PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Riel Dan Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Florencio Dragovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragovich has chosen Pink Floyd - $MON€Y$ as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Dan Reyes
vs
Dragovich

180 cm
24
183 lbs
16 - 1 - 1

183 cm
25
180 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Riel Dan Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florencio Dragovich!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Reyes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Reyes is trying to control the action in half guard but Dragovich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Reyes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Reyes wants to control but Dragovich is keeping him busy.
Reyes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dragovich blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reyes.
Dragovich is looking to improve his position.
Dragovich has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Reyes is working away from the top position though.
Dragovich is controlling Reyes's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Dragovich is not content to let Reyes control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich tries to roll over but Reyes keeps him under control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Reyes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Dragovich. Those never looked like landing.
A jab from Dragovich misses.
Dragovich misses with an uppercut

and Reyes counters with a single leg into guard. Dragovich didn't expect that.
Reyes wants to control from the top but Dragovich keeps moving.
Reyes stopping the sweep attempt from Dragovich.
Reyes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throwing strikes but missing.

Dragovich throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Reyes escapes and throws Dragovich's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes cracks Dragovich with a big right hand but Dragovich just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Reyes in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Reyes is putting a hurting on Dragovich here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dragovich is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Reyes working the head and body with strikes.
Reyes slips a nice elbow through Dragovich's hands, connecting with Dragovich's forehead.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Reyes in particular looking to stall.
Reyes trying to control the action but Dragovich is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Reyes wants to control from the top but Dragovich keeps moving.
Reyes throws an elbow that misses. Dragovich uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Reyes's guard. Nice move by Dragovich!
Reyes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reyes pulls Dragovich in to control the position.
Dragovich passes Reyes's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Dragovich is looking for a kimura here.
Dragovich throwing shots but Reyes is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich trying to pass the guard but Reyes defending well.
Dragovich takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dragovich not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dragovich misses with a head shot. Reyes uses the momentum to regain guard.
Dragovich working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Reyes wants to sweep here but Dragovich controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reyes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ground and pound from Reyes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riel Dan Reyes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dragovich throws a hook but Reyes avoids it easily.
Reyes throws a hook but Dragovich avoids it easily.
Dragovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dragovich takes one to the side of the head.
Dragovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circling - Dragovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reyes misses with an uppercut. Dragovich saw that one coming.
Dragovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reyes moves away.
Reyes fails with a takedown attempt.
Dragovich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reyes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dragovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reyes.
Florencio Dragovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragovich avoids the body shot from Reyes.
Dragovich throws a series of punches but Reyes moves out of range.
A combination from Dragovich does no damage.
Florencio Dragovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Dragovich misses.
Reyes misses with a few strikes there.
Reyes drops his hands momentarily and Dragovich takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dragovich misses with a looping right.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dragovich throws a hook to the side of Reyes's head but Reyes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reyes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dragovich doesn't seem bothered though.
Dragovich swinging wildly here.
Dragovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Reyes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dragovich is trying to get back to full guard.
Reyes is trying to control. Dragovich wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dragovich knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dragovich is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Reyes slips a nice elbow through Dragovich's hands, connecting with Dragovich's forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes prevents Dragovich from improving his position.
Dragovich is not content to let Reyes control the position.
Reyes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dragovich taking some punishment here, with Reyes in his half guard.
Dragovich on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich regains full guard. Nicely done.
Reyes is looking to work some ground and pound but Dragovich has wrist control.
Dragovich preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dragovich is trying to keep Reyes in close.
Reyes postures up and lands a big shot to Dragovich's brow.
Reyes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dragovich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Reyes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Reyes trying to move into half guard but instead Dragovich has managed to sweep!
Dragovich wants to control from the top but Reyes keeps moving.
Dragovich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dragovich trying to control the position from guard on top but Reyes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reyes trying to keep a closed guard but Dragovich is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes wants to sweep here but Dragovich controlling him for the moment.
Reyes keeping moving, preventing Dragovich from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Dragovich throwing strikes but missing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dragovich keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riel Dan Reyes dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Dragovich works the jab nicely.
Dragovich throws a looping overhand right but Reyes ducks down to avoid it.

Reyes scores with a takedown into Dragovich's guard.

Dragovich looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Reyes has picked Dragovich up and slammed him! Dragovich can't keep hold of the triangle and Reyes manages to pass to side control!
Riel Dan Reyes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The strikes coming from Reyes are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Reyes trying to control the position but Dragovich is working away.
Reyes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dragovich is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Reyes lands a nice forearm strike.
Reyes creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
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!
Dragovich is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Reyes is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Dragovich working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich wants to control but Reyes is having none of it.
BOOM! Reyes connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Dragovich is rocked!
Reyes drops a big elbow. That's hurt Dragovich! More shots from Reyes and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Riel Dan Reyes!
Riel Dan Reyes decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.