PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scottie Pippen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahmed Reza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pippen comes to the cage accompanied by A$AP Ferg. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pippen
vs
Reza

177 cm
18
188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
20
192 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

The Empire - 15% Laundry
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scottie Pippen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ahmed Reza!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pippen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pippen is fending him off so far but Reza persists. Nope, Pippen circles away and we're back to standing.
Pippen just misses with a punch to the body.
Pippen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Reza tries to clinch
and Pippen counters with a stiff right hand.
Reza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Scottie Pippen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pippen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reza on the side of the head.
Reza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reza misses with a double jab.
Pippen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pippen tries to clinch but Reza moves out of range.

Pippen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pippen stalling.
Pippen lands a hook that snaps the head of Reza backwards.
Reza jumps guard but Pippen stands there with Reza around his waist. Reza gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Scottie Pippen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ahmed Reza.
Reza has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pippen after a bit of a struggle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pippen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pippen scores with a hook to the body.
Reza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pippen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Pippen.
Reza fails to pull guard.
Reza tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pippen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pippen scores with a hook to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Pippen.
Reza tries to break the clinch but Pippen is controlling the position.
Pippen lands a nice shot to the body.
Pippen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pippen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reza's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pippen lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Pippen.
Pippen is stalling here.
Pippen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reza jumps guard but Pippen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Pippen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Pippen.
Pippen lands with a light punch inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pippen as Reza tries to tie him up.
Pippen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reza.
A short right from Pippen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pippen.
Pippen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pippen lands with a short shot to the head.

Reza is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pippen working aggressively here.
Reza is still on wobbly legs! Can Pippen finish him?
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen swings wildly with an uppercut but Reza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pippen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen working aggressively here.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pippen fails to land.
Pippen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pippen misses with the head strike.
Pippen working aggressively here.
Pippen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pippen.
Reza blocks an uppercut.
Reza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pippen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pippen swings wildly with an uppercut but Reza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pippen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen swings wildly with an uppercut but Reza uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reza.
Pippen working aggressively here.
Pippen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reza blocking some punches.
Pippen misses with the head strike.
Reza blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reza.
Pippen has a couple of punches blocked by Reza.
Pippen misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reza.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pippen.
Reza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reza blocking some punches.
Pippen has a couple of punches blocked by Reza.
Pippen throws a head punch that misses.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reza is trying to break the clinch but Pippen is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pippen.
Pippen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reza blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pippen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pippen misses with a punch on the inside.
Reza blocking some punches.
Reza blocking some punches.
Pippen misses with the head strike.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pippen fails to land.
Pippen misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Pippen fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pippen.
Pippen throws a punch but it's blocked by Reza.
Pippen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pippen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pippen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reza blocking some punches.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen throws a punch but it's blocked by Reza.
Pippen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pippen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pippen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pippen throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Pippen.
Pippen misses with some punches.
Pippen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pippen swings wildly with an uppercut but Reza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pippen misses with the head strike.
Reza blocks an uppercut.
Reza blocking some punches.
Pippen is pushing Reza up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Reza seems to have recovered his senses.

Reza breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pippen wants to clinch up but Reza keeps it at a distance.
Pippen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scottie Pippen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reza tries to clinch but Pippen moves out of range.
Pippen lands a body shot.
Pippen with a nice cross.
Pippen cracks Reza with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Reza falls to his knees and Pippen doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scottie Pippen!
Scottie Pippen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.