PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden ORielly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Emanuel
vs
ORielly

170 cm
31
163 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

180 cm
34
163 lbs
30 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Europha Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aiden ORielly!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ORielly scores with a nice body kick.
Emanuel throws a jab but it's blocked by ORielly.
Europha Emanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ORielly lands with a cross.
Emanuel loads up on a big right hand but ORielly slips the punch.
Emanuel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. ORielly doesn't seem bothered though.
Emanuel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and ORielly counters with a nice uppercut.
Emanuel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Emanuel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent ORielly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
ORielly lands a jab to the head.
ORielly moves out of range of the strikes.
ORielly throws a looping overhand right but Emanuel ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Emanuel misses.
ORielly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Emanuel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emanuel wants to clinch up but ORielly keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Europha Emanuel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Emanuel has ORielly up against the cage in a clinch.
ORielly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by ORielly as Emanuel tries to tie him up.

Emanuel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Emanuel checks a leg kick.
Emanuel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ORielly.
Emanuel misses with a looping left.
Emanuel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. ORielly's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
ORielly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
ORielly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
ORielly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
ORielly scoring well with a low kick there.
Emanuel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from ORielly.
ORielly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORielly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
ORielly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emanuel.
ORielly throws a leg kick but Emanuel checks it.
ORielly avoids the body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to bum rush ORielly with a series of wild strikes but ORielly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
ORielly blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from ORielly. Emanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
ORielly thows a body shot but no joy.
Emanuel moves out of range of the body kick from ORielly.
ORielly tries a low kick but Emanuel avoids it.
ORielly blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Emanuel misses.
Emanuel throws a jab but it's blocked by ORielly.
Emanuel scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel misses the shot to the body.
Emanuel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by ORielly.
ORielly throws the kick towards the body but Emanuel avoids it.
Emanuel throws a poor cross that misses
and Emanuel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emanuel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and ORielly counters with a thumping low kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by ORielly.
ORielly trying to control the action but Emanuel is working from the bottom.
Emanuel is trying to get back to half guard.
Emanuel regains half guard.
ORielly seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Emanuel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing ORielly from controlling successfully.
ORielly works over Emanuel with some ground and pound from guard.
ORielly postures up and lands a big shot to Emanuel's brow.
Emanuel wants to sweep but no luck.
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing ORielly from controlling successfully.
ORielly preventing the sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Emanuel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and ORielly defends well.
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing ORielly from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiden ORielly dominated that round.
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.

ORielly throws a right hand that Emanuel ducks under and follows up with a left that Emanuel also avoids with ease.
ORielly changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Emanuel tries to avoid it but ORielly manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Emanuel to the ground. Emanuel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Emanuel misses with a looping right.
Emanuel throws a shot from downtown. ORielly moves away and avoids it.
Emanuel is looking to clinch but ORielly is avoiding it.
Emanuel is looking to clinch but ORielly is avoiding it.
Nice body punch from Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a jab to ORielly's midsection.
Emanuel tries to bum rush ORielly with a series of wild strikes but ORielly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
ORielly avoids the body shot from Emanuel.
ORielly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
ORielly misses the jab.
Emanuel is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel jabs ORielly right on the nose. ORielly blinks but takes it well.
Emanuel avoids a kick to the body.
Emanuel looks to throw the jab but ORielly is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Emanuel. ORielly does a little dance to reset his feet.
ORielly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Emanuel closes the distance and pushes ORielly back into the cage.
Emanuel tries to land knees in the clinch but ORielly avoids the damage to the body.
Emanuel lands a right hand.
Emanuel tries a body shot but ORielly blocks it.
ORielly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Emanuel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
ORielly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emanuel moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before ORielly has time to react.
ORielly takes a jab right on the kisser.
Europha Emanuel is winning the standup battle so far.
Emanuel scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emanuel tests ORielly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Emanuel looks to throw the jab but ORielly is out of range.
Emanuel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping ORielly at a distance.
ORielly cracks Emanuel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Emanuel fails to land with a series of punches.
Emanuel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract ORielly.
ORielly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emanuel misses with a double jab.
Emanuel misses with a double jab
and ORielly counters with a good low kick that Emanuel was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ORielly throws a jab but it's blocked by Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ORielly cracks Emanuel with an open hand slap.
Emanuel throws a poor cross that misses
and ORielly counters with an outside leg kick.
ORielly lands a lovely overhand right.
ORielly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Emanuel throws a shot from downtown. ORielly moves away and avoids it.
Emanuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ORielly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Emanuel throws a body punch but ORielly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from ORielly. Emanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emanuel fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel darts in trying to clinch
letting ORielly counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by ORielly.
Emanuel lands a two punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Emanuel.
Jab, jab by Emanuel - just one landing.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up but ORielly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emanuel scores with a jab. ORielly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
ORielly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
ORielly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
ORielly scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Europha Emanuel dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Emanuel throws a series of strikes that have ORielly backpedaling.
ORielly keeps the fight on the outside.
Emanuel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from ORielly.

ORielly shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Emanuel napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Emanuel tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but ORielly wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Emanuel tries to control but ORielly manages to take his back.
ORielly doesn't have the hooks in and Emanuel manages to turn into his guard.
Emanuel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Emanuel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. ORielly is keeping the position for now.
Emanuel trying to control but ORielly is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
ORielly has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Emanuel scoring with punches to the head and body.
Emanuel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of ORielly's head.
Aiden ORielly has got the better of the ground game so far.
ORielly keeping moving, preventing Emanuel from controlling successfully.
Emanuel is looking to work some ground and pound but ORielly has wrist control.
Emanuel throws an elbow that misses. ORielly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Emanuel's guard. Nice move by ORielly!
ORielly showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORielly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Emanuel bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in ORielly's guard.
ORielly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
ORielly has Emanuel pulled in close to control his posture.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emanuel throws an elbow that misses. ORielly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Emanuel's guard. Nice move by ORielly!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Emanuel looking to control but ORielly passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from ORielly there.
Emanuel trying to control but ORielly postures up.
Emanuel is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute ORielly jumps into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ORielly lands an elbow.
ORielly misses with the ground and pound.
ORielly advances to mount.
ORielly with shots to the head and body - Emanuel looks very uncomfortable down there.
Emanuel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Emanuel is working hard here to advance position.
ORielly trying to control but Emanuel is having none of it.
BOOM! ORielly connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Emanuel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ORielly looking to control but Emanuel is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Emanuel is in all sorts of trouble here.
ORielly with shots to the head and body - Emanuel looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emanuel is squirming around, avoiding ORielly's attempts to control the action.
Emanuel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! ORielly connects with a massive shot to the dome!
ORielly is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Emanuel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ORielly with a couple of short strikes.
ORielly with the ground and pound from mount.
ORielly working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Emanuel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aiden ORielly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think ORielly 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden ORielly!
Aiden ORielly managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sharon Needles Nutrition (Donation givebacks PROMO, into his post fight interview.