PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liam O Reily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Cready (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cready comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cready Stomp kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Reily
vs
Cready

185 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam O Reily!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Cready!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cready darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

O Reily is defending against the submission attempts here by Cready.
O Reily makes his way to full guard. A much better position for O Reily.

Cready avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cready cracks O Reily with a solid left hand.

O Reily looking for a guillotine here but Cready defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cready trying to control but O Reily is working from the bottom.
Cready is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

O Reily is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cready is aware though and is defending well.
Cready postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cready throws a big elbow that misses.

O Reily is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cready is aware though and is defending well.
Cready postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cready trying to control but O Reily is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cready with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cready postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
O Reily is trying to keep Cready in close.
Cready loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cready trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reily is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

O Reily is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cready working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cready sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed O Reily's guard.
O Reily lands with a few short shots to the body.
O Reily avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cready.
O Reily is not content to let Cready control the position.
O Reily taking some punishment here, with Cready in his half guard.
O Reily avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cready.
O Reily avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cready.
Cready lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

O Reily is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Cready is tapping! Great win for O Reily!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Liam O Reily!