PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Leighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leighty comes to the cage accompanied by Cowboy Dan. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Leighty
vs
Beck

185 cm
28
193 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

185 cm
28
196 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER

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 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Leighty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luka Beck!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beck looks to throw the jab but Leighty is out of range.
Beck looks to land a right hand but Leighty moved out of range.
Beck misses with a hook.
Beck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leighty.
Beck lands a really nice looking cross but Leighty seems unphased.
Beck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leighty.
Leighty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Beck is out of range.
Beck moves out of range of the body kick.
Beck tries a head kick but it misses.
Leighty lands a jab to Beck's midsection.
Beck defending well as Leighty loads up on a big left hand.
Leighty takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beck throws a hook but Leighty blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leighty. Beck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leighty misses with a looping right.
Beck tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leighty on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leighty thuds his right hand into Beck's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Leighty scores with a hook to the body. Beck takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Beck misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leighty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beck manages to avoid it.
Leighty takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Beck chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Leighty can pounce on him.
Beck lands a leg kick that knocks Leighty off balance momentarily.
Leighty throws a jab but it's blocked by Beck.
Leighty is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Leighty looks for the body kick but Beck saw that one coming.
Beck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leighty.
Beck turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beck scores with a crisp jab that stopped Leighty in his tracks.
Beck tries a low kick but Leighty avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leighty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Beck throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Leighty.
Beck throws a leg kick
and Leighty counters with a low kick, right behind Beck 's knee.
Beck ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice cross by Beck.
Beck checks a leg kick.
Beck takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Beck misses.
Leighty slaps away a takedown attempt from Beck, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Beck throws a chopping leg kick but Leighty manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leighty misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leighty swinging wildly here.
Beck pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beck throws a low kick, looking for Leighty's leg but Leighty calmly moves out of range.
Leighty lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leighty throws a body kick that misses.
Beck throws a low kick, looking for Leighty's leg but Leighty calmly moves out of range.
Leighty gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Beck looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Beck throws a shot from downtown. Leighty moves away and avoids it.
Leighty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A shot to the liver by Leighty. Beautiful body shot.
Leighty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leighty stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beck.
Leighty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck misses with a combination
and Leighty counters with a thumping low kick.
A good leg kick by Leighty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beck throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leighty.
Beck moves out of range of the body kick from Leighty.
Leighty looks to land a right hand but Beck moved out of range.
Dan Leighty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beck missing with a left hand there. Leighty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beck is looking to land body kicks.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Beck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Beck misses.
Beck is trying hard to land a takedown here. Leighty sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Leighty fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beck swings for the body but Leighty moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Beck dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Leighty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Leighty ducks under a wild hook from Beck.

Beck drives through with a takedown into guard.
Leighty preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leighty working a defensive guard but Beck manages to pass into side control anyway.
Beck trying to control the position but Leighty is working away.
Leighty tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Beck wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Beck with the ground and pound but Leighty regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Leighty is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beck thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Beck passes the guard and advances to mount!
Beck misses with a head shot.
Leighty holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Beck tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Leighty is working to get back to half guard.
Leighty is squirming around, avoiding Beck's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leighty regains half guard.
Beck sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Beck missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Beck is looking to advance position but Leighty won't allow it.
Leighty gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leighty is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Leighty not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Beck passes into half guard.
Leighty trying to control but Beck postures up.
Leighty won't allow Beck to pass to mount.
Beck throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck is thwarting Leighty's attempts to control the position.
Leighty has a hand on Beck's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Beck takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The referee warns Leighty that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Beck is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Leighty can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Leighty is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beck tries to control but Leighty wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leighty bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Beck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Beck scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Leighty doesn't seem bothered though.
Beck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beck checks a low kick from Leighty.
A nice leg kick lands there from Leighty.
Beck misses with a body kick.
Luka Beck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beck thows a body shot but no joy.
Leighty misses with an uppercut. Beck saw that one coming.
Beck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leighty looks to score with a jab to the body but Beck is just out of range.
Beck moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Beck connects with a crisp jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beck.
Beck throws a leg kick but Leighty moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beck throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Leighty stuffs the takedown attempt from Beck. Beck gets slowly back to his feet.
Beck throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beck throws a series of strikes that have Leighty backpedaling.
Leighty stuffs the takedown attempt from Beck. Beck gets slowly back to his feet.
Leighty throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Beck fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Leighty on the side of the head.
Leighty displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beck throws out the jab.
Leighty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beck catches Leighty with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Luka Beck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beck throws out a loose jab but Leighty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beck walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leighty checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dan Leighty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck blocks a low kick nicely.
Beck misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beck. That's going to slow Leighty down.
Leighty throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Leighty swings for the body but Beck moves out of range.
Leighty lands a front kick.
Beck misses with a hook.
Leighty takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Beck throws a hook but Leighty blocks it.
Beck takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Leighty lands with a hook. Beck tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leighty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beck.
Leighty avoids the body shot from Beck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leighty checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Beck walks into a straight right hand from Leighty.
Beck throws a leg kick which misses Leighty's front leg but catches the back leg as Leighty tries to avoid it.
Leighty doesn't manage to clinch there - Beck circles away.
Beck tries for a takedown but Leighty sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dan Leighty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Beck.
Beck tries a head kick but it misses.
Beck slips under a jab from Leighty.
Beck looks for a takedown but Leighty sprawls well.
Beck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leighty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Beck counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Leighty's guard now.
Luka Beck has got the better of the ground game so far.
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!
Beck working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Leighty holds on and takes a little breather.

Beck got a little sloppy there for a moment and Leighty has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Beck has managed to get both his arms back between Leighty's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Beck looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Leighty is avoiding damage well.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Beck is putting a hurting on Leighty here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beck landing a few strikes.
Beck looks up at the clock and then as Leighty takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Beck smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Beck trying to control the action but Leighty is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luka Beck comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beck has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luka Beck!
Luka Beck made sure to mention his sponsor, KAISER in his post fight interview.