PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patty O Reilly (ranked 785 p4p, 525 weight class) and Daniel Orndorf (ranked 116 p4p, 74 weight class). Orndorf has chosen Wrecking Ball - Andrew Baena as his entrance music. Daniel Orndorf struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

O Reilly
vs
Orndorf

181 cm
28
214
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
29
226
18 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patty O Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Orndorf!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orndorf thows a left - swing and a miss!
Orndorf takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Daniel Orndorf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Orndorf misses.
O Reilly feinted with a counter takedown.
Orndorf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orndorf misses with an uppercut

and O Reilly counters with a takedown into side control.

O Reilly wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Orndorf, who protects the arm well.
O Reilly landing strikes.
Orndorf prevents O Reilly from improving position.
O Reilly scores with punches from side control.

It looks like Daniel Orndorf has been cut.
We've been hearing that O Reilly has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Orndorf is trying to improve his position.
Orndorf takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
O Reilly tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orndorf gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Orndorf is trying to get back to full guard.
O Reilly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
O Reilly working the head and body with strikes.

That has opened up Daniel Orndorf's cut even more.

O Reilly wants to work for an arm triangle but Orndorf is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Orndorf is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
O Reilly is keen to just control but Orndorf is a slippery customer.

Orndorf actively working from the bottom here.
O Reilly scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Daniel Orndorf's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Daniel Orndorf's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Patty O Reilly!
After the fight, Patty O Reilly was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Daniel Orndorf was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back. I will reclaim what's mine.'.