PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boris Cekada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden ORielly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Aiden ORielly was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Cekada
vs
ORielly

178 cm
36
163 lbs
46 - 17 - 2

180 cm
39
163 lbs
39 - 17 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent
KAISER

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 46 - 17 - 2, fighting out of London, Boris Cekada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aiden ORielly!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cekada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ORielly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Cekada clinches up with ORielly and pushes him back against the cage.
ORielly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cekada's efforts to push away.
Cekada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Cekada breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Cekada moves into the clinch.
Cekada doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
ORielly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
ORielly has a couple of punches blocked by Cekada.
Cekada leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ORielly throws a punch but it's blocked by Cekada.
ORielly gets underhooks to prevent Cekada's takedown attempt.
Cekada throws a punch but it's blocked by ORielly.
Cekada tries to score a body lock takedown but ORielly shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
ORielly has Cekada pressed against the cage, preventing Cekada from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cekada.
Cekada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

ORielly breaks the clinch.
ORielly circles away from the clinch attempt
and ORielly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORielly lands a leg kick that knocks Cekada off balance momentarily.
Cekada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ORielly counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Cekada clinches with his opponent.
Cekada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by ORielly.
Cekada is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

ORielly breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cekada closes the distance but ORielly moves to the side
and Cekada takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cekada tries to clinch up
and ORielly counters with a left to the body.
Cekada closes the distance looking to clinch
and ORielly counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Boris Cekada has been cut.
ORielly defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cekada.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boris Cekada. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cekada tries to clinch up
and ORielly counters with a stiff right hand.
ORielly has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cekada is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cekada looks to clinch
and ORielly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
ORielly circles away from the clinch attempt
and ORielly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
ORielly circles away from the clinch attempt
and ORielly counters with a slapping leg kick.
Aiden ORielly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cekada tries to clinch but fails miserably
and ORielly counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cekada looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've been told by Cekada's head coaches at Heavy Metal that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cekada tries to clinch but fails miserably
and ORielly counters with a left to the body.
Cekada looks for a takedown but ORielly sprawls well.
Cekada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ORielly counters with a low kick, right behind Cekada 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiden ORielly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Cekada'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.

Cekada wants to clinch
and ORielly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cekada closes the distance but ORielly moves to the side
and Cekada takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cekada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ORielly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cekada wants to clinch
and ORielly counters with a stiff right hand.
Cekada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ORielly counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cekada fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cekada tries to clinch
and ORielly counters with a leg kick.
Cekada looks to clinch
and ORielly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cekada wants to clinch but ORielly slips to the side
and ORielly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cekada thinking.
Cekada closes the distance looking to clinch
and ORielly counters with a low kick, right behind Cekada 's knee.
Cekada looks to clinch
and ORielly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cekada wants to clinch but ORielly slips to the side
and ORielly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
No joy there for Cekada, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
ORielly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cekada rather than just go for the knockout.
ORielly circles away from the clinch attempt
and ORielly counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cekada scores with a hook.
ORielly circles away from the clinch attempt
and ORielly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cekada tries to clinch but ORielly moves away
and ORielly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cekada tries to clinch but fails miserably
and ORielly counters with an inside leg kick.
Cekada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ORielly counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cekada tries to clinch up but ORielly circles away and keeps his distance.
Cekada tries to clinch but fails miserably
and ORielly counters with a left to the body.
Cekada moves to clinch but ORielly breaks away
and ORielly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cekada's knee momentarily.
Cekada closes the distance but ORielly moves to the side
letting ORielly counter with a right hand.
Cekada darts in trying to clinch
and ORielly counters with a nice body shot.
Cekada tries to clinch
and ORielly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
ORielly circles away from the clinch attempt
and ORielly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cekada tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and ORielly counters with a good, hard body kick but Cekada shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cekada moves to clinch but ORielly breaks away
and ORielly counters with a left to the body.
Cekada looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cekada tries to clinch up
and ORielly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cekada tries to clinch
and ORielly counters with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiden ORielly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Boris Cekada's cut.
That's time! Cekada's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

ORielly slips a straight right by Cekada.
Cekada tries to clinch
and ORielly counters with a straight right hand.

Cekada darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cekada prevents ORielly from improving his position.

Cekada is working for a submission of some sort.
ORielly slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
ORielly is pulling down on Cekada's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cekada missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
ORielly has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
ORielly working a defensive guard here.
Cekada preventing the sweep.
Cekada stands up over ORielly, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
ORielly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
ORielly has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Cekada has passed into side control.
Cekada working away.
Boris Cekada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cekada tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Cekada throws an elbow but ORielly slips to the side and avoids it well.
ORielly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
ORielly sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
ORielly wants to control but Cekada is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cekada throws a strike but ORielly avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
ORielly seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cekada postures up in ORielly's guard and throws a big left but ORielly blocks it.
Cekada is looking to stand up but ORielly won't let him.
Cekada trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ORielly pulls Cekada in close to prevent any damage.
Cekada won't allow ORielly to sweep him here.
ORielly trying to control the position.
ORielly pulls Cekada in close to his closed guard and prevents Cekada from doing any damage or advancing position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Aiden ORielly.
Cekada doesn't manage to clinch there - ORielly circles away.
Cekada tries to clinch up
and ORielly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cekada misses the jab.
A combination from Cekada does no damage.
Cekada lands a nice shot to the body.
Boris Cekada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ORielly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cekada throws a predictable looking body shot
and ORielly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cekada fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aiden ORielly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cekada throws a low kick but ORielly avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cekada swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cekada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ORielly moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aiden ORielly.
I've got ORielly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden ORielly!
Aiden ORielly gave a mention to Sharon Needles Nutrition (Donation givebacks PROMO in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).