PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan OReily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Vallely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vallely comes into a darkened arena with his song building. CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

OReily
vs
Vallely

185 cm
29
190 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

184 cm
33
190 lbs
22 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan OReily!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Vallely!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OReily swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vallely counters with a nice low kick that buckles OReily's knee momentarily.
Vallely moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Vallely has OReily up against the cage in a clinch.

Vallely breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
OReily shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vallely sprawls well. Vallely wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. OReily gets slowly back to his feet.

Vallely clinches up with OReily and pushes him back against the cage.

Vallely jumps guard and drags OReily to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
OReily trying to control but Vallely is working from the bottom.
Vallely seems keen to control OReily's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Vallely was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Vallely avoids the body shot from OReily.
Vallely tries to clinch but OReily moves out of range.

Vallely fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with OReily, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vallely.
OReily tries for a takedown. No joy.

Vallely manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
OReily trying to control the position from guard on top but Vallely is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
OReily postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vallely seems keen to control OReily's posture.
OReily looking to sit in guard and control but Vallely gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallely trying to control the position from guard on top but OReily is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OReily has his foot on Vallely's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Vallely works his way back into a safe position though.

OReily has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vallely can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OReily wants to sweep but no luck.

OReily has his foot on Vallely's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Vallely works his way back into a safe position though.
Vallely stands up over OReily, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vallely postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vallely tries to free his leg and advance position but OReily is retaining full guard.
Vallely working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vallely got a little sloppy there for a moment and OReily has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vallely has managed to get both his arms back between OReily's legs - danger averted.
Vallely is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Vallely avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

OReily working for submissions but it's allowed Vallely to get to half guard.

OReily looking for submissions off his back.
OReily is not content to let Vallely control the position.
OReily has hold of Vallely's hands but Vallely slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Vallely there.

OReily looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

OReily looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vallely is trying to control the action in half guard but OReily is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Vallely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

OReily actively working from the bottom here.
Vallely looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks OReily with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vallely is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Vallely connects with a nice short shot to OReily's temple.
Vallely scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Vallely trying to control the action but OReily is working from the bottom.
OReily wants to improve his position but Vallely is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Vallely dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Vallely moves into the clinch.
OReily is looking to control Vallely's arms but Vallely gets an underhook and turns him. Now OReily has his back to the cage.

Vallely has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed OReily clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
OReily tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
OReily is trying to escape the mount.
Vallely landing strikes from the mount and OReily is in trouble!
OReily is wriggling around trying to escape.
Vallely controlling from the full mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vallely cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vallely looking to finish OReily with some ground and pound. This is bad for OReily!
Mike Vallely has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vallely with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vallely with shots to the head and body - OReily looks very uncomfortable down there.
Vallely dominating with strikes here.

OReily is rocked!
Vallely postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked OReily badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Vallely around the waist but Vallely pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Vallely is the winner by TKO! Vallely jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Vallely!
Mike Vallely bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.