PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rick Diculous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Leeroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diculous comes into the arena with How you like me now - The Heavy blaring out of the sound system. Leeroy has chosen Boondocks Theme Song as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Diculous
vs
Leeroy

176 cm
30
157 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

174 cm
31
155 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rick Diculous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Leeroy!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Diculous looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diculous scores with a sloppy right hand. Leeroy should have avoided that one.
Diculous tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leeroy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Leeroy coming out on top.
Leeroy connects with a high kick.
Leeroy misses the jab.
Leeroy scoring well with a low kick there.
Leeroy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diculous's hands.
Leeroy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diculous is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leeroy throws a leg kick but Diculous moved away.
Leeroy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diculous manages to avoid it.
Diculous misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diculous scores with a punch to the head.
Diculous checks a leg kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leeroy ducks under a wild hook from Diculous.
Diculous takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Leeroy thows a body shot but no joy.
Diculous takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Leeroy moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Leeroy.
Diculous blocks a leg kick.
Diculous blocks the body kick.

Leeroy shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Diculous manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Diculous wants to stand up but Leeroy is controlling him.
Leeroy postures up.
Leeroy looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diculous can't keep his opponent in guard - Leeroy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Leeroy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
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!
Leeroy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diculous wants to control but Leeroy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Leeroy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Diculous with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diculous keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy is looking to stall here but Diculous recovers full guard.
Leeroy stops Diculous from standing up.
Leeroy trying to control but Diculous is working from the bottom.
Leeroy is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Leeroy drops back looking for a leg! Diculous is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diculous manages to kick Leeroy off! Leeroy jumps back into Diculous's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy throws an elbow that misses. Diculous uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Leeroy's guard. Nice move by Diculous!
Diculous throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Diculous preventing the sweep.
Diculous is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Leeroy has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Diculous has passed into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leeroy sneaks back into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diculous not doing much here.
Leeroy is pressing down on Diculous's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Leeroy misses with a low kick.
Diculous tries to clinch up but Leeroy circles away and keeps his distance.
Leeroy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Diculous counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diculous with a jab.
Diculous jabs Leeroy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diculous takes a swing at Leeroy's ribcage but misses.
Leeroy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diculous is out of range.
Leeroy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Leeroy lands with an uppercut that bounces Diculous off the cage and back into range.
Leeroy misses with a body kick.
Diculous misses with a right hand
and Leeroy counters with a straight right hand.
Diculous stuffs the takedown attempt from Leeroy. Leeroy gets slowly back to his feet.
Diculous misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Leeroy.
Leeroy ducks under a wild hook from Diculous.
Leeroy misses with a low kick.
Diculous takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Leeroy slips a jab from Diculous.
Leeroy throws a leg kick but Diculous sees it coming and moves out of range.
Leeroy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diculous.
Diculous closes the distance looking to clinch
and Leeroy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Diculous is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Leeroy scores with a takedown into Diculous's guard.
Diculous trying to control the position.
Diculous wants to improve his position but instead Leeroy has moved into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leeroy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Diculous knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Diculous is looking to improve his position.
Diculous lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Leeroy with the ground and pound but Diculous uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Leeroy throws an elbow that misses. Diculous uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Leeroy's guard. Nice move by Diculous!
Leeroy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diculous advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy is trying to improve his position.
Leeroy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Diculous is looking to take a break and control but Leeroy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Diculous looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bruce Leeroy has got the better of the ground game so far.

Diculous tries for a kimura but Leeroy is defending well.
Leeroy gets back to half guard.
Leeroy tries to roll over but Diculous keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy is refusing to be controlled, as Diculous sits in half guard.
Leeroy manages to get to full guard.

Diculous gets to his feet - Leeroy follows without any prompting.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leeroy staying out of range there.
Diculous cracks Leeroy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Leeroy misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bruce Leeroy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A shot to the liver by Diculous. Beautiful body shot.
Leeroy lands with a shot to the body.
Leeroy loads up on a big right hand but Diculous slips the punch.
Leeroy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diculous.
Diculous misses with a two punch combination.
Leeroy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Diculous as he jumps to the side.
Diculous blocks a jab.
Diculous misses with a straight left.
Leeroy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Leeroy pushes Diculous away with a front kick.
Diculous avoids the body shot from Leeroy.
Leeroy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diculous.
Diculous moves in looking to clinch but Leeroy pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diculous swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diculous works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A lazy left from Diculous finds it's target.
Diculous changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Leeroy throws a wild body kick that Diculous sees coming a mile off.
Diculous pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leeroy misses with a hook
and Diculous counters with a stiff right hand.
Diculous misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Diculous ducks under a wild hook from Leeroy.
Diculous cracks a nice hook into Leeroy's ribs.
Diculous keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leeroy.
Diculous gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diculous throws a series of punches but Leeroy avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Leeroy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Leeroy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diculous.
Leeroy scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diculous swings away with a body shot that misses
and Leeroy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Leeroy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diculous was well out of range. Poor timing from Leeroy.
Leeroy throws a body punch but Diculous moves out of range.
Diculous misses the jab.
Leeroy is looking to score with low kicks.
Diculous swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Leeroy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diculous swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diculous has a couple of punches blocked by Leeroy.
Bruce Leeroy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diculous throws a head punch that misses.
Leeroy misses with some punches.
Leeroy scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diculous creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Leeroy can't break the clinch.
Diculous looking to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diculous.
Diculous lands with a light punch inside.
Diculous lands an uppercut.
Leeroy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rick Diculous has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diculous lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Leeroy or not.
Diculous throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diculous tries a body shot but Leeroy blocks it.
Diculous tries to work over Leeroy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diculous tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leeroy avoids it.
Diculous throws a punch but it's blocked by Leeroy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diculous.
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!
Leeroy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diculous with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Leeroy breaks the clinch.
Leeroy scores with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Diculous showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Leeroy 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Leeroy!
Bruce Leeroy very nearly forgot to thank Firebird Designs 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.