PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It's time for war - LL Cool J. The crowd seem to be enjoying Anderson's choice of entrance music: Nancy Sings - Jandek. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reynolds
vs
Anderson

195 cm
25
218 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

191 cm
24
205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Valhalla War Gear

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frankie Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Reynolds misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reynolds. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reynolds.
Reynolds tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Reynolds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Anderson closes the distance and pushes Reynolds back into the cage.
Anderson keeps control of Reynolds as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reynolds tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reynolds can't break the clinch.
Anderson taking a breather.

Reynolds breaks the clinch.
Luke Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reynolds. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Anderson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Luke Anderson has been cut.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds misses with a straight right.
Anderson slips a straight right by Reynolds.
Reynolds ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reynolds throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Reynolds dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Reynolds circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds scores with a decent looking hook.
Reynolds tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a straight right.
Reynolds avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reynolds scores with a hook to the body. Anderson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reynolds throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Frankie Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Reynolds.
Anderson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reynolds is able to avoid easily.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
Reynolds will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
Anderson moves forwards but Reynolds connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reynolds misses with a looping left.
Reynolds misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reynolds with a nice cross.
Reynolds throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Anderson's waist but Anderson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reynolds off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Reynolds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reynolds throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Reynolds misses with a straight right.
Reynolds misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Anderson throws a low kick but Reynolds avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to score with a low kick but Reynolds moves his leg out of the way.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Reynolds looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reynolds.
Reynolds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reynolds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anderson moves out of range as Reynolds strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reynolds, as that shot connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reynolds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Reynolds dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke Anderson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Anderson throws a leg kick which misses Reynolds's front leg but catches the back leg as Reynolds tries to avoid it.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reynolds lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reynolds.
A telegraphed right hand from Reynolds misses the target.
Reynolds looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Reynolds looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Reynolds misses with a hook.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Reynolds lands an overhand right.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anderson.
Reynolds bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson pushes Reynolds up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reynolds's efforts to push away.
Reynolds wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reynolds is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reynolds is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Reynolds breaks from the clinch.
Anderson tries a low kick but Reynolds avoids it.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Reynolds.
Reynolds throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Reynolds loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Reynolds throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Reynolds circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson 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.

Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Reynolds.
Reynolds is trying to break the clinch but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Reynolds is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Reynolds pushes him off.
Frankie Reynolds is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson throws a leg kick that misses.
Reynolds misses with a hook.
Reynolds misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Anderson coming out on top.
Reynolds throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Reynolds throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anderson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reynolds.
Reynolds cracks Anderson with a good jab.

Reynolds feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Reynolds stops Anderson from standing up.
Anderson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Reynolds trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Anderson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Reynolds.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Reynolds lands an impressive looking overhand right. Anderson doesn't seem phased though.

Reynolds looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Anderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Anderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Luke Anderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Luke Anderson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Anderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reynolds looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Reynolds waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Reynolds dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reynolds throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reynolds slips under a jab from Anderson.
Luke Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reynolds scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Reynolds.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Reynolds is avoiding it.
Reynolds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reynolds.
The fighters circling - Reynolds throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reynolds finds it's way round the side to connect with Anderson's head.
No luck for Reynolds with that takedown attempt.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Reynolds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Reynolds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Reynolds.
Anderson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Reynolds.
Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reynolds misses with a looping right.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
Reynolds throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Anderson throws a low kick, looking for Reynolds's leg but Reynolds calmly moves out of range.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Reynolds swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Reynolds throws a right hand that Anderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Anderson also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Reynolds.
Reynolds checks a leg kick.
A big right from Reynolds misses.
A slow jab from Reynolds misses its intended target.
Reynolds is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut.
Reynolds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Reynolds scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anderson in his tracks.
Reynolds throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reynolds misses with a straight right.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson stalling against the cage.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reynolds's efforts to push away.
Reynolds wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
Reynolds has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Reynolds's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reynolds wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Reynolds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reynolds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reynolds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frankie Reynolds showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reynolds has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie Reynolds!