PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hector Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan O Reily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linhares comes to the cage accompanied by Los Sicarios, Sokol, Koras - A veces. O Reily is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jump Around. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Linhares
vs
O Reily

176 cm
20
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
20
138 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Linhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan O Reily!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linhares defending well as O Reily loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. O Reily darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
O Reily throws a chopping leg kick but Linhares manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Linhares throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Reily. Linhares does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Reily catches Linhares with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
O Reily scores with a nice strike.
O Reily misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Linhares.
Linhares throws a leg kick but O Reily sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Linhares jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryan O Reily seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Reily moves into range and connects with a jab.
O Reily staying out of range there.

O Reily clinches with his opponent.
O Reily blocks an uppercut.
O Reily tries to pull guard but Linhares forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Linhares blocks a body shot from O Reily.
O Reily tries to score a body lock takedown but Linhares shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Linhares tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Linhares.
Linhares has a couple of punches blocked by O Reily.
Linhares tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Reily's elbow.
O Reily has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Linhares after a bit of a struggle.
Hector Linhares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan O Reily.
Linhares misses with some punches.
Linhares throws a punch but it's blocked by O Reily.
Linhares doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Linhares's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Linhares throws a punch but it's blocked by O Reily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reily blocks an uppercut.
Linhares working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Reily.

Linhares breaks the clinch.
Donk. O Reily catches Linhares right on the button with a cross.
O Reily fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Linhares manages to avoid it.
O Reily throws a body punch but Linhares moves out of range.
Linhares throws a hook but O Reily blocks it.
O Reily throws a shot to the body.
Hector Linhares is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Reily misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Linhares.
No joy there for Linhares, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Reily throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Reily will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares misses with a low kick.
O Reily misses with a straight left.
Linhares throws a hook but O Reily blocks it.
O Reily thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Linhares forces O Reily back against the cage and clinches.
O Reily blocks the elbow strike.
Linhares avoiding damage.
Linhares lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by O Reily.
Linhares lands with a right to the head.
Linhares has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice body punch from O Reily - that landed with a thud.

O Reily pulls guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Reily throws his legs up looking for a submission but Linhares uses it to pass to side control.
O Reily looks to move to half guard but instead Linhares has passed into mount! Damn!
O Reily keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
O Reily slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Linhares is looking to take a break and control but O Reily is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

O Reily looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Linhares is trying to control. O Reily wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Linhares working the head and body with strikes.
O Reily is looking for a sweep. Linhares is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
O Reily taking some punishment here, with Linhares in his half 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 Hector Linhares will probably get the nod.
That's time! Linhares's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Linhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from O Reily misses.
Linhares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Reily.
O Reily avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Reily stuns Linhares with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good work by O Reily as he checks the leg kick.
O Reily tries to clinch but Linhares moves out of range.
Linhares tries to work over O Reily's front leg with a kick but O Reily checks it.
O Reily wants to clinch.
Linhares works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
O Reily misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Linhares.
Linhares walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Linhares swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Reily throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Linhares sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Reily checks the leg kick nicely there.
Linhares with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares misses with a looping left.

O Reily shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Linhares is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
O Reily loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

O Reily is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Linhares is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Linhares has escaped and now he's on top!

O Reily is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Linhares has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Linhares won't allow O Reily to sweep him here.
Linhares knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for O Reily on the ground.
Linhares postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

O Reily is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhares slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

O Reily had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Linhares defends it easily.

O Reily has his foot on Linhares's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Linhares works his way back into a safe position though.
Linhares lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Linhares trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Linhares wants to control from the top but O Reily keeps moving.
Linhares postures up.
Linhares postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

O Reily is looking for a triangle but Linhares pushes his legs off easily.
O Reily is trying to control the position but Linhares postures up.

O Reily looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linhares is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

O Reily has his foot on Linhares's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Linhares works his way back into a safe position though.
O Reily is breathing heavily.

O Reily is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Linhares scoring with punches to the head and body.
Linhares stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. O Reily swivels though and keeps the full guard.

O Reily is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Linhares scoring with punches to the head and body.
Linhares trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reily is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Linhares landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linhares sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed O Reily's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Linhares winds up and cracks O Reily with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are battling for position here. O Reily manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
O Reily wants to improve his position but instead Linhares has moved into half guard.
Linhares takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Linhares throwing shots but O Reily is blocking nicely.

O Reily actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Linhares trying to pass the guard but O Reily defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linhares slips a nice elbow through O Reily's hands, connecting with O Reily's forehead.

O Reily looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

O Reily is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Linhares pulls his head out easily.
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 Hector Linhares will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

O Reily is looking to clinch but Linhares is avoiding it.
Linhares throws a jab but it's blocked by O Reily.
O Reily takes a swing at Linhares's ribcage but misses.
Linhares pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces O Reily back to the cage. Linhares follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Linhares clinches.

Linhares breaks from the clinch.

Linhares instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Linhares takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

O Reily jumps guard.
Linhares postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Linhares trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reily is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

O Reily has an active guard here but Linhares has managed to pass into half guard.
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!

O Reily looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares trying to control from half guard but O Reily is working away.

O Reily looking for submissions off his back.
O Reily is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Linhares's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Linhares's back!

Linhares preventing the rear naked choke attempt from O Reily.
Hector Linhares overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
O Reily takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

O Reily is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Linhares is defending well though. O Reily let's go of the attempt for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reily is not going to allow Linhares to sit and survive in this position.
O Reily has the hooks in. Linhares is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

O Reily is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Linhares knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Linhares for a finish.

O Reily looking to break Linhares's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Linhares remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise O Reily will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Reily is hanging on to Linhares's back as he tries to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Linhares is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Linhares defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of O Reily's arms.
Linhares is really stuck here.
O Reily not allowing Linhares to control his hands.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Reily is hanging on to Linhares's back as he tries to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Reily is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Linhares with him. Linhares is trying to defend but O Reily has an arm under the chin now! Linhares grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ryan O Reily!
An intense looking Ryan O Reily took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Doesn't matter who leaves with the title tonight because I'll be taking it away in the next fight anyway.'.