PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rip Snorten (ranked 1066 p4p, 151 weight class) and Frank Reilly (ranked 1355 p4p, 185 weight class). Snorten comes to the cage accompanied by Sound of Silence. Reilly has chosen Danko Jones - Do You Wanna Rock as his entrance music. Frank Reilly acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Snorten
vs
Reilly

180 cm
37
180 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

181 cm
37
177 lbs
31 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Rip Snorten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Reilly!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly cracks Snorten with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Good shot there by Reilly.
Snorten misses with a wild body shot.
Snorten tests Reilly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left lands for Reilly.
Reilly tests Snorten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Snorten cracks Reilly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reilly lands with a cross.
Snorten scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snorten misses the shot to the body.
Snorten lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slow jab from Snorten misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Reilly misses its intended target.
Reilly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reilly throws a shot to the body.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Snorten swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Snorten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Snorten lands with a good body shot.
Snorten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Snorten misses the shot to the body.
Reilly blocks a low kick nicely.
Good exchange - Snorten coming out on top.
Snorten misses with a looping right.
That kick from Snorten tenderised Reilly's leg. Reilly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Snorten.
Reilly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Snorten throws a lazy right hand but Reilly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reilly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snorten moves away.
Reilly misses with a hook. Snorten ducked under it nicely.

Reilly pushes Snorten up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Snorten misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Snorten.
Snorten blocks a body shot from Reilly.
Reilly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reilly missing with knees to the body.
Reilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a right hand.
Snorten blocks an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Reilly.
Reilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reilly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reilly tries a body shot but Snorten blocks it.
Reilly blocking some punches.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Reilly.
A short left from Snorten.
Reilly trying to land knees to the body.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly misses with a body punch.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly can't find room to land a body shot as Snorten controls the action.
Snorten throws a punch but it's blocked by Reilly.
Snorten blocks the elbow strike.
Snorten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Snorten wants to take the fight to the mat but Reilly manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Snorten lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reilly lands with a right to the head.
Snorten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snorten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reilly prevents a takedown attempt there.

Snorten has picked Reilly up - he's going for a ride! Snorten dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Reilly regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Snorten.
Snorten looking to pass the guard.
Snorten has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Reilly looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Reilly looking for a guillotine here but Snorten defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snorten working some strikes from top position.
Reilly seems keen to control Snorten's posture.
Snorten trying to control but Reilly is working from the bottom.
Reilly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reilly keeps trying to improve his position.
Snorten stands up over Reilly, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Snorten stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reilly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rip Snorten will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Reilly misses with a looping left.
Snorten throws a body punch but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reilly is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Snorten.
Snorten throws a series of punches but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reilly wants to counter with a clinch but Snorten pushes him away.
Snorten avoids the body shot from Reilly.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Snorten!
Reilly misses the jab.
Snorten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reilly.
Snorten goes for a double leg but Reilly avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Reilly continues to drive forward.
Reilly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reilly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reilly takes one to the chin there.
Snorten swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Snorten takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reilly misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorten fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Snorten misses with a looping right.
A bone on bone clash there as Reilly blocks the leg kick.
Snorten fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reilly on the side of the head.
Snorten misses with a hook
and Reilly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reilly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Snorten.
Reilly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Snorten on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Snorten digs a good hook to Reilly's body.
Reilly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reilly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Snorten throws out the jab.
Reilly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Snorten checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Reilly cracks a nice hook into Snorten's ribs.
Snorten cracks Reilly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Snorten misses with an uppercut. Reilly saw that one coming.
Reilly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorten takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A swing and a miss from Reilly.
Snorten seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch but Snorten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Snorten cracks the inside of Reilly's front leg.
Snorten tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Reilly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Snorten swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Snorten thows a left - swing and a miss!
Snorten misses with a low kick as Reilly jumps back.
Snorten throws out a loose jab but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snorten throws a wild body kick that Reilly sees coming a mile off.
Snorten misses with an uppercut
and Reilly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Snorten works over Reilly's head and body with a nice combination.
Reilly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Reilly is rocked!
Frank Reilly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Snorten is stalking Reilly. Reilly circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Snorten, and it's lights out! Reilly really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rip Snorten!
Rip Snorten decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.