PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Reeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ground Pounder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reeves comes to the cage accompanied by Set to Fail - Lamb of God. The key to victory for Jacob Reeves has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Reeves
vs
Pounder

180 cm
25
245 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

209 cm
20
230 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Reeves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ground Pounder!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reeves connects with a right hand. Pounder shakes it off.
Reeves moves into range and connects with a jab.
Reeves misses with a hook.
Pounder staying out of range there.
Pounder throws a jab but it's blocked by Reeves.
Reeves looks to land a left hand but Pounder moved out of range nicely.
A punch combination from Reeves misses.
Reeves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pounder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Reeves misses.
Reeves misses with a wild body shot.
Reeves misses with a two punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Reeves.
Reeves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pounder was well out of range. Poor timing from Reeves.
Reeves misses with a wild body shot.
Reeves misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves looks to land a combination but Pounder avoids it well.
Reeves throws a right and a left that Pounder avoids nicely.
Reeves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pounder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jacob Reeves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reeves takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A combination from Reeves does no damage.

Pounder throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Reeves was covering up waiting for the punch and Pounder finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pounder stands up over Reeves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pounder throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reeves works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pounder landing with the ground and pound.
Reeves is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pounder is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pounder scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pounder loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reeves might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pounder accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reeves is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Pounder thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reeves pushes Pounder off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Reeves jabs at Pounder's body.
Reeves throws a series of punches but Pounder moves out of range.
Reeves connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reeves throws a nice looking combination but Pounder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reeves. Pounder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reeves misses the shot to the body.
Reeves swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Pounder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pounder ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reeves misses with the combination.
Reeves throws a looping overhand right but Pounder ducks down to avoid it.
Reeves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pounder.
A combination from Reeves does no damage.
Reeves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pounder.
Pounder steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reeves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reeves jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reeves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reeves takes a swing at Pounder's ribcage but misses.
Reeves stalks Pounder and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pounder's face. Pounder staggers backwards, shaken.
Some wild striking there from Reeves.

Pounder shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pounder showed some decent athleticism there.
Nice strikes from Pounder there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pounder thows a huge punch but Reeves dodges it nicely.
Pounder takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pounder sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reeves defending well though.
Reeves is trying to stand back up but Pounder is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jacob Reeves will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Reeves swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Reeves misses its intended target.
Pounder moves away from the strike by Reeves.
Pounder takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pounder throws out a loose jab but Reeves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reeves misses with the combination.
Pounder fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reeves throws a nice looking combination but Pounder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reeves swings for the body but Pounder moves out of range.
Reeves misses with a hook. Pounder ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves throws a series of punches but Pounder moves out of range.

Pounder closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Reeves did well to prevent Pounder getting side control.
Pounder winds up and cracks Reeves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pounder working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Reeves wants to get back to his feet.
Pounder looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reeves with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pounder missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pounder thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reeves's head.
Pounder prevents Reeves from standing back up.
Reeves has hold of Pounder's hands but Pounder slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Reeves tries to kick Pounder off but Pounder keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Reeves blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pounder.
Pounder not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves is trying to stand.
Pounder not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pounder thows a huge punch but Reeves dodges it nicely.
Reeves pushes Pounder off looking to stand but Pounder dives back in and keeps control.
Pounder is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pounder throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Reeves is trying to stand back up but Pounder is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pounder not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Reeves is looking to escape.
Pounder not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pounder working over Reeves with some ground and pound. Reeves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Reeves pushes Pounder off looking to stand but Pounder dives back in and keeps control.
Pounder slips a nice elbow through Reeves's hands, connecting with Reeves's forehead.
Pounder lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounder thows a huge punch but Reeves dodges it nicely.
Pounder landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pounder lands a nice short elbow.
Reeves blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pounder.
Pounder misses with a head shot. Reeves uses the momentum to regain guard.
Pounder throwing strikes but missing.
Pounder loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pounder thows a big elbow that misses.
Pounder prevents Reeves from getting back to his feet.
Pounder postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reeves has his feet on Pounder's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Reeves lands a lovely overhand right.
Reeves tries to bum rush Pounder with a series of wild strikes but Pounder uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pounder showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reeves.
Reeves misses with a two punch combination.
Reeves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reeves throws a jab when Pounder was well out of range.
Pounder throws a jab when Reeves was well out of range.
Reeves looks to throw the jab but Pounder is out of range.
Reeves thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ground Pounder showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Reeves looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pounder slips a jab and a cross from Reeves.
Reeves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reeves throws a series of punches but Pounder avoids them all with ease.
Jacob Reeves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reeves fails to land with a series of punches.
Reeves takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reeves throws a series of punches but Pounder moves out of range.
Pounder lands with a right hand.
Pounder displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reeves throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reeves slaps away a takedown attempt from Pounder, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Reeves misses with a series of wild punches.
Reeves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reeves ducks under a wild hook from Pounder.

Pounder changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Reeves looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pounder throws an elbow but Reeves slips to the side and avoids it well.
Pounder cracks Reeves with a big elbow.
Reeves is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pounder has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Reeves on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Reeves is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Pounder is trying to ground and pound but Reeves uses the momentary lack of control by Pounder to regain half guard.
Reeves avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pounder.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reeves tries to kick Pounder off but Pounder keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pounder thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reeves's head.
Pounder thows a huge punch but Reeves dodges it nicely.
Pounder misses with a head shot. Reeves uses the momentum to regain guard.
Pounder with a flurry of punches that miss.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Reeves looks to land a left hand but Pounder moved out of range nicely.
Reeves throws an overhand right that lands on Pounder's shoulder, as Pounder tries to avoid the shot.
Pounder slips a straight right by Reeves.
Pounder ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pounder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reeves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Reeves misses.
Reeves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reeves throws a right hand that Pounder ducks under and follows up with a left that Pounder also avoids with ease.
Pounder connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reeves fails to land with a series of punches.
Reeves scores with a nice right hand.
Reeves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Reeves!
Reeves throws a series of strikes that have Pounder backpedaling.
Jacob Reeves is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Pounder.

Pounder looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reeves is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pounder is controlling him.
Reeves avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reeves is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pounder is controlling him.
Pounder is looking to work some ground and pound but Reeves has wrist control.
Reeves wants to get back to his feet but Pounder is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pounder throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reeves works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pounder working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Reeves pushes Pounder off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reeves swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jacob Reeves.
I think Reeves 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jacob Reeves!