PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ras Li Judah (ranked 362 p4p, 57 weight class) and Trevor Reznick (ranked 498 p4p, 76 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Judah might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Limb By Limb. Trevor Reznick has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ras Li Judah's chin.

Li Judah
vs
Reznick

190 cm
32
215 lbs
26 - 13 - 2

182 cm
37
207 lbs
38 - 19 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

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 26 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ras Li Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Trevor Reznick!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah misses with a hook
and Reznick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Reznick darts in and clinches Judah up against the cage.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Reznick scores with a nice short uppercut.

Reznick pulls Judah into guard.
Reznick has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at DJs Locker. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Judah tries to free his leg and advance position but Reznick is retaining full guard.
Judah trying to control but Reznick is working from the bottom.
Reznick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Judah.
Judah trying to control the position from guard on top but Reznick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reznick pulls Judah in to control the position.
Judah throwing strikes from guard but Reznick blocks nicely.
Judah has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Reznick has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah trying to control but Reznick is working from the bottom.

Reznick is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Judah is aware though and is defending well.
Reznick not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Judah scoring with punches to the head and body.
Judah controlling from the top position.
Judah being controlled here momentarily.
Judah scoring with punches to the head and body.
Judah has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Judah accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Judah accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Reznick looking for a guillotine here but Judah defends easily.
Judah trying to control but Reznick is working from the bottom.
Reznick is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reznick working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Judah doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Judah manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Judah trying to control but Reznick is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reznick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judah.
Judah throws a hook but Reznick avoids it easily.
Reznick only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Judah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body kick from Judah.
Reznick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reznick takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Reznick.
Judah lands a front kick.
Reznick throws a hook to the side of Judah's head but Judah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reznick ducks under a wild hook from Judah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reznick misses with a series of wild punches.
Judah appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Judah misses with an uppercut. Reznick saw that one coming.
Judah throws a front kick aimed at Reznick's knee but Reznick avoids it well.
Reznick ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Reznick tries to land a leg kick but Judah saw it coming and moves away.
Trevor Reznick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reznick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Judah tries a head kick but it misses.
Reznick appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Judah fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Reznick checks it well.
Judah lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reznick's sensitive parts.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ras Li Judah dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Reznick throws a leg kick but Judah sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Judah misses with a left hand
and Reznick makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Judah takes a swing at Reznick's ribcage but misses.
Reznick looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Reznick takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Judah misses with a body kick.
Reznick flicks out a counter leg kick but Judah steps away.
A low kick from Judah misses
and Reznick counters with a stiff right hand.
Reznick looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reznick misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah scores with a decent looking hook.
Judah scores with a spinning back kick!
Judah misses with a body punch
and Reznick counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reznick takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Reznick avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Reznick was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Judah misses with a straight left.
Judah scores with a sloppy right hand. Reznick should have avoided that one.
Ras Li Judah is winning the standup battle so far.
Reznick scores with the left hand. Judah knows he should have avoided that one.
Reznick checks a low kick from Judah.
Reznick looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Judah bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Reznick thows a leg kick but Judah checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Judah takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Reznick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a right and a left that Reznick avoids nicely.
Judah scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Judah lands with a kick to the ribs.
Reznick misses with a low kick.
Judah fires out a quick counter leg kick but Reznick just manages to avoid it.
Reznick throws a hook but Judah blocks it.
Judah is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Judah.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Judah, as that shot connected.
Judah misses with a right hand
and Reznick counters with a nice body kick.
Judah cracks a nice hook into Reznick's ribs.
Reznick tries to clinch but Judah is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Reznick takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
Judah checks the leg kick.
Reznick takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A good leg kick by Reznick.
Judah takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Reznick drops his hands momentarily and Judah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reznick misses with a kick to the body.
A low kick from Reznick is predictable there
and Reznick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reznick takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reznick tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Judah lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah looks to land a right hand but Reznick moved out of range.
Judah thuds his shin into the meat of Reznick's side.
Reznick throws a leg kick but Judah sees it coming and moves out of range.
Reznick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Judah connects with a solid leg kick.
Reznick has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Judah.
Reznick misses with a body shot.
It looked like Judah wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reznick tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Judah is able to avoid easily.
Reznick connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reznick connects with a good right hand that stumbles Judah. Judah circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ras Li Judah dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Judah takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Reznick defending well as Judah loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from Reznick misses
and Judah counters with a body kick that stops Reznick in his tracks momentarily.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Reznick.
Judah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reznick can do to turn this around?
Judah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah tries to bum rush Reznick with a series of wild strikes but Reznick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reznick checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Reznick misses the target.
Reznick throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Judah lands a jab to the nose.
Judah digs a good hook to Reznick's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reznick throws a body kick that misses
and Judah counters with a nice uppercut.
Reznick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Judah pushes Reznick away with a front kick.
Reznick misses with a hook. Judah ducked under it nicely.
Crunch! Judah slams his shin into Reznick's torso.
Reznick tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reznick throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Judah scores with a kick to the midsection.
Judah takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Judah throws a leg kick which misses Reznick's front leg but catches the back leg as Reznick tries to avoid it.
Judah connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Judah is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
Reznick takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Reznick misses with a hook.
Judah scores with a decent looking hook.
Judah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Judah uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reznick has time to react.

Reznick is rocked!
Reznick blocks the body kick.
Judah lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reznick's sensitive parts.
Trevor Reznick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Judah.
Decent striking displayed by Judah there.
Reznick is still on wobbly legs! Can Judah finish him?
Judah fails to land the takedown.
Reznick seems to have recovered his senses.
Judah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Reznick connects with an inside leg kick.
Reznick takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Judah digs a good hook to Reznick's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Judah.
Reznick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reznick on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reznick gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Judah counters with a nice right hand that sends Reznick toppling to the canvas! Reznick scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Judah finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reznick misses with a low kick.
Reznick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it.
Reznick throws a low kick but Judah avoids it.
Judah scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ras Li Judah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A cross from Judah lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ras Li Judah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Judah, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ras Li Judah!
A relieved looking Ras Li Judah thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.