PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joey Bolten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Leigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bolten
vs
Leigh

188 cm
28
175 lbs
14 - 10 - 1

180 cm
30
178 lbs
25 - 8 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Joey Bolten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Leigh!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leigh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leigh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leigh misses with a body kick.
Bolten moves in looking to clinch but Leigh pushes him off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Leigh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bolten has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bolten and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bolten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bolten tries to clinch
and Leigh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Bolten moves into the clinch.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
Bolten is pressed up against the cage. Leigh has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bolten down to the mat. Bolten avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Leigh misses with a body kick.
Bolten tries to clinch there but Leigh circles away.
Bolten moves in looking to clinch but Leigh pushes him off.
Bolten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bolten tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leigh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bolten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bolten moves into range and clinches up with Leigh.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Leigh's face.
Leigh trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh avoiding damage as Bolten throws knees to the body.
Bolten managing to block the knees to the body from Leigh.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
Leigh looking to stall.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
Bolten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bolten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leigh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Bolten breaks from the clinch.
Bolten is looking to clinch but Leigh is avoiding it.
Leigh feints and then cracks Bolten's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bolten down.
Bolten throws a head kick but Leigh moves out of range.
Bolten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bolten moves out of range as Leigh strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bolten closes the distance and clinches.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leigh avoids it.
Leigh avoiding damage as Bolten throws knees to the body.
Leigh trying to land knees to the body.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bolten managing to block the knees to the body from Leigh.
Bolten missing with knees to the body.
Leigh tries to land knees in the clinch but Bolten avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten leaning his opponent against the cage.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
Leigh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leigh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bolten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Bolten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh tries to clinch but Bolten moves out of range.
Leigh misses with a kick to the body.
Leigh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leigh is looking to clinch.
Bolten tries to clinch but Leigh moves away
letting Leigh counter with a right hand.
Bolten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leigh.
Bolten tries to close the distance and clinch but Leigh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bolten tries to clinch there but Leigh circles away.
Bolten doesn't manage to clinch there - Leigh circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bolten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bolten tries to clinch up.
Bolten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leigh tries a head kick but it misses.
Leigh keeps the fight on the outside.

Bolten moves into the clinch successfully.
Leigh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leigh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten lands a knee to the head.
Bolten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leigh.
Leigh avoiding damage as Bolten throws knees to the body.
Leigh holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leigh misses with a knee to the head.
Bolten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Leigh's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leigh is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
Leigh taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Bolten dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A head kick misses from Bolten.
Bolten wants to clinch up but Leigh keeps it at a distance.
Leigh throws a jab but it's blocked by Bolten.
Joey Bolten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Bolten 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bolten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leigh throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bolten throws a head kick that Leigh semi-blocks.
Bolten tries to clinch there but Leigh circles away.
Leigh cracks Bolten with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Leigh does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Joey Bolten is winning the standup battle so far.
Leigh lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bolten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses.
Bolten tries to clinch up but Leigh circles away and keeps his distance.
Bolten is looking to clinch.
Leigh lands a leg kick that knocks Bolten off balance momentarily.
Bolten is looking to clinch.
Bolten lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bolten has closed the distance and engaged Leigh in a clinch.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
Leigh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Bolten breaks from the clinch.
Bolten tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leigh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leigh moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Leigh misses with a straight left.
Leigh misses with a body kick.
Leigh steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bolten. That one must have hurt.
Bolten tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leigh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bolten tries a head kick but it misses.
Good work by Bolten as he checks the leg kick.

Bolten instigates a clinch.
Leigh scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Joey Bolten has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bolten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leigh tries to land a knee to the head but Bolten blocks with his arms.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leigh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leigh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bolten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leigh is breathing heavily.
Bolten leaning his opponent against the cage.
Leigh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bolten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bolten manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leigh avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Leigh takes a knee right on the jaw!

Bolten breaks from the clinch.
Bolten tries to clinch but Leigh is having none of it.
Bolten tries to clinch but Leigh moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leigh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bolten wants to clinch
enabling Leigh to counter with a crisp jab.
Bolten tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Leigh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leigh keeps the fight on the outside.
Leigh keeps the fight on the outside.
Bolten staying out of range there.
Leigh swats away the attempt to clinch by Bolten.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Leigh.
Bolten moves out of range as Leigh throws a body kick.
Leigh sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bolten moves into range and clinches up with Leigh.
Leigh tries to land knees in the clinch but Bolten avoids the damage to the body.
Leigh avoiding damage as Bolten throws knees to the body.
Leigh tries to land a knee to the head but Bolten blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leigh tries to land knees in the clinch but Bolten avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leigh is trying to maintain a safe position but Bolten gets an underhook and turns Leigh into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Bolten dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joey Bolten's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.

Bolten tries to close the distance and clinch but Leigh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bolten throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Bolten gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bolten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Leigh in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leigh takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leigh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leigh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bolten blocks it with crossed arms.

Bolten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Leigh tries to keep at a distance but Bolten has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bolten effectively controlling the action here.
Bolten missing with knees to the body.
Bolten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leigh is defending well for now.
Bolten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
Bolten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Bolten.
Leigh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leigh trying to stall but Bolten improves his position.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leigh avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bolten.
Bolten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leigh avoids it.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leigh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bolten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leigh.
Bolten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leigh is defending well for now.
Bolten tries a knee to the head but Leigh blocks it.
Leigh tries to land a knee to the head but Bolten blocks with his arms.
Bolten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bolten missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leigh tries a knee to the head but Bolten blocks it.
Bolten looking to throw knees to the head but Leigh is blocking nicely.
Bolten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leigh.
Leigh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bolten tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten tries a knee to the head but Leigh blocks it.
Leigh tries to land knees in the clinch but Bolten avoids the damage to the body.
Bolten scores a nice knee to the body.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bolten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leigh is defending well for now.
Bolten misses with a knee strike.
Leigh looking to slow down the pace here.
Joey Bolten has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bolten with a knee to the head.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
Bolten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leigh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bolten tries to break the clinch but Leigh is controlling the position.
Bolten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leigh is defending well for now.
Leigh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bolten is defending well for now.
Leigh looking to throw knees to the head but Bolten is blocking nicely.
Leigh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bolten is defending well for now.
Bolten slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolten lands a nice knee to the body.
Bolten missing with knees to the body.
Bolten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Leigh can do to turn this around?
Leigh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bolten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leigh is defending well for now.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Bolten.
Leigh trying to land knees to the body.
Bolten prevents Leigh from breaking the clinch.
Bryan Leigh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leigh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bolten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leigh is defending well for now.
Joey Bolten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leigh crunches a lovely knee into Bolten's ribcage.
Bolten trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Bolten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bolten 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Bolten!
A victorious Joey Bolten thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.