PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Reaper (ranked 767 p4p, 716 weight class) and Pavel Kostov (ranked 95 p4p, 81 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Pavel Kostov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Reaper
vs
Kostov

185 cm
30
190
13 - 8 - 1

185 cm
32
190
17 - 12 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Kostov!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reaper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reaper moves out of range of the body kick from Kostov.
Jake Reaper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reaper throws a combination that misses
and Reaper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reaper swats away the attempt to clinch by Kostov.
Reaper connects with the punch.
Reaper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kostov.
A swing and a miss from Reaper.

Reaper rushes Kostov and presses him up against the cage.
Kostov throws a punch but it's blocked by Reaper.
A right hand to the body from Kostov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reaper.
Kostov gets through Reaper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kostov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Reaper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kostov lands a nice shot to the body.
Kostov blocks a body shot from Reaper.
Reaper blocking some punches.
Kostov misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostov gets through Reaper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Kostov.
Reaper is working Kostov over against the cage.
Reaper wants to break free but Kostov has control.
Kostov lands with a short shot to the head.

Reaper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reaper checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Reaper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kostov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reaper misses with a combination
and Kostov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kostov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kostov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Reaper has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reaper and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kostov blocks a head kick by Reaper.
Kostov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kostov thows a leg kick but Reaper checks it
and Reaper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reaper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reaper throws a nice looking combination but Kostov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kostov throws a shot to the body.
Reaper is looking to clinch but Kostov is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kostov blocks a head kick by Reaper.
Kostov doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A leg kick checked by Reaper.
Reaper tries to clinch but Kostov moves out of range.
Reaper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kostov.

Reaper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reaper has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kostov can't find room to land a body shot as Reaper controls the action.

Reaper breaks from the clinch.
Kostov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reaper on the side of the head.

Reaper moves into the clinch.
Kostov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kostov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reaper or not.
Nice body punch from Kostov.
Kostov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kostov cracks Reaper with a nice body shot.
Reaper is breathing heavily.
Reaper blocking some punches.
Kostov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kostov lands with a light punch inside.
Reaper struggles to land a body shot inside as Kostov controls his hands.
Reaper is trying to break the clinch but Kostov is controlling him.
Kostov takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper is trying to break free.
Kostov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reaper prevents a body shot from Kostov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kostov.
Kostov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Kostov.
Kostov lands a left hand.
Kostov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
Kostov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kostov.
Kostov is looking to control Reaper's arms but Reaper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kostov has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kostov.
Kostov tries to work over Reaper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kostov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reaper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kostov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kostov throws a punch but it's blocked by Reaper.
Kostov lands a right hand.
Kostov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reapers head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reaper blocks a body shot from Kostov.
Kostov works on Reaper's body with a couple of short punches.
Reaper is trying to push Kostov away but Kostov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper throws a head punch that misses.
Reaper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kostov lands a right hand.
Kostov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Reaper seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kostov can turn it around.
Kostov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reaper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kostov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kostov lands a shoulder strike.
Kostov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kostov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kostov has a couple of punches blocked by Reaper.
Kostov pushes Reaper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kostov.
Kostov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
Reaper working hard to break the clinch.

Reaper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reaper swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kostov lands with a shot to the body.
Reaper tries to clinch but Kostov is having none of it.
Kostov tries to clinch up.
Kostov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reaper scores with a head kick. Kostov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice cross by Kostov.

Kostov pushes Reaper up against the cage in a clinch.
Reaper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reaper tries to break the clinch but Kostov is controlling the position.
Kostov wants to stall.
Reaper swings wildly with an uppercut but Kostov uses good head movement to avoid it.

Reaper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab by Kostov.
Kostov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kostov blocks a head kick by Reaper.
Kostov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reaper.
Kostov scoring well with a low kick there.
Kostov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Reaper.
Kostov with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reaper stalks Kostov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kostov's face. Kostov staggers backwards, shaken.
Reaper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kostov misses with a low kick.
Reaper is looking for a counter combo.
Kostov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper lands a really nice looking cross but Kostov seems unphased.
Reaper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reaper fails to land with a series of punches.
Kostov misses the jab.
Reaper connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kostov's hands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kostov.
Reaper throws the kick towards the body but Kostov avoids it.
Jake Reaper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reaper drops his hands momentarily and Kostov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reaper avoids the body shot from Kostov.
Reaper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Reaper moves into the clinch.
Reaper prevents a body shot from Kostov.
Kostov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kostov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kostov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kostov blocks a body shot from Reaper.
Kostov blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reaper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kostov lands with a straight right. Reaper didn't see that one coming.
Kostov lands a jab to the head.
Kostov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kostov moves in looking to clinch but Reaper pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Reaper misses the target.
Reaper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kostov misses with a body shot.
Kostov thuds his shin into the meat of Reaper's side.
Kostov connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kostov.
Kostov misses the jab.
Reaper lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kostov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Reaper misses.
Kostov throws a jab but it's blocked by Reaper.
Kostov throws out a loose jab but Reaper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kostov blocks a head kick by Reaper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper throws a head kick that misses.
Kostov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kostov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reaper. Reaper circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Reaper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reaper is looking for a counter combo.
Kostov loads up on a big right hand but Reaper slips the punch.
Kostov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reaper.

