PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Djoser Rei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Birthday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Birthday's choice of entrance music: Happy Birthday Mr President. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rei
vs
Birthday

191 cm
33
238 lbs
27 - 13 - 0

170 cm
29
280 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Djoser Rei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Corey Birthday!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rei scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Corey Birthday has been cut.
Rei misses with a straight right.
Rei misses with a two punch combination.
Rei throws a lazy head kick

and Birthday counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Birthday won't allow Rei to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Birthday throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Birthday is looking to work some ground and pound but Rei has wrist control.
Rei wants to sweep here but Birthday controlling him for the moment.
Rei working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Birthday.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Birthday trying to control the position from guard on top but Rei is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Birthday controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rei is trying to keep Birthday in close.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rei displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Birthday.
Rei misses with a shot to the body
and Birthday counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rei is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Birthday misses with a hook. Rei ducked under it nicely.
Rei's jab looks to have found its range, popping Birthday under the eye.
Birthday checks a leg kick.
Birthday lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Djoser Rei has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rei throws a sloppy head kick and Birthday moves out of range easily.
Rei lands a high kick!
Rei throws a solid leg kick but Birthday takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rei.
Birthday takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rei feints with a jab and clips Birthday right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Birthday is sent crashing into the canvas and Rei leaps in for the kill! Birthday tries to get to his feet but Rei is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Birthday is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Djoser Rei!
Djoser Rei thanked the fans post fight for their support.