PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista Da Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pride Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ignatius Reilly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reilly
vs
Rafael Batista Da Silva

190 cm
31
214 lbs
28 - 7 - 2

186 cm
28
208 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear

Hardcore Nutrition
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 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 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly throws a wild body kick that Batista Da Silva sees coming a mile off.
Reilly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Batista Da Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Batista Da Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Batista Da Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reilly jabs Batista Da Silva right on the nose. Batista Da Silva blinks but takes it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Batista Da Silva.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batista Da Silva throws the left hand but Reilly avoids the punch easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Batista Da Silva. That's going to slow Reilly down.
Batista Da Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Batista Da Silva tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batista Da Silva cracks Reilly with an open hand slap.

It looks like Ignatius Reilly has been cut.
Reilly misses with a right hand
and Batista Da Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reilly throws a leg kick but Batista Da Silva checks it.
A swing and a miss from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reilly throws out the jab.
Nice body kick from Batista Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly lands a really nice looking cross but Batista Da Silva seems unphased.
Batista Da Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reilly is out of range and Batista Da Silva settles back down.
Reilly takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Reilly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reilly throws out a leg kick but Batista Da Silva moves out of range and Reilly only half commits.
Reilly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Reilly takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Reilly keeps Batista Da Silva at a distance using the push kick.
Batista Da Silva lands a front kick.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Reilly cracks Batista Da Silva with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly connects with an inside leg kick.
Batista Da Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reilly misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Batista Da Silva throws a shot from downtown. Reilly moves away and avoids it.
Batista Da Silva thuds his right hand into Reilly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Batista Da Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Reilly counters with a nice kick to the body.
Batista Da Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Reilly, looking for a takedown. Batista Da Silva pushes Reilly against the cage but Reilly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Batista Da Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Batista Da Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reilly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Batista Da Silva throws a wild body kick that Reilly sees coming a mile off.
Nice body kick there by Reilly.
Reilly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reilly lands with a kick to the ribs.

Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Batista Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Reilly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
Reilly lands a knee to the head.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Batista Da Silva tries to work over Reilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Batista Da Silva dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
With the fighters up against the cage, Batista Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Batista Da Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Batista Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Reilly avoids it by throwing Batista Da Silva back against the cage.
Reilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Batista Da Silva fails to land.
Batista Da Silva is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Reilly to keep the fight standing.
Reilly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Batista Da Silva's head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reilly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Batista Da Silva's brow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reilly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Reilly.
Batista Da Silva looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands a shot to the body.
Reilly landing knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Reilly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good body shot from Reilly.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reilly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reilly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Reilly just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ignatius Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Reilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Batista Da Silva is defending well for now.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignatius Reilly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reilly works Batista Da Silva's body with a nice hook.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Batista Da Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Batista Da Silva misses with a looping right.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reilly cracks the inside of Batista Da Silva's front leg.
Batista Da Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reilly blocks the body kick.
Reilly misses with a left hand
and Batista Da Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reilly slips a straight right by Batista Da Silva.
Reilly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reilly wants to land a leg kick but Batista Da Silva is out of range.
Batista Da Silva misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva walks into a jab.
Reilly staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Batista Da Silva finds it's way through Reilly's defenses.
Batista Da Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot lands for Reilly.
A slow jab from Batista Da Silva misses its intended target.
Reilly moves out of range of the body kick.
Reilly lands the left hand.
Reilly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reilly lands with a nice body kick.

Reilly rushes Batista Da Silva and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
Reilly will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Batista Da Silva up against the cage.
Reilly tries to land knees in the clinch but Batista Da Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Batista Da Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Batista Da Silva backwards.

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!
Reilly misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Reilly.
Reilly working Batista Da Silva over with knees to the body.
Ignatius Reilly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Batista Da Silva is breathing heavily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reilly.
Reilly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Batista Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Reilly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
Reilly digs a right hand into Batista Da Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Batista Da Silva's gas tank.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Batista Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly lands an uppercut.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Batista Da Silva's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Batista Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
Batista Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Reilly - that landed with a thud.
Stalling in the clinch from Reilly.
Batista Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reilly lands a left hand.
Batista Da Silva is trying to pull guard but Reilly turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Reilly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Batista Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reilly avoids it.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
Batista Da Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Batista Da Silva is leaning against Reilly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knees to the body from Reilly.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Batista Da Silva 's eye.

Batista Da Silva is rocked!
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Batista Da Silva prevents a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Batista Da Silva's defenses.
Batista Da Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Reilly finish him?

It looks like Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly cracks Batista Da Silva with a nice body shot.
Batista Da Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Reilly digs a right hand into Batista Da Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Batista Da Silva's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignatius Reilly dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Reilly has Batista Da Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Batista Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reilly avoids it.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Batista Da Silva shrugs off.
Reilly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Batista Da Silva is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Reilly.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Reilly.
Batista Da Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!

Reilly drops Batista Da Silva with a big knee straight up the middle! Batista Da Silva is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Reilly instigates a clinch.
Batista Da Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Batista Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Batista Da Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Reilly gets an underhook and turns Batista Da Silva into the cage.
Batista Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Batista Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reilly is defending well for now.
Reilly crunches a lovely knee into Batista Da Silva's ribcage.
Batista Da Silva blocks an elbow strike from Reilly.
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Batista Da Silva controls his hands.
Reilly looking to slow down the pace here.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Batista Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reilly.
Batista Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reilly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reilly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Batista Da Silva jumps guard but Reilly turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
Batista Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reilly lands an uppercut.
Reilly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Batista Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Reilly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Batista Da Silva! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Reilly is unloading with more strikes now! Batista Da Silva drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ignatius Reilly!
Post fight, Ignatius Reilly took to the microphone: ' Stop persecuting Steel Penn!'.