PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Siblas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for William O Leary has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

O Leary
vs
Siblas

176 cm
27
199 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

170 cm
22
199 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

GR Design - Elegance and Comfort (Made in Italy)

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 17 - 11 - 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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Siblas!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siblas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and O Leary counters with a series of strikes. Siblas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Siblas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
O Leary throws an overhand right that lands on Siblas's shoulder, as Siblas tries to avoid the shot.
Siblas moves into range and connects with a jab.
O Leary throws a hook but Siblas avoids it easily.
Siblas throws a head kick but O Leary moves out of range.
Siblas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Siblas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Leary.
Siblas swings for the body but O Leary moves out of range.
Siblas cracks the inside of O Leary's front leg.
Siblas misses with a two punch combination.
O Leary misses with a looping left.
O Leary slips under a jab.
Siblas looks to score with a jab to the body but O Leary is just out of range.
O Leary closes this distance looking for a takedown but Siblas circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
O Leary scores with a jab. Siblas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
O Leary looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
O Leary misses with a jab, cross combination.
Siblas lands the left hand.
Siblas moves out of range of the strikes.
Siblas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Leary.
Siblas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Leary throws out the jab.
O Leary is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
O Leary scores with a jab. Siblas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Siblas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
O Leary scores with a nice right hand.
O Leary fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Siblas checks it well.
O Leary connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary lands a jab to Siblas's midsection.
A jab from Siblas misses.
A combination from Siblas does no damage.
Siblas lands an overhand right.
Siblas scores with a leg kick.
Siblas lands with a right hand.
Siblas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Leary.
O Leary takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Siblas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Leary throws a body punch but Siblas moves out of range.
William O Leary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Siblas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Leary falls off balance throwing a combination
and Siblas counters with a body kick.
O Leary is breathing heavily.
Siblas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as O Leary backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Siblas.
O Leary ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
O Leary is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Leary misses with a wild combination.
Siblas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Siblas wants it to stay on the feet.
O Leary throws a lazy uppercut
and Siblas counters with an inside leg kick.
No joy there for Siblas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Siblas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Siblas throws an off balance right hand
and O Leary counters with a stiff right hand.
Siblas delivers a nice body kick.
Siblas connects with the punch.
Siblas throws a series of punches but O Leary avoids them all with ease.
Siblas punishes O Leary's body with a nice straight punch.
Siblas cracks O Leary with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Siblas swinging wildly here.
Siblas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Leary.
Siblas misses with a jab to the body
and O Leary counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Siblas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
O Leary throws out a loose jab but Siblas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siblas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Siblas lands a jab-cross combination.
O Leary lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A slapping leg kick lands for Siblas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Leary staying out of range there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Siblas.
O Leary takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Siblas dominated that round.
That's time! O Leary's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Siblas slips a straight right by O Leary.
Siblas throws a head kick that misses.
O Leary uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Siblas.
Siblas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Leary doesn't seem bothered though.
O Leary on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A swing and a miss from Siblas.
O Leary throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fighters circling - O Leary throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Siblas scores with the left hand. O Leary knows he should have avoided that one.
O Leary looks to land a right hand but Siblas moved out of range.
O Leary jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No joy there for O Leary, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Leary bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Leary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siblas looks to land a combination but O Leary avoids it well.
Siblas misses with a double jab
and O Leary counters with a nice uppercut.
O Leary scoring well with a low kick there.
Siblas throws the left hand but O Leary avoids the punch easily.
O Leary wants to land a leg kick but Siblas is out of range.
O Leary misses with an uppercut.
William O Leary is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Siblas connects with a body shot that sends O Leary's belly button to the back.
No joy there for Siblas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Siblas misses.
O Leary shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sloppy strikes from Siblas. Those never looked like landing.
O Leary tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Siblas was well out of range. Poor timing from O Leary.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Siblas staying out of range there.
Siblas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Leary.
O Leary misses with a looping left.
Siblas is looking to slow O Leary down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siblas clobbers O Leary with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
O Leary throws out a loose jab but Siblas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siblas cracks O Leary with a good jab.
O Leary doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Siblas avoids the body shot from O Leary.
Siblas lands a nice looking kick to the body. O Leary takes a step back to recover.
Siblas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Siblas is able to avoid easily.
O Leary uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siblas.
O Leary throws a jab but it's blocked by Siblas.
O Leary looks for the body kick but Siblas saw that one coming.
A nice combination there by Siblas.
Siblas scores with a one two! O Leary had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
O Leary sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Siblas connects with a high kick.
Siblas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Leary sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Leary looks to throw the jab but Siblas is out of range.
Siblas jabs at O Leary's body.
O Leary throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Leary takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary throws a hook but Siblas avoids it easily.
O Leary takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
O Leary misses with a wild combination.
Siblas misses with a wild combination.
O Leary throws a right and a left that Siblas avoids nicely.
Siblas slips under a jab from O Leary.
Good exchange - Siblas coming out on top.
Siblas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by O Leary.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Leary throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Leary takes one to the chin there.
Siblas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Siblas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

O Leary walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

O Leary is rocked!
Anthony Siblas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Siblas closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops O Leary! Siblas dives in looking to finish! O Leary is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Siblas!