PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Willy Coffey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zarek Reschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coffey
vs
Reschke

168 cm
30
138 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

164 cm
27
142 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Willy Coffey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zarek Reschke!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reschke tries to land a leg kick but Coffey saw it coming and moves away.
Reschke lands a leg kick that knocks Coffey off balance momentarily.
Coffey tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reschke swivels and escapes.

Coffey closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Reschke - that landed with a thud.
Reschke lands an elbow inside that Coffey shrugs off.
Reschke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coffey backwards.
Coffey looking to throw knees to the head but Reschke is blocking nicely.
Reschke lands a good knee to the midsection. Coffey won't want to take too many of those.
Reschke has Coffey pressed against the cage, preventing Coffey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reschke tries to land a knee to the head but Coffey blocks with his arms.
Coffey blocks an elbow strike from Reschke.
Reschke working Coffey over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Reschke on the inside.
Reschke with a knee to the head.
Coffey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reschke has Coffey pressed against the cage.
Reschke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Coffey trying to stall but Reschke improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reschke looking to throw knees to the head but Coffey is blocking nicely.
Reschke trying to land knees to the body.
Reschke holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Reschke on the inside.
Reschke prevents a body shot from Coffey.
Coffey missing with knees to the body.
Coffey lands a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Reschke.
Coffey letting Reschke take a breather here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reschke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reschke lands a right hand.
Reschke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reschke lands an elbow that stopped Coffey in his tracks for a moment.
Coffey is trying to pull guard but Reschke turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Coffey with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coffey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reschke stops a takedown attempt from Coffey.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Coffey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reschke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reschke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Coffey manages to break the clinch.

Reschke darts in and clinches Coffey up against the cage.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Reschke.
Reschke dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Coffey controlling the action here for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Coffey as Reschke tries to tie him up.
Reschke gets through Coffey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Coffey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reschke lands an elbow inside.
Nice body punch from Reschke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reschke throws a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Reschke.
Reschke avoiding damage.
Reschke looking to stall.
Coffey jumps guard but Reschke stands there with Coffey around his waist. Coffey gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Reschke looking to throw knees to the head but Coffey is blocking nicely.
Reschke scores a nice knee to the body.
Reschke prevents a body shot from Coffey.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reschke.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reschke throws an elbow but misses.
Reschke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coffey.
Reschke missing with knees to the body.
Reschke just leaning against Coffey, taking a breather.

Coffey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Coffey shoots in but Reschke avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coffey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Reschke counters with a right hand to the body.

Coffey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reschke wants to stall.
Reschke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Coffey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reschke with a knee to the head.
Coffey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reschke is defending well for now.
Coffey takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice left hand lands by Reschke.
Reschke scores with a nice hook to the head.

Coffey is rocked!
Reschke lands an elbow that stopped Coffey in his tracks for a moment.
Oh Coffey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reschke lands a big knee to the head and Coffey goes down! Reschke pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zarek Reschke!
Zarek Reschke decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.