PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Brogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Boyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyle has chosen Superman Theme as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brogan
vs
Boyle

200 cm
29
255 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

197 cm
27
262 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Brogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dave Boyle!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyle stuns Brogan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brogan throws a head kick but Boyle moves out of range.
Brogan wants to clinch but Boyle slips to the side
and Boyle counters with a series of strikes. Brogan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Boyle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab, jab by Brogan - just one landing.
Boyle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brogan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Boyle's head.
Brogan walks into a stiff left hand from Boyle.
Brogan lands an overhand right.
Brogan connects with a solid leg kick.
Brogan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brogan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Boyle takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brogan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brogan lands with a shot to the body.
Brogan misses with the combination.
Brogan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Boyle misses with a straight left.
Brogan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boyle looks gassed!
Brogan scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Boyle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brogan connects with a leg kick. Boyle looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boyle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Brogan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brogan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boyle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Brogan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brogan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brogan feints and then cracks Boyle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boyle down.
Boyle's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brogan feints and then cracks Boyle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boyle down.
A good leg kick by Brogan.
Brogan moves in looking to clinch but Boyle pushes him off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brogan, right into the meat.
Brogan connects with a solid leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brogan - that will leave a mark!
Boyle gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brogan.
Boyle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brogan.
Brogan thumps Boyle with a low kick.
Boyle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brogan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Brogan.
Brogan scores with a push kick.
Brogan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boyle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boyle swats away the attempt to clinch by Brogan.
Boyle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brogan can pounce on him.
Brogan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brogan. Boyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brogan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brogan misses with a low kick.
Boyle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boyle checks a leg kick nicely.
Brogan lands a leg kick that knocks Boyle off balance momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brogan.
Brogan misses with a head kick.
Brogan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Brogan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brogan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brogan tries to work over Boyle's front leg with a kick but Boyle checks it.
Brogan lands a leg kick that knocks Boyle off balance momentarily.
Boyle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brogan can pounce on him.
Brogan scoring well with a low kick there.
Brogan is looking to slow Boyle down with leg kicks.
Brogan throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Dave Boyle has been cut.
Brogan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brogan throws a sloppy head kick and Boyle moves out of range easily.
Boyle ducks right into an uppercut from Brogan.
Brogan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brogan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brogan is looking to clinch.
Brogan looks to land a body kick but Boyle moved away.
Boyle has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Brogan.
Brogan connects with a leg kick. Boyle looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brogan slips a jab from Boyle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brogan feints and then cracks Boyle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boyle down.
Brogan misses with a head kick.
Brogan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brogan with a jab.

