PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Kirk (ranked 1704 p4p, 3199 weight class) and Keanu Reeves (ranked 227 p4p, 393 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kirk
vs
Reeves

185 cm
31
190
19 - 14 - 1

186 cm
26
195
6 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Kirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keanu Reeves!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Ron Honeybunn and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reeves looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Reeves trying to advance position but Kirk counters by regaining guard.
Reeves tries to free his leg and advance position but Kirk is retaining full guard.
Kirk controlling the position.
Kirk keeping full guard, as Reeves tries to pass.
Reeves is looking to advance position but Kirk has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Kirk content just to control the position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reeves is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kirk misses with a head shot.
Poor strikes thrown by Kirk there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kirk controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Kirk there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Reeves is squirming around, avoiding Kirk's attempts to control the action.
Reeves is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kirk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reeves is looking to escape.
Reeves blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kirk controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kirk thowing shots but they're missing.
Reeves tries to reverse the position but Kirk maintains control.
Reeves sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kirk works his way into full mount!
Kirk thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Reeves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kirk misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeves is working to get back to half guard.
Reeves is still trying to improve position.
Kirk trying to control but Reeves is having none of it.
Reeves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kirk thowing shots but they're missing.
Poor strikes thrown by Kirk there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirk prevents Reeves from getting the reversal.
Kirk throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Reeves because Kirk loaded up on that one.
Reeves wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kirk.
Reeves working to try and regain half guard.
Kirk throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Reeves is trying to escape the mount.
Kirk controlling from mount.
Reeves bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Kirk dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kirk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Reeves! But no joy.
Kirk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reeves can do to turn this around?
Kirk lands with a shot to the body.
Kirk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reeves.
Keanu Reeves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reeves fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kirk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kirk connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reeves. Reeves circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kirk's jab looks to have found its range, popping Reeves under the eye.

It looks like Keanu Reeves has been cut.
Reeves fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Reeves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kirk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirk lands a glancing blow to the side of Reeves's head.
Kirk misses with an uppercut. Reeves saw that one coming.
Kirk just misses with a punch to the body.
Reeves fails with a takedown attempt.
James Kirk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keanu Reeves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirk sizes up Reeves with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Reeves is rocked!
Kirk lands with a right and another and another! Reeves is in big trouble! Kirk lands again and this time it's lights out for Reeves! A quality knockout there for Kirk.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). James Kirk!
After winning the bout, James Kirk thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.