PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Denzel Stokes (ranked 4071 p4p, 4073 weight class) and Adan Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stokes
vs
Reilly

184 cm
20
135
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denzel Stokes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adan Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stokes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reilly momentarily.
Stokes thuds his right hand into Reilly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jab from Stokes.

Reilly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reilly scores with a knee to the head.
Reilly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stokes can't break the clinch.
Reilly with a knee to the head.
Stokes wants to get back to striking at distance but Reilly won't allow it.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly connects with a knee to the head.
Reilly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reilly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stokes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reilly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stokes blocks it with crossed arms.
Reilly connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stokes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly misses with a knee strike.
Stokes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stokes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stokes can't break the clinch.
Reilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stokes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stokes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Stokes is blocking nicely.
Stokes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly tries to land a knee to the head but Stokes blocks with his arms.
Reilly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stokes has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.

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.
Reilly prevents Stokes from breaking the clinch.
Stokes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reilly tries to land a knee to the head but Stokes blocks with his arms.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Stokes is blocking nicely.
Reilly landing knees to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stokes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adan Reilly dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Stokes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reilly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Adan Reilly has been cut.

Reilly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stokes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stokes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stokes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly keeps control of Stokes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stokes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stokes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stokes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stokes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reilly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stokes's face.
Reilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stokes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries a knee to the head but Stokes blocks it.
Reilly misses with a knee strike.
Reilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stokes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stokes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Stokes is blocking nicely.
Reilly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stokes tries to circle away but Reilly has him pinned against the cage.
Stokes is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stokes's face.
Reilly landing knees to the head.
Reilly connects with a knee to the head.
Reilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stokes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries a knee to the head but Stokes blocks it.
Stokes has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stokes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stokes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly lands a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adan Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adan Reilly's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Stokes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reilly. Reilly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Reilly clinches with his opponent.
Reilly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reilly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stokes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reilly misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stokes has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
Reilly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stokes blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly lands a knee to the head.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stokes has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
Reilly keeps control of Stokes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stokes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stokes is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stokes working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly with a knee to the head.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stokes tries to circle away but Reilly has him pinned against the cage.
Stokes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stokes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reilly tries a knee to the head but Stokes blocks it.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reilly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stokes's face.
Stokes wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Stokes is blocking nicely.
Reilly landing knees to the head.
Reilly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stokes's efforts to push away.
Reilly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stokes blocks it with crossed arms.
Denzel Stokes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stokes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adan Reilly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Reilly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Adan Reilly!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Adan Reilly!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Adan Reilly!

Adan Reilly wins by unanimous decision!