PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sir Reginald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Nefarious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sir Reginald could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Reginald Nefarious's chin.

Reginald
vs
Nefarious

185 cm
20
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Blueprint Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sir Reginald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Nefarious!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nefarious throws out a loose jab but Reginald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nefarious wants to clinch up but Reginald keeps it at a distance.
Sir Reginald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reginald throws a good cross that connects.
Nefarious lands with a nice body punch.
Horrible takedown by Nefarious or perhaps it was just good defense by Reginald which made him look bad.
Reginald lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nefarious misses with a straight right.
Reginald misses with a two punch combination.
Nice straight punches there by Reginald. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reginald.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Reginald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Nefarious 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Reginald misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nefarious doesn't manage to clinch there - Reginald circles away.
Reginald misses with a wild combination.
Reginald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nefarious throws a shot from downtown. Reginald moves away and avoids it.
Nefarious walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nefarious throws a sloppy body shot
and Reginald connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nefarious misses with a body shot.
Nefarious fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reginald misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nefarious thuds his right hand into Reginald's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reginald drops Nefarious with a nice combination! Reginald dives into Nefarious's guard, looking to finish!

Nefarious is rocked!

It looks like Reginald Nefarious has been cut.
Reginald controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nefarious is still in real trouble! Can Reginald finish him?
Reginald stopping the sweep attempt from Nefarious.
Nefarious seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nefarious is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Reginald knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nefarious on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reginald has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nefarious is proving hard to escape from.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reginald throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reginald misses with a shot to the body
and Nefarious counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nefarious closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reginald circles away.
Nefarious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nefarious throws a series of punches but Reginald avoids them all with ease.
Nefarious tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reginald swivels and escapes.
Sir Reginald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reginald Nefarious.
Reginald lands the left hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nefarious fails with a takedown attempt.
Nefarious looks gassed!
Nefarious looks for a takedown but Reginald sprawls well.
Reginald lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Reginald connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nefarious. Nefarious circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reginald throws a left that rocks Nefarious and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Reginald dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Nefarious regain composure!
Nefarious is looking for a sweep.
Reginald wants to stand but Nefarious is controlling his arm.
Nefarious sneaks back into half guard.
Nefarious is pressing down on Reginald's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reginald showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nefarious wants to sweep but no luck.
Nefarious looking to control.
Nefarious trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Nefarious keeping moving, preventing Reginald from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nefarious is on top in guard.
Nefarious trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nefarious advances to half guard.
Nefarious sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reginald defending well though.
Nefarious has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Reginald is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reginald is in a horrible position here. Nefarious smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nefarious with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sir Reginald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reginald Nefarious's cut.
That's time! Reginald's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nefarious closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reginald circles away.
Nefarious is trying desperately to land a takedown but Reginald is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Nefarious.
Nefarious shoots in but Reginald avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Reginald just misses with a punch to the body.
Reginald lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nefarious avoids the body shot from Reginald.
Nefarious displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reginald throws out the jab.
Reginald scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nefarious doesn't seem bothered though.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nefarious darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Reginald drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A nice combination there by Nefarious.
Nefarious misses with a body shot.
Nefarious connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reginald wants to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nefarious looks to land a combination but Reginald avoids it well.
Nefarious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nefarious scores with a hook.
Nefarious shoots in but Reginald avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sir Reginald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reginald Nefarious.
Nefarious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reginald fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nefarious lands with an uppercut that bounces Reginald off the cage and back into rage.
Reginald takes one to the chin there.
Reginald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nefarious.
Sir Reginald is winning the standup battle so far.
Nefarious walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Reginald checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Reginald throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Reginald misses.
Reginald scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nefarious keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nefarious swinging wilding here.
Nefarious throws a left and a right that both miss
and Reginald counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nefarious is looking to clinch.
Reginald misses with a looping right.
Nefarious wants to clinch
and Reginald counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious takes a swing at Reginald's ribcage but misses.
Reginald misses with a series of wild punches.
Nefarious goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nefarious shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Reginald avoids the body shot from Nefarious.
A big right from Nefarious misses.
Reginald paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nefarious fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nefarious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reginald looks to land a combination but Nefarious avoids it well.
Nefarious misses with a combination
and Reginald counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nefarious shoots for a double leg takedown but Reginald sprawls well. He's pushed Nefarious's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nefarious doesn't manage to clinch there - Reginald circles away.
Reginald stuffs the takedown attempt from Nefarious. Nefarious gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reginald jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nefarious looks to land a right hand but Reginald moved out of range.
Nefarious shoots in for a double leg but Reginald sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Reginald lands a body shot.
Reginald throws a one two combo.
Reginald shoots for a double leg takedown but Nefarious sprawls well. He's pushed Reginald's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nefarious's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Nefarious duly obliges.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nefarious, as that shot connected.
Nice takedown defense from Reginald. No joy for Nefarious on that attempt.
Nefarious throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Reginald counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nefarious thinking.
Nefarious takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nefarious lands with a nice combination. Reginald backs away looking to recover.
Nefarious shoots for a double leg takedown but Reginald sprawls well. He's pushed Nefarious's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Reginald stuffs the takedown attempt from Nefarious. Nefarious gets slowly back to his feet.
Nefarious tries to clinch there but Reginald circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reginald slips a straight right by Nefarious.
Reginald is looking to clinch.
Nefarious cracks Reginald with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reginald goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nefarious fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reginald on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nefarious. Nefarious obviously looking to wear him down.
Nefarious works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nefarious closes the distance and clinches up with Reginald, looking for a takedown. Nefarious pushes Reginald against the cage but Reginald circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Nefarious shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Reginald's guard.
Nefarious distracts Reginald with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nefarious postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nefarious forces his way into half guard.
Reginald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Nefarious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reginald Nefarious's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Reginald moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Reginald.
Nefarious misses with a few strikes there.
Reginald throws a lazy right hand but Nefarious sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nefarious keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reginald.
Sir Reginald is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reginald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nefarious.
Nefarious looks to score with a jab to the body but Reginald is just out of range.
Nefarious shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Nefarious clinches up with Reginald and pushes him back against the cage.

