PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between El Guapo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guapo comes into the arena with Sympathy For The Devil blaring out of the sound system. Leary has chosen Dangermouse as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Guapo
vs
Leary

181 cm
21
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
182 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, El Guapo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Leary!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Guapo.

It looks like Mark Leary has been cut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Guapo checks a leg kick.

Guapo shoots in and bounces Leary off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Leary throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Guapo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Guapo postures up and lands a big shot to Leary's brow.
Leary throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Guapo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Leary trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Leary will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Guapo trying to control the position from guard on top but Leary is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leary has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Guapo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Guapo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leary tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Guapo lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guapo lands a nice forearm strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guapo scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guapo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Leary to see if he's OK.
Guapo landing a few strikes.
Guapo landing a few strikes.
Leary managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Guapo.
Guapo cracks Leary with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Leary is trying to improve his position.
Guapo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Guapo landing strikes.
Guapo cracks Leary with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Leary sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Guapo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Leary missing with punches from the bottom.
Leary flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Leary on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Leary on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Guapo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leary on the ground.
Leary missing with punches from the bottom.
Guapo lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leary has hold of Guapo's hands but Guapo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Leary has hold of Guapo's hands but Guapo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Leary keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Guapo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Leary tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Leary misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Guapo lands strikes from half guard.
Guapo lands with a punch from half guard.
Leary misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Leary landing a few short strikes.
Leary looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guapo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Leary punching from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Guapo there.
Guapo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Guapo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Leary keeps working.
Guapo moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leary striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Guapo working the ground and pound.
Guapo looks up at the clock and then as Leary takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Guapo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Guapo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Leary is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Leary throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Guapo lands an elbow.
Guapo is putting a hurting on Leary here, landing some big shots from side control.
Leary tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Guapo working the ground and pound.
Guapo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Leary lands a little strike from the bottom.
Guapo advances to full mount.
Guapo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Leary is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guapo trying to control but Leary is having none of it.
Leary keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Guapo cracks Leary with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Guapo with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Leary that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Guapo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Leary?
Leary is trying desperately to improve position.
Guapo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Guapo blocks Leary's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guapo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guapo blocks Leary's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Guapo lands a heavy elbow.
Guapo blocks Leary's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Guapo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Leary's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A slapping leg kick lands for Leary.
Leary tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Guapo is able to avoid easily.
Guapo blocks a leg kick.

Guapo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Leary throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Guapo works over Leary with some ground and pound from guard.
Leary doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Leary trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Guapo wants to control from the top but Leary keeps moving.
Guapo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Guapo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Guapo lands a couple of digs.
Leary throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Guapo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Guapo lands a couple of digs.
Leary is breathing heavily.
Guapo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Guapo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Leary trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Guapo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Leary has momentary wrist control but Guapo slips an elbow through the middle.
Leary doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Guapo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Guapo chips away with some ground and pound.
Leary throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Leary trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Guapo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Leary manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Guapo bucks Leary off and manages to get back to his feet!
Guapo dips to his left and cracks Leary with an uppercut!

Guapo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Leary to the mat! Leary manages to get full guard.
Guapo trying to control but Leary is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guapo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Guapo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Leary throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Guapo trying to control but Leary is working from the bottom.
Leary throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
El Guapo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Guapo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Guapo tries to free his leg and advance position but Leary is retaining full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Guapo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leary finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Guapo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Leary sprawls well initially but Guapo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leary missing with punches from the bottom.
Leary flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Guapo drops an elbow to the side of Leary's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guapo winds up and cracks Leary with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Leary misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Leary tries to roll over but Guapo keeps him under control.
Guapo working over Leary with some ground and pound. Leary looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Guapo working the head and body with strikes.
Leary is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Guapo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Guapo lands with a punch from half guard.
Guapo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Leary is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Guapo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Leary throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Leary punching from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Guapo connects with a nice short shot to Leary's temple.
Leary punching from the bottom.
Guapo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Leary throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ground and pound from Guapo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guapo drops an elbow to the side of Leary's head.
Ground and pound from Guapo.
Guapo lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Guapo lands a nice short elbow.
Guapo trying to pass the guard but Leary defending well.
Guapo blocks the strikes from Leary.
Guapo winds up and cracks Leary with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Guapo blocks the strikes from Leary.
Guapo trying to control the action but Leary is working from the bottom.
Leary is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Guapo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by Guapo.
Guapo prevents Leary from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Guapo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Leary's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Leary gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Guapo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Leary throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Guapo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leary keeping moving, preventing Guapo from controlling successfully.
Guapo looking to pass the guard.
Guapo trying to control but Leary is working from the bottom.
Leary striking off his back but it's not causing Guapo any problems.
Leary tries to strike from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guapo won't allow Leary to sweep him here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Guapo scores a takedown into full mount!
Guapo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Leary looks a forlorn figure.
Guapo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Leary can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guapo landing punches.
Leary throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Guapo blocks Leary's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Leary throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Guapo breaks from Leary's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Leary throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Leary taking shots to the head.
Guapo cracks Leary with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Guapo lands a nice shot to the head.
Leary is in a horrible position here. Guapo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Guapo lands with some strikes.
Guapo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Guapo lands a heavy elbow.
Guapo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Leary is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leary is squirming around, avoiding Guapo's attempts to control the action.
Guapo scoring with strikes but Leary is staying in there.
Guapo with a couple of short strikes.
Guapo looking to control but Leary is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Leary slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Guapo blocks the strikes from Leary.
Leary has hold of Guapo's hands but Guapo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Leary flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Guapo prevents Leary from improving his position.
Guapo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Guapo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Guapo passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Leary!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guapo working Leary over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guapo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Guapo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Guapo tries to control but Leary wriggling away.
El Guapo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Guapo with good strikes from the mount here!
Guapo tries to control but Leary wriggling away.
Leary throwing hammer fists to the chest of Guapo. What's that going to do exactly?
Leary is squirming around, avoiding Guapo's attempts to control the action.
Guapo blocks Leary's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Guapo blocks Leary's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Leary swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Guapo landing strikes from the mount and Leary is in trouble!
Leary in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Leary is desperately trying to improve his position but Guapo has a good base and remains in mount.
Guapo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Guapo landing shots from mount.
Guapo controlling the pace for now.
Guapo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Leary looks a forlorn figure.
Leary swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Guapo landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leary throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Mark Leary has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leary is squirming around, avoiding Guapo's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
El Guapo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Guapo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Guapo!