PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Botello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Le Rone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Botello's entrance music is Candlekeep. A fine choice. Le Rone has chosen Let The Bodies Hit The Floor - Drowning Pool as his entrance music. Toby Le Rone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Botello
vs
Le Rone

170 cm
25
212 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

186 cm
24
213 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Botello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Toby Le Rone!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botello takes one on the button.
Botello scores with the left hand. Le Rone knows he should have avoided that one.
Botello throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Le Rone throws a shot from downtown. Botello moves away and avoids it.
Le Rone works the jab nicely.
Botello checks a low kick from Le Rone.
Le Rone connects with a solid leg kick.
Le Rone lands an overhand right.
Le Rone throws the kick towards the body but Botello avoids it.
Botello slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le Rone ducks under a wild hook from Botello.
Le Rone jabs Botello to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A left lands for Botello.
A left lands for Le Rone.
Toby Le Rone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Le Rone misses.
Le Rone has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Rone slips under a jab.
Le Rone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Le Rone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Botello.
Le Rone throws a leg kick
and Botello counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Le Rone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Botello.
Good exchange - Botello coming out on top.
Botello misses with a hook
and Le Rone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Le Rone attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Botello uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le Rone.
Le Rone connects with a single shot there.
Le Rone tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Botello gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le Rone lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botello misses with a straight right.
Le Rone ducks under a wild hook from Botello.
Le Rone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le Rone lands a leg kick that knocks Botello off balance momentarily.
Le Rone misses with a wild body shot.
Botello misses with an uppercut. Le Rone saw that one coming.
Botello fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Botello blocks the body kick.
Le Rone ducks under a wild hook from Botello.
Botello misses with a lunging right hand
and Le Rone counters with a nice body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Le Rone lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Botello has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Botello and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Le Rone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Le Rone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Botello misses its intended target.
Le Rone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Botello was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Rone.
Botello is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A shot to the body from Botello misses
and Le Rone counters with a good low kick that Botello was not able to check.
Botello swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Le Rone misses with a hook.
Le Rone misses with a straight left.
Botello misses with a right hand
and Le Rone counters with a stiff right hand.
Le Rone misses with a low kick.
Le Rone takes a swing at Botello's ribcage but misses.
Le Rone throws a leg kick that is checked
and Botello counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Le Rone throws a leg kick but Botello moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Botello misses the target.
A big right from Le Rone misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botello throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Botello looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Botello smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Botello misses the target.
Le Rone is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Botello had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Le Rone ducks under a wild hook from Botello.
A swing and a miss from Le Rone.
Le Rone throws a body kick that misses.
Le Rone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Botello.
Botello swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le Rone connects with an inside leg kick.
Le Rone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Le Rone tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Botello counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toby Le Rone dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Le Rone scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Botello doesn't seem bothered though.
Le Rone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Le Rone lands a leg kick that knocks Botello off balance momentarily.
Le Rone attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Botello 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.
Botello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Botello throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Rone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Botello walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Le Rone scores with a crisp jab that stopped Botello in his tracks.
Le Rone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Botello throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Rone tried to score with a low kick but Botello checks it.
Le Rone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Le Rone slips a jab from Botello.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Rone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Botello misses with a body shot.
Botello tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Le Rone will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Botello takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Le Rone connects with a solid leg kick.
Le Rone jabs Botello to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Le Rone is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Le Rone is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Botello misses its intended target.
Botello takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Botello misses.
Le Rone misses with an attempted mid kick.
Le Rone jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone pushes Botello away with a front kick.
Le Rone looks for the body kick but Botello saw that one coming.
Botello misses with a hook. Le Rone ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Botello throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Le Rone moves out of range of the strikes.
Le Rone takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Botello throws a jab but it's blocked by Le Rone.
Botello lands a jab to the head.
Botello looks to land a left hand but Le Rone moved out of range nicely.
Botello misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Le Rone tries to clinch up.
Toby Le Rone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Le Rone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botello throws a looping overhand right but Le Rone ducks down to avoid it.
Botello lands a head shot.
Le Rone bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Good leg kick by Le Rone there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Le Rone scores with a leg kick.
Botello takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Botello slips a straight right by Le Rone.
A big left from Botello misses.
Le Rone connects with an inside leg kick.
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!

Le Rone clinches up against the cage.
Botello has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Le Rone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone has a couple of punches blocked by Botello.
Botello wants to break the clinch but can't.
Le Rone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Le Rone lands with a short shot to the head.
Le Rone lands with a short shot to the head.
Le Rone misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Botello has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice body punch from Le Rone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toby Le Rone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Le Rone swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Botello misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Le Rone. That's going to slow Botello down.
Botello throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Le Rone counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Le Rone.
Botello working hard to break the clinch.
Le Rone avoiding damage.
Botello working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Le Rone.
Le Rone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Botello wants to get back to striking at distance but Le Rone won't allow it.
Botello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Botello blocks a body shot from Le Rone.
Botello blocks an uppercut.
Botello is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Botello wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Le Rone has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Botello's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Botello breaks from the clinch.
A big left from Botello misses.
Botello misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by Le Rone there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Le Rone paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A bone on bone clash there as Botello blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botello moves away from the strike by Le Rone.
Botello throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le Rone shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Le Rone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le Rone tries to move into range but Botello moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Botello tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Le Rone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Botello misses with an uppercut. Le Rone saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Le Rone.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le Rone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Botello moves away.
Le Rone throws a hook but Botello avoids it easily.
Botello ducks under a wild hook from Le Rone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone scores with a hook.
Le Rone throws a low kick but it's checked well by Botello.
Le Rone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Le Rone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Botello connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Botello blocks a leg kick.
Le Rone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Botello is out of range.
Le Rone throws a quick inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Le Rone, as that shot connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Botello misses with an uppercut.
Le Rone throws a half hearted mid kick.
Botello throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone moves away from the strike by Botello.
Le Rone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Botello gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Toby Le Rone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Le Rone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Botello is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Le Rone.
Botello lands a nice shot that snaps Le Rone's head back.
Botello throws a hook but Le Rone blocks it.
Le Rone ducks under a wild hook from Botello.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le Rone connects with a leg kick. Botello looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A jab from Botello misses.
John Botello has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Botello swings widly with a right hand
and Le Rone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toby Le Rone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Le Rone has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Toby Le Rone!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Toby Le Rone!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Toby Le Rone!

Toby Le Rone wins by unanimous decision!