PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Hickey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Ley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hickey
vs
Ley

181 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

194 cm
22
184 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Hickey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Ley!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ley wants to clinch.
Hickey shoots and misses

and Ley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hickey is trying to drag Ley to the mat but Ley just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ley.
Ley lands an elbow that stopped Hickey in his tracks for a moment.
Ley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hickey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ley smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Hickey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jake Hickey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Hickey with that takedown attempt.

Ley moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickey takes an elbow to the temple.
Ley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ley scores with a knee to the head.
Hickey is breathing heavily.
Ley landing knees to the head.
Ley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ley lands an elbow inside that Hickey shrugs off.
Ley lands an elbow just above Hickey 's eye.
Ley lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ley obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ley lands an elbow that stopped Hickey in his tracks for a moment.
Ley lands a damaging elbow.
Hickey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ley lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ley.
Ley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hickey's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hickey's defenses.
Hickey drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ley lands a damaging elbow.
Ley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hickey's face.

Hickey is rocked!
Ley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Hickey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hickey's defenses.
Hickey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Clinched against the cage, Ley lands a big elbow that drops Hickey! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Hickey is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Ley!