PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Gibiatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reyes comes into the arena with Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa blaring out of the sound system. Jamie Reyes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Reyes
vs
Gibiatti

178 cm
36
150 lbs
24 - 6 - 0

165 cm
29
155 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jamie Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Gibiatti!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibiatti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gibiatti throws a hook but Reyes blocks it.
Reyes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Reyes wants to slow Gibiatti down by chopping away at his legs.
And Gibiatti tries to counter it with a takedown but Reyes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Reyes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gibiatti checks a leg kick nicely.
Gibiatti throws a right and a left that Reyes avoids nicely.
It looked like Reyes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reyes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reyes tries to work over Gibiatti's front leg with a kick but Gibiatti checks it.
Gibiatti with the counter takedown but Reyes avoids it easily.
Reyes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gibiatti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gibiatti feints a counter leg kick.
Gibiatti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reyes misses with a hook. Gibiatti ducked under it nicely.
Reyes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gibiatti can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibiatti throws a leg kick
and Reyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gibiatti throws a leg kick
and Reyes counters with a nice body kick.
Reyes throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gibiatti misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gibiatti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Gibiatti misses.
Reyes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gibiatti doesn't seem bothered though.
Reyes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Reyes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gibiatti.
Gibiatti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gibiatti is looking to clinch.
Reyes takes a swing at Gibiatti's ribcage but misses.
Gibiatti looks to score with a jab to the body but Reyes is just out of range.
Reyes tries to counter by clinching up but Gibiatti breaks away and moves out of range.
Gibiatti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gibiatti slips under a jab.
Reyes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reyes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gibiatti. Gibiatti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Reyes avoids the body shot from Gibiatti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gibiatti shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Reyes as he jumps to the side.
Jamie Reyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice cross by Gibiatti.
Gibiatti scores with the left hand. Reyes knows he should have avoided that one.
Gibiatti dives in for a single leg takedown but Reyes sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jamie Reyes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Gibiatti.
Reyes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gibiatti checks a leg kick.
Gibiatti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
Nice jab there from Reyes.
Gibiatti connects with a right hand. Reyes shakes it off.
Reyes wants to clinch but Gibiatti slips to the side
and Reyes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Reyes enables Gibiatti to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Reyes manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Reyes keeping moving, preventing Gibiatti from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reyes is keeping the position for now.
Gibiatti content to stall in guard here.
Gibiatti trying to control the position from guard on top but Reyes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gibiatti working some strikes from top position.
Gibiatti wants to control from the top but Reyes keeps moving.
Gibiatti throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Reyes throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Gibiatti escapes and throws Reyes's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Gibiatti scoring with punches and elbows.
Gibiatti scoring with punches from side control.
Gibiatti throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Reyes is looking to reverse the position.
Gibiatti trying to control the position but Reyes is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jamie Reyes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gibiatti misses with a body shot
and Reyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Reyes.
Gibiatti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Reyes misses with a low kick.
Reyes tries to land a body kick
enabling Gibiatti to counter with a crisp jab.
Gibiatti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reyes throws a lazy uppercut
and Gibiatti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gibiatti swings for the body but Reyes moves out of range.
Gibiatti blocks the body kick.
Reyes swings for the body but Gibiatti moves out of range.
Gibiatti changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes lands a glancing blow to the side of Gibiatti's head.
Gibiatti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Gibiatti closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gibiatti in side control, throwing shots but Reyes defends.
Reyes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibiatti trying to control from Reyes's half guard. Reyes has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Reyes keeping moving, preventing Gibiatti from controlling successfully.
Gibiatti 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.
Gibiatti scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Reyes wants to sweep but no luck.
Gibiatti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gibiatti throwing strikes but missing.
Reyes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gibiatti is pushing down on Reyes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Reyes is fighting to maintain full guard but Gibiatti has managed to sneak the leg through.

Gibiatti 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.
Gibiatti is looking to advance position but Reyes won't allow it.
Gibiatti stalling away here and it's allowed Reyes to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Frank Gibiatti has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti wants to pass the guard but Reyes is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gibiatti connects with a couple of short punches.

Gibiatti got a little sloppy there for a moment and Reyes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gibiatti has managed to get both his arms back between Reyes's legs - danger averted.
Gibiatti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gibiatti looking to pass the guard.
Gibiatti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gibiatti looking to pass the guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gibiatti works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti tries to pass the half guard into mount. Reyes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gibiatti passes to side control.
Gibiatti scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gibiatti advances to mount.
Gibiatti fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Gibiatti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gibiatti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Reyes.
Reyes scores with a jab to the body.
Gibiatti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reyes manages to avoid it.
Reyes misses with a head kick.
Reyes tries to work over Gibiatti's front leg with a kick but Gibiatti checks it.
Reyes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gibiatti thuds a left hand into Reyes's body.
Reyes just misses with a punch to the body.
Gibiatti throws a body shot but no joy.
Reyes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gibiatti needs to keep his hands up - Reyes had a free shot at his head there.
Jamie Reyes is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibiatti throws a sloppy body shot
and Reyes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reyes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reyes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gibiatti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Gibiatti.
Gibiatti looks for a takedown but Reyes sprawls well.
Reyes throwing a counter right hand but Gibiatti manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes lands a nice looking body shot.
Reyes takes a swing at Gibiatti's ribcage but misses.
Gibiatti misses with a two punch combination.
Gibiatti fails with the takedown.
Reyes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reyes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gibiatti doesn't seem bothered though.
Gibiatti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reyes throws an overhand right that lands on Gibiatti's shoulder, as Gibiatti tries to avoid the shot.
Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gibiatti was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes.
Reyes is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Reyes throws a right hand that Gibiatti ducks under and follows up with a left that Gibiatti also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gibiatti shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes is trying to control but can't.
Reyes tries to get to full guard but Gibiatti has control of the leg.
Gibiatti missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gibiatti throws a strike but Reyes avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Reyes looking for a sweep. Not yet Reyes, not yet.
Reyes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Gibiatti drops back, looking for a kneebar! Reyes looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Reyes looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Reyes!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti regains half guard.
Gibiatti is staying active underneath Reyes, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Reyes moves nicely into side control.
Gibiatti trying to control but Reyes flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reyes has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Gibiatti has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Gibiatti is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gibiatti defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Reyes's arms.

Reyes is persistently looking for the submission but Gibiatti is defending it well.
Reyes has the hooks in. Gibiatti is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Reyes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reyes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Frank Gibiatti!
Frank Gibiatti 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.