PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilson Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Cage
vs
Reyes

199 cm
19
300 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

195 cm
26
287 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wilson Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cage closes the distance and clinches.
Cage tries a knee to the head but Reyes blocks it.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cage missing with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Reyes.
Cage lands with a left to the head.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Luke Cage has been cut.
Cage scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like Wilson Reyes has been cut.
Reyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Reyes fails to land.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reyes looks winded!
Reyes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cage tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cage misses with a knee to the head.
Cage softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cage works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reyes managing to block the knees to the body from Cage.
Reyes looking to slow down the pace here.
Reyes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reyes managing to block the knees to the body from Cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes working aggressively here.
Cage misses with a knee to the head.
Reyes managing to block the knees to the body from Cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cage.
Cage misses with a knee to the head.
Reyes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reyes avoiding damage as Cage throws knees to the body.
Cage tries to land a knee to the head but Reyes blocks with his arms.
Cage scores a nice knee to the body.
Reyes managing to block the knees to the body from Cage.
Cage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reyes's face.
Cage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reyes blocks it with crossed arms.
Cage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes tries to score a body lock takedown but Cage shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reyes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A body shot lands from Cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Cage.
Reyes avoiding damage as Cage throws knees to the body.
Cage lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Cage tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
Cage trying to land knees to the body.
Cage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cage connects with a knee to the head.
Cage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cage lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Wilson Reyes's cut even more.
Cage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reyes blocks it with crossed arms.
Cage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Cage has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cage.
Reyes takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short left from Cage.
Cage unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cage lands a left hand.
Cage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cage looking to throw knees to the head but Reyes is blocking nicely.
Cage lands with a right to the head.
Cage with a knee to the head.

The cut above Wilson Reyes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cage missing with knees to the body.
Cage misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Cage - that landed with a thud.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cage.
Reyes takes a shot to the head.
Cage lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cage obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cage lands an uppercut.
Cage lands a big knee! That's hurt Reyes! Oh, he's all over the place! Cage lands another knee that sends Reyes to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Cage!
Luke Cage decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.