PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Leeroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Leeroy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Legend of the Dragon. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Leeroy
vs
Torres

198 cm
19
213 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
203 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Leeroy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Torres!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leeroy tries to clinch there but Torres circles away.
Torres looks to land a combination but Leeroy avoids it well.
Torres throws a series of punches but Leeroy moves out of range.
Donk. Torres catches Leeroy right on the button with a cross.
Leeroy tries to clinch up
and Torres counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Leeroy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fernando Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Torres throws a combination that misses
and Leeroy finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Leeroy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Torres doesn't seem phased though.
Torres scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leeroy wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt
and Torres counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torres connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Torres with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Torres, as that shot connected.
Leeroy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Torres counters with a left and a right that stings Leeroy.
Leeroy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torres connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Leeroy is looking to clinch but Torres is avoiding it.
Leeroy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torres throws out the jab.
Leeroy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Torres misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leeroy darts in trying to clinch
and Torres counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Torres misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leeroy tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Torres throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leeroy sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy dodges the punch combination from Torres.
Torres misses with a jab, cross combination.
Torres throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A left and a right from Torres both land. Nice combination.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt
and Torres counters with a stiff right hand.
Leeroy looks to clinch
and Torres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No joy there for Torres, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leeroy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Torres.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy wants to clinch up but Torres keeps it at a distance.
Leeroy looks to clinch
and Torres connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Torres digs a good body shot into Leeroy's ribs.
Leeroy tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leeroy thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torres lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Bruce Leeroy has been cut.
Torres looks to score with a jab to the body but Leeroy is just out of range.
Torres with a hook.
Torres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Leeroy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Leeroy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torres counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Torres will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leeroy tries to clinch up
and Torres cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torres loads up on a big right hand but Leeroy slips the punch.
Torres tries to bum rush Leeroy with a series of wild strikes but Leeroy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Torres misses with a wild combination.
Torres goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy is looking to clinch but Torres is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Torres.
Leeroy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt
and Torres counters with a left to the body.
Torres throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Torres. Those never looked like landing.
Leeroy wants to clinch up but Torres keeps it at a distance.
Torres throws a right hand that Leeroy ducks under and follows up with a left that Leeroy also avoids with ease.
Torres is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Torres rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Leeroy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Torres is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Leeroy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Torres misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Torres. Those never looked like landing.
Torres misses with a combination
and Leeroy counters with a head kick. That will keep Torres thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Torres.
Leeroy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Torres.
Leeroy misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leeroy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torres.
Leeroy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Torres manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torres pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leeroy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torres lands with a hook. Leeroy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leeroy wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Torres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Torres swinging wildly here.
Leeroy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Torres counters with a stiff right hand.
Leeroy closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Torres counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leeroy doesn't manage to clinch there - Torres circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Torres dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Leeroy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Torres.
Torres misses with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Torres there.
Torres lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leeroy circles away quickly and effectively.
Leeroy tries to clinch up
and Torres counters with a straight right hand.
Leeroy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Leeroy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torres counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Leeroy counters with a head kick. That will keep Torres thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Torres misses with the combination.
Torres throws a right and a left that Leeroy avoids nicely.
Torres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Torres misses.
Torres is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Leeroy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Leeroy slips a straight right by Torres.
Leeroy doesn't manage to clinch there - Torres circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Torres counters with a left and a right that stings Leeroy.
Leeroy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torres connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leeroy wants to clinch.
No joy there for Torres, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leeroy moves to clinch but Torres breaks away
and Torres counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres throws a lazy uppercut
and Leeroy counters with a straight right hand.
Leeroy tries to clinch there but Torres circles away.
Torres tries to bum rush Leeroy with a series of wild strikes but Leeroy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Torres throws a right hand that Leeroy ducks under and follows up with a left that Leeroy also avoids with ease.
Leeroy tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leeroy darts in trying to clinch
and Torres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Torres lands with a straight right. Leeroy didn't see that one coming.
Torres throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leeroy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leeroy moves to clinch but Torres breaks away
and Torres counters with a left and a right that stings Leeroy.
A jab from Torres misses.
Leeroy wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a one-two to the body.
Torres misses with a lunging right hand
and Torres takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leeroy looks to clinch
and Torres counters with a series of strikes. Leeroy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Leeroy dodges the punch combination from Torres.
Bruce Leeroy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Torres is breathing heavily.
Torres throws a series of punches but Leeroy moves out of range.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy tries to clinch there but Torres circles away.
Torres blocks a head kick by Leeroy.
Torres misses with an uppercut. Leeroy saw that one coming.
Leeroy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torres might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Torres misses with a right hand

and Leeroy counters by moving into the clinch.
