PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Stanly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds has chosen Lights Out - Bobby Light as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stanly
vs
Reynolds

197 cm
28
214 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

197 cm
30
224 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcelo Stanly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Niko Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds throws a leg kick but Stanly moved away.

Reynolds clinches.

Stanly breaks from the clinch.
Stanly swings for the body but Reynolds moves out of range.
Stanly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Reynolds throws a leg kick but Stanly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stanly closes the distance and clinches up with Reynolds, looking for a takedown. Stanly pushes Reynolds against the cage but Reynolds circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reynolds looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick from Reynolds misses.

Reynolds closes the distance and clinches.
Stanly can't get the takedown.
Stanly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds controlling the action here for a moment.

Reynolds breaks from the clinch.
Stanly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reynolds keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Stanly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch but Stanly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reynolds takes a swing at Stanly's ribcage but misses.
Stanly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stanly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reynolds as he avoids it easily.
Reynolds missing with a left hand there. Stanly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Reynolds misses its intended target.
Stanly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stanly cracks Reynolds with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stanly shoots in for a double leg but Reynolds sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stanly looks to land a right hand but Reynolds moved out of range.
Stanly lands a jab to the nose.

Reynolds darts in and clinches Stanly up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Reynolds pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Reynolds takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds wants a takedown but no success here.
Reynolds is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stanly to keep the fight standing.

Stanly has picked Reynolds up - he's going for a ride! Stanly dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Reynolds works his way to full guard. Good work.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Stanly from controlling successfully.
Reynolds trying to keep a closed guard but Stanly is proving a slippery customer.
Stanly wants to control from the top but Reynolds keeps moving.
Reynolds is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stanly scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stanly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reynolds is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Reynolds utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stanly with a nice head shot there.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Stanly from controlling successfully.
Stanly scoring with some ground and pound.
Stanly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stanly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stanly looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stanly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stanly distracts Reynolds with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stanly is in close to Reynolds's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Stanly trying to control the position from guard on top but Reynolds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stanly distracts Reynolds with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stanly landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stanly landing with the ground and pound.
Stanly trying to control the position from guard on top but Reynolds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Stanly dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reynolds takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stanly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reynolds swivels and escapes.
Stanly moves out of range as Reynolds strikes.
Niko Reynolds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stanly fails with a takedown attempt.
Reynolds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Reynolds clinches.
Stanly is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Stanly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stanly looking for a takedown.
Stanly looking for a takedown.
Stanly is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Reynolds pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Reynolds breaks from the clinch.
Stanly misses the shot to the body.
Reynolds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stanly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Reynolds's head backwards.
Reynolds connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stanly momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reynolds throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Stanly tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Reynolds is in Stanly's guard.
Reynolds scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stanly working a defensive guard here.
Reynolds sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Stanly working for a triangle but Reynolds defends it easily.

Stanly has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Reynolds is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Stanly.

Reynolds wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stanly, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds lands some shots froms side control.
Stanly gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Reynolds in particular looking to stall.

Stanly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reynolds is thwarting Stanly's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to pass the half guard into mount. Stanly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Stanly kicks off Reynolds and gets to his feet.
Reynolds misses with a two punch combination.
Stanly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stanly misses the shot to the body.
Stanly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reynolds displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stanly.
Reynolds misses with a few strikes there.
No luck for Stanly with that takedown attempt.

Reynolds scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Stanly is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stanly is refusing to be controlled, as Reynolds sits in half guard.
Reynolds stops Stanly from getting back to his feet.

Stanly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reynolds scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Reynolds lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stanly wants to control but Reynolds is keeping busy.
Reynolds wants to control but Stanly is keeping him busy.
Marcelo Stanly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds trying to control the pace.

Stanly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niko Reynolds showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Reynolds uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stanly.
Marcelo Stanly is winning the standup battle so far.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Reynolds.
Stanly fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Reynolds misses.
Stanly moves in looking to clinch but Reynolds pushes him off.
Stanly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reynolds scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Reynolds moves in looking to clinch but Stanly pushes him off.
A punch combination from Reynolds misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reynolds. Stanly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reynolds scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A decent looking cross lands there for Reynolds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanly throws a right hand that Reynolds ducks under and follows up with a left that Reynolds also avoids with ease.
Reynolds slips a jab from Stanly.
Reynolds defending well as Stanly loads up on a big left hand.
Stanly misses with a wild combination.
Stanly throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reynolds's waist but Reynolds gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stanly off to one side.
Reynolds showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stanly.
Reynolds tries a low kick but Stanly avoids it.
Stanly dives in and grabs Reynolds's left leg, looking for a takedown. Reynolds pushes down on Stanly's head and hops out.
Reynolds connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stanly momentarily.
Stanly throws a lazy right hand but Reynolds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reynolds is looking to clinch.
Stanly misses with a takedown
and Reynolds counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Stanly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reynolds has a takedown stuffed.
Nice cross by Stanly.
Stanly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reynolds as he avoids it easily.
Stanly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Reynolds sprawls well. Reynolds wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stanly gets slowly back to his feet.
Reynolds looks to throw the jab but Stanly is out of range.
Reynolds cracks Stanly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stanly wants to clinch
and Reynolds counters with a right hand to the body.
Stanly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A combination from Reynolds does no damage.
Stanly misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reynolds gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reynolds lands with a good body shot.
Reynolds is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reynolds keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stanly.

Reynolds darts in and clinches Stanly up against the cage.
Reynolds taking a breather.
Stanly is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Reynolds is defending well.
Reynolds lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stanly backwards.
Stanly can't get the takedown.
Stanly blocks an elbow strike.

Reynolds pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stanly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reynolds. Reynolds obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Reynolds looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reynolds scores with a nice strike.
Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reynolds!
Reynolds throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stanly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Reynolds clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stanly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Reynolds lands a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Niko Reynolds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reynolds 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

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