PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tidal Wave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Levrone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wave comes to the cage accompanied by One Of These Days. Levrone has chosen Accept - Balls to the wall as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wave
vs
Levrone

189 cm
22
213 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
200 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Battalion Athletics

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tidal Wave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ross Levrone!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wave fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Levrone sprawls well initially but Wave persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Levrone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wave is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wave is pressing down on Levrone's thigh, looking to free his foot. Levrone is holding on for now.
Wave missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wave looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Levrone tries to roll over but Wave keeps him under control.
Levrone keeping hold of Wave's head, controlling as best he can.
Wave prevents Levrone from improving his position.
Wave thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Levrone's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wave missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Levrone throws a sloppy head kick and Wave moves out of range easily.
Levrone misses with the combination.
Wave fails with a takedown attempt.
Levrone swinging wildly here.
Wave dodges the punch combination from Levrone.
Wave moves out of range as Levrone strikes.

Wave fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Levrone sprawls well initially but Wave persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Levrone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Levrone trying to control from the bottom.
Wave sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Levrone defending well though.
Levrone moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wave content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wave is looking to advance position but Levrone has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Wave 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.
Levrone prevents Wave from getting the reversal.
Wave slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wave is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wave slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levrone trying to control the position from guard on top but Wave is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wave wants to improve his position but instead Levrone has moved into half guard.
Wave misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wave lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Levrone prevents Wave from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Levrone stands up out of the half guard.

Wave shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Levrone's guard.
Wave stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Levrone swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wave is looking to work some ground and pound but Levrone has wrist control.
Wave slips nicely into half guard.
Levrone keeping control of the position.
Levrone missing with punches from the bottom.
Wave looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tidal Wave dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wave dodges the punch combination from Levrone.

Wave changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Levrone looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Levrone tries to buck Wave off but Wave is having none of it.
Levrone wants to get back to his feet.
Levrone is trying to control Wave's posture but Wave avoids it.
Levrone is trying to improve his position.

Wave tries for a kimura but Levrone is defending well.
Wave cracks Levrone with a big elbow.
Wave landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wave working the ground and pound from side control.

Wave is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Levrone has escaped the position, nice work there.
Levrone manages to work his way to half guard, despite Wave's best efforts.
Wave prevents Levrone from improving his position.
Levrone is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Levrone is trying to stand back up but Wave is controlling him
Levrone gets full guard.
Levrone is trying to keep Wave in close.
Wave pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Levrone is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levrone working a defensive guard here.
Wave is in close to Levrone's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wave stands up over Levrone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Levrone looking to control.
Wave scoring with punches to the head and body.
Levrone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Levrone keeping full guard, as Wave tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levrone working a defensive guard here.
Wave throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Levrone looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wave postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wave chips away with some ground and pound.
Wave postures up.
Wave stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Levrone swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wave content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wave advances position into side control!
Levrone struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Levrone on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wave cracks Levrone with a big right hand but Levrone just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Levrone is trying to control Wave's posture but Wave avoids it.
Wave is putting a hurting on Levrone here, landing some big shots from side control.
Levrone is trying to control Wave's posture but Wave avoids it.
Wave working the body and head with strikes.
Levrone regains half guard.
Levrone is looking to control Wave's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Levrone avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tidal Wave dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Wave slips a straight right by Levrone.
Levrone throws a jab but it's blocked by Wave.

Wave looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Levrone!
Levrone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
BOOM! Wave connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wave landing strikes from the mount.
Wave loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Levrone scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Wave land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Wave stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tidal Wave!