wolf pushes down on Reich's head and hops out.
A nice combination there by Wolf.
A punch combination from Wolf misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolf scores with a jab to the body.
Wolf throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wolf is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reich rather than just go for the knockout.
Wolf swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wolf just misses with a punch to the body.
Wolf digs a good body shot into Reich's ribs.
Reich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wolf looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wolf throws out the jab.
Wolf throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wolf jabs at Reich's body.
Wolf ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wolf misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolf connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reich momentarily.
Wolf throws a body punch but Reich moves out of range.
Wolf works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wolf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reich manages to avoid it.
Reich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wolf misses with a series of wild punches.
Wolf closes the distance and lands a one-two.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reich misses with a straight right.
Wolf throws a body punch but Reich moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Wolf dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wolf throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wolf misses with a two punch combination.
Reich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wolf.
Wolf misses with a hook

and Reich counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wolf won't be happy with that.

Reich tries for a kimura but Wolf is defending well.

Reich working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wolf stops Reich from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf defending against the ground and pound.
Wolf is looking to regain half guard here but Reich keeps moving and retains side control.
Reich has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Wolf!
Reich throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Wolf has left one of his arms exposed and Reich doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Wolf screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gustav Reich!