Brogan rushes Boyle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Brogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brogan!
Brogan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brogan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brogan lands a front kick.
Brogan looks to score with a jab to the body but Boyle is just out of range.
Brogan throws a front kick that sends Boyle stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boyle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brogan can pounce on him.
Brogan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Brogan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Boyle tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Brogan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Boyle's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brogan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brogan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Boyle's sensitive parts.
Brogan throws a head kick but Boyle moves out of range.
Lorenzo Brogan is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Brogan.
Brogan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brogan throws a leg kick which misses Boyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Boyle tries to avoid it.
Lorenzo Brogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brogan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brogan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Boyle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Boyle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brogan. Brogan obviously looking to wear him down.
Boyle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brogan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Brogan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brogan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boyle's calf.
Brogan scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brogan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boyle's calf.
Brogan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Boyle is breathing heavily.
Brogan lands with a good body shot.
Brogan is looking to slow Boyle down with leg kicks.
Brogan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boyle can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brogan duly obliges.
A left lands for Brogan.
Brogan misses the shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brogan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brogan.
Brogan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brogan connects with an inside leg kick.
Boyle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brogan.
Brogan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brogan misses with a head kick.
Boyle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boyle takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Brogan does it's job there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brogan.
Brogan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Brogan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brogan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Boyle swats away the attempt to clinch by Brogan.
Brogan scores with a push kick.
Brogan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Brogan throws out a leg kick but Boyle moves out of range and Brogan only half commits.
Brogan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brogan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brogan throws a nice head kick!
Brogan connects with a solid leg kick.
Brogan throws a head kick that misses.
Brogan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Boyle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brogan.
That kick from Brogan tenderised Boyle's leg. Boyle is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brogan is looking to clinch.
Brogan misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brogan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boyle.
Brogan scores with a leg kick.
Boyle blocks a leg kick.
Boyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brogan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brogan misses with a low kick.
Brogan is looking to chop away at Boyle's legs.
Boyle misses with a double jab.
Boyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brogan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boyle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brogan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brogan cracks the inside of Boyle's front leg.
Boyle misses with the combination.
Boyle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Brogan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brogan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brogan lands a front kick.
A clash of legs there as Boyle blocks the low kick.
Brogan throws a head kick that misses.
Boyle throws the left hand but Brogan avoids the punch easily.
Boyle missing with a left hand there. Brogan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brogan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Brogan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boyle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boyle throws a series of punches but Brogan moves out of range.
Brogan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boyle's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boyle throws a low kick but Brogan avoids it.
Jab by Boyle.
Brogan scores with a leg kick.
Brogan misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Brogan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dave Boyle's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Brogan.
Brogan wants to land a leg kick but Boyle is out of range.
Brogan swinging wildly here.
Boyle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Boyle misses with a combination
and Brogan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Boyle is looking to chop away at Brogan's legs.
Boyle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brogan moves forwards but Boyle connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Brogan misses with a two punch combination.
Boyle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brogan circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brogan slips a straight right by Boyle.
Boyle misses with a looping left.
A bone on bone clash there as Boyle blocks the leg kick.
Brogan is looking to chop away at Boyle's legs.

Brogan closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyle's elbow.
Brogan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boyle's defenses.
Brogan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Boyle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Boyle tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brogan smiles and moves away.
Boyle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boyle throws a jab when Brogan was well out of range.
Boyle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brogan.
Boyle throws a body punch but Brogan moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Boyle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boyle fails to land with a series of punches.
Brogan moves in looking to clinch but Boyle pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Brogan.
Boyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lorenzo Brogan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two 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.
Boyle sizes up Brogan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brogan - that will leave a mark!
Brogan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boyle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brogan moves away from the strike by Boyle.
Boyle moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Boyle misses.
Boyle throws the left hand but Brogan avoids the punch easily.
Brogan thumps Boyle with a low kick.
Boyle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boyle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boyle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brogan misses with an uppercut.
Boyle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Some wild striking there from Boyle.
Boyle tries to score with a low kick but Brogan moves his leg out of the way.
Boyle moves out of range of the body kick from Brogan.
Boyle blocks a head kick by Brogan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyle throws a right hand that misses
and Brogan counters with a good low kick that Boyle was not able to check.
Brogan misses with a low kick.
Boyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brogan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Brogan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brogan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Boyle looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brogan throws a sloppy body shot
letting Boyle counter with a right hand.
Brogan tries to close the distance and clinch but Boyle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brogan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Boyle misses with a straight left.
Brogan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boyle misses with an uppercut.
Brogan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Boyle under the eye.
Boyle lands a nice hook to Brogan's body. Brogan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boyle tests Brogan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brogan lands a really nice looking cross but Boyle seems unphased.
Brogan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Boyle is able to avoid easily.
A big left from Boyle misses.
Boyle looks to land a right hand but Brogan moved out of range.
Boyle throws a jab but it's blocked by Brogan.
Boyle has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brogan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boyle.
Brogan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brogan lands with a kick to the temple. Boyle shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Brogan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dave Boyle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brogan misses with a head kick.
Brogan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brogan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boyle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brogan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Brogan takes the fight into the clinch.
Boyle tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brogan smiles and moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Brogan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brogan 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Brogan!