PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leon Wirya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Wirya might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Let Her Go. Reese has chosen Person of Interest OST - Knock Knock as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Wirya
vs
Reese

180 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
26
210 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leon Wirya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Reese!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wirya wants to clinch but Reese slips to the side
and Reese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wirya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Wirya clinches up against the cage.

Reese escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reese misses with a hook. Wirya ducked under it nicely.
Wirya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wirya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wirya connects with an inside leg kick.
Wirya is looking to clinch but Reese is avoiding it.
Wirya tries to close the distance and clinch but Reese swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Reese clinches up against the cage.
Wirya has Reese pressed against the cage, preventing Reese from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice left hand lands by Reese.

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

Reese has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wirya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reese blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wirya tries a body shot but Reese blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reese.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wiryas head.
Still in the clinch, Reese scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reese lands a shoulder strike.
Reese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wirya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reese is trying to break free.
Reese throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wiryas head.
Wirya misses with some punches.
Reese lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reese lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wirya backwards.
Reese is looking to break free of the clinch but Wirya has double underhooks.
Wirya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wirya misses with some punches.
Reese lands with a light punch inside.
Reese lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wirya backwards.
Wirya wants to break free but Reese has control.
A short left from Reese.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reese pushes Wirya back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Wirya's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Wirya fails to land.
Wirya lands a hook to the side of the head.

Reese escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wirya moves to clinch but Reese breaks away
and Reese cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Reese. That snapped Wirya's head back.

Reese clinches.
A short right from Reese.
Reese is trying to break the clinch but Wirya has him pressed against the cage.
Wirya misses with a punch on the inside.
Reese lands a nice uppercut.

Wirya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wirya tries to clinch up
and Reese counters with a straight right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Reese. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reese.
Wirya tries to clinch but Reese is having none of it.
Reese appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wirya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Reese instigates a clinch.
Reese has had enough of the clinch but Wirya keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Reese scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reese lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wirya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wirya is trying to force a seperation but Reese has the dominant position.
Wirya is breathing heavily.
Reese lands with a light punch inside.
Reese tries to circle away but Wirya has him pinned against the cage.
Reese has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wirya working aggressively here.
Reese lands an uppercut.
Reese lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Reese lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reese lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reese lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reese creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wirya tries to circle away but Reese has him pinned against the cage.
Reese blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Reese.

Wirya breaks the clinch.

Reese moves into range and clinches up with Wirya.
Wirya tries to break free but Reese pushes him back against the cage.
Reese lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reese tries to break free but Wirya pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Reese.
A nice left hand lands by Reese.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reese creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Wirya fails to land.
Reese blocks an uppercut.
Reese works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wirya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reese wants to break free but Wirya has control.
Reese scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Reese.
Reese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Reese dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wirya doesn't manage to clinch there - Reese circles away.
Reese moves forwards but Wirya connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reese blocks a head kick by Wirya.
Reese swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wirya.
Wirya looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Wirya rushes Reese and presses him up against the cage.
Wirya is trying to break free.
Wirya prevents Reese from breaking the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reese.
Wirya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reese's elbow.

Reese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wirya is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Reese connects with a single shot there.

Reese fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wirya, pushing him back against the cage.
Reese lands with a light punch inside.
Reese has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reese wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wirya has him pressed against the cage.
John Reese seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice left hand lands by Reese.
Wirya misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wirya.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wirya is trying to break free.
Wirya working aggressively here.
Wirya is trying to break free.
Wirya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reese blocks an uppercut.
Reese lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Wirya.
A frustrated look appears on Reese's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wirya.
Wirya swings wildly with an uppercut but Reese uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wirya has a couple of punches blocked by Reese.
Wirya has had enough of the clinch but Reese keeps him there for the moment.
Wirya misses with the head strike.
Wirya has a couple of punches blocked by Reese.
Reese lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reese looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wirya wants to get back to striking at distance but Reese won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wirya misses with a punch on the inside.
Wirya wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reese lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Reese.
A right hand to the body from Reese.
Reese wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reese scores with a hook to the body.
Reese digs a right hand underneath Wirya's ribcage. Wirya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wirya has Reese pressed against the cage, preventing Reese from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wirya misses with some punches.

Reese breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reese comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wirya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Reese closes the distance and clinches.
Reese makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reese stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reese.
Reese makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reese tries to break free but Wirya pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wirya.
Reese scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reese.
Reese lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Reese.
Wirya is looking to break free of the clinch but Reese has double underhooks.
Reese wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reese lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reese lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reese lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Reese.
Reese working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reese lands a left hand.
Reese wants to get back to striking at distance but Wirya won't allow it.
Reese lands with a short shot to the head.
Reese makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from Reese.
Still in the clinch, Reese scores with a nice short uppercut.

Wirya is rocked!
Reese lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Wirya is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reese lands with a left to the head.
Reese lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Wirya to his knees! Reese keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Reese!