PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brass Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knuckles comes to the cage accompanied by One 24. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ignatius Reilly enters the cage!

Knuckles
vs
Reilly

188 cm
29
210 lbs
23 - 6 - 2

190 cm
25
214 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Brass Knuckles!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ignatius Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles throws a head kick that misses
and Reilly counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reilly has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles scores with a nice body kick.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
Reilly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Knuckles thows a body shot but no joy.
Knuckles throws a push kick but Reilly slaps the foot to one side.
Brass Knuckles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knuckles throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Reilly counters with a body kick that stops Knuckles in his tracks momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Knuckles thows a body shot but no joy.
Knuckles wants to land a leg kick but Reilly is out of range.
Reilly wants to clinch up but Knuckles keeps it at a distance.

Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but Reilly avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Knuckles is blocking nicely.
Knuckles is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knuckles wants to break free but Reilly has control.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knuckles.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reilly.
Knuckles blocks an elbow strike.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knuckles dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
Knuckles has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
Reilly scores with a shoulder strike.
Knuckles working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knuckles can't find room to land a body shot as Reilly controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Knuckles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knuckles dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Knuckles is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reilly lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knuckles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knuckles is trying to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling him.
Knuckles takes an elbow to the temple.
Knuckles misses with some punches.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Knuckles is blocking nicely.
Reilly missing with knees to the body.
Reilly has Knuckles pressed against the cage, preventing Knuckles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knuckles is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Knuckles shrugs off.

Knuckles breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reilly misses with a straight left.
Reilly lands a leg kick that knocks Knuckles off balance momentarily.
Reilly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reilly throws out a leg kick but Knuckles moves out of range and Reilly only half commits.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knuckles.
Knuckles misses with the body kick
and Reilly counters with a thumping low kick.
Reilly avoids the head kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles scores with a spinning back kick!
Knuckles lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Reilly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reilly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reilly throws a leg kick
and Knuckles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reilly wants to slow Knuckles down by chopping away at his legs.
Reilly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A leg kick checked by Reilly.
A low kick from Knuckles misses
and Reilly counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Reilly.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Reilly. Knuckles shrugs it off though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles misses with a straight right.
Knuckles throws a big shot that misses.
Reilly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knuckles is breathing heavily.
Reilly is looking to slow Knuckles down with leg kicks.
Knuckles on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reilly throws a combination. Knuckles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reilly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knuckles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reilly finds it's way round the side to connect with Knuckles's head.
Knuckles gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Reilly gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Knuckles is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ignatius Reilly!
Ignatius Reilly is the new light heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Ignatius Reilly started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.