PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Denari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reed comes to the cage accompanied by Nas - Hate me now. Denari has chosen Judas Priest's Rapid Fire as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Reed
vs
Denari

183 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lewis Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Denari!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denari throws a body kick that misses.
Reed fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Reed misses with a series of wild punches.
Denari swings for the body but Reed moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Denari lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Reed has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reed and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reed fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Denari looks to land a left hand but Reed moved out of range nicely.
Denari lands a really nice looking cross but Reed seems unphased.
Denari is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice body kick there by Denari.
Reed is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denari lets loose with a powerful body kick. Reed will feel that in the morning.
Reed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Denari.
Denari walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Reed checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Reed has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lewis Reed. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Denari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reed avoids the body shot from Denari.
Denari steps into range and cracks Reed with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Reed flops backwards and Denari dives into his guard looking to finish!

Reed is rocked!
Denari is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Pablo Denari just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Denari closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pablo Denari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Denari keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Denari.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denari throws a left and a right that both miss

and Reed counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Denari wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Denari is trying is best to control the position here.

Denari pushes Reed off and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reed misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Denari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reed, pushing him back against the cage.
Denari stalling against the cage.

Denari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Denari tries to clinch up.
Denari misses with a shot to the body

so Reed counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Reed won't allow Denari to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Denari 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.

Denari clobbers Reed with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Denari cracks Reed with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Denari has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Reed to stand back up!
Oh Reed is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Denari throws a pinpoint strike between Reed's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Reed crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Denari scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pablo Denari!