PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Reilly (ranked 541 p4p, 87 weight class) and Cleon Wright (ranked 1242 p4p, 174 weight class). Reilly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Whispers - Rock Steady. On his way into the cage it seems that Mike Reilly has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mike Reilly seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Reilly
vs
Wright

197 cm
24
211 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

195 cm
27
209 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

XFighter Clothing

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 9 - 2 - 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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cleon Wright!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wright.

Reilly gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Wright manages to break the clinch.
Reilly tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Reilly tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Reilly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reilly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wright throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reilly is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wright.
Wright cracks Reilly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reilly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wright feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Reillys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Reilly throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Wright to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Wright misses
and Reilly counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wright is lucky that one didn't land flush.
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 keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wright.
Reilly lands a jab to the nose.
Reilly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Reilly misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Reilly is rocked!
Reilly tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Wright swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reilly moves out of range of the leg kick from Wright.
As Wright tries to get set, Reilly tries to push him back and clinch up but Wright manages to avoid the attempt.
Wright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reilly scores with a sloppy right hand. Wright should have avoided that one.
Reilly tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Wright replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Reilly blocks it well.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Reilly cracks Wright with a good jab.
Wright cracks Reilly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wright misses the jab.
Wright lands a jab to Reilly's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly blocks the body kick.
Reilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wright.
Reilly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Reilly connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright moves out of range of the strikes.
Wright is looking to score with low kicks.
Wright swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wright.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wright swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
As Wright backs away, Reilly returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Reilly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wright is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reilly rather than just go for the knockout.
A jab from Wright misses.
Wright tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reilly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reilly misses with a left hand
and Wright counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Wright saw that one coming.
Reilly cracks a nice hook into Wright's ribs.
Wright tried to score with a low kick but Reilly checks it.
Reilly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wright.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws a front kick aimed at Reilly's knee but Reilly avoids it well.
Reilly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wright's head backwards.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright checks the leg kick.
Wright rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reilly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Cleon Wright has been cut.
Reilly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wright. Wright circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
A nice combination there by Wright.
Reilly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Wright connects with an inside leg kick.
Reilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Reilly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wright's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Reilly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wright scrambles back to his feet.
Reilly throws a low kick, looking for Wright's leg but Wright calmly moves out of range.
Reilly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wright throws a lazy uppercut
and Reilly counters with a stiff right hand.
Reilly misses the jab.
Reilly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wright throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reilly slips a jab from Wright.
Wright swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wright misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cleon Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cleon Wright'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.

Wright gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wright dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wright attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wright misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Reilly wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Reilly tries to clinch up
letting Wright counter with a right hand.
Wright looks to throw a body kick
and Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wright tries to work over Reilly's front leg with a kick but Reilly checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly connects with a body shot that sends Wright's belly button to the back.
Wright digs a good body shot into Reilly's ribs.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Wright throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
Reilly throws a body shot but no joy.
Reilly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Wright.
Cleon Wright seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reilly throws a lazy head kick
and Wright counters with a left to the body.
Reilly tries to clinch up.
Reilly lands the left hand.
Reilly throws a right hand that misses
and Wright counters with a stiff right hand.
Wright scores with a hook to the body. Reilly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice straight punches there by Wright. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wright.
Wright misses the jab.
Reilly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Reilly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wright connects with a body shot.
Jab by Wright.
Jab, jab by Wright - just one landing.
Oh Reilly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Wright drops Reilly with a big left hand and mounts him. Reilly is in big trouble!
Wright lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Reilly! Wright sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Reilly and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Cleon Wright!