PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan O Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenta Sazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Reilly comes to the cage accompanied by Love For Money. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

O Reilly
vs
Sazuki

177 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
152 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan O Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenta Sazuki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Reilly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sazuki tries to clinch up but O Reilly circles away and keeps his distance.
Kenta Sazuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sazuki wants to clinch.

Sazuki gets the takedown into side control.
O Reilly can't do much from the bottom here.
Sazuki in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Reilly dodges the ground and pound from Sazuki.
Sazuki working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sazuki creates some space and throws a big elbow, but O Reilly sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
O Reilly is looking for a sweep.
Sazuki throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and O Reilly works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
O Reilly is looking to control Sazuki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can O Reilly avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly punching from the bottom.

O Reilly is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Sazuki pulls his head out easily.
Sazuki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sazuki moves into full mount! O Reilly won't be happy about that!
O Reilly really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
O Reilly tries to lock up and control but Sazuki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

O Reilly defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sazuki.
O Reilly wants to hold on but Sazuki pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
O Reilly flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sazuki unloads with some shots from mount but O Reilly bucks and avoids them well.
O Reilly flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sazuki manages to capitalize on a mistake by O Reilly to take his back!
Sazuki thows a strike but O Reilly uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by O Reilly as he ends up in Sazuki 's guard!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sazuki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Reilly fails with the takedown.
Sazuki moves in looking to clinch but O Reilly pushes him off.
Sazuki tries to clinch but O Reilly moves out of range.
Sazuki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Sazuki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan O Reilly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Reilly is breathing heavily.
Sazuki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sazuki throwing strikes from guard but O Reilly blocks nicely.
O Reilly is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Sazuki decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on O Reilly, up you get!
Sazuki tries to close the distance and clinch but O Reilly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sazuki trying to land knees to the body.
Sazuki landing knees to the head.
O Reilly has Sazuki pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sazuki manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sazuki landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki misses with a knee to the head.
O Reilly has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sazuki avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
O Reilly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Reilly is trying to drag Sazuki to the mat but Sazuki just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
O Reilly gets underhooks to prevent Sazuki's takedown attempt.

O Reilly manages to break the clinch.
O Reilly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sazuki's head.
O Reilly misses with a takedown
and Sazuki counters with a big head kick but O Reilly shrugs it off.
O Reilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Sazuki.
Sazuki fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenta Sazuki dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

O Reilly throws a shot to the body.
O Reilly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sazuki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
O Reilly fails with the takedown
and Sazuki counters with a nice body kick.
O Reilly with a poor takedown

and Sazuki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan O Reilly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sazuki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sazuki scores a nice knee to the body.
Sazuki unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Reilly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
O Reilly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sazuki scores with a knee to the head.
Sazuki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Reilly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sazuki has him pressed against the cage.
O Reilly managing to block the knees to the body from Sazuki.
Sazuki misses with a knee to the head.
O Reilly avoiding damage as Sazuki throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly can't get the takedown.
Sazuki with a knee to the head.
Sazuki fails to pull guard.
Sazuki scores with a knee to the head.
O Reilly can't get the takedown.
Sazuki throws an elbow that misses.
Sazuki looking to throw knees to the head but O Reilly is blocking nicely.
Sazuki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Reilly.
Sazuki tries to land a knee to the head but O Reilly blocks with his arms.
O Reilly tries for a takedown but Sazuki manages to get underhooks.
Sazuki lands a nice knee to the body.
O Reilly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sazuki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Sazuki pulls guard.
Sazuki keeping full guard, as O Reilly tries to pass.
O Reilly trying to control but Sazuki is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
O Reilly won't allow Sazuki to sweep him here.
O Reilly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sazuki's head.
O Reilly trying to control the position from guard on top but Sazuki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Sazuki darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
O Reilly manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sazuki gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

O Reilly closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - O Reilly lands in his opponent's guard.
O Reilly tries to free his leg and advance position but Sazuki is retaining full guard.
O Reilly keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sazuki's head.
Sazuki striking off his back but it's not causing O Reilly any problems.

Sazuki is looking for a triangle here but O Reilly uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
You can see the frustration on Sazuki's face as O Reilly controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sazuki taking punishment in the form of punches.
O Reilly trying to control the action but Sazuki is working from the bottom.
Sazuki trying to remain calm as O Reilly controls from the top position.
Sazuki tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but O Reilly wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kenta Sazuki has got the better of the ground game so far.
O Reilly working the ground and pound.
Sazuki is looking for a sweep.
O Reilly working the ground and pound.
Sazuki is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but O Reilly is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sazuki is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kenta Sazuki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sazuki tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Reilly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown by O Reilly or perhaps it was just good defense by Sazuki which made him look bad.
A head kick from Sazuki lands but O Reilly takes it in his stride.
O Reilly keeps the fight on the outside.
O Reilly avoids a kick to the body.

Sazuki clinches up with O Reilly and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sazuki lands a knee to the head.
Sazuki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
O Reilly is working for takedown but Sazuki is calmly controlling the position for now.
O Reilly has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sazuki avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan O Reilly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Reilly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sazuki pulls his leg out and moves away.
O Reilly keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sazuki wants to clinch.
O Reilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Sazuki.
Sazuki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and O Reilly counters with a low kick, right behind Sazuki 's knee.
Sazuki misses with a takedown attempt
and O Reilly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
O Reilly shoots for a takedown but Sazuki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A head kick from O Reilly lands but Sazuki takes it in his stride.

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.
Sazuki tries to clinch but O Reilly moves away

so O Reilly counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
O Reilly is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sazuki keeping moving, preventing O Reilly from controlling successfully.

Sazuki has his foot on O Reilly's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. O Reilly works his way back into a safe position though.
O Reilly trying to control the position from guard on top but Sazuki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Reilly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Sazuki looking for a triangle here. O Reilly is fighting it but it looks tight! Sazuki pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, O Reilly is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Kenta Sazuki!