PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iain Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tooza Bruza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly comes to the cage accompanied by Dubliners - Fields of Athenry. Tooza Bruza has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Iain Reilly's chin.

Reilly
vs
Bruza

186 cm
25
218 lbs
4 - 10 - 0

200 cm
25
212 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
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 4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tooza Bruza!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly takes a swing at Bruza's ribcage but misses.
Bruza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bruza is looking to clinch.
Reilly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bruza.
Bruza tries to close the distance and clinch but Reilly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reilly takes one to the side of the head.
Reilly keeps the fight on the outside.
Reilly misses the jab.
Bruza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bruza wants to clinch.
Reilly throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruza throws a nice head kick!
Reilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruza.
Reilly with a jab.
Reilly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruza tries to clinch up but Reilly circles away and keeps his distance.
Reilly misses with a hook. Bruza ducked under it nicely.
Reilly with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Reilly drives through with a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reilly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reilly cracks Bruza with a solid left hand.
Bruza wants to stand but Reilly is controlling the position.
Reilly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Reilly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bruza is pulling down on Reilly's head. It's preventing any offense from Reilly, at least for the moment.
Reilly trying to control but Bruza is working from the bottom.
Bruza utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reilly 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.
Reilly stops Bruza from standing up.
Reilly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reilly with a nice head shot there.
Reilly landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly is looking to work some ground and pound but Bruza has wrist control.
Bruza wants to stand but Reilly is controlling the position.
Bruza controls Reilly momentarily but Reilly frees himself.
Reilly prevents Bruza from getting back to his feet.
Reilly lands a couple of digs.
Reilly lands a couple of elbows.
Reilly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reilly stands up over Bruza, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bruza can do anything to dispel that myth.
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!
Reilly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reilly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bruza utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reilly throws a big right hand that misses.
Bruza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Reilly is controlling him.
Reilly lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly landing with the ground and pound.
Reilly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reilly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bruza looking to control.
Reilly distracts Bruza with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Reilly landing with the ground and pound.
Reilly with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reilly scoring with punches to the head and body.
Reilly with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bruza controlling Reilly's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reilly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reilly scoring with some ground and pound.
Reilly won't allow Bruza to get back to his feet.
Reilly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly stops Bruza from standing up.
Bruza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reilly. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Reilly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reilly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reilly is working Bruza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Reilly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reilly chips away with some ground and pound.
Reilly connects with a couple of short punches.
Bruza wants to stand but Reilly is controlling the position.
Reilly lands a couple of digs.
Bruza wants to get back to his feet but Reilly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Reilly is looking to work some ground and pound but Bruza has wrist control.
Reilly preventing the sweep.
Bruza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Reilly is controlling him.
Reilly working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iain Reilly dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bruza doesn't manage to clinch there - Reilly circles away.
Reilly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruza was well out of range. Poor timing from Reilly.
Bruza dips to his left and cracks Reilly with an uppercut!
Reilly misses with an uppercut.
Iain Reilly is winning the standup battle so far.
Bruza misses with a series of wild punches.
A head kick misses from Bruza.
Bruza walks into a straight right hand from Reilly.
A head kick misses from Bruza.
Reilly drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bruza sprawls and moves away.
Bruza tries to close the distance and clinch but Reilly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reilly connects with a right hand. Bruza shakes it off.
No joy there for Reilly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reilly tries to move into range but Bruza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Reilly swings for the body but Bruza moves out of range.
Reilly throws a good cross that connects.
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!
Reilly shoots in and drives through. Bruza sprawls well.
Bruza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bruza lands a head kick!
Jab, jab by Reilly - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruza misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Reilly. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick from Bruza lands but Reilly takes it in his stride.
Bruza throws a head kick that misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reilly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bruza pushes off an throws an elbow but Reilly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reilly avoiding damage.

Reilly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bruza slips under a jab from Reilly.
Bruza wants to clinch.
Reilly tests Bruza's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruza tries a head kick but it misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reilly.
Reilly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Bruza is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reilly steps in with a hook that catches Bruza right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Reilly follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Bruza looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iain Reilly!
Iain Reilly decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.