PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khal Tiberio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray Reilly will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tiberio
vs
Reilly

168 cm
22
154 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

168 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khal Tiberio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tiberio feints and as Reilly raises his hands in defense, Tiberio changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tiberio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tiberio postures up in Reilly's guard and throws a big left but Reilly blocks it.
Tiberio engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Tiberio is in close to Reilly's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tiberio throws an elbow that misses. Reilly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tiberio's guard. Nice move by Reilly!

Reilly gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tiberio tries to clinch but Reilly moves out of range.
Khal Tiberio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiberio takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tiberio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiberio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tiberio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reilly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tiberio throws a shot from downtown. Reilly moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Tiberio does it's job there.
Tiberio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tiberio fails with the takedown.
Reilly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tiberio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly lands with a hook. Tiberio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tiberio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reilly is fending him off so far but Tiberio persists. Nope, Reilly circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Khal Tiberio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reilly misses with a hook.
Tiberio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reilly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiberio closes the distance and clinches up with Reilly, looking for a takedown. Tiberio pushes Reilly against the cage but Reilly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Reilly finds it's way through Tiberio's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiberio misses with an uppercut
and Reilly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tiberio darts in trying to clinch
and Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reilly misses with a double jab.
Tiberio closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reilly circles away.
Tiberio tries to clinch but Reilly is having none of it.
Tiberio moves in looking to clinch but Reilly pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Tiberio.
Tiberio misses with an uppercut. Reilly saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiberio tries to clinch up but Reilly circles away and keeps his distance.
Tiberio drops his hands momentarily and Reilly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Tiberio shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tiberio was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tiberio landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tiberio throws a strike aimed at the side of Reilly's head but Reilly avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reilly is looking for a sweep.
Reilly is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tiberio connects with a decent elbow.
Reilly avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tiberio.
Tiberio looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Reilly is avoiding damage well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Tiberio is working Reilly over with some ground and pound from side control.
Reilly dodges the ground and pound from Tiberio.
Tiberio working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tiberio throwing strikes but Reilly manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tiberio is pushing Reilly's head away, looking to escape. Reilly manages to hold on to the position though.
Reilly is looking to take a break and control but Tiberio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tiberio wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khal Tiberio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tiberio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tiberio fails with a takedown attempt.
Reilly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tiberio is looking to clinch.
Reilly keeps the fight on the outside.
Reilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Tiberio.
Reilly keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Reilly slaps away a takedown attempt from Tiberio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Khal Tiberio. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiberio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Reilly gets caught napping as Tiberio dives in and scores a takedown. Reilly manages to retain guard.
Reilly looking to control.
Tiberio is looking to work some ground and pound but Reilly has wrist control.
Tiberio is looking to pass into half guard but Reilly pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Reilly is in guard.
Tiberio is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Reilly is controlling him.
Tiberio has a closed guard, preventing Reilly from standing up.

Reilly decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Tiberio tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiberio shoots in for a takedown but Reilly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Reilly lands a nice looking body shot.
Tiberio tries to clinch but Reilly is having none of it.
Tiberio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reilly pinned against the cage. Reilly gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tiberio closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Reilly quickly recovers to half guard.
Reilly is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tiberio's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tiberio's back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Reilly's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Even with his hooks in, Reilly manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Reilly tries to keep control of the position but Tiberio is staying busy.
Tiberio knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reilly on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiberio trying to control the hands but Reilly breaks the grip.
Reilly tries to get the hooks in deep but Tiberio pushed the leg off.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
I really don't envy Tiberio right now.

Reilly working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Reilly is looking to control Tiberio but Tiberio is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Reilly has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
A lull in the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiberio can't escape the position.
Tiberio holding both Reilly 's hands and preventing any damage.
Tiberio rolls, trying to escape but Reilly keeps control of the position.
Reilly has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Tiberio's body.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tiberio has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Reilly throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Reilly doesn't have the hooks in and Tiberio manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reilly trying to control the position.
Tiberio is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ray Reilly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Tiberio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tiberio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reilly swivels and escapes.
Tiberio tries to clinch up.
Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
Tiberio shoots in looking for a takedown but Reilly manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tiberio's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Reilly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tiberio at a distance.
Tiberio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reilly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tiberio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tiberio fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Khal Tiberio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tiberio tries for a takedown but Reilly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tiberio dodges the punch combination from Reilly.
Tiberio tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Reilly to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiberio shoots in looking for a takedown. Reilly tries to sprawl out of it but Tiberio keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Reilly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reilly dips to his left and cracks Tiberio with an uppercut!
Reilly connects with a crisp jab.
Tiberio shoots for a takedown but Reilly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Reilly closes the distance and pushes Tiberio back into the cage.

Reilly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khal Tiberio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tiberio slips under a jab from Reilly.
Sloppy strikes from Reilly. Those never looked like landing.
Tiberio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reilly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiberio misses with a double jab.
Reilly dodges the punch combination from Tiberio.
Tiberio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tiberio shoots for a takedown but Reilly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Tiberio circles away and keeps his distance.
Reilly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reilly scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reilly jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reilly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Reilly. No joy for Tiberio on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reilly lands a left and a right that send Tiberio crashing to the mat, dazed. Reilly thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Tiberio is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Tiberio's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Reilly before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ray Reilly!