PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ilya Muromets (ranked 3296 p4p, 2251 weight class) and Jack Reaper (ranked 364 p4p, 266 weight class). Jack Reaper acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Muromets
vs
Reaper

187 cm
33
199
18 - 17 - 1

178 cm
30
226
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 18 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ilya Muromets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Reaper!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muromets is looking to clinch.
Reaper scores with a hook to the body. Muromets takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Muromets slips a jab from Reaper.
Muromets looks to land a right hand but Reaper moved out of range.
Reaper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Muromets.
Muromets tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reaper was well out of range. Poor timing from Muromets.
A shot to the liver by Reaper. Beautiful body shot.
Muromets throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reaper on the side of the head.
Muromets ducks under a wild hook from Reaper.
Reaper lunges at Muromets with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Muromets's hand.
Muromets throws a leg kick

and Reaper counters by clinching up.
Muromets blocking some punches.
Muromets pushes off an throws an elbow but Reaper leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reaper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reaper is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Our sources have told us that Muromets has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A head punch on the inside from Reaper fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reaper.
A shot in the inside from Reaper.
With the fighters up against the cage, Muromets throws an elbow but misses.
Muromets blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reaper misses with a hook from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reaper misses with a punch on the inside.
Reaper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Reaper misses with the head strike.
Reaper dodges an elbow strike from Muromets.
A head punch on the inside from Reaper fails to land.
Reaper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muromets blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reaper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reaper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Muromets backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muromets leaning against his opponent.
Reaper blocks an uppercut.
Muromets trying to control the position but instead, Reaper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muromets into the cage.
Reaper throws a punch but it's blocked by Muromets.
Reaper blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reaper.
Reaper blocks an elbow strike from Muromets.
Reaper throws a head punch that misses.
Reaper misses with a body punch.
Muromets throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muromets misses with an elbow strike.
Reaper lands a right hand.
Muromets stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper avoids the elbow strike from Muromets, against the cage.
Reaper has Muromets pressed against the cage.
Muromets misses with an elbow strike.
Muromets blocking some punches.
Muromets trying to stall but Reaper improves his position.
Reaper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reaper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Muromets blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muromets lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Jack Reaper has been cut.
Muromets goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reaper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reaper lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muromets blocking some punches.
Reaper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muromets avoiding damage.
Reaper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muromets backwards.

Muromets is rocked!
Reaper swings wildly with an uppercut but Muromets uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reaper scores with a shot to the side of Muromets's head.
Oh Muromets is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Muromets wants to stall.
Muromets seems to have got his legs back now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reaper.
Reaper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Muromets backwards.
Reaper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Muromets seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Reaper can turn it around.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Reaper.
Muromets misses with some punches.
Muromets content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Reaper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Reaper's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reaper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muromets.
Some wild striking there from Reaper.
An inside leg kick lands from Muromets.
Muromets looks to clinch
and Reaper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Muromets moves in looking to clinch but Reaper pushes him off.
Reaper swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Reaper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muromets swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muromets swings widly with a right hand
and Reaper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Reaper! Muromets is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Reaper!