PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Cunnington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Reed
vs
Cunnington

196 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Cunnington!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunnington avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cunnington slips a jab from Reed.
Cunnington fails to land with a series of punches.
Reed lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Reed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reed plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Cunnington gets tackled into the cage by Reed. Reed maintains the clinch.
Reed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunnington blocks it with crossed arms.
Reed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cunnington blocks an elbow strike.
Reed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cunnington blocking some punches.
Cunnington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reed misses with a knee to the head.
Our sources have told us that Reed has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Cunnington blocks an elbow strike from Reed.
Reed missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed scores with a knee to the head.
Cunnington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reed lands a knee to the body.
Reed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cunnington in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cunnington blocks the elbow strike.
Reed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cunnington in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reed throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cunnington is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Reed to keep the fight standing.
Reed lands a nice elbow.
Reed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunnington blocks it with crossed arms.
Reed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cunnington's elbow.
Reed swings wildly with an uppercut but Cunnington uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reed is breathing heavily.
Cunnington is trying to break the clinch but Reed is controlling him.
Reed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cunnington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cunnington jumps guard but Reed stands there with Cunnington around his waist. Cunnington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Reed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cunnington prevents a body shot from Reed.
Reed landing knees to the body.
Reed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reed keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cunnington's efforts to push away.
Reed landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunnington wants to take the fight to the mat but Reed manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
David Reed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Cunnington.
A knee to the head by Reed.
Cunnington is trying to break the clinch but Reed has him pressed against the cage.
Reed landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reed scores with a knee to the head.
Cunnington takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cunnington prevents a body shot from Reed.
Reed throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reed can't find room to land a body shot as Cunnington controls the action.
Reed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reed looking to throw knees to the head but Cunnington is blocking nicely.
Reed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cunnington has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Reed avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Reed misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands an elbow inside.
Reed landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Reed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reed throws an elbow that misses.
Cunnington blocks an elbow strike.
Cunnington fails to pull guard.
Reed can't find room to land a body shot as Cunnington controls the action.
Reed tries to land a knee to the head but Cunnington blocks with his arms.
Reed misses with a knee strike.
Reed misses with an elbow strike.
Cunnington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cunnington takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Reed dominated that round.
That's time! Reed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Reed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cunnington.
Cunnington jabs Reed to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cunnington takes a swing at Reed's ribcage but misses.
Reed seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A punch combination from Cunnington misses.
Cunnington avoids the head kick by Reed.
Cunnington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A left lands for Cunnington.

It looks like David Reed has been cut.
Reed moves away from the strike by Cunnington.
Cunnington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Cunnington. Those never looked like landing.
Reed takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Cunnington throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cunnington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cunnington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Reed was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunnington looks to throw the jab but Reed is out of range.
Reed slips a jab and a cross from Cunnington.
Reed is looking to counter the offense by Cunnington and move into the clinch.
Cunnington scores with a jab. Reed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reed tries to bum rush Cunnington with a series of wild strikes but Cunnington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A little jabbing left from Cunnington on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cunnington ducks under a wild hook from Reed.
Cunnington connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reed is looking to clinch but Cunnington is avoiding it.
A nice combination there by Cunnington.

Reed is rocked!
Reed drops his hands for a split second and Cunnington immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Reed face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Cunnington follows up with a right hand that knocks Reed into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ben Cunnington!
David Reed was interviewed post fight and said 'I deserve that loss!'.