PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jorge Pericic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pericic comes to the ring accompanied by T.N.T. Dennis Reynolds has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pericic
vs
Reynolds

175 cm
24
210 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
220 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge Pericic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dennis Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pericic.
Pericic missing with a left hand there. Reynolds was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pericic tries to clinch but Reynolds is having none of it.
Pericic moves to clinch but Reynolds breaks away
and Reynolds counters with a nice body kick.
Pericic tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Reynolds manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pericic doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Reynolds throws a hook but Pericic blocks it.
Reynolds lands with an uppercut that bounces Pericic off the ropes and back into range.
Pericic wants to clinch.
Pericic throws a jab when Reynolds was well out of range.
Reynolds steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pericic.
Jab, jab by Reynolds - just one landing.
Pericic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pericic wants to clinch.
Pericic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pericic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reynolds throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Pericic moves into the clinch successfully.
Reynolds landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pericic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reynolds's elbow.
Reynolds blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reynolds lands with a short shot to the head.
Pericic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pericic is trying to break free.
Pericic misses with an elbow strike.
Pericic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pericic.
Reynolds avoiding damage as Pericic throws knees to the body.
Pericic has had enough of the clinch but Reynolds keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pericic backwards.
Pericic throws a head punch that misses.
Pericic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reynolds lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pericic can't find room to land a body shot as Reynolds controls the action.
Pericic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reynoldss head.
Reynolds avoiding damage as Pericic throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Reynolds.
Pericic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynolds.
Pericic takes an elbow to the temple.
Pericic misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds blocks an elbow strike from Pericic.
Reynolds landing knees to the body.
Pericic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reynolds creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pericic's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Reynolds dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Pericic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

It looks like Jorge Pericic has been cut.
Pericic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reynolds swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pericic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A bone on bone clash there as Pericic blocks the leg kick.
Reynolds throws the left hand but Pericic avoids the punch easily.
Pericic tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.

Reynolds pushes Pericic up against the ropes in a clinch.
Reynolds lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pericic pushes off an throws an elbow but Reynolds leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Reynolds trying to land knees to the body.
Pericic swings wildly with an uppercut but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pericic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reynolds lands with a left to the head.
Pericic throws an elbow but it misses.
Pericic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynolds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds pushes Pericic back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pericic missing with knees to the body.
Reynolds looking to throw knees to the head but Pericic is blocking nicely.
Pericic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reynolds on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reynolds scores with a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Reynolds.
Reynolds blocks an elbow strike from Pericic.
Dennis Reynolds seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pericic pushes off an throws an elbow but Reynolds leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Pericic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reynolds can't find room to land a body shot as Pericic controls the action.
Pericic lands a left hand.
Reynolds throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pericics head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pericic misses with an elbow strike.
Reynolds lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pericic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reynolds.
Reynolds avoids the elbow strike from Pericic, against the ropes.
Reynolds lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pericic tries to land knees in the clinch but Reynolds avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Reynolds.
Reynolds digs a right hand into Pericic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pericic's gas tank.
Reynolds lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reynolds.
Reynolds blocks an elbow strike from Pericic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Reynolds.
Nice body punch from Reynolds - that landed with a thud.
Reynolds crunches a lovely knee into Pericic's ribcage.
Pericic misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Reynolds showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jorge Pericic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Pericic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pericic checks a leg kick nicely.
Pericic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reynolds looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pericic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Reynolds.
A telegraphed right hand from Pericic misses the target.
Pericic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pericic doesn't manage to clinch there - Reynolds circles away.
Pericic tries to clinch up.
Reynolds connects with a body shot.
Pericic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reynolds with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reynolds takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pericic throws a jab but it's blocked by Reynolds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pericic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reynolds looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pericic scores with a hook.
Reynolds buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pericic misses with a head kick.
Pericic throws a nice looking combination but Reynolds bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reynolds scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice defenses there by Pericic.
Dennis Reynolds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reynolds throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pericic tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Reynolds manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reynolds pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pericic looks to land a body kick but Reynolds moved away.
Pericic moves to clinch but Reynolds breaks away
and Reynolds counters with an inside leg kick.
Reynolds scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pericic scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pericic scores with a jab. Reynolds acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
Pericic swings widly with a right hand
and Reynolds counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pericic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Reynolds makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Reynolds throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jorge Pericic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reynolds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Reynolds.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pericic tries to clinch up.
Reynolds punishes Pericic's body with a nice straight punch.
Pericic throws out a loose jab but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reynolds does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Reynolds really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Pericic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pericic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reynolds throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pericic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pericic wants to clinch up but Reynolds keeps it at a distance.
Pericic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reynolds fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pericic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reynolds.
Pericic closes the distance but Reynolds moves to the side
and Reynolds counters with an outside leg kick.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reynolds counters with a nice body shot.
Reynolds throws a body punch but Pericic moves out of range.

Pericic has closed the distance and engaged Reynolds in a clinch.
Reynolds lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds dodges an elbow strike from Pericic.
Pericic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reynolds backwards.
Pericic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reynolds avoiding damage as Pericic throws knees to the body.
Pericic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pericic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pericic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reynolds lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reynolds throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reynolds.
Reynolds unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reynolds presses Pericic against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reynolds.
Reynolds lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds landing knees to the body.
Pericic working hard to break the clinch.
Reynolds avoids the elbow strike from Pericic, against the ropes.
Pericic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reynolds on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reynolds landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pericic pushes off an throws an elbow but Reynolds leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
A left hand lands to the body for Reynolds.
Reynolds lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Reynolds.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds scores with a hook to the body.
Pericic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pericic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Reynolds dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Pericic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice cross by Reynolds.
Pericic tries to clinch but Reynolds is having none of it.
Reynolds misses with a few strikes there.

Reynolds rushes Pericic and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Pericic lands an uppercut.
Pericic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reynolds lands an elbow that stopped Pericic in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Reynolds just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pericic's brow.
Pericic is looking to break free of the clinch but Reynolds has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Reynolds.
Pericic missing with knees to the body.
Reynolds lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pericic or not.
Reynolds lands a body punch.
Pericic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pericic pushes off an throws an elbow but Reynolds leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reynolds obliges.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Reynolds lands a hook that snaps the head of Pericic backwards.
Reynolds with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reynolds lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reynolds putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pericic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reynolds lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pericic backwards.
Reynolds is leaning against Pericic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jorge Pericic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reynolds creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pericic's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pericic throws an elbow but it misses.
A short uppercut from Reynolds.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reynolds.
Pericic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pericic missing with knees to the body.
Reynolds lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Reynolds as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds is leaning against Pericic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reynolds creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pericic's defenses.
Reynolds gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reynolds lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands a body shot.
A short right from Reynolds on the inside.
Pericic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reynolds lands an elbow inside.

Pericic is rocked!
Reynolds scores a nice knee to the body.
Oh Pericic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reynolds gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pericic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reynolds putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pericic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reynolds cracks Pericic with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Pericic goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Pericic wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dennis Reynolds!
A very excited looking Dennis Reynolds made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.