PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rob Dyrdek (ranked 1729 p4p, 259 weight class) and Frank Reilly (ranked 861 p4p, 136 weight class). Reilly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Danko Jones - Do You Wanna Rock. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dyrdek
vs
Reilly

170 cm
28
177 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

181 cm
29
177 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rob Dyrdek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dyrdek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dyrdek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reilly.
Reilly is looking to clinch.
Dyrdek throwing a counter right hand but Reilly manages to avoid it.

Reilly moves into the clinch.
Dyrdek 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.
A short left from Reilly.
A right hand to the body from Dyrdek.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Reilly stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dyrdek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reilly up against the cage.
Dyrdek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Reilly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
Dyrdek scores with a knee to the head.
Dyrdek misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reilly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Reilly avoiding damage as Dyrdek throws knees to the body.
Reilly scores with a hook to the body.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Dyrdek.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dyrdek tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Dyrdek landing knees to the head.
Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reilly as Dyrdek tries to tie him up.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Dyrdek trying to stall but Reilly improves his position.
Dyrdek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reilly leaning his opponent against the cage.
Reilly leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dyrdek is looking to control Reilly's arms but Reilly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dyrdek has his back to the cage.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dyrdek stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Reilly pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dyrdek fails to land.
Dyrdek scores with a shoulder strike.
Dyrdek lands with a short shot to the head.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly tries to work over Dyrdek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dyrdek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Reilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
Reilly lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Reilly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dyrdek or not.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reilly - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Dyrdek controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dyrdek looking to slow down the pace here.
Dyrdek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Dyrdek.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Dyrdek connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Frank Reilly has been cut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dyrdek.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dyrdek wants to stall.
Dyrdek misses with the head strike.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dyrdek blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Reilly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Reilly's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dyrdek tries to clinch but Reilly moves out of range.
Dyrdek sets himself, and Reilly steps forward looking for the clinch! Dyrdek avoids it this time.

Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reilly as Dyrdek tries to tie him up.
Dyrdek tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dyrdek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dyrdek is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reilly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dyrdek's brow.
Dyrdek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reilly lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Rob Dyrdek has been cut.
Dyrdek blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyrdek misses with a knee to the head.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Dyrdek controls the action.
Dyrdek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reilly lands a body shot.
Dyrdek trying to control the position but instead, Reilly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dyrdek into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Dyrdek 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.
Dyrdek controlling the action here for a moment.
Reilly managing to block the knees to the body from Dyrdek.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Dyrdek misses with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek lands a nice uppercut.
Dyrdek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dyrdek trying to land knees to the body.
Dyrdek tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly scores with a shoulder strike.
Dyrdek throws an elbow that misses.
Dyrdek with a knee to the head.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Dyrdek works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Frank Reilly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dyrdek tries to land knees in the clinch but Reilly avoids the damage to the body.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Dyrdek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dyrdek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dyrdek with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek misses with a knee to the head.
Dyrdek trying to stall but Reilly improves his position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Dyrdek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Dyrdek's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Dyrdek controls the action.
Dyrdek blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Dyrdek wants to stall.
Reilly looking to slow down the pace here.
Reilly gets through Dyrdek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reilly up against the cage.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
Reilly gets through Dyrdek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a nice shot to the body.
Dyrdek tries to land knees in the clinch but Reilly avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dyrdek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Dyrdek looking to slow down the pace here.
Dyrdek is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hook to the body lands for Reilly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Reilly punishes Dyrdek's body with a nice straight punch.

Reilly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dyrdek, pushing him back against the cage.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
Dyrdek dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dyrdek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dyrdek misses with a knee to the head.
Dyrdek is trying to maintain a safe position but Reilly gets an underhook and turns Dyrdek into the cage.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Dyrdek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly tries to work over Dyrdek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Dyrdek.
Reilly presses Dyrdek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dyrdek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dyrdek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maybe Dyrdek would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reilly stalls.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reilly gets through Dyrdek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dyrdek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reilly.
Dyrdek blocks an uppercut.
Dyrdek blocking some punches.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly gets through Dyrdek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dyrdek.
Reilly blocks a body shot from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek avoiding damage as Reilly throws knees to the body.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Dyrdek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dyrdek lands a nice uppercut.
Dyrdek avoids a wild elbow strike from Reilly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dyrdek looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dyrdek 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.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dyrdek obliges.
Reilly is trying to stall.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
Dyrdek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reilly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dyrdek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dyrdek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dyrdek looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Reilly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly cracks Dyrdek with a nice body shot.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Dyrdek.
Dyrdek looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Dyrdek controls the action.
Reilly managing to block the knees to the body from Dyrdek.
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Dyrdek's head.
Dyrdek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dyrdek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reilly up against the cage.
Dyrdek slowing the pace effectively.
Dyrdek gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Reilly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Dyrdek.
Dyrdek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Reilly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
Reilly misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Dyrdek uses good head movement to avoid it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
Dyrdek stalling in the clinch but Reilly improves position.
Dyrdek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dyrdek.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rob Dyrdek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dyrdek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reilly avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dyrdek throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Reilly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reilly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Reilly!
After winning the bout, Frank Reilly thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.