PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago has chosen James Brown - Living In America as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Reilly
vs
Drago

190 cm
30
214 lbs
27 - 7 - 2

190 cm
36
220 lbs
27 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 27 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ignatius Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Reilly.
Drago misses with an uppercut. Reilly saw that one coming.
Drago throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A low kick from Drago is predictable there
and Reilly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab from Reilly misses.
Drago fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reilly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Reilly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reilly with a jab.
Drago takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reilly avoids a kick to the body.
Reilly thows a body shot but no joy.
Drago throws a low kick, looking for Reilly's leg but Reilly calmly moves out of range.
Reilly throws a low kick but Drago avoids it.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drago avoids a kick to the body.
Reilly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drago moves away from the strike by Reilly.
Drago scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago lands a front kick.
Reilly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reilly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Drago throws a front kick aimed at Reilly's knee but Reilly avoids it well.
Reilly avoids a kick to the body.
Reilly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reilly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Reilly tries to score with a low kick but Drago moves his leg out of the way.
Reilly fails to land with a series of punches.
Drago lands a really nice looking cross but Reilly seems unphased.

It looks like Ignatius Reilly has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Reilly finds it's target.
Drago connects with a right hand. Reilly shakes it off.
Drago throws a good cross that connects.
Drago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reilly.
Drago lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Drago checks a leg kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Drago misses.
Drago throws a hook to the side of Reilly's head but Reilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reilly.
Drago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly misses with a wild body shot.
Drago scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reilly doesn't seem bothered though.
Drago connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Drago misses with the combination.
Drago throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Drago lands with a good body shot.
Reilly misses with a hook. Drago ducked under it nicely.
Reilly checks the leg kick nicely there.
Drago avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drago misses with a jab to the body
enabling Reilly to counter with a crisp jab.
Drago lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drago takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
Reilly checks a low kick from Drago.
Drago takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Drago.
Reilly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Reilly scores with a spinning back kick!
Reilly throws a front kick aimed at Drago's knee but Drago avoids it well.
Drago lands with a good body shot.
Drago tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Drago.
A big left from Reilly misses.
Drago takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reilly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Drago's calf.
Reilly throws a leg kick
and Drago counters with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly scores with a sloppy right hand. Drago should have avoided that one.
Drago lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago scores with a jab to the head.
Reilly throws a looping overhand right but Drago ducks down to avoid it.
Drago looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drago looks to score with a jab to the body but Reilly is just out of range.
Drago misses with a hook.
Reilly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Drago has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Reilly pushes Drago up against the cage in a clinch.
Drago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drago.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reilly working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Drago uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Drago misses with a two punch combination.
Drago misses with a leg kick.
Reilly misses with a kick to the body.
Ivan Drago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reilly plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reilly throws a leg kick that misses.
Reilly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Drago finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Reilly checks a low kick from Drago.
Drago thows a body shot but no joy.
Reilly connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly thows a body shot but no joy.
Reilly looks to throw a body kick
and Drago counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reilly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reilly feints and then cracks Drago's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drago down.
Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drago was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly.
Reilly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drago's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly throws a leg kick but Drago sees it coming and moves out of range.
Drago takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reilly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reilly.
Reilly connects with a jab.
Drago throws a push kick but Reilly slaps the foot to one side.
Drago tries to work over Reilly's front leg with a kick but Reilly checks it.
Reilly throws a front kick that sends Drago stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Reilly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drago misses the shot to the body.
Reilly staying out of range there.
Drago 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.
Drago buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reilly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly misses with a leg kick
and Drago counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago misses with the body kick
letting Reilly counter with a right hand.
Reilly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reilly misses with a wild body shot.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Drago.
Drago thows a body shot but no joy.
Reilly throws a hook to the side of Drago's head but Drago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crunch! Reilly slams his shin into Drago's torso.
Drago throws a leg kick
and Reilly counters with a series of strikes. Drago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Drago takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Drago misses with a series of wild punches.
Reilly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Drago there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid body kick from Reilly.
Drago takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Drago is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice shot lands for Drago.
Drago just misses with a punch to the body.
Drago throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reilly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Drago pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reilly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reilly connects with a jab.
Drago throws a big shot that misses.
Drago throws a wild body kick that Reilly sees coming a mile off.
Drago lands a really nice looking cross but Reilly seems unphased.
Good leg kick by Drago there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Drago throws a leg kick but Reilly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Reilly scores with a shot to the body.
Drago tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reilly is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Drago looks to land a body kick but Reilly moved away.
Drago scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Drago swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Reilly.
Reilly slips a straight right by Drago.
Drago listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Reilly moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Reilly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A clash of legs there as Reilly blocks the low kick.
Reilly misses the shot to the body.
Reilly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reilly moves out of range as Drago throws a body kick.
Drago has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Reilly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A leg kick checked by Reilly.
Reilly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Drago takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Drago swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignatius Reilly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.

Drago throws a lazy right hand but Reilly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Drago. That's going to slow Reilly down.
Reilly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Drago throws a lazy uppercut
and Reilly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Drago has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Reilly.
Reilly misses with a shot to the body
and Drago makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jab, jab by Reilly - just one landing.
Reilly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Reilly tries a low kick but Drago avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Drago checks a leg kick.
Drago throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reilly.
Reilly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drago stuns Reilly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Reilly. That snapped Drago's head back.
Drago throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Drago.
Drago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Drago shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Reilly.
A jab from Drago finds it's way through Reilly's defenses.
Reilly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reilly works the jab nicely.
Drago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Drago takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Reilly throws out a leg kick but Drago moves out of range and Reilly only half commits.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reilly checks the leg kick nicely there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Reilly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Drago takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
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.
Drago tries to land a body kick
and Reilly counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drago ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drago misses the shot to the body.
Reilly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Drago misses with a shot to the body
and Reilly counters with a nice leg kick.
Reilly swings for the body but Drago moves out of range.
Reilly lands with a straight right. Drago didn't see that one coming.
Reilly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Drago avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Drago misses with an uppercut
and Reilly finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Drago takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A bone on bone clash there as Drago blocks the leg kick.
Drago connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Drago lands a really nice looking cross but Reilly seems unphased.
Reilly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reilly.
Drago has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Drago throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reilly is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Reilly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drago.
Reilly misses with a kick to the body.
Reilly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Drago stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reilly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Drago connects with a nice looking jab.
Drago throws a wild body kick that Reilly sees coming a mile off.
Drago takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Drago has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reilly.
Reilly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reilly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Drago is out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reilly.
Reilly works Drago's body with a nice hook.
Reilly moves to clinch but Drago breaks away
and Drago counters with a stiff right hand.
Drago misses with a hook
and Drago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Drago misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drago throws a leg kick
and Reilly finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Drago on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly scores with a head kick. Drago tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reilly checks a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ignatius Reilly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reilly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ignatius Reilly!
Post fight, Ignatius Reilly took to the microphone: ' Stop persecuting Steel Penn!'.