PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Shadie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slim Shadie acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Reyes
vs
Shadie

174 cm
28
166 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

172 cm
28
162 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paulo Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Slim Shadie!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shadie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shadie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reyes fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Reyes!
Reyes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shadie.
Nice defenses there by Shadie.
Reyes lands a nice shot to the body.
Shadie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reyes to score with a decent uppercut.
Reyes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reyes throws a poor cross that misses
and Shadie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shadie takes one to the chin there.
Reyes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reyes cracks Shadie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Shadie is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Reyes! Shadie is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Reyes!
During a confident post fight interview, Paulo Reyes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.