PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between STEFANO SARAI (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin O Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justin O Reilly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

SARAI
vs
O Reilly

200 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, STEFANO SARAI!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin O Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
SARAI tries for a takedown but O Reilly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
O Reilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Reilly wants to clinch up but SARAI keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Reilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
SARAI keeps the fight on the outside.
O Reilly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but SARAI moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
O Reilly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. SARAI manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
SARAI takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
SARAI is breathing heavily.
SARAI circles away from the clinch attempt.

SARAI fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. O Reilly sprawls well initially but SARAI persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
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!
SARAI working the head and body with strikes.
O Reilly tries to kick SARAI off but SARAI keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
O Reilly trying to control but SARAI postures up.
O Reilly is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly is trying to maintain the position but SARAI is very close to passing his half guard.
O Reilly is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but SARAI is staying active.
SARAI is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and O Reilly reverses the position - he's now on top in SARAI's guard.
O Reilly is looking to stand up but SARAI won't let him.
SARAI keeping moving, preventing O Reilly from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
O Reilly tries to stand but SARAI is controlling from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Justin O Reilly hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
O Reilly dives in and grabs SARAI's left leg, looking for a takedown. SARAI pushes down on O Reilly's head and hops out.
O Reilly shoots in for a double leg but SARAI sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

SARAI scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
SARAI is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down O Reilly's shoulder. That is not cool.
O Reilly takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly is trying to escape the position but SARAI is controlling the position.
SARAI is trying to ground and pound but O Reilly uses the momentary lack of control by SARAI to regain half guard.
SARAI with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
SARAI's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up because STEFANO SARAI just wasn't active enough.

SARAI closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming O Reilly to the mat! O Reilly manages to get full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
SARAI sitting in guard here, content to control.
SARAI prevents O Reilly from getting back to his feet.
SARAI is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
SARAI throws a big right hand that misses.
SARAI will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
SARAI controlling from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
SARAI throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that STEFANO SARAI will probably get the nod.
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.

Nice takedown defense from O Reilly. No joy for SARAI on that attempt.
SARAI shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with O Reilly but O Reilly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
STEFANO SARAI is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from O Reilly.

O Reilly lands a big head kick that sends SARAI tumbling to the mat! O Reilly takes a step backwards and waves SARAI back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like STEFANO SARAI has been cut.
SARAI shoots for a takedown but O Reilly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for STEFANO SARAI. That's going to take a lot out of him.
SARAI shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says O Reilly as he avoids it easily.
O Reilly tries to clinch but SARAI moves out of range.
SARAI shoots in for a double leg but O Reilly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

O Reilly has SARAI up against the cage in a clinch.

O Reilly jumps guard and drags SARAI to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Reilly keeping moving, preventing SARAI from controlling successfully.
O Reilly working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
SARAI throws a strike but O Reilly rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
O Reilly throws a big right hand that misses.
SARAI is trying to control the position from the bottom.
O Reilly thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
SARAI is striking but O Reilly is not phased and passes to half guard.
O Reilly prevents SARAI from improving his position.
O Reilly tries to stand but can't do so whilst SARAI controls his leg.
SARAI trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
O Reilly avoids the attempt from SARAI to control.
SARAI working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly avoids the attempt from SARAI to control.
O Reilly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of SARAI's face.
O Reilly scoring with strikes but SARAI is staying in there.
SARAI is bucking up trying to escape but O Reilly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
SARAI in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
SARAI wants to hold on but O Reilly pushes him away.
SARAI is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
SARAI wants to hold on but O Reilly pushes him away.
SARAI is in all sorts of trouble here.
SARAI wants to control but O Reilly is having none of it.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
O Reilly trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The referee warns SARAI that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
O Reilly looking to finish SARAI with some ground and pound. This is bad for SARAI!
SARAI tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin O Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on STEFANO SARAI's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

O Reilly works over SARAI's head and body with a nice combination.
Good standup being displayed there by O Reilly as he connects with a hook.

STEFANO SARAI's cut is getting worse.
O Reilly connects with a combination that backs up SARAI into the cage. O Reilly lands a flurry of punches that gets past SARAI's guard. SARAI is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! O Reilly bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin O Reilly!