PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paddy O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Leary comes to the cage accompanied by one day like this. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

O Leary
vs
Watson

178 cm
25
178 lbs
23 - 6 - 1

180 cm
26
180 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy O Leary!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Leary gets caught napping as Watson dives in and scores a takedown. O Leary manages to retain guard.
Watson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
O Leary is trying to keep Watson in close.
Watson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Leary works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Leary works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
O Leary working a defensive guard here.
Watson distracts O Leary with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
O Leary working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watson.
O Leary can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Watson controls the pace.
Watson postures up in O Leary's guard and throws a big left but O Leary blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throwing strikes from guard but O Leary blocks nicely.
Watson looking to sit in guard and control but O Leary gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Watson is looking to stand up but O Leary isn't so interested in that idea.
O Leary wants to pass the guard but Watson is keeping the position.
O Leary trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary prevents Watson from getting back to his feet.
Watson keeping moving, preventing O Leary from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Paddy O Leary.
O Leary throws a leg kick which misses Watson's front leg but catches the back leg as Watson tries to avoid it.
O Leary is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but O Leary circles away quickly and effectively.
Watson tries to score a power double leg takedown but O Leary sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Watson somewhat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Watson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson throws a wild body kick that O Leary sees coming a mile off.
Watson looks to score with a jab to the body but O Leary is just out of range.

O Leary rushes Watson and presses him up against the cage.
Nice elbow from O Leary.
O Leary tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Leary is pressed up against the cage. Watson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag O Leary down to the mat. O Leary avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paddy O Leary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Watson.
A left lands for Watson.
O Leary connects with a leg kick. Watson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Leary moves away.
Watson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Leary throws out the jab.
Watson looks for a takedown but O Leary sprawls well.
A jab from O Leary misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary scoring well with a low kick there.
Watson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and O Leary cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Leary looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Watson is fending him off so far but O Leary persists. Nope, Watson circles away and we're back to standing.
O Leary fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from O Leary.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from O Leary.
Watson looks gassed!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from O Leary.

O Leary shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
O Leary landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Leary looking to finish with strikes here!
O Leary controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paddy O Leary dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Watson tries for a takedown but O Leary sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Watson blocks a head kick by O Leary.
O Leary fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
O Leary looks to throw the jab but Watson is out of range.
Watson throws a push kick but O Leary slaps the foot to one side.
Watson's corner calls for a 1-2. Watson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Watson looks to land a combination but O Leary avoids it well.
Watson tries to score a power double leg takedown but O Leary sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Watson somewhat.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Paddy O Leary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Watson.
O Leary tries to score a power double leg takedown but Watson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten O Leary somewhat.

O Leary closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Leary.
Watson is trying to push O Leary away but O Leary has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Watson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed O Leary clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Watson scores with punches to the body.
Watson tries to keep control of the position but O Leary is staying busy.
O Leary just trying to survive but Watson is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Watson missing with strikes from the back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Watson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Watson. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Watson gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Watson gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Watson apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Leary manages to avoid it.
Watson misses with a low kick.

Watson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for O Leary!
Watson lands a big shot there that rocks O Leary but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Watson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can O Leary hang on?
Watson working O Leary over with strikes here.

O Leary is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watson with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh O Leary is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has O Leary covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Watson!
Brian Watson is the new welterweight champion!