The announcer just welcomed us to Stockton, CA and called Antonio Silva a ‘bohemoth’. Best line of the weekend is still Nick Diaz’s quip that no doubt made the local chamber of commerce happy–he said Stockton was the perfect place for a fight card since if you “drive around you’ll likely see a fight on the side of the road”

Bryan Caraway lists his discipline as ‘cowboy karate’. Sounds like a good crowd on hand.

ROUND 1:

Mauro Ranallo informs us that Caraway dislocated his kneecap a few weeks ago. Caraway lands the first punch, a looping right hand. BJJ monster Reis takes Caraway down with a single leg. He’s now working inside Caraway’s guard and hopefully ‘Cowboy Karate’ spends a lot of time training in submission defense. Reis moves from half guard to side control and it looks like he’s setting up an arm bar. He then stands up and lands a couple of big punches. Reis all over him like a snake but Caraway gets out and back to standup. Caraway lands a nice one-two. Reis needs to work on his striking, but for now he takes his man back down and is working half guard. He passes guard and takes Caraway’s back. Reis throwing punches at the back of the head while looking for a rear naked choke. Caraway has no technique, but is a ’slippery’ fighter and gets out and back to standup. Caraway throws some punches, none of which land flush. Reis gets another takedown with ten seconds left and throws in a few punches as the event ends. Round 1 goes to Wilson Reis 10-9

ROUND TWO:

Another single leg by Reis to open the round and he lands a big punch from half guard. Caraway scrambles out and its back to standup. Caraway catches Reis with a big knee and then another, but the Brazilian gathers himself quickly and gets the takedown. Mat is a bloody mess from a previous fight, but it looks like Reis may have a bloody nose. Reis in side control and it appears that its his forehead that’s bleeding, presumably from Caraway’s knee. Reis tries to work for something on the ground, but Caraway reverses it. Fans boo the ground action, Mauro Ranallo deftly talks about the ‘continual education process about ground fighting in the US’. That’s a nice way of saying that the bloodthirsty NorCal meth addicts want to see someone carried out on a stretcher. Caraway got in a couple of nice knees but Reis still takes this round 10-9, leading in the fight 20-18.

ROUND THREE:

Frank Shamrock has given Reis the first two rounds as well. Caraway scores with some nice punches, but Reis grabs a leg and takes his man down. Shamrock not at Frank Mir or Bas Rutten level yet, but he’s comfortable on the mic and knows his stuff. Reis trying to pass guard, landing a couple of big punches in the process. 3 minutes left in the fight and Reis is having his way with Caraway on the ground. Caraway reverses it just as the ‘undereducated on ground fighting’ Stockton fans start to boo. Caraway now in Reis half guard for a moment but the BJJ specialist quickly reverses that. Back to standup and Caraway immediately lands a big right, but he gets too aggressive and eats a Reis knee. The not-undereducated on ground fighting Frank Shamrock commends both fighters on their ground game, though that doesn’t satisfy the fans. Caraway stands up and catches Reis with a knee, but the Brazilian grabs the leg and takes him down with 10 seconds left. Entertaining fight, Caraway put up a nice effort but we’ve got it 3 rounds to zip, 30-27 for Wilson Reis.

WILSON REIS WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

This doesn’t make the crowd happy, not sure why…..