PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Bregenzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chase Ries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bregenzer comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Sawyer . The key to victory for Peter Bregenzer has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bregenzer
vs
Ries

190 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
200 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Bregenzer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chase Ries!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bregenzer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ries tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bregenzer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ries somewhat.

Bregenzer rushes Ries and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ries tries to throw a body punch but Bregenzer avoids it by throwing Ries back against the cage.
Ries misses with some punches.
Bregenzer avoiding damage.
Ries wants to get back to striking at distance but Bregenzer won't allow it.
Ries lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ries misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Ries.
Bregenzer lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Ries.
Ries doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bregenzer keeps control of Ries as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ries tries a knee to the head but Bregenzer blocks it.
Bregenzer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bregenzer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ries avoiding damage as Bregenzer throws knees to the body.
Bregenzer prevents a body shot from Ries.
Bregenzer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ries blocks it with crossed arms.
Ries wants to break free but Bregenzer has control.
Ries has Bregenzer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bregenzer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ries lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bregenzer backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bregenzer.
Ries goes for a takedown attempt but Bregenzer pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Peter Bregenzer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chase Ries.
Bregenzer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ries circles away quickly and effectively.
Bregenzer misses with a head kick.
Bregenzer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bregenzer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ries takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bregenzer misses with a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Ries checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bregenzer tries a head kick but it misses.
Ries has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Ries drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bregenzer is trying to keep Ries in close.
Ries with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ries stands up over Bregenzer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ries is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bregenzer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bregenzer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bregenzer wants to sweep but no luck.
Bregenzer keeping full guard, as Ries tries to pass.
Ries is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ries shoots in for a double leg but Bregenzer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ries looks to land a left hand but Bregenzer moved out of range nicely.
Ries shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bregenzer as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bregenzer just misses with a punch to the body.
Bregenzer throws a wild body kick that Ries sees coming a mile off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bregenzer.
Bregenzer moves out of range of the strikes.
Ries darts in looking for a takedown but Bregenzer gets double underhooks and turns Ries into the cage.
Ries misses with a punch to the body.
Ries lands a left hand.
Ries goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ries working aggressively here.
Ries swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ries has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bregenzer after a bit of a struggle.
Ries can't find room to land a body shot as Bregenzer controls the action.
Bregenzer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ries blocks it with crossed arms.
Bregenzer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ries wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ries tries to work over Bregenzer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ries swings wildly with an uppercut but Bregenzer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ries gets underhooks to prevent Bregenzer's takedown attempt.
Bregenzer blocks an uppercut.
Bregenzer blocks an uppercut.
Ries throws a head punch that misses.

Bregenzer breaks the clinch.
Peter Bregenzer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Bregenzer moves in looking to clinch but Ries pushes him off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bregenzer. That's going to slow Ries down.
Bregenzer misses with a two punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Ries.
Chase Ries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bregenzer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ries checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bregenzer throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bregenzer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bregenzer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ries ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ries darts in looking for a takedown but Bregenzer gets double underhooks and turns Ries into the cage.

Bregenzer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chase Ries dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bregenzer dodges the punch combination from Ries.
Ries misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bregenzer misses with a low kick as Ries jumps back.
Ries throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ries takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ries scores with the left hand. Bregenzer knows he should have avoided that one.
Ries thows a body shot but no joy.
Bregenzer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bregenzer scores with a nice body kick.
Ries shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bregenzer as he jumps to the side.
Ries takes one to the chin there.
Ries slips a jab and a cross from Bregenzer.
Ries scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bregenzer blocks a jab.
Ries is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bregenzer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bregenzer.
Peter Bregenzer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ries shoots for a takedown but Bregenzer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Peter Bregenzer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chase Ries.
Bregenzer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ries is breathing heavily.
Ries takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ries takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bregenzer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bregenzer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bregenzer.
Bregenzer scores with a jab. Ries acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ries looks to land a left hand but Bregenzer moved out of range nicely.
Ries shoots in for a takedown but Bregenzer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bregenzer!
Ries's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ries misses with a straight right.
Ries takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Ries does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bregenzer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bregenzer is looking to clinch but Ries is avoiding it.
Ries shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bregenzer as he jumps to the side.
Ries fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Bregenzer drives through and clinches with Ries against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bregenzer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ries scores with a shoulder strike.
Bregenzer landing knees to the body.
Bregenzer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bregenzer lands an elbow just above Ries 's eye.
Ries doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ries tries to break free but Bregenzer pushes him back against the cage.

