PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Austin Steven (ranked 6364 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eoin O Reilly (ranked 24700 p4p, 0 weight class). O Reilly has chosen Naruto as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Steven
vs
O Reilly

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Austin Steven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eoin O Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Reilly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Eoin O Reilly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Reilly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Reilly throws a looping overhand right but Steven ducks down to avoid it.
A punch combination from O Reilly misses.
O Reilly throws a nice looking combination but Steven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Steven moves into the clinch.
Steven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but O Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
Steven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steven tries to break the clinch but O Reilly is controlling the position.
Steven tries to circle away but O Reilly has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Steven.
Steven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but O Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Steven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
O Reilly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
O Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
Steven scores with a shot to the side of O Reilly's head.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
O Reilly pushes off an throws an elbow but Steven leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Reilly keeps control of Steven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven has had enough of the clinch but O Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
O Reilly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steven tries to break free but O Reilly pushes him back against the cage.
O Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, O Reilly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steven's brow.
Steven wants to break free but O Reilly has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
Steven wants to break free but O Reilly has control.
Steven wants to get back to striking at distance but O Reilly won't allow it.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven slowing the pace effectively.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Steven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven working hard to break the clinch.
O Reilly has Steven pressed against the cage, preventing Steven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steven lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steven digs a right hand underneath O Reilly's ribcage. O Reilly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steven lands with a light punch inside.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
Steven wants to break the clinch but can't.
O Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steven creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
O Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
O Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Steven is trying to force a seperation but O Reilly has the dominant position.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven blocks an elbow strike.
O Reilly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Steven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steven takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
O Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
O Reilly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steven lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Reilly pushes off an throws an elbow but Steven leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steven blocks an elbow strike.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
O Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Reilly prevents Steven from breaking the clinch.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steven is trying to break the clinch but O Reilly is controlling him.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steven taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eoin O Reilly 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.

A head kick misses from O Reilly.

O Reilly instigates a clinch.
Steven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, O Reilly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steven's brow.
Steven is trying to break the clinch but O Reilly is controlling him.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
O Reilly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
O Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven is looking to break free of the clinch but O Reilly has double underhooks.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven blocks an elbow strike.
O Reilly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steven's efforts to push away.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steven lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Reilly backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, O Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
O Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steven's defenses.
Steven is looking to break free of the clinch but O Reilly has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Reilly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Steven.
O Reilly prevents Steven from breaking the clinch.
O Reilly blocks a body shot from Steven.
Steven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Steven stalling in the clinch but O Reilly improves position.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
Steven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Eoin O Reilly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
O Reilly prevents Steven from breaking the clinch.
O Reilly has Steven pressed against the cage, preventing Steven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steven lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Steven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
O Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Steven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steven blocks an elbow strike.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
O Reilly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
O Reilly throws an elbow that misses.
Steven is trying to break the clinch but O Reilly is controlling him.
Steven takes an elbow to the forehead.
Steven is trying to push O Reilly away but O Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
O Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
O Reilly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
O Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steven looking to slow down the pace here.
Steven is trying to push O Reilly away but O Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
O Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly keeps control of Steven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Steven misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
O Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Steven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but O Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Steven working hard to break the clinch.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steven lands a right hand.
Steven takes an elbow to the forehead.
A frustrated look appears on Steven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven stalling against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, O Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
Steven is trying to break the clinch but O Reilly is controlling him.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven avoids the elbow strike from O Reilly, against the cage.
O Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Steven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, O Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steven working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eoin O Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Steven's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

O Reilly moves into the clinch.
Steven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steven wants to get back to striking at distance but O Reilly won't allow it.
Steven has had enough of the clinch but O Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, O Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
O Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, O Reilly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steven's brow.
Steven tries to circle away but O Reilly has him pinned against the cage.
O Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
Steven wants to break free but O Reilly has control.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steven tries to break free but O Reilly pushes him back against the cage.
Steven avoids a wild elbow strike from O Reilly.
Steven throws a blind hook that connects with the side of O Reillys head.
Steven looking to slow down the pace here.
Steven is leaning against O Reilly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steven blocks the elbow strike.
O Reilly has Steven pressed against the cage, preventing Steven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
O Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Steven working hard to break the clinch.
O Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steven is looking to break free of the clinch but O Reilly has double underhooks.
O Reilly throws an elbow but it misses.
Steven blocks an elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Steven is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
Oh Steven is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steven dodges an elbow strike from O Reilly.
O Reilly has Steven pressed against the cage. He pushes Steven back and as he springs towards him off the cage, O Reilly throws a beautiful elbow that sends Steven crashing to the floor! O Reilly piles on the pressure with more strikes! Steven is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eoin O Reilly!
Post fight, Eoin O Reilly stared into the camera and said 'Dattebayo!!!!'.