PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hy Wiener (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiener comes to the cage accompanied by No Survivors. Reis is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wiener
vs
Reis

179 cm
19
181 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
184 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

- The Red Eye - Q158 for $100

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hy Wiener!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Reis!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reis throws a head kick that misses.
Hy Wiener seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wiener checks it well.
Wiener tries to clinch there but Reis circles away.

Wiener clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reis.
Wiener throws a head punch that misses.
Wiener has a couple of punches blocked by Reis.
Wiener misses with an elbow strike.
Reis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiener blocks it with crossed arms.
Wiener lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reis backwards.
Wiener creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wiener looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiener.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiener.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Hy Wiener has been cut.
Reis pushes Wiener back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Reis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiener is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reis's brow.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Reis blocks an elbow strike from Wiener.
Wiener managing to block the knees to the body from Reis.
Reis trying to control the position but instead, Wiener has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reis into the cage.
Reis dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
Reis looking to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Reis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis throws a right hand that Wiener ducks under and follows up with a left that Wiener also avoids with ease.
Wiener tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wiener tries to close the distance and clinch but Reis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wiener tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reis pushes Wiener away with a front kick.
Ricardo Reis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiener is looking to clinch but Reis is avoiding it.
Reis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Reis throws a low kick, looking for Wiener's leg but Wiener calmly moves out of range.
Reis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wiener takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wiener blocks a low kick nicely.
Wiener showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis.
Reis keeps the fight on the outside.
Reis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wiener.
Wiener is looking to clinch but Reis is avoiding it.

Wiener gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reis blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis landing knees to the head.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Wiener content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wiener fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiener.
Wiener lands with a right to the head.
Wiener lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reis backwards.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reis wants to stall.
Reis misses with a knee strike.
Reis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wiener in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiener lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wiener misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reis.
Wiener misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiener fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiener doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiener is defending well for now.
Wiener managing to block the knees to the body from Reis.
Reis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reis looks gassed!
A head punch on the inside from Wiener fails to land.
Wiener lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Wiener.
Reis has had enough of the clinch but Wiener keeps him there for the moment.
Wiener fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiener has a couple of punches blocked by Reis.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wiener as Reis tries to tie him up.
Wiener lands a right hand.
Reis avoids the elbow strike from Wiener, against the cage.
Reis dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
Wiener blocks a body shot from Reis.
Wiener throws a head punch that misses.
Reis tries to work over Wiener's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wiener throws an elbow but it misses.
Reis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiener.
Reis avoids the elbow strike from Wiener, against the cage.
Wiener lands with a right to the head.
Reis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wiener misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reis's brow.
Reis blocks an elbow strike from Wiener.
Reis working Wiener over with knees to the body.
Wiener is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reis is keeping busy.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Reis looking to slow down the pace here.
Reis struggles to land a body shot inside as Wiener controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiener looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wiener lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiener.
Wiener working aggressively here.
Wiener lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiener misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiener avoiding damage as Reis throws knees to the body.
Wiener is looking to control Reis's arms but Reis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wiener has his back to the cage.

Reis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wiener is looking to clinch.
Wiener shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reis pinned against the cage. Reis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Reis lands a high kick!
Wiener shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick lands from Reis.
Reis lands a two punch combo.
Wiener throws a body punch but Reis moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Wiener checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Reis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hy Wiener's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A chopping leg kick lands by Reis.
Wiener fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reis manages to avoid it.
Ricardo Reis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reis throws a nice looking combination but Wiener bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reis slips a straight right by Wiener.

Wiener looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Wiener is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Wiener decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Reis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiener is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wiener checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reis misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiener tries to clinch but Reis is having none of it.
Wiener looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Reis.
Wiener doesn't manage to clinch there - Reis circles away.
Wiener is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wiener sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Reis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Reis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wiener is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A head kick from Reis lands but Wiener takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wiener.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wiener takes a step back to recover.
Wiener blocks a head kick by Reis.
Reis throws a head kick that Wiener semi-blocks.
Reis throws a head kick but Wiener moves out of range.
Reis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiener.
Reis throws a wild body kick that Wiener sees coming a mile off.
Reis scoring well with a low kick there.
Reis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wiener's calf.
Reis is looking to land body kicks.
Reis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wiener avoids the head kick by Reis.
Reis throws out a leg kick but Wiener moves out of range and Reis only half commits.

