PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ray Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nuriel Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Reilly
vs
Leonard

168 cm
32
155 lbs
23 - 7 - 2

168 cm
42
147 lbs
45 - 23 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Reilly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nuriel Leonard!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly moves out of range of the strikes.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reilly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Leonard misses with a series of wild punches.
Reilly is looking for a counter combo.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Leonard.
Reilly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Reilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonard.
Leonard avoids the head kick by Reilly.
Reilly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leonard throws out the jab.
Reilly throws a head kick but Leonard moves out of range.
Reilly throws a leg kick but Leonard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leonard misses with a body shot.
Leonard looks to score with a jab to the body but Reilly is just out of range.
Leonard has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly throws a leg kick but Leonard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leonard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Reilly throws a nice head kick!
Leonard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reilly connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard throws a hook but Reilly avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Leonard throws a jab but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly lunges at Leonard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Leonard's hand.
Reilly dodges the punch combination from Leonard.
Leonard checks a leg kick.
Ray Reilly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reilly scores with a jab to the body.
Reilly throws a hook to the side of Leonard's head but Leonard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Reilly coming out on top.
Leonard throws a big shot that misses.
A clash of legs there as Leonard blocks the low kick.
Reilly throws an overhand right that lands on Leonard's shoulder, as Leonard tries to avoid the shot.
Reilly throws a head kick but Leonard moves out of range.
Leonard looks to score with a jab to the body but Reilly is just out of range.
Reilly throws the left hand but Leonard avoids the punch easily.
Reilly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leonard misses with a straight left.
Leonard lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice defenses there by Reilly.
The fighters circling - Leonard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reilly pushes Leonard away with a front kick.
Reilly scores with a nice right hand.
Leonard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Leonard misses the target.
Leonard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Leonard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Leonard tries for a takedown but Reilly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
It looked like Reilly was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Leonard.
Leonard moves away from the strike by Reilly.
A little jabbing left from Leonard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A clash of legs there as Leonard blocks the low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reilly.
A head kick misses from Reilly.
Reilly just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Leonard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses.
Leonard scores with a sloppy right hand. Reilly should have avoided that one.
Leonard scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Leonard.
Leonard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reilly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonard.
Reilly slips a jab from Leonard.

Reilly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Leonard, pushing him back against the cage.
Reilly stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Leonard misses with a punch to the body.
Leonard missing with knees to the body.
Leonard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reilly's face.
Leonard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Leonard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leonard tries to score a body lock takedown but Reilly shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reilly manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reilly stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reilly tries a body shot but Leonard blocks it.
Leonard works on Reilly's body with a couple of short punches.

Reilly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leonard throws a big shot that misses.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Leonard.
Reilly defending well as Leonard loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly is looking to counter with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly tries to land a body kick
and Leonard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Reilly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leonard loads up on a big right hand but Reilly slips the punch.
Reilly throws a leg kick but Leonard sees it coming and moves out of range.
Leonard connects with a right hand. Reilly shakes it off.
Reilly scores with a head kick.
Reilly lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Leonard backs up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Reilly will probably get the nod.
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.

Reilly moves away from the strike by Leonard.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Leonard.
Leonard takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
Reilly wants to clinch
and Leonard counters with a stiff right hand.
Leonard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reilly can pounce on him.
Reilly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reilly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Leonard throws a jab when Reilly was well out of range.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leonard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reilly misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonard throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Reilly. Leonard shrugs it off though.
Leonard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reilly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Leonard's head backwards.
Ray Reilly is winning the standup battle so far.
Leonard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leonard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reilly doesn't seem bothered though.
Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
Leonard on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Reilly moves into the clinch.
Leonard looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
Leonard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leonard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Leonard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reilly blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Reilly.
Leonard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leonard 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 letting Leonard take a breather here.
Reilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reilly is trying to maintain a safe position but Leonard gets an underhook and turns Reilly into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leonard misses with a knee strike.
Nuriel Leonard seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Reilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Leonard backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Reilly breaks from the clinch.
Leonard throws a jab but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly tries to clinch up.
Reilly is looking to clinch but Leonard is avoiding it.
Leonard is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leonard. Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leonard misses with an uppercut. Reilly saw that one coming.
Reilly tries to land a front kick but Leonard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reilly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Leonard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Reilly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Leonard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reilly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Leonard missing with a left hand there. Reilly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reilly leaves Leonard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Leonard lands with a nice body punch.
Reilly connects with a looping right hand.
Leonard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Leonard avoids the head kick by Reilly.
Reilly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Leonard now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Leonard throws a lazy uppercut
and Reilly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leonard's knee momentarily.
Reilly plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Leonard misses with a body shot.
Reilly is looking to counter with a body kick.
Reilly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leonard.
Leonard lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Leonard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Leonard taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Leonard misses with some punches.
Leonard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reilly's efforts to push away.
Reilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Leonard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Leonard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leonard checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Leonard drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Reilly defends it well.
Leonard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch but Leonard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leonard tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leonard is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reilly with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reilly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leonard moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nuriel Leonard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Reilly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Leonard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly motions for Leonard to come forward. Reilly throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reilly.
Reilly throws a half hearted mid kick.

Leonard rushes Reilly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leonard.
Reilly misses with a body punch.

Reilly breaks the clinch.
Donk. Reilly catches Leonard right on the button with a cross.
Leonard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reilly feinted there with a counter leg kick.
No joy there for Leonard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonard throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.
Leonard misses with a looping right.

Leonard drives through with a takedown into Reilly's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reilly wants to sweep here but Leonard controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard throws an elbow that misses. Reilly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Leonard's guard. Nice move by Reilly!

