PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobbie Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trayden Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trayden Francis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Reynolds
vs
Francis

182 cm
19
177 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobbie Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trayden Francis!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis scores with a jab. Reynolds acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reynolds goes for a double leg but Francis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Francis continues to drive forward.
Francis scores with a shoulder strike.
Reynolds wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Francis stalling against the cage.

Francis breaks the clinch.
Trayden Francis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Francis tries a head kick but it misses.
Reynolds misses with a body kick.

Francis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Francis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Reynolds regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis trying to control but Reynolds is working from the bottom.
Francis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Reynolds wants to sweep but no luck.
Reynolds tries to strike from the bottom.
Francis wanted to stand there but Reynolds had control of the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Francis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Francis trying to control but Reynolds is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Reynolds looks for the body kick but Francis saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Francis feints and as Reynolds raises his hands in defense, Francis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Francis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Reynolds working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis sitting in guard here, content to control.
Reynolds tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Francis with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Francis dives in and scores a takedown into Reynolds's guard.
Francis postures up.
Francis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Reynolds bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Francis's guard.

Reynolds is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Francis has a closed guard, preventing Reynolds from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reynolds throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Francis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Francis is trying to keep Reynolds in close.
Francis has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Francis trying to keep a closed guard but Reynolds is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trayden Francis dominated that round.
That's time! Reynolds's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Francis has managed to clinch.
Francis pushes Reynolds back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reynolds takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Bobbie Reynolds has been cut.

Francis jumps guard and drags Reynolds to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Francis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Reynolds's guard.

Francis postures up.
Francis with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francis trying to control but Reynolds is working from the bottom.

Francis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Reynolds, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Francis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reynolds is trying to pull guard but Francis turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Francis has picked Reynolds up - he's going for a ride! Francis dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Francis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reynolds defending well though.
Reynolds is looking for a sweep. Francis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Reynolds is looking to control Francis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reynolds avoid being mounted?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Francis in particular looking to stall.
Francis prevents Reynolds from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Reynolds trying to control from the bottom.
Francis thows a huge punch but Reynolds dodges it nicely.
Francis wants to take a breather but Reynolds is having none of it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Francis closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Reynolds gets tackled into the cage by Francis. Francis maintains the clinch.

Francis successfully pulls guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds is fighting to break Francis's control of his arms but Francis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Francis has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Reynolds off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Francis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reynolds, pushing him back against the cage.
Reynolds wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Francis has him pressed against the cage.
Reynolds is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reynolds is trying to break the clinch but Francis has him pressed against the cage.
Francis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reynolds up against the cage.
Reynolds has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Francis after a bit of a struggle.

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.
Francis lands a body shot in the clinch.

Francis has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Reynolds is trying to keep an underhook but Francis manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Francis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Reynolds does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Reynolds trying to control but Francis postures up.
It looks like Francis is going to stand back up.
Francis prevents Reynolds from improving his position.
Reynolds moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trayden Francis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bobbie Reynolds's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Francis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Reynolds is trying to get back to full guard.

Reynolds is defending against the submission attempts here by Francis.
Reynolds is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reynolds makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Reynolds.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Francis from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Francis stopping the sweep attempt from Reynolds.
Reynolds trying to control the position.
Francis looking to pass the guard.
Reynolds is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reynolds throws a lazy body kick
and Francis counters with a head kick. That will keep Reynolds thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Francis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Francis works Reynolds's body with a nice hook.

Francis rushes Reynolds and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Reynolds is fighting off a takedown attempt but Francis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Reynolds to the mat. Reynolds regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Francis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Reynolds's guard.
Reynolds has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Francis is working away from the top position though.

Francis is looking for a kimura but Reynolds is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Francis to get the leverage.
Francis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reynolds is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trayden Francis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Francis is taking a breather. Reynolds says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Reynolds working for a triangle but Francis defends it easily.
Reynolds is trying to control the position but Francis postures up.
Reynolds is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Reynolds is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Francis kicks off Reynolds and gets to his feet.

Francis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Reynolds wants to break the clinch but can't.

Francis gets control of Reynolds's arms and successfully pulls guard. Francis will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Francis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reynolds is one step ahead there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reynolds postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trayden Francis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Francis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 26:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trayden Francis!