PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Leben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Buckley
vs
Leben

195 cm
25
260 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

200 cm
29
280 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Buckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Leben!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leben tries a head kick but it misses.
Leben swinging wildly here.
Buckley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Leben avoids it really well and circles away.
Leben works over Buckley's head and body with a nice combination.
Chris Leben seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leben tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leben misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leben misses the body punch

and Buckley counters with a shoot takedown. Leben fights it but they end up in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Buckley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Leben works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Buckley throwing strikes but missing.
Buckley stops Leben from standing up.
Leben preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckley working some strikes from top position.
Leben looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Leben really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Buckley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Leben looks gassed!
Leben avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Buckley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Buckley content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Buckley cracks Leben with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buckley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Leben's head.
Buckley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Buckley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Leben works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Buckley working some strikes from top position.
Buckley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Buckley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Leben works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Buckley is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Buckley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Buckley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Leben's head.
Buckley lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckley chips away with some ground and pound.
Buckley postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Leben covers up, he's hurt! Buckley keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Buckley and the ref steps in to end the fight! Buckley can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Buckley!