PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam O Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uche Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Adam O Reilly has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

O Reilly
vs
Mohammed

200 cm
23
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
286 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam O Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Uche Mohammed!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mohammed closes the distance and clinches.
O Reilly tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mohammed smiles and moves away.
Mohammed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Mohammed has closed the distance and engaged O Reilly in a clinch.
Mohammed stalling.
O Reilly is looking to break free of the clinch but Mohammed has double underhooks.
Mohammed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Reilly is defending well for now.
Mohammed controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly prevents a body shot from Mohammed.
Come on Mohammed - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mohammed continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uche Mohammed.
O Reilly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mohammed throws a looping overhand right but O Reilly ducks down to avoid it.
Mohammed throws a head kick that misses.
O Reilly misses the jab.
Mohammed takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
O Reilly blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Mohammed counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mohammed.

Mohammed turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Mohammed manages to end up in side control.
O Reilly regains half guard.

O Reilly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mohammed pulls his head out easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohammed thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed O Reilly's head.
O Reilly is looking for a sweep. Mohammed is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

O Reilly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mohammed slips a nice elbow through O Reilly's hands, connecting with O Reilly's forehead.

O Reilly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mohammed sitting and controlling from the half guard.
O Reilly is trying to stand back up but Mohammed is controlling him
O Reilly is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mohammed throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing O Reilly to regain full guard.
Mohammed tries to free his leg and advance position but O Reilly is retaining full guard.
Mohammed postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

O Reilly looking for a guillotine here but Mohammed defends easily.
O Reilly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
O Reilly will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mohammed is stalling in the full guard.
Let's hope that Mohammed has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mohammed postures up in O Reilly's guard and throws a big left but O Reilly blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed throwing strikes but missing.
Mohammed loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mohammed missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

O Reilly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mohammed is aware though and is defending well.

O Reilly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mohammed defends it easily.
Mohammed lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mohammed slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mohammed is in close to O Reilly's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uche Mohammed dominated that 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.

Mohammed clinches up against the cage.
Mohammed pressing his opponent against the cage.

Mohammed wants the takedown. O Reilly is fighting it off but Mohammed persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in O Reilly's guard against the cage.
Mohammed passes O Reilly's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

O Reilly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mohammed is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly tries to get to full guard but Mohammed has control of the leg.
Mohammed seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

O Reilly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mohammed pulls his head out easily.
Mohammed prevents O Reilly from improving his position.
O Reilly has hold of Mohammed's hands but Mohammed slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

O Reilly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mohammed is controlling the pace.
Mohammed is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mohammed is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. O Reilly doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mohammed.
Mohammed perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
O Reilly tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
O Reilly avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mohammed.
Mohammed not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mohammed seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

O Reilly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mohammed slips a nice elbow through O Reilly's hands, connecting with O Reilly's forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mohammed perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Uche Mohammed.
O Reilly fails to land the takedown.

Mohammed instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mohammed smiles and moves away.
Mohammed scoring well with a low kick there.
Mohammed throws a body punch but O Reilly moves out of range.
O Reilly misses with a hook

and Mohammed counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in O Reilly's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mohammed controlling from the top position.
Mohammed keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of O Reilly's head.
Mohammed looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Reilly wants to sweep but no luck.
Mohammed throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mohammed working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of O Reilly's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uche Mohammed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Mohammed bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mohammed 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.
Uche Mohammed has got the better of the ground game so far.
O Reilly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mohammed content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Mohammed is looking to take a break and control but O Reilly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Uche Mohammed hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
O Reilly shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mohammed.
Adam O Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Reilly throws a front kick aimed at Mohammed's knee but Mohammed avoids it well.
O Reilly checks a leg kick nicely.
O Reilly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

O Reilly instigates a clinch.
Mohammed controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are getting on Mohammed's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Mohammed misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly goes for a takedown attempt but Mohammed pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
O Reilly misses with a two punch combination.

O Reilly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mohammed, pushing him back against the cage.
Mohammed is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
O Reilly fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam O Reilly. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mohammed gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mohammed lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mohammed trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mohammed trying to control but O Reilly is working from the bottom.
Mohammed slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed landing some decent shots from guard.
Mohammed's corner is telling him to maintain position.

O Reilly isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mohammed stacks O Reilly on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mohammed!
Mohammed controlling the position from side mount.
O Reilly is trying to improve his position.
Mohammed working the ground and pound but O Reilly is defending the strikes.
O Reilly is trying to escape the position but Mohammed is controlling the position.
Mohammed landing a few strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed grinds an elbow into O Reilly's temple.
Mohammed in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mohammed working the ground and pound from side control.
Mohammed controls the position.
Mohammed's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Mohammed throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Adam O Reilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mohammed taking a breather here.
O Reilly sneaks back into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mohammed perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uche Mohammed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mohammed winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uche Mohammed!
Post fight, Uche Mohammed took to the microphone: 'I don't like evil, especially BIG evil so I had to purge you.'.