PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Leshley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Rosholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leshley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Step into a World. 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.

Leshley
vs
Rosholt

190 cm
29
265 lbs
15 - 12 - 2

195 cm
25
280 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Leshley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Rosholt!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosholt cracks Leshley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rosholt walks forward, straight into a front kick from Leshley.
Leshley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosholt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leshley moves away.
Rosholt lands a slapping body shot.
Rosholt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leshley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tony Rosholt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Leshley.

It looks like Tony Rosholt has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rosholt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Leshley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leshley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rosholt sprawls well. Rosholt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Leshley gets slowly back to his feet.
Leshley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rosholt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leshley moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Rosholt.
Leshley staying out of range there.
Leshley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rosholt avoids it really well and circles away.
Leshley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosholt.
Rosholt throws a lazy uppercut
and Leshley counters with a leg kick.
Leshley throws a body punch but Rosholt moves out of range.

Leshley moves into the clinch successfully.
Leshley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rosholt looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Leshley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosholt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Leshley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rosholt has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Leshley after a bit of a struggle.
Leshley lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leshley stalls.
Rosholt tries to throw a body punch but Leshley avoids it by throwing Rosholt back against the cage.
Leshley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rosholt up against the cage.
Rosholt avoiding damage.
Leshley pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rosholt is working for takedown but Leshley is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rosholt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leshley's elbow.
Leshley misses with the head strike.

Rosholt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leshley just misses with a punch to the body.
Leshley blocks a jab.
Rosholt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leshley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leshley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Leshley scores with a sloppy right hand. Rosholt should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Leshley closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Leshley lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rosholt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rosholt is thwarting Leshley's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leshley desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Leshley tries to get to full guard but Rosholt has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Rosholt.
Rosholt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rosholt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rosholt wants to take a breather but Leshley is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Leshley manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Leshley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rosholt is controlling him.
Rosholt postures up in Leshley's guard and throws a big left but Leshley blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Leshley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Rosholt's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rosholt scores with a nice strike.
Leshley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That has opened up Tony Rosholt's cut even more.
Rosholt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leshley was well out of range. Poor timing from Rosholt.
Leshley looks to throw the jab but Rosholt is out of range.
Leshley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rosholt.
Leshley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leshley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rosholt finds it's way round the side to connect with Leshley's head.
Leshley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leshley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rosholt as he jumps to the side.
Leshley slips under a jab.
Rosholt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Leshley defends it nicely.
Leshley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rosholt as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leshley throws a shot from downtown. Rosholt moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Rosholt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leshley shoots for a double leg takedown but Rosholt sprawls well. He's pushed Leshley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Leshley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Rosholt misses its intended target.

Leshley shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Leshley showed some decent athleticism there.
Rosholt wants to get back to full guard.
Leshley wants to control but Rosholt is keeping him busy.
Leshley tries to pass to full mount but Rosholt defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt is looking to control Leshley's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rosholt avoid being mounted?
Leshley slips a nice elbow through Rosholt's hands, connecting with Rosholt's forehead.
Leshley passes to full mount!
Rosholt tries to hold on but Leshley postures up.
Rosholt working to try and regain half guard.
Leshley wants to control the pace but Rosholt is squirming around nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leshley lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rosholt tries to reverse the position but Leshley maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leshley controlling the position easily from mount.
Rosholt is looking to improve his position but Leshley isn't that keen on the idea.
Leshley trying to control but Rosholt is having none of it.
Rosholt sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Leshley seems content to control.
Rosholt works his way to full guard. Good work.
Leshley wants to pass the guard but Rosholt is keeping the position.
Rosholt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Leshley trying to control the position from guard on top but Rosholt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rosholt is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bobby Leshley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Leshley is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leshley trying to control but Rosholt is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Leshley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Rosholt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rosholt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Leshley has time to react.
Leshley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rosholt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leshley wants to clinch.
Leshley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rosholt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rosholt lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Rosholt does no damage.
Leshley misses with a takedown attempt
and Rosholt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Leshley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leshley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rosholt is able to avoid easily.
Rosholt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosholt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rosholt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Leshley misses with a looping left.
Leshley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leshley.
Leshley closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rosholt circles away.
Leshley cracks Rosholt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rosholt throws a jab when Leshley was well out of range.
Rosholt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Leshley gets a double leg takedown into Rosholt's guard.
Bobby Leshley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leshley seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rosholt wants to sweep here but Leshley controlling him for the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leshley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rosholt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Leshley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Leshley gets back to half guard.
Tony Rosholt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leshley trying to control from the bottom.
Leshley is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Rosholt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leshley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rosholt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Leshley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rosholt.
Rosholt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Leshley defending well though.
Rosholt not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rosholt trying to control from half guard but Leshley is working away.
Leshley tries to get to full guard but Rosholt has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leshley regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rosholt throws a big elbow that misses.
Rosholt prevents Leshley from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rosholt tries to free his leg and advance position but Leshley is retaining full guard.
Leshley controlling the position.
Leshley keeping moving, preventing Rosholt from controlling successfully.
Leshley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rosholt's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leshley stopping the sweep attempt from Rosholt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bobby Leshley.
Well Leshley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Leshley!
Bobby Leshley tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.