PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Rogano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

O Leary
vs
Rogano

176 cm
22
199 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

195 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Win Nutritional - proof of quality
Win Nutritional - proof of quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William O Leary!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Rogano!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Leary misses with a double jab.
O Leary looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogano is just out of range.

Rogano moves into the clinch successfully.
O Leary is trying to force a seperation but Rogano has the dominant position.
The referee is keeping an eye on O Leary - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nice body punch from O Leary.

O Leary's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rogano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rogano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Leary.
O Leary waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Rogano.
Rogano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rogano needs to keep his hands up - O Leary had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rogano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Leary swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rogano wants to clinch
and O Leary counters with a series of strikes. Rogano will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Leary moves into the clinch.
Rogano looking for a takedown.
O Leary throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rogano looks gassed!
Rogano drops down looking for an ankle pick but O Leary pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rogano walks straight into a right hand from O Leary - that's dropped him! O Leary jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Rogano from any more punishment! Rogano complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). William O Leary!
William O Leary is the new middleweight champion!