PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doc Evil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunner Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Evil
vs
Reed

190 cm
20
194 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

174 cm
27
202 lbs
8 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fight Night Nutrition
Sparta Fightware

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Doc Evil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Gunner Reed!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evil throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Evil with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reed to score with a decent uppercut.
Reed throws a leg kick but Evil checks it.

Reed darts in and clinches Evil up against the cage.
Reed blocks an elbow strike from Evil.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Evil just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reed's brow.
Reed blocks an elbow strike.
Evil creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Evil scores with a shot to the side of Reed's head.
Evil prevents Reed from breaking the clinch.

Reed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Reed forces Evil back against the cage and clinches.
Evil throws an elbow that misses.
Evil comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reed blocking some punches.
Evil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reed taking a breather.
Reed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reed blocks an elbow strike from Evil.
Evil letting Reed take a breather here.
Reed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evil throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Evil blocking some punches.
Reed is trying to force a seperation but Evil has the dominant position.
Evil misses with a knee strike.

Reed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reed on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Evil lands an elbow that stopped Reed in his tracks for a moment.

Reed breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Reed darts in and clinches Evil up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evil connects with a knee to the head.
Evil blocks the elbow strike.
Evil lands an elbow inside that Reed shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Evil just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reed's brow.
A short body shot lands from Reed as the two fighters clinch.
Evil lands a knee to the head.
Reed avoids the elbow strike from Evil, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evil backwards.
Reed avoids a wild elbow strike from Evil.
Evil pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Evil throws an elbow but it misses.

Reed manages to break the clinch.

Reed moves into the clinch successfully.
Reed lands a damaging elbow.
Reed lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reed blocks the elbow strike.
Evil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

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

Reed closes the distance and clinches.
Evil takes an elbow to the temple.
Reed throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Evil throws an elbow but misses.
Reed throws an elbow that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Evil as Reed tries to tie him up.
Evil blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed looking to slow down the pace here.

Reed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Reed gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Evil.
Evil creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Reed breaks the clinch.
Evil throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reed blocks a head kick by Evil.

Reed instigates a clinch.
Evil throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reed taking a breather.
Evil throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Evil just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reed's brow.
Evil blocking some punches.
Evil pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Evil pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Evil throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reed is trying to force a seperation but Evil has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Evil throws an elbow but misses.
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!

Reed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evil misses with a head kick.

Reed pushes Evil up against the cage in a clinch.
Reed avoids the elbow strike from Evil, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reed.

Reed breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Evil lands a big head kick that sends Reed tumbling to the mat! Evil takes a step backwards and waves Reed back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Reed is rocked!

It looks like Gunner Reed has been cut.

Reed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Evil, pushing him back against the cage.
Reed is still on wobbly legs! Can Evil finish him?
Evil connects with a knee to the head.
Reed lands an uppercut.

Evil is rocked!
Evil takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oh Evil is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reed creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Evil's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Evil drops to his knees and Reed pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunner Reed!
Gunner Reed decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.