PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Red. Reilly has chosen Trouble Man as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Reilly

198 cm
25
196 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones darts in and clinches Reilly up against the cage.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Jones being controlled against the cage.
Reilly jumps guard but Jones turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Reilly changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jones fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Jones rushes Reilly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Reilly has double underhooks.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling the position.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reilly backwards.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Jones has been cut.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling the position.
Reilly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Reilly tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mike Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Reilly.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Jones slowing the pace effectively.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reilly breaks from the clinch.

Jones has managed to clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Reilly is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reilly has his back to the cage.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Jones tries to break free but Reilly pushes him back against the cage.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Reilly breaks from the clinch.
Reilly throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Reilly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly shoots in looking for a takedown but Jones manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Reilly's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Reilly misses with an uppercut.
Jones misses with the combination.
Reilly misses with a double jab.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reilly, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones stalling against the cage.
A short right from Jones.
Jones can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Reilly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reilly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reilly dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on Reilly's head and hops out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reilly lands a left and a right that sends Jones crashing to the canvas! Reilly dives into mount looking to finish!

Jones is rocked!

Mike Jones's cut is getting worse.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Reilly trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Oh Jones is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Reilly is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jones is surviving well by controlling Reilly's body position as best he can.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Reilly's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Reilly content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Reilly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Jones's cut.
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 tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones wants to break free but Reilly has control.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reilly fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Reilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
Jones takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Reilly gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
Jones throws a low kick, looking for Reilly's leg but Reilly calmly moves out of range.
Jones throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reilly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reilly wants to clinch.

Reilly gets a takedown into half guard.
Reilly trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Jones is looking to improve his position.

Reilly postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Jones to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones forces Reilly back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reilly has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Reilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reilly shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Reilly's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mike Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Reilly.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Reilly throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reilly misses with the combination.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Reilly.
Bobby Reilly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reilly shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Reilly keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling him.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Reilly has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Reilly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Mike Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones scores with a nice strike.
Reilly fails with the takedown.
Jones throws a body punch but Reilly moves out of range.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones is looking to wear down Reilly with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Reilly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reilly shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Jones is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reilly takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reilly throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mike Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Jones's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Jones clinches up against the cage.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Reilly has the dominant position.
Jones is trying to break free.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.

Reilly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Reilly scoring well with a low kick there.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reilly shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly lands a jab-cross combination.
Jones jabs Reilly to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
Mike Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reilly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Reilly shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Reilly passes to full mount!
Jones can't escape the position.
Reilly controlling from the full mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Reilly's attempts to control the action.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to lock up and control but Reilly gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jones is trying to stand up.
Reilly throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jones because Reilly loaded up on that one.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Reilly looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Reilly might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jones kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Jones wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Reilly.
Reilly lands with some strikes.
Reilly trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Reilly avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Reilly controlling from the full mount.
Reilly looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Reilly breaks from Jones's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jones 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 dominating with strikes here.
Reilly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones is working to get back to half guard.
Jones tries to hold on but Reilly pushes him away.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Bobby Reilly has got the better of the ground game so far.

Reilly is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jones can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Jones tries to lock up and control but Reilly gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Reilly trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Reilly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reilly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Reilly!
Bobby Reilly decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.