PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darcy Lilo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolo Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lilo
vs
Reese

174 cm
22
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darcy Lilo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rolo Reese!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reese misses with a few strikes there.

Lilo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Reese's half guard.
Lilo trying to control from half guard but Reese is working away.
Lilo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lilo winds up and cracks Reese with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lilo lands strikes from half guard.

Reese is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lilo pulls his head out easily.

Reese actively working from the bottom here.

Reese looking for submissions off his back.
Lilo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lilo throwing shots but Reese is blocking nicely.
Reese keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reese with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Reese wants to control but Lilo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lilo wants to take a breather but Reese is having none of it.
Reese avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lilo.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reese trying to control from the bottom.
Lilo trying to control from half guard but Reese is working away.
Lilo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lilo wants to take a breather but Reese is having none of it.
Lilo working over Reese with some ground and pound. Reese looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lilo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lilo thows a huge punch but Reese dodges it nicely.

Reese looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Reese looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Reese is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lilo pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilo trying to control the action but Reese is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reese is trying to control but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lilo trying to control from half guard but Reese is working away.

Reese looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Reese looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Reese looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Reese gets back to full guard.
Lilo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reese is looking for a triangle here but Lilo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lilo trying to control the action but Reese is working from the bottom.
Reese sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Reese actively working from the bottom here.
Lilo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Reese looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lilo is nestled in close to Reese, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lilo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reese's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lilo controlling the action here.
Lilo tries to pass to full mount but Reese defends it.
Lilo uses his free foot to push down on Reese's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Reese.
Reese sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lilo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Reese is refusing to be controlled, as Lilo sits in half guard.
Lilo working the head and body with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lilo prevents Reese from improving his position.

Reese actively working from the bottom here.

Reese actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darcy Lilo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lilo throws a head kick but Reese moves out of range.
Darcy Lilo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lilo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Lilo.
Lilo throws the left hand but Reese avoids the punch easily.
Reese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lilo.
Lilo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reese misses with a wild combination.
Reese will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Lilo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Reese's half guard.
Reese works his way to full guard. Good work.
Reese lands a decent shot there.
Reese manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lilo manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilo trying to control the position.
Reese looking to pass the guard.
Lilo controls Reese momentarily but Reese frees himself.
Reese has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lilo is proving hard to escape from.
Lilo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Darcy Lilo.
Reese misses with the combination.
Reese has a takedown stuffed.
Darcy Lilo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lilo misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilo throws a head kick but Reese moves out of range.
Reese fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reese blocks a head kick by Lilo.
Lilo avoids the head kick by Reese.
Lilo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reese lands a jab-cross combination.
Reese scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lilo misses with a looping right.
Lilo slips a jab and a cross from Reese.
Reese looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lilo throws a body kick that misses.
Lilo throws the kick towards the body but Reese avoids it.
Reese moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Reese shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lilo's guard.
Lilo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Reese would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lilo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Lilo keeping moving, preventing Reese from controlling successfully.
Lilo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nice strikes from Lilo there.

Reese looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reese wants to improve his position but Lilo is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lilo wants to stand up but Reese has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Lilo tries to pass to full mount but Reese defends it.

Reese looking for submissions off his back.
Reese regains full guard. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lilo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lilo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Reese throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lilo trying to control the position from guard on top but Reese is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rolo Reese will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A jab from Reese finds it's way through Lilo's defenses.
Lilo throws a body kick that misses.
Reese lands a nice looking body shot.
Reese lands with a straight right. Lilo didn't see that one coming.
Reese avoids the head kick by Lilo.
Lilo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice shot lands for Reese.

Lilo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lilo is keen to just control but Reese is a slippery customer.

Reese looking for submissions off his back.
Lilo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Reese knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lilo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lilo's back!
Lilo is trying to break free.
Lilo holding on to Reese's left wrist, preventing the choke.

Lilo showing good submission defense here.
Lilo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Reese is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Lilo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Lilo shrugs it off.
Reese throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Reese is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Lilo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Lilo shrugs it off.
Lilo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lilo doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilo tries to hold on but Reese pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reese prevents Lilo from getting the reversal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lilo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Reese.

Reese working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Reese landing strikes from the mount.

Reese is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Lilo has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Lilo!

Lilo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lilo wants to control from the top but Reese keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lilo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lilo trying to control but Reese is working from the bottom.

Reese working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lilo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lilo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Reese is working an open guard so Lilo takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A head kick from Reese lands but Lilo takes it in his stride.
Reese looks to land a combination but Lilo avoids it well.
A big right from Lilo misses.
Reese looks to land a left hand but Lilo moved out of range nicely.
Reese takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reese lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lilo circles away quickly and effectively.
Lilo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reese backs up against the cage.

Lilo looking to score a takedown here. Reese is defending well but Lilo drives through and ends up in Reese's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Reese is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lilo is aware though and is defending well.

Reese had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lilo defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lilo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lilo distracts Reese with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rolo Reese.
I think Reese has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29
Judge Josh West scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rolo Reese!
After winning the bout, Rolo Reese thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.