PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adam O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. HELLUVA LIFE kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

O Leary
vs
Sosa

175 cm
27
166 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

169 cm
33
162 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam O Leary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mauricio Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Leary lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sosa circles away quickly and effectively.
O Leary throws a lazy right hand but Sosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Leary throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
Adam O Leary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Leary throws a leg kick
and Sosa counters with a straight right hand.
Sosa looks to score with a jab to the body but O Leary is just out of range.
O Leary tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Leary throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
O Leary swings for the body but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
O Leary misses with a body kick.
Sosa drops his hands momentarily and O Leary takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
O Leary throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sosa.
The crowd cheers as O Leary lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sosa doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary throws a quick inside leg kick.
O Leary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosa.
O Leary throws a right hand that misses
and Sosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
O Leary tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosa was well out of range. Poor timing from O Leary.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
O Leary tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sosa connects with a good right hand that stumbles O Leary. O Leary circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sosa lands an overhand right.
O Leary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Leary missing with a left hand there. Sosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Leary throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary misses with a straight right.
O Leary missing with a left hand there. Sosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Leary throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Leary misses with a body kick.
O Leary cracks Sosa with a good jab.
O Leary throws a right hand that misses
and Sosa counters with a nice uppercut.
O Leary scores with a hook to the body. Sosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for O Leary.
O Leary takes a swing at Sosa's ribcage but misses.
O Leary throws a hook to the side of Sosa's head but Sosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Leary throws a leg kick which misses Sosa's front leg but catches the back leg as Sosa tries to avoid it.
Sosa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Leary, as that shot connected.
O Leary changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
O Leary throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sosa moves away from the strike by O Leary.
O Leary throws a leg kick
and O Leary takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Leary misses with a two punch combination.
O Leary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Leary scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
O Leary connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from O Leary.
A punch lands to the side of Sosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
O Leary wants to land a leg kick but Sosa is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. O Leary does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Leary tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Leary throws a looping overhand right but Sosa ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Leary.
Sosa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Leary cracks Sosa with an open hand slap.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
O Leary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam O Leary dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sosa checks the leg kick nicely there.
O Leary bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
O Leary misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Leary chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sosa slips a jab from O Leary.
O Leary swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from O Leary.
O Leary lands a jab-cross combination.
Sosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Leary doesn't seem bothered though.
O Leary misses with a few strikes there.
O Leary ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Leary misses with an uppercut
and Sosa counters with an inside leg kick.
Adam O Leary is winning the standup battle so far.
O Leary misses with a head kick.
O Leary throws a lazy head kick
and Sosa counters with a thumping low kick.
O Leary throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
Sosa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A low kick from O Leary misses
and Sosa counters with a nice uppercut.
O Leary takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheers as O Leary lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sosa doesn't seem phased though.
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!
O Leary throws the left hand but Sosa avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands with an uppercut that bounces O Leary off the cage and back into range.
O Leary throws a right hand that misses
and Sosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

O Leary is rocked!
A shot to the body from O Leary misses
and Sosa counters with a crisp right that sends O Leary to the canvas! Sosa follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mauricio Sosa!
Mauricio Sosa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.