Reis tries to keep at a distance but Wiener has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reis letting Wiener take a breather here.
Reis blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reis avoids a wild elbow strike from Wiener.
Wiener throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiener.
Reis lands an elbow inside that Wiener shrugs off.
Wiener tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reis blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiener throws an elbow but misses.
Reis looking to stall.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Wiener lands a right hand.
Wiener lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reis backwards.
Reis stalling in the clinch but Wiener improves position.
Wiener is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Reis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reis blocks an elbow strike from Wiener.
Reis blocks an elbow strike.
Reis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiener lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reis avoids the elbow strike from Wiener, against the cage.
Wiener comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis looking to slow down the pace here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wiener.
Reis avoids the elbow strike from Wiener, against the cage.
Reis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiener is defending well for now.
Wiener prevents a body shot from Reis.
Wiener avoiding damage as Reis throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reis.

Reis breaks from the clinch.
Wiener tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Wiener forces Reis back against the cage and clinches.

Reis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reis throws a right and a left that Wiener avoids nicely.
Wiener tries to clinch up.
Reis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reis throws a head kick that misses.
Reis moves out of range as Wiener strikes.

Wiener closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wiener misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiener blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Reis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hy Wiener's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Wiener closes the distance and clinches.
Wiener lands an elbow inside that Reis shrugs off.
Reis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wiener is defending well for now.
Reis trying to land knees to the body.
Reis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wiener throws an elbow that misses.
Reis wants to break free but Wiener has control.
Reis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiener has a couple of punches blocked by Reis.
Wiener lands an elbow that stopped Reis in his tracks for a moment.
Reis avoids the elbow strike from Wiener, against the cage.
Wiener misses with some punches.
Wiener working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wiener pushes off an throws an elbow but Reis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiener doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wiener misses with an elbow strike.
Wiener misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Wiener.
Reis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reis landing knees to the body.
Wiener misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wiener keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reis's efforts to push away.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wiener pushes Reis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reis blocks an elbow strike from Wiener.
Wiener lands an elbow inside that Reis shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reis.
Wiener doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reis misses with a knee strike.
Reis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reis tries to circle away but Wiener has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiener.
Wiener throws a punch but it's blocked by Reis.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wiener.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Wiener pushes off an throws an elbow but Reis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiener lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reis backwards.
Reis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wiener lands an elbow just above Reis 's eye.
Wiener misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wiener swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiener throws an elbow but misses.
Ricardo Reis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wiener working aggressively here.
Reis avoids the elbow strike from Wiener, against the cage.
Wiener creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reis's defenses.
Wiener lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wiener throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reiss head.
Wiener tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wiener swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wiener swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wiener lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiener pushes off an throws an elbow but Reis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiener creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reis dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
Reis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiener.
Wiener tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wiener throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wiener looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reis blocks an uppercut.
Reis tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiener avoids the damage to the body.
Reis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiener.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiener.
Reis blocking some punches.
Wiener managing to block the knees to the body from Reis.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wiener as Reis tries to tie him up.
Wiener swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wiener throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reis working Wiener over with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reis's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Wiener fails to land.
Wiener comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wiener tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wiener prevents a body shot from Reis.
Wiener effectively controlling the action here.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiener managing to block the knees to the body from Reis.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reis's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiener.
Wiener misses with an elbow strike.
Reis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wiener misses with some punches.
Wiener lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reis misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reis.
Wiener avoiding damage as Reis throws knees to the body.
Wiener swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wiener lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reis.
Wiener lands an elbow inside.
Reis has had enough of the clinch but Wiener keeps him there for the moment.
Reis takes an elbow to the temple.
Reis looking to stall.
Wiener misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiener swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiener throws an elbow but misses.
Wiener is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nice elbow from Wiener.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reis's brow.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wiener as Reis tries to tie him up.
Wiener misses with the head strike.
Wiener lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reis backwards.
Wiener is stalling here.
Ricardo Reis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wiener pushes off an throws an elbow but Reis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiener comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Reis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wiener swings wildly with an uppercut but Reis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiener misses with a punch on the inside.
Reis blocks an elbow strike.
Reis is looking to control Wiener's arms but Wiener gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reis has his back to the cage.
Reis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wiener avoids it.
Wiener stalling against the cage.
Wiener lands an elbow inside that Reis shrugs off.
Hy Wiener has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reis.
Reis dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hy Wiener showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reis 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Reis!