PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parnell Calhoun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calhoun has chosen "Big Pimpin" by Jay Z as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Reilly
vs
Calhoun

190 cm
22
214 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

187 cm
27
214 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ignatius Reilly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Parnell Calhoun!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Calhoun with that takedown attempt.
Calhoun shoots for a takedown but Reilly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reilly scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reilly.
Reilly throws a low kick but Calhoun avoids it.
Reilly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Reilly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Reilly tenderised Calhoun's leg. Calhoun is trying to keep his angry face on.
Calhoun looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly thows a body shot but no joy.
Reilly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Calhoun has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Reilly cracks the inside of Calhoun's front leg.
Calhoun on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Calhoun checks a low kick from Reilly.

Calhoun tries to keep at a distance but Reilly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.
Reilly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reilly lands a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reilly stalling the fight.
Reilly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reilly.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reilly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reilly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Calhoun takes an elbow to the forehead.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Calhoun 's eye.
Reilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Calhoun goes for a takedown in the clinch but Reilly prevents it.
Ignatius Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Parnell Calhoun.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Calhoun backwards.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reilly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reilly lands an elbow that stopped Calhoun in his tracks for a moment.
A bit of stalling here from Reilly.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reilly obliges.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Calhouns head.
Calhoun has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Reilly manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Calhoun shrugs off.
Reilly crunches a lovely knee into Calhoun's ribcage.
Reilly landing knees to the body.
Calhoun is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Reilly.
Reilly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Calhoun wants to break the clinch but can't.
Calhoun is trying to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling him.
Reilly's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Calhoun misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Calhoun throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly is struggling to control the position.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Reilly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Calhoun takes an elbow to the temple.
Reilly connects with a knee to the head.
Reilly stalls.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reilly lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Reilly.
Nice elbow from Reilly.
Calhoun struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Reilly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Calhoun wants to break free but Reilly has control.
Reilly just leaning against Calhoun, taking a breather.

Calhoun gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Calhoun is trying to control. Reilly wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun stalling away here and it's allowed Reilly to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Reilly lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Calhoun!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Calhoun is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Reilly stands up from mount. Strange move.
Reilly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reilly, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Reilly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Calhoun waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reilly.
Reilly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reilly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reilly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Calhoun can do to turn this around?
Calhoun on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly throws a front kick that sends Calhoun stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly thumps Calhoun with a low kick.
Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reilly lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Reilly scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reilly.
Calhoun takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Reilly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Calhoun on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reilly. That's going to slow Calhoun down.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reilly pushes Calhoun up against the cage in a clinch.
Ignatius Reilly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Calhoun has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reilly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reilly is leaning against Calhoun and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Calhoun shrugs off.
Reilly lands a good knee to the midsection. Calhoun won't want to take too many of those.
Reilly with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Reilly.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reilly lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Reilly.
Reilly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Calhoun.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Reilly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Calhoun's face.

