PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Rice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Reese's choice of entrance music: Person of Interest OST - Knock Knock . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Rice
vs
Reese

173 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Rice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Reese!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reese has closed the distance and engaged Rice in a clinch.

Reese manages to break the clinch.
Rice throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rice keeps Reese at a distance using the push kick.
No joy there for Reese, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reese misses with a straight left.
Rice throws a head kick that misses.
Reese lands with a nice body punch.

Reese moves into the clinch.

Reese's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reese showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rice.
Rice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rice throws a right and a left that both miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Reese misses the target.
Rice throws a sloppy head kick and Reese moves out of range easily.
Reese looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rice slips a jab from Reese.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Reese.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reese loads up on a big right hand but Rice slips the punch.
Rice throws a sloppy head kick and Reese moves out of range easily.
Reese fails to land with a series of punches.

Reese forces Rice back against the cage and clinches.
Rice wants to get back to striking at distance but Reese won't allow it.

Reese's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick from Rice lands but Reese takes it in his stride.
Rice is breathing heavily.
Rice misses with a head kick.
Reese misses the shot to the body.
Reese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Rice lands.
Reese tries to clinch but Rice is having none of it.
Reese fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reese throws a shot from downtown. Rice moves away and avoids it.
Rice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reese.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rice avoids a punch combination nicely.

Reese has Rice up against the cage in a clinch.
Reese lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rice backwards.
Reese throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Reese.

Reese's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reese tries to bum rush Rice with a series of wild strikes but Rice uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reese misses with a jab, cross combination.

Reese moves into range and clinches up with Rice.
Good body shot from Reese.

Reese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Reese sends Rice crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Reese is motioning to the referee to let Rice up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

It looks like Ray Rice has been cut.
Reese circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Rice tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Reese wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Reese!