PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cray Daddy Tay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Leigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tay comes to the cage accompanied by Blue (Dancing Crayfish Version). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daddy Tay
vs
Leigh

187 cm
21
186 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
178 lbs
18 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cray Daddy Tay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Leigh!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leigh darts in and clinches Tay up against the cage.
Tay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tay avoiding damage as Leigh throws knees to the body.
Tay wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leigh has Tay pressed against the cage, preventing Tay from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leigh blocking some punches.
Leigh has Tay pushed against the cage.
Leigh receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leigh.
Leigh has Tay pressed against the cage, preventing Tay from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tay doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tay is trying to break the clinch but Leigh is controlling him.
Leigh looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tay has a couple of punches blocked by Leigh.
A bit of stalling here from Leigh.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bryan Leigh.
Leigh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tay.
Leigh slips a straight right by Tay.
Tay lands a jab to Leigh's midsection.
Tay takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tay misses with a hook. Leigh ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leigh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leigh finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leigh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tay.
Leigh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tay.
Leigh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leigh throws a leg kick but Tay checks it.
Leigh throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tay throws a hook but Leigh blocks it.
Leigh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leigh throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leigh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Leigh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tay avoids the head kick by Leigh.
Tay getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A thudding body kick lands there by Leigh!
Tay lands a nice hook to Leigh's body. Leigh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Leigh gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tay fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leigh.
An inside leg kick from Leigh misses.
Leigh feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tay's calf.
Tay checks a low kick from Leigh.
Tay throws a nice looking combination but Leigh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leigh lands with a kick to the temple. Tay shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leigh stuns Tay with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leigh was well out of range. Poor timing from Tay.
Tay lands a nice shot to the body.
Leigh throws a leg kick but Tay checks it.
Tay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tay goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tay checks a leg kick.
Tay misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leigh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tay swings widly with a right hand
enabling Leigh to counter with a crisp jab.
Tay is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tay blocks a head kick by Leigh.
Leigh connects with an inside leg kick.
Leigh throws a low kick but Tay avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Leigh fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tay has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Leigh moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tay thows a body shot but no joy.
Tay takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Leigh missing with a left hand there. Tay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leigh lands a nice looking body kick.
Tay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leigh.
Leigh on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tay throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leigh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tay.
Tay jabs at Leigh's body.
Bryan Leigh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tay takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Leigh cracks Tay with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Leigh in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Leigh connects with a right hand. Tay shakes it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leigh thumps Tay with a low kick.
Leigh misses the jab.
Tay misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Leigh connects with a solid leg kick.
Bryan Leigh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Leigh throws a hook but Tay avoids it easily.
Cray Daddy Tay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A good leg kick by Leigh.
Leigh connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leigh.
Tay misses with a hook.
Tay on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Tay is rocked!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leigh.
Oh Tay is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leigh moves away.
Tay seems to have got his legs back now.
Leigh connects with a leg kick. Tay looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Leigh scores with a jab. Tay acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leigh.
Leigh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leigh scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Leigh lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Tay falls backwards - clearly groggy! Leigh dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Leigh!