PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Riel Dan Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Reyes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bad House Music ('98 Dub Mix). Black has chosen yes as his entrance music. Mr Black will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dan Reyes
vs
Black

180 cm
33
156 lbs
28 - 8 - 1

185 cm
39
160 lbs
46 - 23 - 3

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Riel Dan Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 23 - 3, fighting out of London, Mr Black!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes moves away from the strike by Black.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Black throws a lazy right hand but Reyes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reyes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reyes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
Black misses with a low kick.
Reyes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Reyes throws a hook but Black avoids it easily.
Black throws a low kick but it's checked well by Reyes.
Black dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reyes. That did some damage!
Reyes works Black's body with a nice hook.
Black lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Black keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reyes.
Reyes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reyes takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Reyes throws a shot from downtown. Black moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reyes manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Black on his heels. He'll look to pass Black's guard now, I'm sure.

Black working for a triangle but Reyes defends it easily.

Black has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Reyes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Black wants to sweep here but Reyes controlling him for the moment.
Reyes wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Reyes won't allow Black to sweep him here.
Reyes wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Black pulls Reyes in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Black is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Reyes preventing the sweep.
Reyes passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Black regains half guard.
Reyes sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Reyes is looking to take a break and control but Black is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Black actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Black looking for submissions off his back.
Black is looking to control Reyes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Black avoid being mounted?
Reyes lands with a punch from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Reyes in particular looking to stall.
Black slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've been hearing that Reyes has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Black wants to sweep here but Reyes controlling him for the moment.
Reyes trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reyes is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Black is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Reyes advances position into side control!
Reyes cracks Black with a big elbow.
Black tries to improve position but can't.
Reyes trying to control the action but Black is working from the bottom.
Reyes cracks Black with a big right hand but Black just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reyes is looking to take a break and control but Black is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Reyes working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riel Dan Reyes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Reyes fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Black sprawls well initially but Reyes persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Black is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Black is pressing down on Reyes's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Black is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reyes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Reyes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reyes wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Reyes won't allow Black to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Black is on top in guard.

Black postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reyes is trying to keep Black in close.
Reyes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Black is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throwing strikes but missing.
Black forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reyes wants to get back to full guard.
Black sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reyes defending well though.
Reyes has hold of Black's hands but Black slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Black throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Black tries to pass to full mount but Reyes defends it.
Black is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Black lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Black misses with a head shot. Reyes uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Reyes blocks nicely.
Reyes is trying to control the position but Black postures up.
Black postures up and lands a big shot to Reyes's brow.
Reyes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Black manages to get himself to full guard.

Black trying to control the position.
Reyes stopping the sweep attempt from Black.
Reyes postures up.
Black looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reyes is one step ahead there.
Black working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes passes Black's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Reyes trying to control the action but Black is working from the bottom.
Black tries to get to full guard but Reyes has control of the leg.
Reyes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Black moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Reyes scoring with some ground and pound.
Black trying to control the position.

Black throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Reyes is pushing down on Black's leg trying to pass to half guard. Black is fighting to maintain full guard but Reyes has managed to sneak the leg through.
Reyes lands strikes from half guard.
Black regains full guard. Nicely done.
Black keeping full guard, as Reyes tries to pass.
Black has Reyes pulled in close to control his posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reyes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Reyes trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reyes controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Riel Dan Reyes will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Black tries to score with a low kick but Reyes moves his leg out of the way.
Black throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reyes scores with a shot to the body.
Black shoots and misses
letting Reyes counter with a right hand.
Black goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reyes looks to land a left hand but Black moved out of range nicely.
Reyes stuffs the takedown.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Black enables Reyes to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Black manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black looking to control but Reyes passes into half guard.
Black is looking to improve his position.
Reyes is keen to just control but Black is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black is looking to improve his position.
Reyes is trying to control. Black wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Reyes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Black can do to turn this around?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Reyes connects with a nice short shot to Black's temple.
Riel Dan Reyes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Black wants to improve his position but Reyes is controlling well.
Reyes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Black has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Reyes is working away from the top position though.
Reyes lands strikes from half guard.
Black wants to get back to full guard but Reyes has passed into side control.
Reyes is looking to take a break and control but Black is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Black's shoulder. That is not cool.
Black gets back to half guard.
Reyes passes to full mount!
Reyes looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Reyes prevents Black from getting the reversal.
Reyes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Black is looking to escape.
Black is looking to get to half guard.
Reyes with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes with a couple of short strikes.
Black is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reyes lands a big elbow.
Black is desperately trying to improve his position but Reyes has a good base and remains in mount.
Reyes controlling the position easily from mount.
Reyes cracks Black with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Reyes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Reyes in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Black is rocked!
Reyes breaks from Black's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Black is still in real trouble! Can Reyes finish him?
Black is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reyes postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Black badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Reyes around the waist but Reyes pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Reyes is the winner by TKO! Reyes jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Riel Dan Reyes!
Our winner, Riel Dan Reyes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.