PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Derrick (ranked 1294 p4p, 13950 weight class) and Iain Reilly (ranked 188 p4p, 751 weight class). Reilly has chosen Dubliners - Fields of Athenry as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Derrick
vs
Reilly

180 cm
27
215
14 - 9 - 0

186 cm
47
218
23 - 35 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Derrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 35 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Derrick.
Reilly misses with an uppercut.
Derrick seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Derrick clobbers Reilly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Joe Derrick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly just misses with a punch to the body.
Derrick scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Derrick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reilly throws out the jab.
Derrick misses with a jab to the body
and Reilly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Derrick ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Derrick pushes Reilly up against the cage in a clinch.
Reilly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Derrick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reilly is defending well for now.
Derrick scores with a shot to the side of Reilly's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Derrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Derrick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Reilly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reilly throws a head punch that misses.
Reilly avoiding damage as Derrick throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Derrick.
Reilly misses with a punch on the inside.
Reilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Derrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Reilly avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Reilly.
Derrick landing knees to the head.

It looks like Iain Reilly has been cut.
Reilly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Derrick controls his hands.
Reilly misses with some punches.
Derrick blocking some punches.
Derrick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Derrick tries a body shot but Reilly blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Derrick throws an elbow but misses.
Derrick using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Derrick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Reilly is rocked!
Reilly looks winded!
Derrick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reilly's defenses.
Reilly is still on wobbly legs! Can Derrick finish him?
Derrick creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Reilly's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Reilly drops to his knees and Derrick pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Derrick!
An out of breath Joe Derrick thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.