PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Shears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Leary's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, one day like this. Shears comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Leary
vs
Shears

190 cm
29
265 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

185 cm
26
221 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry O Leary!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Shears!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Leary defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shears.
O Leary looks to land a combination but Shears avoids it well.
O Leary stalks Shears and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shears's face. Shears staggers backwards, shaken.
Shears throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Leary just misses with a punch to the body.
O Leary fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Leary doesn't manage to clinch there - Shears circles away.
O Leary misses the shot to the body.
Shears shoots for a double leg takedown but O Leary sprawls well. He's pushed Shears's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
O Leary uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shears.
Shears displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Leary throws out the jab.
O Leary throws a body punch but Shears moves out of range.
O Leary throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shears lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but O Leary circles away quickly and effectively.
Shears fails with a takedown attempt.
Larry O Leary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Shears.
O Leary is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by O Leary.

O Leary gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

O Leary lands a takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Shears is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
O Leary trying to control but Shears is working from the bottom.
O Leary's corner is telling him to maintain position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shears not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
O Leary controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

We're going to have a standup here because Larry O Leary wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Shears uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shears avoids the body shot from O Leary.
Shears cracks O Leary with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
O Leary tries to clinch but Shears is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary tests Shears's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shears swats away the attempt to clinch by O Leary.
O Leary misses with a double jab.
O Leary throws the left hand but Shears avoids the punch easily.
Shears keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

O Leary has Shears up against the cage in a clinch.
O Leary lands a shoulder strike.
O Leary presses Shears against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
O Leary works on Shears's body with a couple of short punches.
O Leary struggles to land a body shot inside as Shears controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shears.
O Leary keeps control of Shears as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shears working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary looking to slow down the pace here.
Shears is trying to force a seperation but O Leary has the dominant position.

O Leary has Shears pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. O Leary pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Shears tumbling to the mat - O Leary dives into Shears's guard.
Shears being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Leary has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

O Leary has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Shears to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! O Leary is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Shears pulls down on the head and he's put O Leary to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Billy Shears!
Billy Shears is the new heavyweight champion!