Kostov moves into range and clinches up with Reaper.
Reaper throws a head punch that misses.
Reaper tries a body shot but Kostov blocks it.
Kostov working aggressively here.
Kostov prevents Reaper from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kostov.
Reaper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Reaper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reaper misses with a body shot.
Reaper wants to clinch.
Reaper lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper tries a head kick but it misses.
Kostov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavel Kostov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reaper scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kostov doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kostov blocks a head kick by Reaper.
A left lands for Kostov.
Reaper throws a right hand that Kostov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kostov also avoids with ease.
Kostov scores with a spinning back kick!
Kostov ducks under a wild hook from Reaper.

Reaper moves into the clinch.
Kostov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kostov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reaper's elbow.
Kostov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reaper blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Kostov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kostov tries a body shot but Reaper blocks it.
Kostov pushes Reaper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Reaper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Kostov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Reaper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A slapping body kick lands there for Kostov.
Pavel Kostov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Kostov rushes Reaper and presses him up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kostov.
Reaper cracks Kostov with a nice body shot.
A short right from Kostov.
Kostov digs a right hand into Reaper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reaper's gas tank.
Kostov scores with a hook to the body.
Kostov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reaper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reaper takes a shot to the head.
Kostov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pavel Kostov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kostov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reaper.
A short body shot lands from Kostov as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Kostov.
Reaper wants to break free but Kostov has control.
Kostov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kostov.
Reaper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kostov is leaning against Reaper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kostov tries to work over Reaper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper is looking to break free of the clinch but Kostov has double underhooks.
Reaper wants to get back to striking at distance but Kostov won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kostov.
Kostov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reapers head.
Kostov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kostov is struggling to control the position.
Kostov scores with a shoulder strike.
Kostov is working Reaper over against the cage.
Reaper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kostov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Kostov.
Reaper blocks a body shot from Kostov.
A body shot lands from Kostov.
Kostov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Kostov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kostov.
A short left from Kostov.
Kostov pushes Reaper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kostov lands a body shot.
Jake Reaper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kostov lands with a short shot to the head.
Kostov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kostov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kostov scores with a shot to the side of Reaper's head.
A hook to the body from Kostov.
Kostov lands a left hand.
Reaper is looking to break free of the clinch but Kostov has double underhooks.
Reaper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kostov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A hook to the body from Kostov.
Kostov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kostov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kostov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kostov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Kostov.
A hook to the body from Kostov.
A short uppercut from Kostov.
A short uppercut from Kostov.
A short right from Kostov on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kostov pushes Reaper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kostov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kostov lands with a short shot to the head.
Kostov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reaper tries a body shot but Kostov blocks it.
Kostov lands a hook that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kostov.
Kostov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Reaper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reaper misses with the head strike.
Kostov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kostov scores with a shoulder strike.
Reaper is looking to break free of the clinch but Kostov has double underhooks.
Kostov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kostov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reaper swings wildly with an uppercut but Kostov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kostov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kostov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reaper lands with a light punch inside.
Reaper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reaper can't break the clinch.
Kostov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kostov lands with a short shot to the head.
Reaper swings wildly with an uppercut but Kostov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reaper misses with a punch on the inside.
Kostov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reaper's elbow.
Reaper blocks a body shot from Kostov.
Kostov scores with a shot to the side of Reaper's head.
Reaper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kostov scores with a hook to the body.
Reaper blocks a body shot from Kostov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kostov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reaper tries to circle away but Kostov has him pinned against the cage.
A short right from Kostov.
Kostov struggles to land a body shot inside as Reaper controls his hands.
Kostov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pavel Kostov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kostov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pavel Kostov!
Pavel Kostov thanked the fans post fight for their support.