PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mal Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds has chosen Can't take the sky from me as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alphonse Francois de Sade
vs
Reynolds

187 cm
27
182 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
180 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Golden Supplements [O.R.G]
5th Round Clothing

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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mal Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - de Sade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
de Sade tries to clinch up

and Reynolds counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
de Sade manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
de Sade lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Reynolds tries to hold on but de Sade postures up.
Reynolds keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
de Sade thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
de Sade thowing shots but they're missing.
Reynolds avoids a strike by de Sade and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in de Sade's guard! Fantastic escape!
Reynolds makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Reynolds trying to control but de Sade is working from the bottom.

de Sade is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reynolds creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reynolds takes a knee to the side of the body.
A shot in the inside from de Sade.
This has been an exciting period of action!
de Sade lands a right hand.
de Sade blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reynolds.
de Sade gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reynolds.
Reynolds tries to stall but de Sade uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
de Sade lands a nice knee to the body.
Reynolds avoids the elbow strike from de Sade, against the cage.
de Sade lands a nice uppercut.
de Sade blocking some punches.
de Sade throws an elbow but it's blocked.
de Sade lands a nice elbow.
de Sade has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
de Sade scores with a shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
de Sade landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reynolds looks gassed!
de Sade is trying to break the clinch but Reynolds is controlling him.
de Sade misses with an elbow over the top.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
de Sade working Reynolds over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Sade just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reynolds's brow.
de Sade creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reynolds's defenses.

It looks like Mal Reynolds has been cut.
de Sade misses with an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from de Sade.
Reynolds on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reynolds blocks the elbow strike.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the temple.
Reynolds managing to block the knees to the body from de Sade.
A short right from de Sade.

Reynolds is rocked!
de Sade lands a nice shot to the body.
de Sade creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reynolds avoids a wild elbow strike from de Sade.

de Sade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
de Sade tries to clinch but Reynolds moves away

and Reynolds counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
de Sade is trying to stand back up but Reynolds is controlling him
Reynolds is looking to take a break and control but de Sade is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Reynolds blocks the strikes from de Sade.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Sade tries to kick Reynolds off but Reynolds keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
de Sade trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
de Sade wants to improve his position but Reynolds is controlling well.

de Sade kicks off Reynolds and gets to his feet.
de Sade closes the distance but Reynolds moves to the side

and Reynolds counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Reynolds trying to control the position from guard on top but de Sade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reynolds trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds looking to sit in guard and control but de Sade gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
de Sade wants to control from the top but Reynolds keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mal Reynolds's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

de Sade is looking to clinch but Reynolds is avoiding it.
Reynolds keeps the fight on the outside.
Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Sade moves in looking to clinch but Reynolds pushes him off.

Reynolds darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mal Reynolds has got the better of the ground game so far.
de Sade is looking to escape.
Reynolds wants to free his trapped foot but de Sade is holding on for dear life with his legs.
de Sade has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Reynolds is working away from the top position though.
Reynolds takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
de Sade trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds dominating with strikes here.
de Sade is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Reynolds looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Reynolds can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as de Sade is looking to escape.
Reynolds controlling from the full mount.
Reynolds scoring with strikes but de Sade is staying in there.
Reynolds can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as de Sade is looking to escape.
de Sade wants to hold on but Reynolds pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reynolds working the ground and pound effectively.
de Sade is trying desperately to improve position.
Reynolds lands a nice shot to the head.

de Sade is rocked!
Reynolds lands a big elbow - de Sade is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and de Sade is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mal Reynolds!
Mal Reynolds was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.