PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joels Van Wijnbergen (ranked 23321 p4p, 13852 weight class) and Iain Reilly (ranked 674 p4p, 695 weight class). Reilly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dubliners - Fields of Athenry. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Van Wijnbergen
vs
Reilly

185 cm
41
210
24 - 18 - 0

186 cm
46
218
23 - 32 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joels Van Wijnbergen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 32 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Wijnbergen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Van Wijnbergen stuns Reilly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Wijnbergen was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Reilly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Wijnbergen slips a jab and a cross from Reilly.
Van Wijnbergen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a leg kick
and Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reilly looks to throw the jab but Van Wijnbergen is out of range.
Van Wijnbergen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Van Wijnbergen.
Reilly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reilly misses with a hook.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to slow Reilly down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Reilly takes a step back to recover.
Reilly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Van Wijnbergen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Reilly under the eye.

It looks like Iain Reilly has been cut.
Reilly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a nice head shot.

Reilly is rocked!
Van Wijnbergen catches Reilly with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Reilly forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joels Van Wijnbergen!
After winning the bout, Joels Van Wijnbergen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.