PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Reeding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvidor Seriento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salvidor Seriento has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Reeding
vs
Seriento

190 cm
28
200 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

190 cm
24
198 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse Reeding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Salvidor Seriento!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reeding blocks a head kick by Seriento.
Reeding misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reeding tries a head kick but it misses.

Reeding clinches up against the cage.
Seriento throws a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reeding's face.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but Reeding blocks with his arms.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but Reeding blocks with his arms.
Seriento throws a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento looking to throw knees to the head but Reeding is blocking nicely.
Seriento using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reeding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Seriento blocks it.
Seriento tries a knee to the head but Reeding blocks it.
Reeding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Seriento tries a knee to the head but Reeding blocks it.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Seriento breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seriento throws a head kick that misses.
Seriento looks gassed!
Seriento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Seriento throws a sloppy head kick and Reeding moves out of range easily.

Seriento gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Reeding breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reeding throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seriento avoids the head kick by Reeding.

Seriento rushes Reeding and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Seriento throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reeding blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Seriento.
Seriento using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reeding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reeding lands a knee to the head.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento misses with a knee strike.
Reeding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Seriento blocks it.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Seriento blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seriento scores with a knee to the head.
Reeding landing knees to the head.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Seriento with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Seriento has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seriento with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Seriento lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Seriento scores with a knee to the head.
Seriento with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but Reeding blocks with his arms.
Reeding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Seriento blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento looking to throw knees to the head but Reeding is blocking nicely.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but Seriento blocks with his arms.
Seriento throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reeding blocks it with crossed arms.
Seriento misses with a knee strike.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento tries a knee to the head but Reeding blocks it.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Seriento using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reeding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seriento tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Seriento using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reeding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seriento throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Seriento has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Seriento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Seriento misses with a head kick.
Seriento throws a sloppy head kick
and Reeding counters with a head kick. That will keep Seriento thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Salvidor Seriento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seriento throws a head kick but Reeding moves out of range.
Reeding lands a head kick. Seriento smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Seriento misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reeding throws a head kick but Seriento moves out of range.
Seriento lands with a kick to the temple. Reeding shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reeding throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Seriento.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salvidor Seriento dominated that round.
That's time! Reeding's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Reeding throws a head kick that misses.
Seriento misses with a head kick.
Seriento lands with a kick to the ribs.
Seriento lands with a kick to the temple. Reeding shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Seriento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reeding takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Seriento misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reeding misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Seriento.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seriento tries a head kick but it misses.
Seriento misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seriento misses with a head kick.

Seriento pushes Reeding up against the cage in a clinch.
Reeding looking to throw knees to the head but Seriento is blocking nicely.
Seriento using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reeding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Seriento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seriento blocks a head kick by Reeding.
Seriento throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeding misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seriento misses with a body kick.
Reeding misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Reeding pushes Seriento up against the cage in a clinch.
Seriento landing knees to the head.
Reeding misses with a knee strike.
Seriento throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reeding blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reeding misses with a knee to the head.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Seriento connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reeding's face.

Seriento's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeding misses with a head kick.
Seriento throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reeding.
Reeding blocks a head kick by Seriento.
Reeding throws a head kick but Seriento moves out of range.
Reeding blocks a head kick by Seriento.
Seriento avoids the head kick by Reeding.
Reeding throws a head kick that misses.
Seriento throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seriento lands with a slapping head kick.
Salvidor Seriento seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seriento throws a lazy head kick
and Reeding counters with a big head kick but Seriento shrugs it off.
Reeding misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seriento throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A head kick by Reeding misses
and Seriento counters with a head kick. That will keep Reeding thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reeding pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seriento lands with a slapping head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salvidor Seriento showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Reeding clinches with his opponent.
Reeding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Seriento's face.
Seriento misses with a knee strike.
Seriento tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reeding wants to get back to striking at distance but Seriento won't allow it.

Seriento breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Seriento throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seriento throws a head kick that misses.
Seriento pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reeding avoids the head kick by Seriento.
Reeding lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeding throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reeding blocks a head kick by Seriento.
Seriento throws a head kick that misses.

Reeding rushes Seriento and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Seriento misses with a knee to the head.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Seriento has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Seriento misses with a knee to the head.
Seriento using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reeding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reeding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jesse Reeding has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seriento using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reeding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seriento throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reeding blocks it with crossed arms.
Seriento throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reeding blocks it with crossed arms.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but Seriento blocks it.
Seriento with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reeding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Seriento breaks the clinch.
Seriento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Seriento misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reeding throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reeding blocks a head kick by Seriento.
Seriento misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reeding tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reeding throws a head kick that misses
and Seriento counters with a leg kick.
Seriento misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Salvidor Seriento is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Reeding takes the fight into the clinch.

Seriento's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seriento misses with a head kick.
Reeding tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seriento throws a head kick that misses.
Seriento misses with a head kick.
Seriento scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Seriento.
Seriento throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Seriento has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reeding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Seriento has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seriento with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Salvidor Seriento seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Reeding throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Salvidor Seriento.
Well Seriento 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Salvidor Seriento!