PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Piensavi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piensavi is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Mike Piensavi had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Alex Reid has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Piensavi
vs
Reid

185 cm
25
170 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
29 lbs
0 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Piensavi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Reid!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piensavi swats away the attempt to clinch by Reid.

Reid is rocked!
Piensavi is breathing heavily.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid is still on wobbly legs! Can Piensavi finish him?
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Piensavi keeps the fight on the outside.
Piensavi keeps the fight on the outside.
Reid is looking to clinch.
Piensavi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Piensavi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid tries to clinch up.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Piensavi stuffs the takedown attempt from Reid. Reid gets slowly back to his feet.
Reid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reid wants to clinch.
Reid is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Piensavi misses with a body shot.
Reid wants to clinch.
Mike Piensavi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid throws out a loose jab but Piensavi uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi is having none of it.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Reid moves in looking to clinch but Piensavi pushes him off.
Reid tries to clinch up.
A jab from Reid misses.
Reid wants to clinch up but Piensavi keeps it at a distance.
Reid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to clinch up but Piensavi circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Piensavi leaves Reid with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Piensavi.
Reid shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Piensavi but Piensavi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mike Piensavi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Reid.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reid wants to clinch.
Reid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reid has a takedown stuffed.
Reid fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Reid wants to clinch up but Piensavi keeps it at a distance.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi moves out of range.
Reid tries to clinch up.
Piensavi swats away the attempt to clinch by Reid.
Reid tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reid avoids the body shot from Piensavi.
Reid wants to clinch.
Reid wants to clinch up but Piensavi keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi is having none of it.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Piensavi misses the target.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi moves out of range.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Reid wants to clinch up but Piensavi keeps it at a distance.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Piensavi stuffs the takedown attempt from Reid. Reid gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four 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.
Piensavi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reid wants to clinch.
Piensavi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reid.
Reid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reid shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Piensavi as he jumps to the side.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alex Reid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reid shoots in but Piensavi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Piensavi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Piensavi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reid.
Reid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Piensavi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Piensavi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Reid misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big right from Reid misses.
Reid tries to clinch up but Piensavi circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid tries to clinch up.
Piensavi keeps the fight on the outside.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piensavi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piensavi thows a body shot but no joy.
Horrible takedown by Reid or perhaps it was just good defense by Piensavi which made him look bad.
Reid moves in looking to clinch but Piensavi pushes him off.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi moves out of range.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Reid wants to clinch.
Reid looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mike Piensavi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Reid.
Reid has a takedown stuffed.
Alex Reid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reid finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Piensavi stuffs the takedown.

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.
Reid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reid tries to clinch up.
Piensavi keeps the fight on the outside.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Piensavi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reid is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Reid is defended easily by Piensavi.
Reid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Piensavi is looking to wear down Reid with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Piensavi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reid looks for a takedown but Piensavi sprawls well.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reid doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Reid wants to clinch.
Reid tries to clinch up but Piensavi circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid wants to clinch.
Reid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Piensavi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Piensavi throws out a loose jab but Reid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Piensavi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reid shoots in for a takedown but Piensavi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Piensavi looks to throw the jab but Reid is out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Piensavi as Reid shoots in.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi moves out of range.
Reid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reid wants to clinch up but Piensavi keeps it at a distance.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi moves out of range.
Reid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reid moves in looking to clinch but Piensavi pushes him off.
Reid throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice sprawl there from Piensavi as Reid shoots in.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Piensavi dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Reid fails with a takedown attempt.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reid tries to clinch up but Piensavi circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reid fails with the takedown.
Reid slips under a jab.
Piensavi blocks a low kick nicely.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Piensavi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reid.
Mike Piensavi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Reid.
Reid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reid is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Piensavi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reid fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piensavi avoids the body shot from Reid.
Reid tries to clinch there but Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Piensavi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reid.
Reid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Piensavi.
Piensavi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Reid is looking to clinch but Piensavi is avoiding it.
Piensavi leaves Reid with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid misses with a takedown attempt - Piensavi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Reid shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Piensavi as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reid moves in looking to clinch but Piensavi pushes him off.
Reid throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Piensavi's waist but Piensavi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reid off to one side.
Reid tries to clinch up but Piensavi circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Reid is defended easily by Piensavi.
Nice sprawl there from Piensavi as Reid shoots in.
Reid tries to clinch up but Piensavi circles away and keeps his distance.
Reid moves in looking to clinch but Piensavi pushes him off.
Reid throws a head kick but Piensavi moves out of range.
Reid is looking to clinch.
Reid is looking to clinch but Piensavi is avoiding it.
Piensavi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Reid's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid is looking to clinch but Piensavi is avoiding it.
A big right from Piensavi misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid wants to clinch.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi moves out of range.
Piensavi misses the shot to the body.
Reid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reid misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice takedown defense from Piensavi. No joy for Reid on that attempt.
Reid fails with the takedown.
Reid uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Piensavi.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Piensavi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reid.
Reid swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Piensavi counters with a stiff right hand.
Alex Reid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reid wants to clinch
and Piensavi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reid closes the distance looking to clinch
and Piensavi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Piensavi throws a looping overhand right but Reid ducks down to avoid it.
Reid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reid closes this distance looking for a takedown but Piensavi circles away.
Reid tries to clinch but Piensavi moves away
and Piensavi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch but Piensavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reid wants to clinch but Piensavi slips to the side
and Piensavi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Piensavi leaves Reid with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reid looks to score with a jab to the body but Piensavi is just out of range.
Reid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piensavi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid tries to clinch
and Piensavi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mike Piensavi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reid fails with the takedown
and Piensavi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Piensavi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Piensavi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Piensavi!