PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Pills (ranked 5105 p4p, 3604 weight class) and Evan O Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evan O Riley will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pills
vs
O Riley

180 cm
21
180
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
175
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Pills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Evan O Riley!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pills stuffs the takedown attempt from O Riley. O Riley gets slowly back to his feet.
Pills tries to counter with a takedown but O Riley is quick to defend against it.
O Riley throws a series of punches but Pills moves out of range.
As O Riley backs away, Pills returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Pills shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pills showed some decent athleticism there.
Pills sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. O Riley defending well though.
Pills wants to take a breather but O Riley is having none of it.
Pills slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pills sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. O Riley defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pills is keen to just control but O Riley is a slippery customer.
Pills not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pills is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
O Riley is trying to stand up here but Pills is controlling him well.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
O Riley is trying to maintain the position but Pills is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Good standup being displayed there by O Riley as he connects with a hook.
O Riley swinging wildly here.

Pills drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
O Riley is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pills wants to control but O Riley is keeping him busy.
Pills sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but O Riley is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pills is looking to take a break and control but O Riley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Riley is trying to control Pills's posture but Pills avoids it.
Pills wants to lay and pray for a moment but O Riley keeps working.
Pills postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pills slows the pace down.
Pills wants to control but O Riley is keeping him busy.
Pills taking a breather here.
Pills wants to lay and pray for a moment but O Riley keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pills controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pills shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches O Riley napping and manages to drive through into side control!
You can see the frustration on O Riley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
O Riley tries to improve position but can't.
Pills controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pills trying to control the position but O Riley is working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Pills dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

O Riley stuffs the takedown attempt from Pills. Pills gets slowly back to his feet.
O Riley unleashes a big counter combination but Pills bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
O Riley dives in for a single leg takedown but Pills sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Riley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pills changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pills looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? O Riley is fending him off so far but Pills persists. Nope, O Riley circles away and we're back to standing.
O Riley tries to clinch up but Pills circles away and keeps his distance.
Pills tries to counter by moving into the clinch but O Riley manages to circle out of the way.
O Riley lands with a nice combination. Pills backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Joe Pills has been cut.

Pills drives through with a takedown into O Riley's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

O Riley wriggles free and stands up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Riley shoots in but Pills avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from O Riley is defended easily by Pills.
Joe Pills has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evan O Riley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pills fails with a takedown attempt.
O Riley scores with a punch to the head.
Pills tries to score a power double leg takedown but O Riley sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pills somewhat.
Pills drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
O Riley throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

O Riley darts in and clinches Pills up against the cage.

Pills pulls guard successfully.
O Riley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pills knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for O Riley on the ground.
Pills is looking to stand up but O Riley isn't so interested in that idea.
Pills on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pills tries to get out of the position.
Pills looking to control.
O Riley being controlled here momentarily.
Pills is looking to stand up but O Riley isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pills working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from O Riley.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Pills pulls O Riley in close to prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Pills has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pills there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pills shoots in looking for a takedown. O Riley tries to sprawl out of it but Pills keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. O Riley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
O Riley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Riley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pills tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but O Riley defends well and Pills ends up having to push O Riley into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

O Riley manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
O Riley keeping moving, preventing Pills from controlling successfully.
O Riley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pills not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
O Riley is looking to stand up but Pills isn't so interested in that idea.
Pills throws a big elbow that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Evan O Riley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Pills's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

O Riley misses with a wild combination.
As O Riley tries to get set, Pills tries to push him back and clinch up but O Riley manages to avoid the attempt.
Joe Pills is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Riley lands with a nice combination. Pills backs away looking to recover.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pills.

Pills shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pills showed some decent athleticism there.
O Riley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pills.
Joe Pills overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pills seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but O Riley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pills is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pills is keen to just control but O Riley is a slippery customer.
Pills trying to control from O Riley's half guard. O Riley has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Pills is stalling in the full guard.
Pills looking to sit in guard and control but O Riley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Pills is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
O Riley prevents Pills from getting back to his feet.
O Riley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pills wants to control the position but O Riley says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Pills pushes O Riley off looking to stand but O Riley dives back in and keeps control.
Pills is looking to get back to is feet but O Riley passes into side control.
Pills wants to get back to his feet but O Riley drags him back down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Riley wants to control but Pills is keeping him busy.
O Riley lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on Pills's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pills is looking for a sweep.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
O Riley wants to clinch but Pills slips to the side
and Pills counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Evan O Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Riley shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pills defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pills dives in and grabs O Riley's left leg, looking for a takedown. O Riley pushes down on Pills's head and hops out.
Decent striking displayed by O Riley there.
O Riley works over Pills's head and body with a nice combination.

Pills is rocked!
Pills dives in and grabs O Riley's left leg, looking for a takedown. O Riley pushes down on Pills's head and hops out.
O Riley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Pills. That's going to take a lot out of him.

O Riley has taken the fight to the clinch.

O Riley manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pills wants to control from the top but O Riley keeps moving.
O Riley controlling Pills's posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pills postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evan O Riley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well O Riley 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evan O Riley!