PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chad Smith (ranked 173 p4p, 198 weight class) and Patty O Reilly (ranked 3 p4p, 27 weight class). 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.

Smith
vs
O Reilly

185 cm
26
178
15 - 8 - 0

181 cm
30
181
11 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patty O Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Reilly scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've been told by Smith's head coaches at Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Reilly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Reilly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Reilly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O Reilly throws out a powerful jab.
Smith misses with a hook.
O Reilly throws out a leg kick but Smith moves out of range and O Reilly only half commits.
Nice defenses there by O Reilly.
Smith sizes up O Reilly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps O Reilly's head backwards.
O Reilly lands with a nice body punch.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Reilly.
Smith tries to clinch but O Reilly is having none of it.
O Reilly cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
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!
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith digs a good hook to O Reilly's body.
O Reilly thuds his shin into the meat of Smith's side.
O Reilly throws a quick inside leg kick.
O Reilly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Donk. O Reilly catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
O Reilly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly scores with a body shot.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Reilly can pounce on him.
O Reilly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Smith checks a leg kick.
O Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Reilly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Reilly is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
O Reilly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
A little jabbing left from O Reilly on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.

Smith clinches.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
O Reilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith lands a body punch in the clinch.
O Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
A head punch on the inside from O Reilly fails to land.

Smith breaks the clinch.
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!
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Reilly moves away.
O Reilly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Smith throws the left hand but O Reilly avoids the punch easily.
O Reilly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Reilly looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.

O Reilly clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.

O Reilly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O Reilly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Reilly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Reilly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
Smith throwing a counter right hand but O Reilly manages to avoid it.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Reilly lands a hook to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from O Reilly.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Reilly's elbow.

O Reilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chad Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Reilly connects with a crisp jab.
Smith fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches O Reilly on the side of the head.
O Reilly delivers a nice body kick.
O Reilly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. O Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Reilly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Reilly's corner calls for a 1-2. O Reilly obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
O Reilly throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
O Reilly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Smith had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by O Reilly. That's going to slow Smith down.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chad Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Reilly wants to clinch.
Smith is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. O Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by O Reilly. That's going to slow Smith down.
Smith lands a glancing blow to the side of O Reilly's head.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and O Reilly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking.
O Reilly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Smith scores with a body shot.
O Reilly takes one to the chin there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Reilly has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Smith finds it's way round the side to connect with O Reilly's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
O Reilly blocks a jab.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Reilly.
Nice body punch from O Reilly.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Reilly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Patty O Reilly will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A leg kick checked by Smith.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
O Reilly lands with a cross.
O Reilly slips under a jab.
Smith throws a series of punches but O Reilly avoids them all with ease.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith lunges at O Reilly with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by O Reilly's hand.
O Reilly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Smith tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
O Reilly throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Reilly circles away from the clinch attempt.
O Reilly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Smith misses with a right hand
and O Reilly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
O Reilly lands a jab to the nose.
A chopping leg kick lands by O Reilly.
Nice shot lands for Smith.
A big right from O Reilly misses.
O Reilly walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Reilly closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
O Reilly misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
O Reilly controlling from side mount.
Smith struggling a bit here.
Smith is not content to let O Reilly control the position.
Smith is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly scoring with punches from side control.
O Reilly working the ground and pound but Smith is defending the strikes.

O Reilly wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Smith, who protects the arm well.

O Reilly is trying to get an arm triangle but Smith is defending well.
Smith dodges the ground and pound from O Reilly.
O Reilly working the ground and pound but Smith is defending the strikes.
O Reilly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

O Reilly looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Smith manages to get back to half guard.
O Reilly is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Smith!

O Reilly looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Smith tries to hold on but O Reilly pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Reilly has control of Smith's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Smith regains control of the situation pretty easily.
O Reilly throwing strikes here but Smith is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.

O Reilly working for a submission but Smith is keeping him at bay.
Smith is squirming around, avoiding O Reilly's attempts to control the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patty O Reilly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

O Reilly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Reilly keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith slips under a jab from O Reilly.
Smith wants to clinch up but O Reilly keeps it at a distance.
Smith backing away here, and O Reilly unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
O Reilly blocks a jab.
O Reilly lands a jab to the nose.
O Reilly just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith wants to clinch

and O Reilly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Smith looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
O Reilly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith keeping full guard, as O Reilly tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Reilly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith working a defensive guard but O Reilly manages to pass into side control anyway.
O Reilly looks up at the clock and then as Smith takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, O Reilly smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

It looks like Chad Smith has been cut.

O Reilly has hold of Smith's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Smith seems comfortable defending it but O Reilly has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Smith is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Smith is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but O Reilly couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Patty O Reilly!
Patty O Reilly spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.