PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douche Canoe (ranked 2269 p4p, 14076 weight class) and Iain Reilly (ranked 291 p4p, 695 weight class). Reilly has chosen Dubliners - Fields of Athenry as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Canoe
vs
Reilly

197 cm
37
215
21 - 19 - 2

186 cm
45
218
23 - 31 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 21 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douche Canoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 31 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canoe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Reilly gets a double leg takedown into Canoe's guard.
Reilly must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Canoe wants to sweep but no luck.
Canoe lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Reilly is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Reilly preventing the sweep.
Canoe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Canoe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reilly.
Canoe 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reilly's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reilly throws a big elbow that misses.
Reilly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reilly distracts Canoe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Canoe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Canoe striking from his own guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reilly's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reilly is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reilly throws a big elbow that misses.
Canoe trying to strike off his back.
Reilly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reilly lands a couple of elbows.
Canoe lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canoe landing some decent shots from guard.
Canoe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Reilly throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Canoe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Canoe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Reilly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Canoe is aware though and is defending well.
Reilly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Canoe won't allow Reilly to sweep him here.
Reilly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Canoe throwing strikes but missing.
Reilly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Reilly is trying to control the position but Canoe postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canoe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Reilly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reilly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Reilly is looking for a triangle but Canoe pushes his legs off easily.
Canoe arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Reilly's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Douche Canoe!