PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yo-Landi Vi$$er (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vi$$er comes to the cage accompanied by Enter The Ninja. Reyes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All the Above kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vi$$er
vs
Reyes

179 cm
30
165 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

169 cm
34
157 lbs
20 - 15 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yo-Landi Vi$$er!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Stevie Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vi$$er lands a leg kick that knocks Reyes off balance momentarily.
Vi$$er slips under a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Vi$$er!
A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Vi$$er does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vi$$er throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vi$$er scores with a nice body kick.
Reyes misses with a straight right.
Vi$$er connects with an inside leg kick.
Vi$$er lands a nice looking body kick.
Reyes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reyes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vi$$er lands a nice looking body kick.
Vi$$er buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reyes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Vi$$er gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vi$$er lands with a light punch inside.
Vi$$er lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vi$$er has a couple of punches blocked by Reyes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vi$$er is pushing Reyes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Reyes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vi$$er has a couple of punches blocked by Reyes.
Nice elbow from Vi$$er.

It looks like Stevie Reyes has been cut.
Reyes is trying to break the clinch but Vi$$er has him pressed against the cage.
Vi$$er stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reyes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vi$$er lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Reyes blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reyes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vi$$er swings wildly with an uppercut but Reyes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vi$$er lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vi$$er creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vi$$er lands with a short shot to the head.
Vi$$er lands an elbow inside that Reyes shrugs off.
Vi$$er slows down the pace here.
Reyes tries to break the clinch but Vi$$er is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes blocks an uppercut.
Reyes is trying to break the clinch but Vi$$er has him pressed against the cage.
Vi$$er misses with the head strike.
Vi$$er misses with the head strike.
Reyes wants to break free but Vi$$er has control.
A right hand to the body from Reyes.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vi$$er just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Vi$$er throws a punch but it's blocked by Reyes.
Vi$$er swings wildly with an uppercut but Reyes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vi$$er softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vi$$er fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vi$$er lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vi$$er lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reyes can't break the clinch.
Vi$$er lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vi$$er scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vi$$er lands a nice uppercut.
Vi$$er leaning against his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reyes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vi$$er fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yo-Landi Vi$$er dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Reyes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reyes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vi$$er throws out the jab.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vi$$er fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Reyes is out of range.
Vi$$er avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vi$$er connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reyes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vi$$er connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vi$$er dips to his left and cracks Reyes with an uppercut!
Reyes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Vi$$er.
Reyes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vi$$er throws out the jab.
Vi$$er throws a lazy right hand but Reyes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vi$$er closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reyes circles away.
Reyes misses with a hook. Vi$$er ducked under it nicely.
Reyes has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Vi$$er.
Vi$$er takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Horrible takedown by Vi$$er or perhaps it was just good defense by Reyes which made him look bad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes avoids a kick to the body.
Reyes keeps the fight on the outside.
Reyes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reyes throws a right and a left that Vi$$er avoids nicely.
Vi$$er lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reyes's sensitive parts.
Reyes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vi$$er.
Vi$$er throws out a leg kick but Reyes moves out of range and Vi$$er only half commits.
Vi$$er rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reyes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reyes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vi$$er connects with a solid leg kick.
Yo-Landi Vi$$er is winning the standup battle so far.
Reyes misses with a hook
and Vi$$er counters with a nice body kick.
Stevie Reyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vi$$er slips under a jab.

Vi$$er darts in and clinches Reyes up against the cage.
Vi$$er throws an elbow but it misses.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from Vi$$er, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vi$$er working aggressively here.
Vi$$er lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vi$$er working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vi$$er misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vi$$er lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vi$$er's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Reyes wants to break free but Vi$$er has control.
Reyes blocks an uppercut.
Vi$$er throws a punch but it's blocked by Reyes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vi$$er slowing the pace effectively.
Vi$$er lands with a light punch inside.
Reyes dodges an elbow strike from Vi$$er.
Reyes is trying to break the clinch but Vi$$er is controlling him.
A nice left hand lands by Vi$$er.
Reyes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vi$$er lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vi$$er swings wildly with an uppercut but Reyes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vi$$er stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A shot in the inside from Vi$$er.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vi$$er throws a head punch that misses.
Reyes tries to break the clinch but Vi$$er is controlling the position.
Yo-Landi Vi$$er has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vi$$er throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vi$$er lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vi$$er stalling the fight.
Vi$$er throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reyes blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reyes is looking to break free of the clinch but Vi$$er has double underhooks.
Vi$$er scores with a shot to the side of Reyes's head.
Vi$$er lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yo-Landi Vi$$er dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Reyes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Reyes lands with a straight right. Vi$$er didn't see that one coming.
Vi$$er slips under a jab from Reyes.
Vi$$er tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes looks to land a left hand but Vi$$er moved out of range nicely.
Vi$$er dips to his left and cracks Reyes with an uppercut!
Vi$$er lands a nice looking body kick.
Vi$$er misses with a head kick.
Vi$$er on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vi$$er lands with a kick to the temple. Reyes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vi$$er throws a head kick that Reyes semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vi$$er looks to land a left hand but Reyes moved out of range nicely.
Vi$$er feints and then cracks Reyes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Reyes down.
Vi$$er looks to land a body kick but Reyes moved away.
A swing and a miss from Reyes.
Vi$$er lets loose with a powerful body kick. Reyes will feel that in the morning.
Vi$$er tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vi$$er misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Vi$$er.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Vi$$er uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reyes lands with a nice body punch.
Yo-Landi Vi$$er seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vi$$er throws out a loose jab but Reyes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vi$$er's jab looks to have found its range, popping Reyes under the eye.
Vi$$er connects with an inside leg kick.
Reyes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reyes blocks a jab.
Vi$$er connects with a leg kick. Reyes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reyes throws an overhand right that lands on Vi$$er's shoulder, as Vi$$er tries to avoid the shot.
Reyes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Vi$$er darts in and clinches Reyes up against the cage.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Vi$$er pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vi$$er throws a head punch that misses.
Vi$$er lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes struggles to land a body shot inside as Vi$$er controls his hands.
Reyes tries to break free but Vi$$er pushes him back against the cage.
Vi$$er is struggling to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reyes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vi$$er keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reyes's efforts to push away.
Vi$$er keeps control of Reyes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vi$$er lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vi$$er pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vi$$er lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reyes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Vi$$er.
Stevie Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vi$$er lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vi$$er.
Vi$$er keeps control of Reyes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vi$$er lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.
Vi$$er lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Vi$$er working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Vi$$er.

That has opened up Stevie Reyes's cut even more.
Vi$$er lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Vi$$er.
Vi$$er has a couple of punches blocked by Reyes.
Vi$$er throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reyess head.
Reyes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vi$$er fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vi$$er throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reyes wants to get back to striking at distance but Vi$$er won't allow it.
Vi$$er throws a head punch that misses.
Reyes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reyes misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yo-Landi Vi$$er showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vi$$er 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yo-Landi Vi$$er!
Yo-Landi Vi$$er decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.