PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theoran Fleury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fleury has chosen Oh Canada! as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Reilly
vs
Fleury

190 cm
33
240 lbs
32 - 9 - 2

215 cm
28
277 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!)
Reaper Combatwear

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 9 - 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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Theoran Fleury!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly misses with a wild body shot.
Fleury takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.

Reilly gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fleury tries to stand but Reilly is controlling from the bottom.
Fleury won't allow Reilly to sweep him here.
Fleury forces his way into half guard.

Fleury is working for a submission of some sort.

Fleury is working for a kimura but Reilly is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fleury is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Reilly defends it well.
Reilly gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Reilly wants to sweep but no luck.

Fleury drops back, looking for a kneebar! Reilly looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Reilly looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Reilly!
Fleury struggling a bit here.
Reilly is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Fleury's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleury is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reilly working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleury sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fleury trying to hold on to Reilly's head to control him but Reilly postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fleury with the active half guard here but Reilly passes nicely into side control.
Fleury looks to move to half guard but instead Reilly has passed into mount! Damn!
Fleury wants to hold on but Reilly pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theoran Fleury dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Reilly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reilly misses with a double jab
and Fleury counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reilly's knee momentarily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reilly, as that shot connected.
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fleury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Fleury.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reilly lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fleury has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fleury and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A right-left combo lands from Fleury.

It looks like Ignatius Reilly has been cut.
Reilly keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Theoran Fleury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fleury.

Fleury gets a double leg takedown into Reilly's guard.
Reilly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fleury controls the pace.
Reilly is pulling down on Fleury's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleury slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Fleury looking to pass the guard.

Theoran Fleury has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Reilly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fleury shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Reilly but Reilly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ignatius Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theoran Fleury.
Fleury lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fleury scores with the left hand. Reilly knows he should have avoided that one.
Fleury feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Reilly's calf.
Reilly checks a low kick from Fleury.
Good standup being displayed there by Fleury as he connects with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Fleury checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ignatius Reilly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fleury misses with a low kick.

Reilly has managed to clinch.
Reilly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleury's efforts to push away.
Fleury has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reilly stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fleury.
Fleury lands a body shot.
Reilly keeps control of Fleury as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Reilly.

Fleury breaks the clinch.
Fleury catches Reilly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reilly moves out of range of the body kick.
Fleury circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reilly throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fleury counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fleury throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fleury has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a leg kick
and Fleury makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fleury throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Reilly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fleury tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fleury fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Reilly lands a leg kick that knocks Fleury off balance momentarily.
Fleury is breathing heavily.
Fleury lands a leg kick that knocks Reilly off balance momentarily.
Fleury misses with a body kick.
Fleury throws a body kick that misses.
Reilly misses the shot to the body.
Fleury misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fleury with a hook.
Fleury keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reilly misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theoran Fleury showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Fleury misses with a low kick.
Reilly shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reilly blocks a low kick nicely.
Fleury looks to land a combination but Reilly avoids it well.
Fleury lands with a hook. Reilly tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fleury walks forward, straight into a front kick from Reilly.
Fleury is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Decent striking displayed by Reilly there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reilly swings for the body but Fleury moves out of range.
Reilly lands with a shot to the body.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Fleury circles away and keeps his distance.
Reilly feints and then cracks Fleury's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fleury down.
Reilly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fleury manages to avoid it.
Fleury takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reilly staying out of range there.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fleury swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fleury circles away quickly and effectively.
Reilly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fleury avoids the head kick by Reilly.
Fleury throws a chopping leg kick but Reilly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fleury finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Reilly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fleury takes a step back to recover.
Fleury is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fleury takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fleury has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A clash of legs there as Fleury blocks the low kick.
Fleury misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleury avoids a kick to the body.
Reilly works Fleury's body with a nice hook.
A left lands for Reilly.
Reilly connects with a leg kick. Fleury looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reilly throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Reilly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reilly throws a head kick but Fleury moves out of range.
Reilly feints and then cracks Fleury's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fleury down.
Fleury chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reilly can pounce on him.
Both fighters circling a little - Reilly finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Reilly throws a quick inside leg kick.
Reilly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reilly throws a low kick but Fleury avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleury chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reilly can pounce on him.
Reilly tries to clinch but Fleury is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Fleury.
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.
Fleury throws a head kick that misses

and Reilly counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fleury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fleury's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Fleury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly is stalling here.
Reilly gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Fleury avoiding damage as Reilly throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly digs a right hand into Fleury's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fleury's gas tank.
Fleury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reilly leaning against his opponent.
Fleury tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fleury prevents a body shot from Reilly.
Ignatius Reilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fleury avoiding damage as Reilly throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fleury managing to block the knees to the body from Reilly.
Reilly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Fleury controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ignatius Reilly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fleury has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theoran Fleury!
Theoran Fleury took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Opa is my bitch!'.