PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Dux (ranked 3238 p4p, 450 weight class) and Mike Reilly (ranked 1105 p4p, 161 weight class). Reilly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Whispers - Rock Steady kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dux
vs
Reilly

188 cm
30
214 lbs
21 - 26 - 0

197 cm
26
211 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 21 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Dux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reilly instigates a clinch.
Reilly digs a right hand underneath Dux's ribcage. Dux let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dux throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Dux.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duxs head.

Dux breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Dux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dux takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dux throws a hook to the side of Reilly's head but Reilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dux wants to slow Reilly down by chopping away at his legs.
Dux misses with a hook
and Reilly counters with a left to the body.
Dux throws an off balance right hand
and Reilly counters with a stiff right hand.
Dux throws a sloppy head kick

and Reilly moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dux stalling in the clinch but Reilly improves position.
Dux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dux is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dux working hard to break the clinch.
Dux blocks an uppercut.
Reilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reilly working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Dux manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dux tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dux throws a low kick but Reilly avoids it.

Dux tries to keep at a distance but Reilly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dux wants to break free but Reilly has control.
Dux wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Dux wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Reilly on the inside.
Dux's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Reilly fails to land.
Dux looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dux looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duxs head.
Reilly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Dux breaks the clinch.
Dux lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dux wants to slow Reilly down by chopping away at his legs.

Dux gets tackled into the cage by Reilly. Reilly maintains the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dux trying to stall but Reilly improves his position.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dux prevents a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dux is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short left from Reilly.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Dux uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reilly has a couple of punches blocked by Dux.
Dux is looking to break free of the clinch but Reilly has double underhooks.
Dux blocks an uppercut.
Dux is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
Reilly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dux is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reilly lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duxs head.
Dux wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Dux controls the action.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dux can't break the clinch.
Reilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Dux backwards.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Dux.

Dux breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reilly connects with a looping right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reilly.
Frank Dux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Reilly darts in and clinches Dux up against the cage.
Reilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Dux is rocked!
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Oh Dux is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reilly misses with some punches.
Dux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dux is trying to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling him.
Dux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dux trying to land knees to the body.
Dux seems to have got his legs back now.

Dux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dux lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Reilly lands with a good body shot.
A head kick misses from Dux.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Dux does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reilly clinches up against the cage.
Reilly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dux backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dux.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reilly has Dux pressed against the cage, preventing Dux from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reilly throws a big uppercut that drops Dux! More strikes from Reilly and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dux lies dazed against the cage as Reilly celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Reilly!
A very excited looking Mike Reilly made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.