PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cyril O Reily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trainer Jonny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jonny's choice of entrance music: Joker and the Theif - Wolfmother. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Reily
vs
Jonny

192 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
26
223 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple 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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Cyril O Reily!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trainer Jonny!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Reily avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jonny misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

O Reily drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jonny wants to stand up but O Reily is controlling him.
Jonny is trying to control the position but O Reily postures up.
O Reily throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jonny trying to keep a closed guard but O Reily is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
O Reily thows a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Reily stopping the sweep attempt from Jonny.
O Reily postures up in Jonny's guard and throws a big left but Jonny blocks it.
Jonny preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jonny misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trainer Jonny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jonny slaps away a takedown attempt from O Reily, before circling back to the center of the mat.
O Reily shoots in but no luck this time.
Jonny fails to land with a series of punches.
Jonny cracks a nice hook into O Reily's ribs.
O Reily avoids the body shot from Jonny.
Jonny throws a body punch but O Reily moves out of range.
O Reily defending well as Jonny loads up on a big left hand.
Jonny misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Reily checks a leg kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jonny takes a swing at O Reily's ribcage but misses.
Jonny misses with the combination.
Jonny will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Reily shoots in for a double leg but Jonny sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyril O Reily. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Reily keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Reily misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jonny misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonny lands a nice shot to the body.
Jonny stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jonny wants it to stay on the feet.
O Reily slips a jab from Jonny.
Jonny looks to land a combination but O Reily avoids it well.
Jonny moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jonny digs a good body shot into O Reily's ribs.
Jonny lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but O Reily circles away quickly and effectively.
Jonny cracks a nice hook into O Reily's ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jonny!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jonny feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to O Reily's calf.
Jonny throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jonny darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jonny misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jonny throws a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Jonny - just one landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jonny.
O Reily is breathing heavily.
A combination from Jonny does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from O Reily is defended easily by Jonny.
Jonny throws a series of strikes that have O Reily backpedaling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trainer Jonny dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

O Reily changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jonny tries to avoid it but O Reily manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jonny to the ground. Jonny escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
O Reily shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jonny as he avoids it easily.
Jonny works the jab nicely.

O Reily is rocked!
Jonny lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. O Reily is looking to close the distance but Jonny sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! O Reily crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope O Reily is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Trainer Jonny!