Reilly is fighting off a takedown attempt but Calhoun is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Reilly to the mat. Reilly regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Reilly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Calhoun tries to free his leg and advance position but Reilly is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun stopping the sweep attempt from Reilly.
Calhoun looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reilly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Calhoun controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun looking to sit in guard and control but Reilly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Reilly would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Reilly being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Calhoun has a closed guard, preventing Reilly from standing up.
Calhoun controlling the position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Parnell Calhoun wasn't active enough on the ground.
Calhoun scores with a punch to the head.
Ignatius Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Calhoun loads up on a big right hand but Reilly slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reilly tries to clinch but Calhoun moves out of range.
Calhoun misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Calhoun misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignatius Reilly dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reilly misses with a few strikes there.
A left lands for Calhoun.
Ignatius Reilly is winning the standup battle so far.
Calhoun misses with a body punch
and Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reilly throws a push kick but Calhoun slaps the foot to one side.
Calhoun throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Calhoun looks to land a left hand but Reilly moved out of range nicely.
Reilly lands a head kick. Calhoun smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Calhoun swats away the attempt to clinch by Reilly.
Reilly finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Calhoun. Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reilly.
Calhoun fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly misses with a leg kick.
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Calhoun saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun scores with a nice right hand.
Calhoun checks a leg kick.
Calhoun moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reilly shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Calhoun eats them both and turns towards Reilly to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Reilly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A telegraphed right hand from Calhoun misses the target.
Reilly tries to clinch there but Calhoun circles away.
Reilly stuffs the takedown.
Parnell Calhoun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calhoun takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Calhoun cracks Reilly with a good jab.
Reilly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Calhoun's head.
Reilly misses with a looping right.
Reilly swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Calhoun steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Calhoun is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reilly.
Calhoun misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reilly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick from Reilly misses.
Nice uppercut there from Calhoun.
Calhoun takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reilly lands with a slapping head kick.
A big left from Calhoun misses.
The fighters circling - Calhoun throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Calhoun looks to land a right hand but Reilly moved out of range.
Donk. Calhoun catches Reilly right on the button with a cross.
Reilly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Calhoun might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Reilly misses with the combination.
Reilly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reilly scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Calhoun. Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reilly throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Calhoun stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reilly.
Calhoun digs a good hook to Reilly's body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reilly.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Calhoun's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reilly stalls.
Calhoun wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Calhoun wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reilly scores with a knee to the head.
Reilly is pressed up against the cage. Calhoun has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Reilly down to the mat. Reilly avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reilly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Calhoun takes a step back to recover.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Calhoun blocks a head kick by Reilly.
Reilly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Calhoun.
Reilly scoring well with a low kick there.
Reilly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Calhoun's sensitive parts.
Calhoun needs to keep his hands up - Reilly had a free shot at his head there.
Reilly looks to land a combination but Calhoun avoids it well.
Ignatius Reilly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reilly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Calhoun throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly tries to clinch but Calhoun moves out of range.
Reilly connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignatius Reilly clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reilly connects with a leg kick. Calhoun looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Calhoun looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Reilly!
Reilly is looking to get to half guard.
Reilly is working hard here to advance position.
Calhoun looking to ground and pound but Reilly is blocking nicely.
A nice elbow there by Calhoun.
Reilly avoids a series of strikes thrown by Calhoun.
Calhoun controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Reilly wants to control but Calhoun is having none of it.
Reilly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reilly tries to get out of the position.
Calhoun trying to control but Reilly is having none of it.
Reilly keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reilly is bucking up trying to escape but Calhoun cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Calhoun cracks Reilly with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like Ignatius Reilly has been cut.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Calhoun cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Calhoun dominating with strikes here.
Reilly regains half guard.
Parnell Calhoun has got the better of the ground game so far.
Calhoun performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Reilly is looking for a sweep. Calhoun is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Calhoun trying to control from half guard but Reilly is working away.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Calhoun lands a nice short elbow.
Calhoun throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Calhoun is thwarting Reilly's attempts to control the position.
Calhoun is just content to waste time from the top position. Reilly takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Calhoun working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reilly's head.
Reilly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reilly is trying to keep Calhoun in close.
Calhoun is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Parnell Calhoun dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Reilly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Calhoun scores with a jab to the jaw.
Calhoun connects with a body shot that sends Reilly's belly button to the back.
Reilly tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Calhoun is able to avoid easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reilly.
Reilly throws a low kick but Calhoun avoids it.
Calhoun dives in and grabs Reilly's left leg, looking for a takedown. Reilly pushes down on Calhoun's head and hops out.
Calhoun takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good exchange - Calhoun coming out on top.
Reilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Calhoun.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Calhoun checks a leg kick.
Reilly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Calhoun is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Reilly throws a sloppy head kick and Calhoun moves out of range easily.
Calhoun throws a shot from downtown. Reilly moves away and avoids it.
Reilly blocks a jab.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Calhoun lands with a cross.
Reilly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Calhoun misses with a leg kick
and Reilly counters with a big head kick but Calhoun shrugs it off.
Calhoun on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Calhoun just misses with a punch to the body.
Calhoun throws a jab but it's blocked by Reilly.
Calhoun is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reilly.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Calhoun checks a leg kick.
Reilly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Reilly.
Parnell Calhoun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nice elbow from Reilly.
Reilly tries to stall but Calhoun uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reilly taking a breather.
Calhoun lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Calhoun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Calhoun takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reilly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Calhoun is trying to break free.
Reilly pressing his opponent against the cage.
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reilly trying to land knees to the body.
Reilly scores with a knee to the head.
Calhoun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Calhoun tries to circle away but Reilly has him pinned against the cage.
Calhoun wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Calhoun lands a body punch.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Calhoun.
Calhoun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Calhoun is trying to drag Reilly to the mat but Reilly just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Reilly slows down the pace here.
Reilly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ignatius Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Parnell Calhoun.
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reilly has Calhoun pushed against the cage.
Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Calhoun's defenses.
Ignatius Reilly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Calhoun wants to break the clinch but can't.
Calhoun is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Calhoun tries to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling the position.
Calhoun tries to score a body lock takedown but Reilly shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Calhoun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reilly gets underhooks to prevent Calhoun's takedown attempt.
Reilly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Calhoun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reilly stalling against the cage.
Calhoun is looking to break free of the clinch but Reilly has double underhooks.
Reilly is pressed up against the cage. Calhoun has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Reilly down to the mat. Reilly avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Reilly darts in and clinches Calhoun up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Reilly.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Calhoun shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly lands a left hand.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly stops a takedown attempt from Calhoun.
Calhoun wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ignatius Reilly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reilly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 49:45
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 49:45
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 49:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ignatius Reilly!
Ignatius Reilly retains his light heavyweight title!