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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ting Tang (ranked 3056 p4p, 0 weight class) and John C Reilly (ranked 21004 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by John C. Reilly Funniest Moments. John C Reilly is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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199 lbs
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203 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ting Tang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John C Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reilly misses the shot to the body.
Reilly scores with a hook.
It looks like Ting Tang has been cut.
Tang throws a right and a left that Reilly avoids nicely.
Tang misses with a few strikes there.
Reilly takes a swing at Tang's ribcage but misses.
As Reilly tries to get set, Tang tries to push him back and clinch up but Reilly manages to avoid the attempt.
Tang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reilly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reilly.
Tang looks to land a combination but Reilly avoids it well.
Reilly gets a double leg takedown into Tang's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tang can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Reilly controls the pace.
Tang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reilly.
Tang trying to keep a closed guard but Reilly is proving a slippery customer.
Reilly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tang works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Reilly in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tang is looking to regain half guard here but Reilly keeps moving and retains side control.
Tang is trying to escape the position but Reilly is controlling the position.
Tang is looking to reverse the position.
Reilly is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Reilly throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Reilly throwing shots but missing, from side control.
You can see the frustration on Tang's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Reilly controlling the position from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to advance to mount but can't.
Reilly has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Tang is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reilly throws some wild stikes that Tang manages to avoid easily.
Tang is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Reilly misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Reilly throwing strikes here but Tang is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Reilly looking to ground and pound but Tang is blocking nicely.
Reilly throwing strikes here but Tang is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Reilly controlling the pace for now.
Tang tries to hold on but Reilly postures up.
Tang is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Reilly is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Poor strikes thrown by Reilly there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Reilly looking to ground and pound but Tang is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tang tries to hold on but Reilly postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tang might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tang avoids a series of strikes thrown by Reilly.
Reilly throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tang is trying to escape the mount.
Reilly throws some wild stikes that Tang manages to avoid easily.
Reilly working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Reilly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Reilly lands with some strikes.
Reilly controlling from mount.
Reilly's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Tang avoids a series of strikes thrown by Reilly.
Tang can't escape the position.
Reilly controlling the position easily from mount.
Tang tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tang knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reilly on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Reilly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reilly throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Reilly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tang hang on?
Ting Tang's cut is getting worse.
Tang avoids a series of strikes thrown by Reilly.
Tang is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Reilly punching from mount but Tang doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Reilly controlling the position easily from mount.
More stalling from Reilly.
Reilly looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John C Reilly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ting Tang's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tang closes the distance and pushes Reilly back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reilly.
Tang misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Reilly scores with a shot to the side of Tang's head.
Reilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reilly lands a body punch.
Reilly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reilly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reilly has clasped his hands together around Tang's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reilly throws an elbow but Tang slips to the side and avoids it well.
You can see the frustration on Tang's face as Reilly controls the position.
Reilly scoring with punches and elbows.
Reilly landing a few strikes.
Reilly controls the position.
Reilly advances nicely into full mount.
Reilly throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tang because Reilly loaded up on that one.
BOOM! Reilly connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tang is rocked!
Reilly postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Tang badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Reilly around the waist but Reilly pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Reilly is the winner by TKO! Reilly jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John C Reilly!
In his post fight interview, John C Reilly started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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