PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kina Penueta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Trouble Man. Penueta has chosen Manu Samoa as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Bobby Reilly could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kina Penueta's chin.

Reilly
vs
Penueta

184 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
26
195 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kina Penueta!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reilly decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reilly trying to control the pace.
Reilly is trying to control. Penueta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Penueta is trying to stand.
Penueta wants to improve his position but Reilly is controlling well.
Reilly perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

We're going to have a standup here because Bobby Reilly wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Reilly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Reilly shoots and misses
and Reilly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Penueta.
Reilly looks to clinch
and Penueta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reilly with a poor takedown
and Penueta counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penueta displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reilly.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Reilly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reilly has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Penueta shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Penueta showed some decent athleticism there.
Penueta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Penueta wants to take a breather but Reilly is having none of it.
Reilly blocking the ground and pound attempt from Penueta.
Penueta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reilly's head.
Penueta prevents Reilly from standing back up.
Reilly is breathing heavily.
Penueta tries to pass the half guard into mount. Reilly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Penueta decides to return to a standing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bobby Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reilly tried to score with a low kick but Penueta checks it.
Reilly gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Penueta counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Reilly gets caught flat footed, as Penueta shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Reilly keeping full guard, as Penueta tries to pass.
Penueta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Penueta sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Penueta scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penueta slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Penueta decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Reilly gets caught napping as Penueta dives in and scores a takedown. Reilly manages to retain guard.
Penueta must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Penueta trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Penueta gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Penueta feints a jab promting Reilly to slip. Penueta then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Reilly slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Reilly thows a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Reilly.
Penueta with a nice cross.

Penueta shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penueta misses with a head shot. Reilly uses the momentum to regain guard.
Penueta slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penueta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reilly is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kina Penueta dominated that round.
That's time! Reilly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Penueta shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Reilly manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Penueta throws a big elbow that misses.

Reilly scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Penueta drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Reilly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Reilly keeping full guard, as Penueta tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Penueta accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reilly keeping full guard, as Penueta tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kina Penueta has got the better of the ground game so far.
Penueta with a flurry of punches that miss.

Penueta stands up and waves to Reilly to follow him.
Penueta throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reilly on the side of the head.
Reilly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Kina Penueta has been cut.
Penueta misses with a two punch combination.
Reilly misses with a takedown attempt
and Penueta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penueta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Penueta with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Penueta looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penueta has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reilly defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Penueta.
Penueta controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penueta fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Penueta prevents Reilly from getting the reversal.

Penueta looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The referee warns Reilly that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Penueta cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Penueta takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Penueta cracks Reilly with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Penueta wants to control the pace but Reilly is squirming around nicely.
Penueta landing shots from mount.
Penueta breaks from Reilly's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Penueta lands a heavy elbow.
Penueta scoring with strikes but Reilly is staying in there.
Penueta in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Penueta working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Reilly that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Penueta raining down shots from the mount!

Penueta looking for a guillotine from mount but Reilly is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kina Penueta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kina Penueta's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Reilly gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Penueta decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Penueta shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Reilly defends it nicely.

Penueta gets a double leg takedown into Reilly's guard.
Penueta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reilly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reilly is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penueta controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Penueta is trying to stand back up but Reilly is controlling him
Penueta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reilly.

Penueta kicks Reilly off and gets back to his feet.
Penueta stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Penueta wants it to stay on the feet.
Penueta connects with a crisp jab.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bobby Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Penueta circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penueta was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a hook
and Penueta counters with a left and a right that stings Reilly.
A shot to the body from Reilly misses
and Penueta counters with a three punch combo that has Reilly backing up. Reilly nods at Penueta to acknowledge the strikes.
Reilly tries to clinch there but Penueta circles away.

Penueta closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Reilly quickly recovers to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penueta looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Penueta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Penueta tries to pass the half guard into mount. Reilly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Reilly is looking for a sweep. Penueta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penueta tries to pass the half guard into mount. Reilly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Penueta decides to stand and escape the position.

Penueta bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Penueta lands a few punches from side control.
Penueta tries to advance to mount but can't.
Penueta cracks Reilly with a big right hand but Reilly just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Penueta controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penueta's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly parries the strikes from Penueta easily there. Penueta is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Reilly to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penueta is trying to ground and pound but Reilly uses the momentary lack of control by Penueta to regain half guard.
Kina Penueta is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Well, if Penueta is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kina Penueta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Penueta has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kina Penueta!
An out of breath Kina Penueta thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.