PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franco Baresi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Reznar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 Brett Reznar was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Baresi
vs
Reznar

184 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Dark Storm Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Franco Baresi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brett Reznar!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reznar lands a nice looking body shot.
Reznar shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Reznar gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Baresi postures up.
Reznar wants to stand and escape but Baresi is having none of it.
Reznar keeping moving, preventing Baresi from controlling successfully.
Reznar keeping full guard, as Baresi tries to pass.
Reznar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Baresi is breathing heavily.
Baresi stands and throws Reznar's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reznar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Baresi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Reznar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baresi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Reznar as he jumps to the side.
Baresi misses with a few strikes there.
Reznar misses with a few strikes there.
Reznar misses with a two punch combination.
Baresi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Reznar but Reznar pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A right-left combo lands from Reznar.
A nice combination there by Reznar.
Baresi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reznar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baresi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reznar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reznar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reznar throws a series of punches but Baresi moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Reznar!

Baresi is rocked!
The fight stays on the outside here - Baresi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Baresi scores with a takedown into Reznar's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baresi stops Reznar from standing up.
Baresi connects with a couple of short punches.
Reznar is trying to control the position but Baresi postures up.
Baresi passes into half guard.
Reznar is trying to stand back up but Baresi is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reznar is looking to control Baresi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reznar avoid being mounted?

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Reznar misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reznar thuds a left hand into Baresi's body.
Reznar throws a right hand that Baresi ducks under and follows up with a left that Baresi also avoids with ease.
Reznar connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Baresi! He's out on his feet! Reznar rushes in and drops Baresi with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brett Reznar!