PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Rodrigues Filho (ranked 828 p4p, 121 weight class) and Mike Reilly (ranked 757 p4p, 112 weight class). Reilly has chosen The Whispers - Rock Steady as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Rodrigues Filho
vs
Reilly

190 cm
23
210 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

197 cm
24
211 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pedro Rodrigues Filho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Filho throws a hook but Reilly blocks it.
Filho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reilly throws a lazy head kick
and Filho counters with a three punch combo that has Reilly backing up. Reilly nods at Filho to acknowledge the strikes.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Filho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Filho scores with a hook.
Filho throws a big shot that misses.
Reilly blocks a jab.
Reilly slips a straight right by Filho.
Reilly wants to clinch up but Filho keeps it at a distance.
That kick from Reilly tenderised Filho's leg. Filho is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reilly misses the shot to the body.
Reilly slips a jab from Filho.
Filho drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Filho misses with a left hand
and Reilly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Reilly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Filho, pushing him back against the cage.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Filho lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filho lands a nice uppercut.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly pushes Filho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filho.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Filho lands with a short shot to the head.
Filho throws a head punch that misses.
Filho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
Filho working aggressively here.
Filho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Filho misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Filho.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Filho breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Filho looks to land a left hand but Reilly moved out of range nicely.
Reilly tries to counter by closing the distance.
Reilly is looking to clinch.
Filho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reilly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Pedro Rodrigues Filho has been cut.
Reilly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Filho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reilly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Filho.
Reilly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Reilly moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Reilly moves away from the strike by Filho.
Filho is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Filho lands a jab to Reilly's midsection.
Filho looks to land a right hand but Reilly moved out of range.

Reilly moves into the clinch.
Reilly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Filho scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Filho swings wildly with an uppercut but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Filho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filho is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Reilly's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Filho scores with a shoulder strike.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Reilly pushes Filho back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
A shot in the inside from Filho.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Filho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Filho misses with a body punch.
Filho trying to control the position but instead, Reilly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Filho into the cage.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Filho.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reilly.
Reilly works on Filho's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filho prevents a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly cracks Filho with a nice body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Filho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reilly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Filho trying to control the position but instead, Reilly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Filho into the cage.
Filho misses with some punches.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Filho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Reilly.
Filho throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Filho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Filho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Filho tries to throw a body punch but Reilly avoids it by throwing Filho back against the cage.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Filho throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Reilly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pedro Rodrigues Filho's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Reilly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Filho moves in looking to clinch but Reilly pushes him off.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho is winning the standup battle so far.
Reilly dodges the punch combination from Filho.
A big right from Reilly misses.
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Filho saw that one coming.
Filho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Filho misses with a hook
and Reilly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Filho thinking.
Reilly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Filho.
Filho thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Filho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Filho misses.
Reilly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reilly lands the left hand.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Filho.
Filho looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Filho to score with a decent uppercut.
Reilly has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Filho lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly blocks a jab.
Reilly defending well as Filho loads up on a big left hand.
Reilly goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Filho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reilly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Filho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Filho throws a lazy uppercut
and Reilly counters with a straight right hand.
Reilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Filho throws a series of punches but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly misses with a straight left.
Reilly connects with a crisp jab.
Filho takes one on the button.

Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Reilly tries a body shot but Filho blocks it.
Filho blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
Filho misses with the head strike.
Reilly digs a right hand into Filho's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Filho's gas tank.
Reilly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Filho or not.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho lands a hook that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Filho blocks an uppercut.
Filho has a couple of punches blocked by Reilly.
Filho throws a head punch that misses.
Filho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Filho scores with a nice hook to the head.
Filho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reilly blocking some punches.
Filho blocks an uppercut.
Mike Reilly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Reilly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reilly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Filho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Filho stalling.
Filho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Filho blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
A short uppercut from Filho.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Filho looking to slow down the pace here.
A short body shot lands from Reilly as the two fighters clinch.
Filho blocks an uppercut.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reilly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reilly scores with a shoulder strike.
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 misses with the head strike.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filho.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filho.
Reilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Filho taking a breather.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Filho controls the action.
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reilly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Filho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Filho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly lands a left hand.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly prevents a body shot from Filho.
Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pedro Rodrigues Filho's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Reilly moves in looking to clinch but Filho pushes him off.
A little feinted left hand from Filho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Filho checks a low kick from Reilly.
Filho missing with a left hand there. Reilly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Reilly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Filho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Filho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Filho blocks an uppercut.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Filho swings wildly with an uppercut but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filho looking to slow down the pace here.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filho leaning against his opponent.
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filho tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Filho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Filho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Filho working aggressively here.
Filho working aggressively here.
Reilly blocks an uppercut.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Filhos head.
A short right from Reilly.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
Nice body punch from Reilly.
Filho takes a shot to the head.
Reilly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Filho uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Reilly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reilly working aggressively here.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reilly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Filho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Filhos head.
Filho misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly cracks Filho with a nice body shot.
Reilly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Filho lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reilly.
A nice left hand lands by Reilly.
Filho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Filho misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Filho uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Reilly.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Filho.
Reilly tries to work over Filho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Filho takes a shot to the head.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Filho misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho prevents a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
Reilly has Filho pressed against the cage, preventing Filho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly has Filho pressed against the cage, preventing Filho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Filho on the inside.
Filho scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reilly digs a right hand into Filho's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Filho's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Filho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Filho blocking some punches.
Filho lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Filho misses with a body punch.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Filho avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Reilly tries to work over Filho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.
Reilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Reilly is working Filho over against the cage.
Reilly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reilly tries a body shot but Filho blocks it.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30

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