PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Doc Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Holliday
vs
Reynolds

175 cm
33
165 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

178 cm
31
165 lbs
19 - 6 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

Perkele!
Merciless Gladiators

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 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doc Holliday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holliday lands a jab-cross combination.
Reynolds is looking to chop away at Holliday's legs.
Reynolds misses with a jab to the body

and Holliday counters with a takedown into side control.
Holliday lands a few punches from side control.
An elbow from Holliday crashes against the mat.
Holliday cracks Reynolds with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holliday is looking to take a break and control but Reynolds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Holliday working away.
Reynolds is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Holliday misses with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reynolds tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Holliday wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Reynolds wants to improve his position but Holliday is controlling well.
Holliday throws a strike but Reynolds avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Reynolds trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Holliday trying to control the position from guard on top but Reynolds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reynolds tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Holliday's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Reynolds is trying to control the position but Holliday postures up.
Holliday stays in close to Reynolds's body and controls the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Doc Holliday wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Holliday fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Holliday checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday is looking to slow Reynolds down with leg kicks.
Reynolds walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Holliday checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Holliday lands a leg kick that knocks Reynolds off balance momentarily.
Nice uppercut lands for Reynolds. That snapped Holliday's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holliday keeps the fight on the outside.
We've been hearing reports that Holliday has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Reynolds throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Reynolds wants to slow Holliday down by chopping away at his legs.
Reynolds misses with a body shot.
Holliday keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reynolds throws a nice head kick!
Frank Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holliday throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Holliday lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Reynolds at a distance.
Holliday misses with a wild body shot.
Holliday goes for a double leg but Reynolds avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Reynolds continues to drive forward.
Holliday blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds throws a head punch that misses.
Reynolds tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reynolds throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hollidays head.
A short left from Reynolds.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reynolds swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holliday is looking to take this one to the mat.
Holliday blocking some punches.
Holliday taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reynolds lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reynolds lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reynolds lands with a short shot to the head.
Reynolds throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hollidays head.
Holliday misses with the head strike.
Reynolds lands with a left to the head.
Reynolds trying to control the position but instead, Holliday has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reynolds into the cage.
Holliday has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Reynolds after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Doc Holliday. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reynolds.
Reynolds will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Holliday up against the cage.
Holliday struggles to land a body shot inside as Reynolds controls his hands.
Reynolds misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Holliday cracks Reynolds with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reynolds.
Holliday working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Holliday tries to score a body lock takedown but Reynolds shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reynolds fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Holliday pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holliday takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Reynolds tries to work over Holliday's front leg with a kick but Holliday checks it.
Reynolds thows a body shot but no joy.
Holliday throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank Reynolds will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A slow jab from Reynolds misses its intended target.
Reynolds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reynolds scores with a head kick.
Reynolds swings for the body but Holliday moves out of range.
Holliday slips under a jab from Reynolds.
Good work by Holliday as he checks the leg kick.
Reynolds takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Reynolds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holliday.
Reynolds checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holliday. Reynolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holliday keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Holliday drives through with a takedown into guard.
Holliday looking to pass the guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reynolds manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Holliday manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds trying to control but Holliday is working from the bottom.
Reynolds must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Reynolds postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Holliday looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reynolds is one step ahead there.

Holliday throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Reynolds looking to sit in guard and control but Holliday gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Holliday postures up in Reynolds's guard and throws a big left but Reynolds blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds 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.
Reynolds trying to keep a closed guard but Holliday is proving a slippery customer.
Reynolds looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holliday is one step ahead there.
Holliday trying to control but Reynolds is working from the bottom.
Reynolds wants to sweep here but Holliday controlling him for the moment.
Holliday working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds looking for a sweep. Not yet Reynolds, not yet.
Holliday with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reynolds 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.
Doc Holliday overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reynolds trying to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Reynolds looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reynolds is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Holliday lands a couple of elbows.
Holliday postures up.
Holliday loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reynolds looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holliday is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Holliday from controlling successfully.
Reynolds is trying to keep Holliday in close.
Reynolds 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holliday pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reynolds is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frank Reynolds will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Reynolds throws an overhand right that lands on Holliday's shoulder, as Holliday tries to avoid the shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reynolds, as that shot connected.
Holliday moves out of range of the leg kick from Reynolds.
Reynolds is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holliday.
Holliday is looking to wear down Reynolds with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Holliday drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Reynolds throws a low kick but Holliday moves out of range easily.
A solid body kick from Holliday.
Reynolds showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holliday.
Reynolds avoids the body shot from Holliday.
Holliday misses the shot to the body.
Holliday ducks right into an uppercut from Reynolds.
Holliday misses the shot to the body.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch but Holliday swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frank Reynolds is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds connects with a leg kick. Holliday looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reynolds throws a shot to the body.
Holliday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reynolds throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Holliday bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holliday takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reynolds attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Holliday.
Reynolds steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holliday.
Holliday looks to land a right hand but Reynolds moved out of range.
Holliday takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Holliday scores with a crisp jab that stopped Reynolds in his tracks.
Holliday defending well as Reynolds loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to land a leg kick but Holliday saw it coming and moves away.
Holliday jabs at Reynolds's body.
Holliday gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Reynolds throws a right hand that misses

and Holliday counters with a single leg into guard. Reynolds didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reynolds wants to control the position but Holliday says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Reynolds trying to hold on to Holliday's head to control him but Holliday postures up.
Frank Reynolds is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Reynolds has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Reynolds is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Holliday jumps into side control!
Reynolds is trying to get back to half guard.
Holliday tries to advance to mount but Reynolds denies him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds can't do much from the bottom here.
Holliday 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.
Reynolds is not content to let Holliday control the position.
Doc Holliday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reynolds is trying to improve his position.
Holliday throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Reynolds parries the strikes from Holliday easily there. Holliday is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Reynolds to escape.
Reynolds gets back to half guard.
Reynolds is positioning himself well to prevent Holliday advancing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Reynolds avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Holliday.
Holliday is thwarting Reynolds's attempts to control the position.
Reynolds moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Holliday works a leg free and moves into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holliday is thwarting Reynolds's attempts to control the position.
Reynolds wants to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Reynolds.
I've got Reynolds winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!