Leonard is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Leonard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Reilly manages to get himself to full guard.

Leonard won't allow Reilly to sweep him here.
Leonard trying to control the position from guard on top but Reilly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reilly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Leonard is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Leonard trying to control the position from guard on top but Reilly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leonard content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Reilly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leonard wants to pass the guard but Reilly is keeping the position.
Reilly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard looking to sit in guard and control but Reilly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Reilly stands and steps away. Leonard gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Leonard looks for a takedown but Reilly sprawls well.
Reilly appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Leonard misses with a straight left.
Reilly digs a good body shot into Leonard's ribs.
Reilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Leonard circles away.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
A left lands for Leonard.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
Leonard throws a jab but it's blocked by Reilly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly pivots, looking for a leg kick but Leonard is out of range and Reilly settles back down.
Leonard misses with a looping left.
It looked like Reilly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reilly throws a sloppy head kick and Leonard moves out of range easily.
Reilly tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leonard is able to avoid easily.
Leonard avoids the head kick by Reilly.
Leonard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Leonard defending well as Reilly loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Leonard crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Reilly - the referee stops the clock and Leonard gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Reilly. Leonard manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Leonard misses with a straight right.
Leonard scores with a jab to the head.
Reilly throws a wild body kick that Leonard sees coming a mile off.
Leonard loads up on a big right hand but Reilly slips the punch.
Leonard connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reilly lands with a straight right. Leonard didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Reilly clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reilly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Leonard throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Leonard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Reilly connects with the punch.
Leonard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reilly lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Leonard.
Reilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reilly is looking to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Leonard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Reilly throws out a loose jab but Leonard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leonard.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reilly has time to react.
Leonard avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Leonard misses its intended target.
Reilly misses with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Leonard.
Leonard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly thows a leg kick but Leonard checks it
and Leonard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Reilly misses the target.
Leonard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reilly throws a sloppy head kick and Leonard moves out of range easily.
Leonard connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Leonard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leonard defending well as Reilly loads up on a big left hand.
Leonard throws out a loose jab but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly throws a body kick that misses.
Leonard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reilly.
Leonard looks to throw the jab but Reilly is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Leonard.
Leonard sizes up Reilly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Leonard ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Leonard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reilly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly defending well as Leonard loads up on a big left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonard misses with a wild body shot.
Leonard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
It looked like Reilly was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Leonard.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reilly throws a one two combo.
Reilly throws a low kick but Leonard moves out of range easily.
Leonard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reilly connects with a leg kick. Leonard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Leonard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leonard misses with a looping right.
Leonard throws a jab but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly moves out of range as Leonard strikes.
Leonard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reilly misses with a hook to the body
and Leonard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leonard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reilly. Reilly obviously looking to wear him down.
Reilly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reilly throws a nice looking combination but Leonard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leonard now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard lands an overhand right.
Leonard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reilly counters with a head kick.
Reilly misses with a hook. Leonard ducked under it nicely.
Reilly connects with a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leonard walks into a stiff left hand from Reilly.
Leonard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leonard misses with a body shot.
A big right from Leonard misses.
Reilly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leonard throws a body shot but no joy.
Reilly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leonard.
Leonard avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Leonard throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly tries to land a front kick but Leonard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Leonard throws out a counter right but Reilly avoids it with no problem.
Leonard throws out a loose jab but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Leonard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reilly misses with a low kick.
Leonard lands a lovely overhand right.
A telegraphed right hand from Leonard misses the target.
Reilly throwing a counter right hand but Leonard manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reilly.
Leonard is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Leonard misses with an uppercut. Reilly saw that one coming.
Leonard throws an overhand right that lands on Reilly's shoulder, as Reilly tries to avoid the shot.
Leonard misses with a wild body shot.
Leonard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Leonard tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reilly thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Leonard if he has to take too many more of those.
Reilly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leonard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Leonard is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Leonard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Nuriel Leonard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Leonard misses with an uppercut. Reilly saw that one coming.
Reilly lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reilly.
Leonard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leonard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reilly catches Leonard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Leonard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Leonard.
Leonard tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A shot to the body from Reilly misses
and Leonard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Reilly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reilly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reilly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leonard throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reilly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leonard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Leonard throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard scores with a jab. Reilly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reilly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reilly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reilly misses the jab.
Reilly throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reilly scores with a decent looking hook.
Leonard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Leonard decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Leonard sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reilly defending well though.
Leonard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Leonard throws a strike but Reilly avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Reilly managing to control the position.
Leonard wants to control from the top but Reilly keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Reilly wants to sweep but no luck.
Nuriel Leonard has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonard lands a couple of elbows.
Reilly is trying to control the position but Leonard postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Leonard feints and as Reilly raises his hands in defense, Leonard changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Leonard throws a big right hand that misses.
Leonard won't allow Reilly to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard wants to control from the top but Reilly keeps moving.
Reilly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Leonard.
Reilly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Leonard throws a big elbow that misses.
Reilly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Leonard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Leonard throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Leonard throws a lazy uppercut
and Reilly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Reilly throws a series of punches but Leonard moves out of range.
Leonard with a nice cross.
A jab from Leonard misses.
Leonard misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Leonard instigates a clinch.
Leonard landing knees to the head.
Leonard is struggling to control the position.
Leonard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leonard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonard misses with a knee strike.
Leonard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reilly blocks it with crossed arms.
Reilly being controlled against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Reilly.
Leonard trying to control the position but instead, Reilly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leonard into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nuriel Leonard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leonard 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 47:48
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuriel Leonard!
Nuriel Leonard is the new lightweight champion!
Nuriel Leonard decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.