PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iain Reilly (ranked 15758 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rakyu Renshin (ranked 3974 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly comes to the cage accompanied by Dubliners - Fields of Athenry. Iain Reilly has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Reilly
vs
Renshin

186 cm
36
218 lbs
13 - 21 - 0

195 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 21 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rakyu Renshin!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Renshin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Renshin.
Renshin lands a nice looking body kick.
Renshin lands a head kick. Reilly smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rakyu Renshin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Renshin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Renshin misses with the body kick

and Reilly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Reilly.
Reilly with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Reilly connects with a couple of short punches.

Renshin is rocked!
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 is in close to Renshin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Renshin is still in real trouble! Can Reilly finish him?
Reilly loads up on a big left hand. Renshin felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Reilly looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Renshin can't hide his disappointment, as Reilly celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iain Reilly!
After winning the bout, Iain Reilly thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.