PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romeo Bellanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellanca has chosen Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Reynolds
vs
Bellanca

177 cm
27
191 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
195 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Dragon

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Romeo Bellanca!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellanca misses with an uppercut.
Bellanca keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bellanca misses with a straight right.
Reynolds shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Reynolds tries to clinch up.
Reynolds looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Reynolds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reynolds darts in trying to clinch
letting Bellanca counter with a right hand.
Reynolds keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bellanca.
Reynolds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bellanca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reynolds circles away quickly and effectively.
Bellanca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reynolds on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Romeo Bellanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bellanca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reynolds manages to avoid it.
Bellanca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bellanca cracks Reynolds with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reynolds on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bellanca scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bellanca scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reynolds doesn't seem bothered though.
Bellanca fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bellanca just misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bellanca throws a hook to the side of Reynolds's head but Reynolds sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bellanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Reynolds is just out of range.
Reynolds is looking to clinch.
Nice jab there from Bellanca.
Reynolds slips under a jab from Bellanca.
Reynolds looks to clinch
and Bellanca counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reynolds thinking.
A telegraphed right hand from Bellanca misses the target.
Reynolds tries to clinch up but Bellanca circles away and keeps his distance.
Reynolds is looking to clinch but Bellanca is avoiding it.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bellanca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reynolds tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bellanca swivels and escapes.
Reynolds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bellanca moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bellanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reynolds keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bellanca.
Bellanca lands an overhand right.
Bellanca scores with a hook to the body. Reynolds takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bellanca connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bellanca throws a looping overhand right but Reynolds ducks down to avoid it.
Bellanca looks to land a combination but Reynolds avoids it well.
Reynolds wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bellanca. Reynolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bellanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bellanca swings for the body but Reynolds moves out of range.
Bellanca looks to throw the jab but Reynolds is out of range.
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bellanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bellanca keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellanca keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bellanca missing with a left hand there. Reynolds was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Bellanca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Romeo Bellanca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reynolds on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bellanca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bellanca lands with a hook. Reynolds tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Some wild striking there from Bellanca.
Bellanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Reynolds. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Jab from Bellanca.
Bellanca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reynolds was well out of range. Poor timing from Bellanca.
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bellanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reynolds slips under a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Bellanca scores with a four punch combination!
Reynolds ducks under a wild hook from Bellanca.
Bellanca misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bellanca misses the target.
Bellanca throws a jab when Reynolds was well out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bellanca scores with the left hand. Reynolds knows he should have avoided that one.
Reynolds keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bellanca.
Reynolds takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab from Reynolds does it's job there.
Bellanca misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Reynolds.
Bellanca misses with a wild body shot.
Bellanca cracks a nice hook into Reynolds's ribs.
Reynolds tries for a takedown but Bellanca circles away easily
and Bellanca counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bellanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bellanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bellanca misses with a wild body shot.
Bellanca throws a lazy right hand but Reynolds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bellanca.
Reynolds fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romeo Bellanca dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bellanca.
Bellanca misses with a series of wild punches.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bellanca.
Reynolds throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bellanca's waist but Bellanca gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reynolds off to one side.
Reynolds with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bellanca counters with a stiff right hand.

Reynolds shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Reynolds showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bellanca missing with punches from the bottom.

Reynolds is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bellanca defends it well.

Reynolds looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds wants to pass to mount but Bellanca is defending the position.

Reynolds is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bellanca doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Reynolds.
Bellanca avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reynolds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Reynolds throwing shots but Bellanca is blocking nicely.
Reynolds throws a strike but Bellanca avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bellanca trying to keep a closed guard but Reynolds is proving a slippery customer.
Reynolds missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reynolds being controlled here momentarily.

Reynolds drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bellanca manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Reynolds has Bellanca in his guard.
Bellanca trying to control the position from guard on top but Reynolds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reynolds looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Bellanca is defending well. Reynolds quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Bellanca has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Reynolds celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Reynolds!
An out of breath James Reynolds thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.