PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Rajkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rajkovic comes to the cage accompanied by Raised Fist - Friends And Traitors. Reynolds has chosen It's time for war - LL Cool J as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rajkovic
vs
Reynolds

187 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

195 cm
26
218 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexander Rajkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frankie Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rajkovic closes the distance and pushes Reynolds back into the cage.

Reynolds decides to pull guard.
Reynolds is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Reynolds is looking to advance position but Rajkovic won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reynolds lands with a punch from half guard.
Reynolds thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Reynolds throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Reynolds thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rajkovic's head.
Reynolds throws a strike but Rajkovic avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Reynolds is looking to work some ground and pound but Rajkovic has wrist control.
Rajkovic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reynolds in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Reynolds must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rajkovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rajkovic scoring well with a low kick there.
A slow jab from Reynolds misses its intended target.
Rajkovic stuffs the takedown attempt from Reynolds. Reynolds gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Reynolds or perhaps it was just good defense by Rajkovic which made him look bad.
Reynolds looks gassed!

Reynolds tries to keep at a distance but Rajkovic has taken the fight into the clinch.

Rajkovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Rajkovic moves out of range.
Reynolds tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rajkovic swivels and escapes.
Alexander Rajkovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Reynolds.
Reynolds on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Rajkovic forces Reynolds back against the cage and clinches.
Reynolds tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rajkovic just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Frankie Reynolds has been cut.
Rajkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Rajkovic breaks the clinch.
Reynolds takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reynolds on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rajkovic cracks the inside of Reynolds's front leg.
Rajkovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reynolds. That did some damage!

Rajkovic closes the distance and clinches.

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

Rajkovic rushes Reynolds and presses him up against the cage.

Rajkovic breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajkovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Reynolds tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Frankie Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rajkovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Reynolds at a distance.

Rajkovic forces Reynolds back against the cage and clinches.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Rajkovic breaks from the clinch.
Reynolds drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rajkovic scores with a sloppy right hand. Reynolds should have avoided that one.
Rajkovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reynolds. That did some damage!
Rajkovic lands with a slapping head kick.

Reynolds is rocked!
Rajkovic throws a leg kick which misses Reynolds's front leg but catches the back leg as Reynolds tries to avoid it.
Rajkovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Reynolds is still on wobbly legs! Can Rajkovic finish him?
A right-left combo lands from Rajkovic.

Rajkovic drives through and clinches with Reynolds against the cage.
Rajkovic lands an elbow just above Reynolds 's eye.

Rajkovic manages to break the clinch.
Rajkovic lands a lovely overhand right.
Rajkovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reynolds. That did some damage!
Reynolds seems to have recovered his senses.
Rajkovic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Rajkovic closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Reynolds shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rajkovic breaks the clinch.
Rajkovic throws an overhand right that drops Reynolds like a sack of potatoes! Rajkovic dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Rajkovic!