Nefarious breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nefarious throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reginald's waist but Reginald gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nefarious off to one side.
Reginald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nefarious looks to land a combination. Reginald sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Reginald looks to land a combination but Nefarious avoids it well.
Reginald rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nefarious moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reginald lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nefarious.
Sir Reginald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reginald Nefarious.
Nefarious staying out of range there.
Nefarious lands a jab to the head.
Reginald swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nefarious counters with a right hand to the body.
Nefarious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nefarious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reginald manages to avoid it.
Nefarious shoots for a double leg takedown but Reginald sprawls well. He's pushed Nefarious's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nefarious looks to land a combination but Reginald avoids it well.
Reginald rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nefarious moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Donk. Nefarious catches Reginald right on the button with a cross.
Nefarious throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big left from Reginald misses.
Nefarious lands a head shot.
Reginald gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice jab there from Nefarious.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Reginald tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nefarious!
Reginald takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nefarious throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Reginald to counter with a crisp jab.
Nefarious fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reginald.
Reginald has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nefarious throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nefarious works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nefarious shoots in but no luck this time.
Reginald misses with a double jab

and Nefarious counters with a single leg into guard. Reginald didn't expect that.
Nefarious trying to control but Reginald is working from the bottom.
Nefarious postures up in Reginald's guard and throws a big left but Reginald blocks it.

Reginald pushes Nefarious off and scrambles back to his feet.
Reginald is looking to clinch but Nefarious is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nefarious shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Reginald's guard.
Nefarious missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nefarious trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Reginald can't keep his opponent in guard - Nefarious advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nefarious tries to pass to full mount but Reginald defends it.
Reginald is looking to improve his position.
Nefarious sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Reginald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reginald avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nefarious.
Reginald wants to get back to full guard.
Reginald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nefarious throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nefarious tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reginald swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reginald takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nefarious with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Reginald wants to land a leg kick but Nefarious is out of range.
Nefarious closes the distance and clinches up with Reginald, looking for a takedown. Nefarious pushes Reginald against the cage but Reginald circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nefarious closes the distance and clinches up with Reginald, looking for a takedown. Nefarious pushes Reginald against the cage but Reginald circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nefarious misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reginald misses with a shot to the body
and Nefarious counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reginald rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nefarious moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reginald Nefarious comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nefarious has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reginald Nefarious!