PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Atunes (ranked 490 p4p, 67 weight class) and Frank Reilly (ranked 372 p4p, 53 weight class). Reilly has chosen Danko Jones - Do You Wanna Rock as his entrance music. Frank Reilly is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Atunes
vs
Reilly

180 cm
33
180 lbs
21 - 7 - 3

181 cm
34
177 lbs
27 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Sin City Allstars

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 21 - 7 - 3, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Reilly!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Reilly finds it's way through Atunes's defenses.
We've been told by Atunes's head coaches at Crassus that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Reilly moves out of range as Atunes strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Atunes misses the target.
Reilly lands with a slapping head kick.
Atunes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Reilly misses.
Good exchange - Atunes coming out on top.
Atunes throws a leg kick
and Reilly counters with a straight right hand.
Atunes tries a low kick but Reilly avoids it.
Reilly misses with a looping right.
Reilly takes a jab right on the kisser.
Atunes slips under a jab from Reilly.
Reilly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly jabs at Atunes's body.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Reilly's head but Reilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donk. Reilly catches Atunes right on the button with a cross.
Reilly lands a nice looking body shot.
Reilly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reilly throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
A jab from Reilly misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Atunes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Atunes lands a head shot.

Reilly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Atunes, pushing him back against the cage.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Atunes controls the action.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reilly tries to land knees in the clinch but Atunes avoids the damage to the body.
Reilly working aggressively here.
Atunes misses with the head strike.
Atunes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Atunes throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atunes working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly tries to work over Atunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reilly prevents a body shot from Atunes.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Atunes blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Reilly.
Reilly scores with a shoulder strike.
Atunes blocking some punches.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Atunes avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Atunes lands a left hand.
Atunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice body punch from Atunes.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Atunes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Atunes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Atunes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reilly 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.
Reilly checks a leg kick nicely.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Atunes is looking to counter punch.
Reilly takes a kick to the side of the head.
Reilly catches Atunes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes takes a jab right on the kisser.

Reilly has closed the distance and engaged Atunes in a clinch.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Atunes.
Atunes misses with the head strike.
Atunes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Atunes digs a right hand into Reilly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reilly's gas tank.
Reilly misses with the head strike.
Atunes digs a right hand underneath Reilly's ribcage. Reilly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Atunes lands a shot to the body.
Atunes lands an uppercut.
Reilly blocks a body shot from Atunes.
Reilly lands a good knee to the midsection. Atunes won't want to take too many of those.
Atunes can't find room to land a body shot as Reilly controls the action.
Atunes is struggling to control the position.

Atunes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reilly lands a head kick. Atunes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly cracks Atunes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Atunes gets tackled into the cage by Reilly. Reilly maintains the clinch.
Atunes blocks an elbow strike.
Reilly lands a shoulder strike.

Atunes breaks the clinch.

Reilly has Atunes up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reilly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
Reilly tries to throw a body punch but Atunes avoids it by throwing Reilly back against the cage.
Atunes misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes blocking some punches.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Atunes.
Atunes misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Atunes as the two fighters clinch.
Reilly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Reilly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Atunes, right into the meat.
Atunes lands a jab to the nose.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atunes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reilly cracks Atunes with a good jab.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Reilly moves in looking to clinch but Atunes pushes him off.
Reilly misses with a straight left.
Atunes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Atunes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Atunes quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Reilly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frank Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Atunes gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Reilly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Atunes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reilly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atunes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reilly has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Atunes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Reilly can turn it around.
Atunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Reilly.
Reilly pushes Atunes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reilly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atunes lands a nice shot to the body.
Atunes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atunes misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly blocks a body shot from Atunes.
Atunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly digs a right hand into Atunes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Atunes's gas tank.
Atunes working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right hand to the body from Reilly.
Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Atunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Reilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Atunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Reilly blocks a body shot from Atunes.
Atunes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Reilly lands a shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atunes.
Reilly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reilly swings wildly with an uppercut but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Reilly.
Atunes digs a right hand into Reilly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reilly's gas tank.
Atunes looking to stall.
Reilly being controlled against the cage.
Reilly landing knees to the body.
Frank Reilly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Reilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atunes can't find room to land a body shot as Reilly controls the action.

Atunes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Atunes throws out a loose jab but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Atunes's hands.
Atunes throws a jab when Reilly was well out of range.
Reilly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Frank Reilly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atunes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Reilly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Atunes throws a jab when Reilly was well out of range.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Reilly is just out of range.
Reilly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Atunes misses with a two punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Reilly. That snapped Atunes's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly 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.
Reilly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Atunes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with a double jab.
Nice shot lands for Reilly.
Atunes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Atunes misses with a hook. Reilly ducked under it nicely.
Reilly misses the shot to the body.
Atunes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Atunes keeps the fight on the outside.
Atunes connects with a looping right hand.
Reilly is looking to clinch.
Atunes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Atunes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Reilly moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Atunes.
Atunes tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
Atunes misses with a body punch.
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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Atunes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Atunes is looking to counter punch.
Atunes swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly scores with a shot to the body.
Atunes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reilly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reilly throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
Atunes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Reilly checks a leg kick.
Reilly is looking for the big counter here.
Atunes lands with a straight right. Reilly didn't see that one coming.
Atunes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Atunes misses with a low kick as Reilly jumps back.

Reilly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Atunes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly tries a body shot but Atunes blocks it.
Reilly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atunes avoids it.
Reilly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atunes scores with a hook to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Atunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reilly.
Reilly lands with a short shot to the head.
Atunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Atunes controls the action.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Atunes is defending well for now.
Atunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
Atunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Atunes blocks an uppercut.
Atunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Atunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atunes takes a shot to the head.
Reilly trying to land knees to the body.
Reilly lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atunes has a couple of punches blocked by Reilly.
Atunes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Atunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Atunes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atunes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atunes tries to break free but Reilly pushes him back against the cage.
Reilly pushes Atunes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reilly lands a shot to the body.

Atunes breaks the clinch.

Reilly pushes Atunes up against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atunes blocks an elbow strike from Reilly.
Atunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Atunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reilly's elbow.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reilly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atunes avoids it.
Atunes misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Atunes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly works on Atunes's body with a couple of short punches.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Atunes 's eye.
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Atunes controls his hands.
Atunes cracks Reilly with a nice body shot.
Reilly lands a nice uppercut.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.

Atunes manages to break the clinch.
Reilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atunes.
Atunes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Reilly feints and then cracks Atunes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atunes down.
Atunes slips a jab from Reilly.
Reilly moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Atunes slips a jab from Reilly.
Reilly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Atunes.
It looked like Atunes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses.
Reilly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leonardo Atunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes lands an overhand right.
Leonardo Atunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reilly tries a head kick but it misses.
Atunes throws a body shot but no joy.

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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori 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.