Leeroy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Leeroy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leeroy.
Leeroy can't find room to land a body shot as Torres controls the action.
Leeroy taking a breather.
Leeroy working Torres over with knees to the body.
Torres takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Leeroy.
Leeroy landing knees to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Leeroy.
Leeroy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Torres.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leeroy scores a nice knee to the body.
Leeroy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leeroy scores a nice knee to the body.
Leeroy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leeroy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Leeroy.
Torres struggles to land a body shot inside as Leeroy controls his hands.
Leeroy landing knees to the body.
Leeroy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Torres misses with some punches.
Leeroy stalling.
Torres prevents a body shot from Leeroy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Torres can't find room to land a body shot as Leeroy controls the action.
Leeroy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leeroy tries a body shot but Torres blocks it.
Leeroy wants to stall.
Leeroy scores with a knee to the head.
Leeroy blocks an uppercut.
Leeroy lands a knee to the head.
Leeroy stalling in the clinch but Torres improves position.
Leeroy landing knees to the head.
Leeroy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Torres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leeroy is looking to control Torres's arms but Torres gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leeroy has his back to the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Torres fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leeroy.
Leeroy struggles to land a body shot inside as Torres controls his hands.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Torres.
Torres lands a right hand.
Leeroy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leeroy lands a knee to the head.
Bruce Leeroy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Torres throws a head punch that misses.
Torres misses with a punch to the body.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leeroy looking to stall.
A short right from Torres.
Leeroy crunches a lovely knee into Torres's ribcage.
Leeroy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
Torres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torres misses with a body punch.
Torres struggles to land a body shot inside as Leeroy controls his hands.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Leeroy.
Leeroy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leeroy with a knee to the head.
Leeroy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leeroy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Leeroy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leeroy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Torres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leeroy landing knees to the head.
Leeroy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torres is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Torres fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leeroy is looking to control Torres's arms but Torres gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leeroy has his back to the ropes.
Leeroy lands a good knee to the midsection. Torres won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leeroy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Leeroy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leeroy tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Torres lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Leeroy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leeroy tries to clinch there but Torres circles away.
Torres misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leeroy.
Torres keeps the fight on the outside.
Leeroy tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a straight right hand.
Leeroy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Leeroy tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a left and a right that stings Leeroy.
Torres connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leeroy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Torres fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Torres takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Torres looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leeroy tries to clinch up
and Torres counters with a series of strikes. Leeroy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Leeroy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Torres counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy dodges the punch combination from Torres.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Leeroy tries to clinch up
and Torres counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leeroy is looking to clinch but Torres is avoiding it.
Leeroy wants to clinch
and Torres counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leeroy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leeroy tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leeroy wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Torres misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leeroy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leeroy wants to clinch up but Torres keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy wants to clinch up but Torres keeps it at a distance.
Torres misses with a series of wild punches.
Leeroy tries to clinch but Torres moves away
and Torres counters with a series of strikes. Leeroy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Leeroy tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Leeroy is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Torres. Those never looked like landing.
Oh Leeroy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt
and Torres counters with a nice uppercut.
Leeroy closes the distance but Torres moves to the side
enabling Torres to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leeroy moves out of range of the strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Torres dips to his left and cracks Leeroy with an uppercut!
Torres tries to bum rush Leeroy with a series of wild strikes but Leeroy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Torres lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Torres looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Torres throws a nice looking combination but Leeroy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Torres throws a right and a left that Leeroy avoids nicely.
Torres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Leeroy counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Torres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torres cracks Leeroy with a nice body shot.
Torres lands with a short shot to the head.
Torres misses with the head strike.
Leeroy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torres is keeping busy.
Leeroy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torres lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Leeroy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Torres lands a nice shot to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy landing knees to the head.
Torres misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Torres.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Torres.
A short left from Torres.
Torres lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Leeroy backwards.
Still in the clinch, Torres scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leeroy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Torres's elbow.
Torres makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Torres fails to land.
Torres lands a body shot.
Leeroy is trying to stall.
Maybe Leeroy would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Leeroy can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Nice body punch from Torres - that landed with a thud.
Leeroy takes a shot to the head.
Leeroy has a couple of punches blocked by Torres.
Torres scores with a shoulder strike.
Torres gets through Leeroy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Torres takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Torres as Leeroy tries to tie him up.
Torres lands with a right to the head.
Torres throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Torres working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Leeroy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Torres makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Torres lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Leeroy or not.
Torres lands a hook that snaps the head of Leeroy backwards.
Torres working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leeroy tries a knee to the head but Torres blocks it.
Torres lands an uppercut.
Torres unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Leeroy! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Torres is unloading with more strikes now! Leeroy drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernando Torres!