PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Nicolas (ranked 762 p4p, 13949 weight class) and Iain Reilly (ranked 113 p4p, 734 weight class). Reilly has chosen Dubliners - Fields of Athenry as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Nicolas
vs
Reilly

187 cm
38
211
33 - 17 - 0

186 cm
47
218
23 - 34 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harold Nicolas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 34 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly takes one to the chin there.
Iain Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicolas swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly feints the counter takedown.
Nicolas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Reillys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Reilly moves forwards but Nicolas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reilly throws an off balance right hand
and Nicolas counters with a right hand to the body.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nicolas is looking to counter punch.
Nicolas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Nicolas cracks Reilly with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Nicolas has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Reilly to stand back up!

Reilly is rocked!

It looks like Iain Reilly has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Nicolas. Reilly falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Nicolas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harold Nicolas!
A very excited looking Harold Nicolas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.