PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtly Ambrose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ambrose's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Me and You - Nero. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ambrose
vs
Reilly

202 cm
24
270 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
30
214 lbs
27 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Untouchable Fight Gear

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtly Ambrose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ignatius Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ambrose needs to keep his hands up - Reilly had a free shot at his head there.
Ambrose throws a push kick but Reilly slaps the foot to one side.
Ambrose misses with a body kick.
Ambrose fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Reilly is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Reilly there.
Ambrose explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Reilly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ambrose's sensitive parts.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ambrose.
Ambrose takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ambrose checks a low kick from Reilly.
Reilly walks into a stiff left hand from Ambrose.

It looks like Ignatius Reilly has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ambrose does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A head kick misses from Ambrose.
Reilly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ambrose throws an off balance right hand
and Reilly counters with an inside leg kick.
Ignatius Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ambrose at a distance.
Reilly moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose lands with a hook. Reilly tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ambrose misses with a body shot.
Ambrose bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Reilly. That snapped Ambrose's head back.
Ambrose throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ambrose throws a hook to the side of Reilly's head but Reilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reilly checks the leg kick.
Ambrose swings widly with a right hand
and Reilly counters with a left to the body.
Ambrose throws a low kick, looking for Reilly's leg but Reilly calmly moves out of range.
Ambrose lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ambrose misses with a body shot.
Ambrose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reilly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ambrose to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ambrose takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ambrose throws a jab when Reilly was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reilly blocks a jab.
Ambrose throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reilly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ambrose misses with a body shot.
Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reilly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reilly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Reilly lands a jab to Ambrose's midsection.
Reilly lands with an overhand left.
Ambrose misses with an uppercut
and Reilly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ambrose's knee momentarily.
Ambrose throws a lazy body kick
and Reilly counters with a slapping leg kick.
Reilly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ambrose takes one to the chin there.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Ambrose.
Reilly scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly moves into range and connects with a jab.
Reilly is looking to score with low kicks.
Ambrose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ambrose connects with a looping right hand.
Reilly throws a solid leg kick but Ambrose takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reilly.
Ambrose tries to land a leg kick but Reilly saw it coming and moves away.
Ambrose stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ambrose looks to land a body kick but Reilly moved away.
Ambrose misses with a body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Reilly. That snapped Ambrose's head back.
Reilly tries a head kick but it misses.
Ambrose takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reilly connects with a right hand. Ambrose shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly misses with a leg kick
and Ambrose counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ambrose connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose misses with a kick to the body.
Ambrose swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Ambrose.
Reilly lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ambrose will feel that in the morning.
Reilly wants to clinch but Ambrose slips to the side
and Ambrose counters with a nice uppercut.
Reilly throws out a leg kick but Ambrose moves out of range and Reilly only half commits.
Ambrose throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ambrose connects with a looping right hand.
Ambrose scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reilly.
Reilly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ambrose looks to throw the jab but Reilly is out of range.
Ambrose shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ambrose takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ambrose throws a sloppy head kick and Reilly moves out of range easily.
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 Curtly Ambrose will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ambrose lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reilly cracks Ambrose with an open hand slap.
Ambrose throws the left hand but Reilly avoids the punch easily.
Reilly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Reilly checks the leg kick.
Reilly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Reilly duly obliges.
Ambrose missing with a left hand there. Reilly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ambrose cracks a nice hook into Reilly's ribs.
Reilly blocks a jab.
Reilly misses with a low kick as Ambrose jumps back.
Reilly tries to clinch there but Ambrose circles away.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Ambrose circles away and keeps his distance.
Ambrose slips a jab from Reilly.
Reilly throws a sloppy head kick and Ambrose moves out of range easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ambrose checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reilly darts in and clinches Ambrose up against the cage.
Ambrose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Reilly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ambrose struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Ambrose prevents a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ambrose avoids a wild elbow strike from Reilly.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Reilly pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ambrose scores with a hook to the body.
Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ambrose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly stalling.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Curtly Ambrose has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Reilly.
Ambrose looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
Ambrose is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ambrose throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Reilly on the inside.
Reilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ambrose is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ambrose.
Ambrose digs a right hand underneath Reilly's ribcage. Reilly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reilly missing with knees to the body.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Ambrose takes an elbow to the temple.
Ambrose with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ambrose scores with a knee to the head.
Reilly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ambrose tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Ambrose lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Ambrose misses with a knee strike.
Ambrose tries to stall but Reilly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ambrose missing with knees to the body.
Ambrose avoids a wild elbow strike from Reilly.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reilly presses Ambrose against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ambrose has a couple of punches blocked by Reilly.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
A knee to the head by Ambrose.

That has opened up Ignatius Reilly's cut even more.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ambrose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Ambrose is blocking nicely.
Ambrose crunches a lovely knee into Reilly's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ambrose misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ambrose is pushing Reilly up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Reilly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ambrose goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ambrose lands a shoulder strike.
Ambrose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ambrose misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Ambrose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ignatius Reilly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Ambrose misses the target.
Ambrose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly thows a body shot but no joy.
Reilly misses with a low kick.
Reilly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ambrose can pounce on him.
Reilly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reilly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ambrose throws a body punch but Reilly moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Ambrose misses
and Reilly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ambrose takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ambrose throws a leg kick but Reilly sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Reilly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reilly digs a good hook to Ambrose's body.
Reilly with a jab.
Reilly misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose throws a leg kick which misses Reilly's front leg but catches the back leg as Reilly tries to avoid it.
Ambrose lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reilly's sensitive parts.
Ambrose cracks the inside of Reilly's front leg.
Ambrose throws a leg kick but Reilly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ambrose takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Reilly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reilly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Reilly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Reilly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ambrose moves out of range of the body kick.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ambrose.
Ambrose lands with an uppercut that bounces Reilly off the cage and back into range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reilly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reilly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ambrose throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Reilly.
Reilly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ambrose's sensitive parts.
Ambrose avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Ambrose.
Reilly scores with a spinning back kick!
A low kick from Ambrose is predictable there
and Reilly counters with a nice uppercut.
Reilly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ambrose scores with a hook to the body. Reilly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reilly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ambrose stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reilly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Reilly blocks the leg kick.
Ambrose misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose lands a nice shot that snaps Reilly's head back.
Ambrose scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reilly cracks Ambrose with an open hand slap.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ambrose.

Reilly takes the fight into the clinch.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Reilly.
Ambrose tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reilly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ambrose.
Ambrose looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ambrose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ambrose misses with a punch to the body.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Reilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Ambrose backwards.
Ambrose tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Ambrose looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reilly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ambrose.
Reilly lands a nice knee to the body.
Ambrose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reilly blocks it with crossed arms.
Ignatius Reilly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reilly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Ambrose's head.
Ambrose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reilly blocks it with crossed arms.
Ambrose tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly stalls.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ignatius Reilly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reilly 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!