PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan O Reily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Reily has chosen Jump Around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Meyer
vs
O Reily

158 cm
27
145 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

168 cm
21
138 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Meyer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan O Reily!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Reily lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Meyer at a distance.
Meyer misses the jab.
O Reily scores with a body shot.
O Reily lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Reily. Meyer does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Meyer misses.
Nice uppercut lands for O Reily. That snapped Meyer's head back.
O Reily getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Meyer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Meyer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meyer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Meyer drops back looking for a leg! O Reily is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and O Reily manages to kick Meyer off! Meyer jumps back into O Reily's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Reily is controlling Meyer's posture.
Meyer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Reily is keeping the position for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meyer trying to control but O Reily is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Reily looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meyer trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reily is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Reily has Meyer pulled in close to control his posture.
O Reily keeping moving, preventing Meyer from controlling successfully.
Meyer stopping the sweep attempt from O Reily.
O Reily manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Meyer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
O Reily with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to reverse the position but O Reily maintains control.
Meyer tries to lock up and control but O Reily gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
O Reily takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Meyer tries to reverse the position but O Reily maintains control.
Meyer is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Reily with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee warns Meyer that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
O Reily lands a nice shot to the head.
O Reily with the ground and pound from mount.

Meyer is rocked!

O Reily with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Oh Meyer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Reily drops a big elbow. That's hurt Meyer! More shots from O Reily and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan O Reily! Ryan O Reily retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Ryan O Reily thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.