PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ken Kahne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kahne
vs
Reyes

173 cm
31
147 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

178 cm
40
142 lbs
26 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Kahne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamie Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kahne looks to land a right hand but Reyes moved out of range.
Kahne fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reyes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A good leg kick by Reyes.
Reyes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kahne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Reyes connects with a body shot.
Reyes throws a low kick but Kahne avoids it.
Kahne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reyes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kahne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Reyes is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kahne slips under a jab.
Kahne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reyes moves away.
Reyes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kahne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kahne slips under a jab from Reyes.
Reyes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kahne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jamie Reyes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes looks for the body kick but Kahne saw that one coming.
Reyes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kahne was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes.
Reyes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kahne misses with a few strikes there.
Reyes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kahne's sensitive parts.
Kahne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reyes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kahne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reyes scrambles back to his feet.
Reyes throws a series of punches but Kahne avoids them all with ease.
Kahne swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Reyes counters with a three punch combo that has Kahne backing up. Kahne nods at Reyes to acknowledge the strikes.
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Reyes.
Kahne tries to counter with a takedown but Reyes is quick to defend against it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reyes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kahne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kahne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reyes connects with a body shot.
Reyes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kahne rather than just go for the knockout.
Reyes wants to land a leg kick but Kahne is out of range.
Kahne closes the distance and clinches up with Reyes, looking for a takedown. Kahne pushes Reyes against the cage but Reyes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reyes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reyes misses with a straight right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reyes.
Kahne half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Good work by Kahne as he checks the leg kick.
Reyes loads up on a big right hand but Kahne slips the punch.
Kahne throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it.
Reyes thuds a left hand into Kahne's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes takes a swing at Kahne's ribcage but misses.
Reyes lands a nice shot to the body.
Reyes tries to clinch but Kahne is having none of it.
Reyes misses with a looping right.
Kahne throws out a loose jab but Reyes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahne lands the left hand.
Kahne sizes up Reyes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jamie Reyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reyes throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Reyes lands a jab to Kahne's midsection.
The crowd cheers as Reyes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kahne doesn't seem phased though.
Reyes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kahne looks to land a left hand but Reyes moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Reyes there.
A slow jab from Kahne misses its intended target.
Reyes misses with the combination.
Kahne tries to counter with a takedown but Reyes is quick to defend against it.
Kahne misses the jab.
Reyes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kahne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reyes tries to score with a low kick but Kahne moves his leg out of the way.
Reyes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kahne.
Reyes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kahne throws a jab but it's blocked by Reyes.
Reyes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Kahne.
Jab from Reyes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Reyes 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.

Reyes misses with a low kick.
Reyes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kahne shoots in looking for a takedown but Reyes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kahne's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A big right from Kahne misses.
Nice shot by Reyes.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Kahne takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kahne, as that shot connected.
A lazy left from Reyes finds it's target.
Reyes has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reyes.
Kahne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kahne defending well as Reyes loads up on a big left hand.
Kahne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahne misses the shot to the body.
No luck for Kahne with that takedown attempt.
Reyes looks to score with a jab to the body but Kahne is just out of range.
Reyes lands a nice shot that snaps Kahne's head back.
Reyes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reyes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kahne.
Reyes shapes to counter with a head kick.
Kahne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kahne looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kahne throws a hook but Reyes blocks it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kahne might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Reyes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kahne. That did some damage!
Kahne walks into a left hand.
Reyes throws a leg kick but Kahne sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kahne changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kahne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reyes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kahne missing with a left hand there. Reyes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reyes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes is looking to slow Kahne down with leg kicks.
Kahne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reyes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kahne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kahne feinted with a counter takedown.
Kahne slips a straight right by Reyes.
Reyes tests Kahne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kahne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reyes.
Reyes scores with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes misses with an uppercut.
Kahne tries to counter with a takedown but Reyes is quick to defend against it.

Kahne gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reyes is not content to let Kahne control the position.
Reyes is trying to get back to half guard.
Reyes is trying to escape the position but Kahne is controlling the position.
Reyes manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kahne's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahne throwing shots but Reyes is blocking nicely.
Kahne throwing shots but Reyes is blocking nicely.
Reyes wants to control but Kahne is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Reyes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kahne pulls his head out easily.
Kahne scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Reyes wants to improve his position but Kahne is controlling well.
Reyes trying to control here.

