PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derice Sanka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that William O Leary has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily William O Leary seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

O Leary
vs
Sanka

176 cm
25
199 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

190 cm
25
216 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 13 - 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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derice Sanka!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanka staying out of range there.
Sanka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Leary.
O Leary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Leary misses with a wild combination.
O Leary ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanka moves away.
Sanka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
O Leary lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanka circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from O Leary.
Sanka moves out of range as O Leary strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanka moves out of range of the strikes.
O Leary sizes up Sanka with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like Derice Sanka has been cut.
Sanka staying out of range there.
No joy there for O Leary, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanka closes the distance and clinches up with O Leary, looking for a takedown. Sanka pushes O Leary against the cage but O Leary circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
O Leary misses with a hook. Sanka ducked under it nicely.
O Leary lands a nice hook to Sanka's body. Sanka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Leary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanka.
O Leary keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
O Leary is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sanka's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
O Leary throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanka.
Sanka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Leary.
Sanka slips under a jab.
William O Leary is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Leary scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
No luck for Sanka with that takedown attempt.
William O Leary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derice Sanka.
O Leary jabs Sanka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanka looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

O Leary lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Sanka sprawling to the canvas. O Leary follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Sanka hang on?
O Leary sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Leary working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. O Leary lands a nice short elbow.
O Leary is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
O Leary is trying to control. Sanka wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, O Leary seems content to control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sanka wants to control but O Leary is keeping busy.

The ref stands the fighters back up. William O Leary wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sanka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That has opened up Derice Sanka's cut even more.
O Leary waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanka.
Sanka moves out of range of the strikes.
O Leary rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
O Leary throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Leary throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
O Leary misses with an uppercut. Sanka saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
O Leary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanka.
O Leary lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

The cut above Derice Sanka's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
O Leary throws a series of punches but Sanka avoids them all with ease.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sanka.
Sanka ducks under a wild hook from O Leary.
O Leary loads up on a big right hand but Sanka slips the punch.
O Leary misses the shot to the body.
Sanka is trying desperately to land a takedown but O Leary is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Sanka.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Leary scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Leary scores with a one two! Sanka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
O Leary lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William O Leary dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derice Sanka's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

O Leary throws a body punch but Sanka moves out of range.
Sanka misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
O Leary swinging wildly here.
William O Leary is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Leary misses with a looping left.
O Leary throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanka slips a straight right by O Leary.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Leary.
The fighters circling - O Leary throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanka shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says O Leary as he avoids it easily.
A slow jab from O Leary misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Leary swings for the body but Sanka moves out of range.
A jab from O Leary misses.
O Leary misses with a straight right.
No joy there for O Leary, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Leary.
O Leary misses with a wild body shot.
Sanka fails with the takedown.
William O Leary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derice Sanka.
O Leary throws a body punch but Sanka moves out of range.
O Leary thows a left - swing and a miss!
William O Leary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Leary misses with a two punch combination.

That's two 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.
O Leary lands a body shot.
O Leary throws a series of punches but Sanka avoids them all with ease.
Sanka shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as O Leary sprawls well. O Leary wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sanka gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Leary.
Sanka tries for a takedown but O Leary sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
O Leary throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from O Leary misses.
O Leary throws a jab when Sanka was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanka is trying hard to land a takedown here. O Leary sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanka blocks a jab.
A nice combination there by O Leary.

Derice Sanka's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Derice Sanka's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). William O Leary!