Bregenzer manages to break the clinch.
Bregenzer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ries misses with an uppercut.
Ries throws a hook but Bregenzer blocks it.
Bregenzer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ries misses with an uppercut.
Bregenzer moves out of range of the strikes.
Ries dives in and grabs Bregenzer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bregenzer pushes down on Ries's head and hops out.
Bregenzer lands a head kick!
Ries throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bregenzer's waist but Bregenzer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ries off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bregenzer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ries thows a body shot but no joy.
Bregenzer goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ries fails with a takedown attempt.
Ries takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bregenzer is looking to clinch but Ries is avoiding it.

Bregenzer gets a clinch.

Bregenzer manages to break the clinch.
Ries throws a sloppy body shot
and Bregenzer counters with a straight right hand.
Bregenzer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bregenzer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bregenzer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ries dives in for a single leg takedown but Bregenzer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ries is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Bregenzer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ries misses with a left hand

and Bregenzer counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ries goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ries takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bregenzer lands an elbow inside.

Ries is rocked!
Ries misses with a punch on the inside.

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

Bregenzer closes the distance and clinches.
Ries can't find room to land a body shot as Bregenzer controls the action.

Bregenzer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bregenzer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ries.

Bregenzer tries to sprawl but Ries drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ries prevents Bregenzer from improving his position.
Ries is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ries working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Ries is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bregenzer wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Bregenzer dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ries looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ries punishes Bregenzer's body with a nice straight punch.
Bregenzer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bregenzer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ries shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bregenzer defends it nicely.
Bregenzer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ries keeps the fight on the outside.
Ries lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ries dives in for a single leg takedown but Bregenzer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bregenzer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ries pushes Bregenzer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ries tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ries takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ries tightens his grip and picks Bregenzer up, before dumping him to the ground. Bregenzer manages to land in guard.
Bregenzer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ries.
Bregenzer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bregenzer tries to get out of the position.
Bregenzer wants to sweep but no luck.
Bregenzer working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ries seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bregenzer looking to control.
Ries works over Bregenzer with some ground and pound from guard.
Bregenzer looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Peter Bregenzer.
Ries keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Bregenzer.
Ries rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bregenzer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ries shoots in looking for a takedown. Bregenzer tries to sprawl out of it but Ries keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bregenzer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Peter Bregenzer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chase Ries.
Bregenzer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ries is out of range.
Ries throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bregenzer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ries fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bregenzer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ries.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bregenzer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ries tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ries has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bregenzer.
Bregenzer throws a low kick but Ries moves out of range easily.
Ries lands the left hand.
Ries stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bregenzer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bregenzer misses with the combination.
Bregenzer slips a straight right by Ries.
Ries blocks a head kick by Bregenzer.
Ries on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ries. Bregenzer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bregenzer lands with a nice combination. Ries backs away looking to recover.
A telegraphed right hand from Ries misses the target.
Ries swings widly with a right hand
and Bregenzer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bregenzer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ries throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Bregenzer clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ries fails to land.
Bregenzer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ries in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ries takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ries working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bregenzer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ries misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ries misses with a punch to the body.
Bregenzer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ries avoids it.
Ries throws a head punch that misses.
Ries swings wildly with an uppercut but Bregenzer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ries scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ries tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ries goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ries goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ries tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Bregenzer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bregenzer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ries was well out of range. Poor timing from Bregenzer.
Ries throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bregenzer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ries misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ries misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bregenzer throws a sloppy head kick and Ries moves out of range easily.
Ries closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bregenzer circles away.
Ries throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Ries.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bregenzer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bregenzer thuds a left hand into Ries's body.
Ries closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bregenzer circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chase Ries.
I think Ries 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chase Ries!
A very excited looking Chase Ries made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.