PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dewey Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Dewey Rock was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

O Leary
vs
Rock

176 cm
26
199 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

185 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, William O Leary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dewey Rock!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Leary swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Rock counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rock looking to pass the guard.
O Leary keeping moving, preventing Rock from controlling successfully.

Rock has gone for a leg lock! O Leary slips out almost immediately though and dives into Rock's guard.
O Leary is working Rock over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Rock is looking for a triangle but O Leary pushes his legs off easily.
Rock keeping moving, preventing O Leary from controlling successfully.

Rock is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. O Leary is aware though and is defending well.

Rock had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. O Leary defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rock's head.
O Leary seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
O Leary throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
O Leary passes Rock's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rock wants to get back to full guard.

Rock is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but O Leary pulls his head out easily.
O Leary seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Leary works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary lands a heavy elbow.
Rock takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
O Leary postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rock looks a forlorn figure.
Rock is desperately trying to improve his position but O Leary has a good base and remains in mount.
Rock is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
O Leary takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rock tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock looks gassed!
O Leary looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
O Leary 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.
O Leary putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
O Leary avoids the attempt from Rock to control.
O Leary with the ground and pound from mount.
Rock is in a horrible position here. O Leary smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
O Leary looking to finish Rock with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rock!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Leary lands a big elbow.
Rock is bucking up trying to escape but O Leary cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rock is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rock is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
O Leary controlling the position easily from mount.
O Leary cracks Rock with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
O Leary in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
O Leary raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Leary looking to finish Rock with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rock!
O Leary postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Rock badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of O Leary around the waist but O Leary pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! O Leary is the winner by TKO! O Leary jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William O Leary!