PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Louis Tecate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory Devaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louis Tecate has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tecate
vs
Devaney

180 cm
19
163 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

175 cm
19
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louis Tecate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rory Devaney!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tecate finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tecate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Devaney.
Tecate throws a series of punches but Devaney avoids them all with ease.
Devaney misses with a combination
and Tecate counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Devaney lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tecate circles away quickly and effectively.
Tecate clobbers Devaney with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Devaney swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Devaney circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tecate takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rory Devaney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tecate tries for a takedown but Devaney sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tecate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Devaney takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tecate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Devaney is looking to clinch.
Rory Devaney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Devaney's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Devaney duly obliges.
Tecate shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Devaney defends it nicely.
Tecate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tecate throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Devaney darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tecate takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Devaney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Tecate closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Devaney wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Devaney can't break the clinch.

Devaney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Devaney scores with a jab. Tecate acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Devaney takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Devaney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tecate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Devaney looks to land a left hand but Tecate moved out of range nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Devaney blocks the leg kick.
Tecate uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Devaney has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tecate lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Devaney tries to bum rush Tecate with a series of wild strikes but Tecate uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Devaney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tecate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Devaney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Devaney lands a jab-cross combination.
Tecate connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tecate moves out of range of the strikes.
Devaney throws a combination that misses
and Tecate counters with a nice uppercut.
Tecate tries to clinch but Devaney moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Tecate. That snapped Devaney's head back.
Devaney stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Tecate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Devaney throws a combination that misses
and Tecate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab, jab by Tecate - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Devaney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tecate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tecate swinging wildly here.
Tecate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Devaney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Devaney misses with a wild combination.
Devaney misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Devaney!
Devaney misses with a double jab
and Tecate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Devaney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tecate lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Devaney misses.
Devaney is looking to clinch but Tecate is avoiding it.
Tecate moves out of range of the strikes.
Tecate scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tecate shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Devaney but Devaney pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tecate lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tecate.
A low kick from Tecate misses
and Devaney counters with a left and a right that stings Tecate.

It looks like Louis Tecate has been cut.
Tecate is looking to land body kicks.
Rory Devaney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Devaney scores with a one two! Tecate had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Louis Tecate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Devaney scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tecate connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Devaney momentarily.
Devaney swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Devaney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Tecate counter with a right hand.
Devaney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tecate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Devaney throws a right hand that Tecate ducks under and follows up with a left that Tecate also avoids with ease.
Devaney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Devaney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tecate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Devaney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tecate moves away from the strike by Devaney.
Tecate tries to clinch but Devaney is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Devaney. Those never looked like landing.
Devaney misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Tecate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tecate goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Devaney misses with a straight right.
Devaney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tecate.
Tecate tries to clinch but Devaney moves out of range.
Devaney throws a nice looking combination but Tecate bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Devaney throws a sloppy body shot
and Tecate counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tecate fails to land the takedown.
A cross from Tecate lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Devaney throws a poor cross that misses
and Tecate counters with a stiff right hand.
Tecate doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Devaney counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Tecate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Devaney moves forwards but Tecate connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Devaney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Tecate counter with a right hand.
Devaney wants to clinch up but Tecate keeps it at a distance.
Devaney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tecate counters with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Devaney throws a combination that misses
and Tecate counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Devaney throws a lazy uppercut
and Tecate cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Devaney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Louis Tecate's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Devaney throws a combination that misses
enabling Tecate to counter with a crisp jab.
Devaney moves out of range of the body kick from Tecate.
Devaney throws a combination that misses
and Tecate counters with a good low kick that Devaney was not able to check.
Tecate shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Devaney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tecate counters with a nice uppercut.
Devaney throws a combination that misses
and Tecate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Devaney misses the body punch
and Tecate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Tecate has closed the distance and engaged Devaney in a clinch.
Devaney wants to break the clinch but can't.
Devaney wants to get back to striking at distance but Tecate won't allow it.

Devaney manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tecate gets a double leg takedown into Devaney's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tecate trying to control but Devaney is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Louis Tecate.
Tecate digs a good body shot into Devaney's ribs.
Tecate fails with the takedown.
Devaney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Tecate counters with a shoot takedown. Devaney fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tecate prevents Devaney from getting back to his feet.
Devaney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tecate trying to control but Devaney is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Louis Tecate wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Devaney misses with a body shot.
Devaney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tecate shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Tecate. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tecate drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tecate looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Louis Tecate has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Tecate changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Devaney throws a lazy right hand but Tecate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tecate works over Devaney's head and body with a nice combination.
Tecate lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rory Devaney is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Devaney looks to land a combination but Tecate avoids it well.
Tecate throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Devaney's waist but Devaney gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tecate off to one side.
Devaney throws a combination that misses
and Tecate counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
No joy there for Devaney, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tecate showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Devaney.
Tecate doesn't manage to clinch there - Devaney circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tecate misses with a head kick.
Devaney throws a series of punches but Tecate moves out of range.
Louis Tecate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Tecate avoids a punch combination nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Louis Tecate showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Devaney has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rory Devaney!
Rory Devaney very nearly forgot to thank TFP Graphics - Pit Inc amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.