PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Woolley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reilly
vs
Woolley

165 cm
24
151 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

173 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mauricio Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Connor Woolley!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Reilly gets control of Woolley's arms and successfully pulls guard. Reilly will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Woolley sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Woolley stands up from Reilly's guard - Woolley perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Woolley closes the distance and clinches.

Reilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Woolley clinches with his opponent.
Woolley tries to pull guard but Reilly forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Woolley is pressed up against the cage. Reilly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Woolley down to the mat. Woolley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Woolley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Woolley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reilly pinned against the cage. Reilly gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reilly quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Mauricio Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor Woolley.

Woolley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly stalling in the clinch but Woolley improves position.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Woolley's elbow.
Reilly is trying to stall.
Reilly looking to stall.
Reilly trying to stall but Woolley improves his position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reilly - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mauricio Reilly.
Woolley with a poor takedown

and Reilly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reilly.
Woolley pressing his opponent against the cage.

Woolley jumps guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Reilly postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Woolley is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Reilly, into his guard.

Woolley postures up.
Reilly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Woolley controls the pace.
Woolley is looking to work some ground and pound but Reilly has wrist control.
Reilly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Woolley sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woolley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Woolley engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Woolley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reilly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reilly pulls Woolley in close to prevent any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Reilly is trying to keep Woolley in close.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Reilly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Woolley dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Woolley is defended easily by Reilly.
Connor Woolley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Woolley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reilly, pushing him back against the cage.
Reilly cracks Woolley with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woolley has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Reilly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Reilly has Woolley pressed against the cage, preventing Woolley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Woolley tries to score a body lock takedown but Reilly shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mauricio Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor Woolley.
Reilly stalls.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Woolley as Reilly tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly is trying to maintain a safe position but Woolley gets an underhook and turns Reilly into the cage.
Woolley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reilly is defending well for now.
Reilly stalling against the cage.
Woolley is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mauricio Reilly.
Nice takedown defense from Reilly. No joy for Woolley on that attempt.
Woolley with a poor takedown

and Reilly counters by moving into the clinch.
Reilly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Woolley fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woolley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Woolley is trying to drag Reilly to the mat but Reilly just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.

Reilly manages to break the clinch.
Woolley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reilly throws a push kick but Woolley slaps the foot to one side.
Woolley shoots for a double leg takedown but Reilly sprawls well. He's pushed Woolley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Reilly is looking to counter the offense by Woolley and move into the clinch.
Mauricio Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Reilly fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Woolley sprawls well initially but Reilly persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Reilly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Woolley defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reilly decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Woolley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reilly wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Woolley is breathing heavily.
Woolley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reilly.

Woolley forces Reilly back against the cage and clinches.
Woolley tries to break free but Reilly pushes him back against the cage.
Reilly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Reilly is trying to push Woolley away but Woolley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Woolley up against the cage.
Woolley is looking for a takedown.
Woolley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reilly avoids it.
Woolley wants a takedown.
Reilly trying to control the position but instead, Woolley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reilly into the cage.
Woolley is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Woolley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reilly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Woolley - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Reilly dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Woolley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reilly is fending him off so far but Woolley persists. Nope, Reilly circles away and we're back to standing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Woolley has Reilly pushed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Woolley.
Woolley jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Reilly walks away with a smile on his face. Woolley gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Woolley fails with a takedown attempt.
Mauricio Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor Woolley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woolley fails with a takedown attempt.
As Woolley looks to move away, Reilly throws a big counter combo bu Woolley just gets out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reilly gets tackled into the cage by Woolley. Woolley maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reilly is pushing Woolley up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Reilly looking to stall.
Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Woolley jumps guard but Reilly turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Woolley has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Reilly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Reilly is pushing Woolley up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Woolley is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Reilly pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Reilly stops a takedown attempt from Woolley.
Woolley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Woolley has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Reilly after a bit of a struggle.
Reilly trying to stall but Woolley improves his position.
Woolley is trying to break free.
Reilly trying to land knees to the body.

Reilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reilly fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Woolley avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woolley with a poor takedown

and Reilly counters by moving into the clinch.
Reilly manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Woolley trying to land knees to the body.
Reilly working aggressively here.

Reilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Woolley tries for a takedown but Reilly circles away easily
and Reilly counters with a big head kick but Woolley shrugs it off.
Reilly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Woolley can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly shoots in but no luck this time.

Woolley clinches up against the cage.
Woolley is trying to pull guard but Reilly turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Reilly trying to control the position but instead, Woolley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reilly into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Woolley is looking to control Reilly's arms but Reilly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Woolley has his back to the cage.
Woolley blocks an elbow strike from Reilly.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Woolley can't break the clinch.
Reilly crunches a lovely knee into Woolley's ribcage.
Woolley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Reilly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reilly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Reilly!