PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leif Erikson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Whispers - Rock Steady. The crowd seem to be enjoying Erikson 's choice of entrance music: Into Battle by Ensiferum. Leif Erikson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Reilly
vs
Erikson

197 cm
21
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
220 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Amped Performance

Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leif Erikson !
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erikson scores with a jab. Reilly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Erikson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Reilly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab, jab by Erikson - just one landing.
Erikson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reilly.
Erikson connects with a body shot that sends Reilly's belly button to the back.
Jab by Reilly.
Leif Erikson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Erikson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Erikson .
Erikson lands with a shot to the body.
Reilly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Erikson .
A decent looking cross lands there for Erikson .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly checks a leg kick.
Erikson lands with a right hand.
Reilly seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Reilly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Erikson 's hands.
Erikson misses the shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Reilly - just one landing.
Reilly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Erikson .
Erikson thuds his right hand into Reilly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reilly with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly slips under a jab.
Erikson digs a good body shot into Reilly's ribs.
Erikson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly wants to clinch up but Erikson keeps it at a distance.
Reilly throws a jab when Erikson was well out of range.
Erikson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reilly.
Erikson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reilly.
Erikson lands a nice shot to the body.
Erikson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Erikson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Erikson 's corner calls for a 1-2. Erikson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A slow jab from Reilly misses its intended target.
Erikson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A slow jab from Reilly misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Erikson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Erikson jabs Reilly right on the nose. Reilly blinks but takes it well.
Nice shot lands for Erikson .
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!
Reilly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly works the jab nicely.

Reilly has Erikson up against the cage in a clinch.
Erikson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Erikson misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Erikson .
Erikson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly pushes Erikson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Erikson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Erikson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erikson lands an uppercut.
Erikson misses with a body punch.
Erikson can't find room to land a body shot as Reilly controls the action.
Erikson 's coach down at Die Trying Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Erikson 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Erikson tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Erikson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Erikson as Reilly tries to tie him up.
Still in the clinch, Erikson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Reilly is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erikson 's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erikson 's elbow.
Erikson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Erikson fails to land.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Erikson swings wildly with an uppercut but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
A short right from Reilly.
Erikson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reilly or not.
Reilly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Erikson lands an uppercut.
Reilly taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Erikson struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Reilly is looking to control Erikson 's arms but Erikson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reilly has his back to the cage.
Erikson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reilly avoids it.
Reilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erikson 's elbow.
Erikson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Erikson is leaning against Reilly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reilly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Erikson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erikson tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Erikson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Erikson .
Reilly is breathing heavily.
Erikson scores with a shot to the side of Reilly's head.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Erikson .
Reilly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reilly blocks a body shot from Erikson .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Erikson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Erikson working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leif Erikson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Reilly missing with a left hand there. Erikson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Erikson misses the jab.
Reilly tries to counter by clinching up but Erikson breaks away and moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Erikson .
Erikson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Erikson lands a jab to the nose.
Oh Reilly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reilly defending well as Erikson loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly seems to have got his legs back now.
Erikson misses with a straight left.
Reilly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Erikson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Erikson .
Erikson throws an overhand right that lands on Reilly's shoulder, as Reilly tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Erikson there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Erikson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Erikson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Erikson lands with a hook. Reilly tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Reilly lands with a hook. Erikson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erikson misses the shot to the body.
Erikson connects with a looping right hand.
Erikson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reilly throwing a counter right hand but Erikson manages to avoid it.
Erikson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reilly.
Erikson throws a shot to the body.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly connects with a jab.
No joy there for Erikson , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reilly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Reilly misses with a straight right.
Reilly throws a body shot but no joy.
Erikson defending well as Reilly loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Erikson lands with a good body shot.
Erikson with a hook.

Reilly closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly stalling.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reilly leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erikson pushes Reilly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Erikson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Erikson .
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Erikson avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Erikson throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Leif Erikson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Erikson lands an uppercut.
Erikson misses with the head strike.
Erikson lands with a light punch inside.
Reilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erikson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reilly stalling in the clinch but Erikson improves position.
Erikson working aggressively here.
Erikson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Erikson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly leaning against his opponent.
Reilly lands a shot to the body.
Erikson misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Reilly.
Erikson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Erikson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly is struggling to control the position.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Erikson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Erikson backwards.
Erikson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Erikson can't find room to land a body shot as Reilly controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Erikson .
Reilly blocking some punches.
Erikson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erikson misses with a body punch.
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Erikson controls his hands.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Erikson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erikson cracks Reilly with a nice body shot.
Erikson lands a shoulder strike.
Erikson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erikson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Erikson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Erikson misses with a body punch.
Erikson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Erikson works on Reilly's body with a couple of short punches.
Erikson lands a left hand.
Erikson dips a shoulder and cracks Reilly with a mighty uppercut! Reilly falls back against the cage and Erikson unloads with a barrage of strikes! Reilly is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Erikson screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leif Erikson !
Leif Erikson thanked the fans post fight for their support.