Reyes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reyes wants to improve his position but Kahne is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Reyes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Reyes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reyes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reyes tries a head kick but it misses.
Reyes moves out of range as Kahne strikes.
A slow jab from Kahne misses its intended target.
Reyes misses the body punch

and Kahne counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Reyes wants to improve his position but Kahne is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes keeps trying to improve his position.
Kahne is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Reyes manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Reyes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kahne is aware though and is defending well.
Kahne's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kahne advances position into side control!

Kahne tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kahne has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Reyes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Kahne cracks Reyes with a big right hand but Reyes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Reyes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kahne off and has taken his back!
Kahne can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throwing sloppy strikes.

Kahne preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Reyes.
Kahne is really stuck here.
Kahne manages to reverse the position and now he's in Reyes's guard. Nice work there by Kahne.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kahne controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Reyes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahne is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Reyes working for a triangle but Kahne defends it easily.
Reyes being controlled here, momentarily.
Reyes is trying to control the position but Kahne postures up.
Reyes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kahne slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Reyes keeping full guard, as Kahne tries to pass.
Kahne trying to control but Reyes is working from the bottom.
Reyes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Reyes working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Kahne has passed into half guard!
Reyes trying to hold on to Kahne's head to control him but Kahne postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Kahne clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Reyes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kahne manages to avoid it.
Kahne avoids the body shot from Reyes.
Reyes slips a jab from Kahne.
Reyes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reyes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kahne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kahne changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Kahne ducks under a wild hook from Reyes.
Kahne misses with a hook
and Reyes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kahne throws a leg kick that is checked
and Reyes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kahne shoots in for a double leg but Reyes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Reyes defending well as Kahne loads up on a big left hand.
Reyes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

Kahne shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes is trying to get back to full guard.
Reyes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kahne lands strikes from half guard.
Kahne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kahne is thwarting Reyes's attempts to control the position.

That's two 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.
Kahne looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Reyes is trying to get back to full guard.
Kahne working over Reyes with some ground and pound. Reyes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kahne prevents Reyes from standing back up.
Kahne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Reyes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kahne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kahne manages to get himself to full guard.

Reyes drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Kahne manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Reyes has Kahne in his guard.

Kahne pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reyes is keeping the position for now.
Kahne makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Reyes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kahne can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kahne stays in close to Reyes's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahne's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Reyes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kahne is aware though and is defending well.
Reyes controls Kahne momentarily but Kahne frees himself.
Kahne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reyes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kahne pushing down on Reyes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kahne is taking a breather. Reyes says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ken Kahne will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kahne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kahne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jamie Reyes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reyes staying out of range there.
Kahne cracks a nice hook into Reyes's ribs.
Reyes thuds a left hand into Kahne's body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reyes.
Kahne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reyes misses with an uppercut

and Kahne counters with a single leg into guard. Reyes didn't expect that.
Kahne stopping the sweep attempt from Reyes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes keeping moving, preventing Kahne from controlling successfully.
Reyes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahne trying to control from the bottom.
Reyes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Reyes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kahne gets back to full guard.
Reyes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kahne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Reyes makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kahne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reyes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Reyes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reyes is looking to advance position but Kahne has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Kahne tries to control but Reyes wriggling away.
Reyes is desperately trying to improve his position but Kahne has a good base and remains in mount.
Reyes sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Reyes wants to get back to full guard.

Reyes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reyes is refusing to be controlled, as Kahne sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reyes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kahne pulls his head out easily.
Ground and pound from Kahne.
Kahne lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kahne landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Reyes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kahne is trying to control the action in half guard but Reyes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Reyes wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahne looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reyes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kahne lands with a punch from half guard.

Reyes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reyes has a hand on Kahne's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Kahne takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Reyes is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kahne lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kahne lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Kahne is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Reyes is surviving well by controlling Kahne's body position as best he can.
Reyes regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Kahne showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kahne 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Kahne!
Ken Kahne retains his bantamweight title!
Ken Kahne really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Spartan Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.