PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Leroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Wait (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leroy comes to the ring accompanied by Black Dynamite. Wait is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Danger Zone. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Leroy
vs
Wait

185 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

205 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Leroy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Wait!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wait shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Leroy eats them both and turns towards Wait to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wait on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wait tries to score with a low kick but Leroy moves his leg out of the way.
Wait is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wait fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wait. Leroy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leroy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leroy misses with an uppercut
and Wait counters with a straight right hand.
Leroy feints and then cracks Wait's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wait down.
Leroy lunges at Wait with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wait's hand.
Wait ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Leroy forces Wait back against the ropes and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leroy crunches a lovely knee into Wait's ribcage.
Leroy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Leroy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wait lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leroy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wait blocks it with crossed arms.

Leroy has picked Wait up - he's going for a ride! Leroy dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Leroy.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Leroy in particular looking to stall.
Leroy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wait pushes Leroy off looking to stand but Leroy dives back in and keeps control.

Leroy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Wait looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Leroy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy wants to free his trapped foot but Wait is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Leroy trying to control from half guard but Wait is working away.
Leroy 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.
Leroy working the head and body with strikes.
Leroy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wait defending well though.
Leroy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leroy is looking to take a break and control but Wait is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Leroy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leroy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wait throws a nice looking combination but Leroy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wait misses with a hook. Leroy ducked under it nicely.

Leroy drives through with a takedown into Wait's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Leroy looking to sit in guard and control but Wait gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wait trying to control but Leroy is working from the bottom.
Wait is looking to stand up but Leroy won't let him.
Wait wants to stand and escape but instead Leroy has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Leroy slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Leroy throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy trying to control but Wait is working from the bottom.
Leroy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Leroy trying to control the position from guard on top but Wait is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leroy is stalling in the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bruce Leroy wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Leroy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wait momentarily.

Wait gets tackled into the ropes by Leroy. Leroy maintains the clinch.
Leroy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wait.
Wait throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wait in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leroy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wait is pressed up against the ropes. Leroy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wait down to the mat. Wait avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wait misses with the combination.
Leroy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leroy misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Leroy clinches up against the ropes.
Leroy lands a nice knee to the body.
Wait throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leroy blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Leroy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wait pushes off an throws an elbow but Leroy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Leroy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wait lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leroy dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wait takes one to the side of the head.
Leroy tries to close the distance and clinch but Wait swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leroy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wait scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wait avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leroy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wait connects with a right hand. Leroy shakes it off.
Wait avoids the body shot from Leroy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leroy. Wait does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leroy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wait keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leroy tries to clinch there but Wait circles away.
Leroy tries to clinch there but Wait circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leroy rushes Wait and presses him up against the ropes.
Wait pushes off an throws an elbow but Leroy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Leroy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leroy tries to stall but Wait uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Leroy avoids the elbow strike from Wait, against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wait using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leroy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leroy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leroy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Wait throws an elbow but misses.
Wait takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wait is looking to control Leroy's arms but Leroy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wait has his back to the ropes.
Leroy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Leroy is trying to trip Wait. He has hold of a leg but Wait is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Leroy persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy trying to control but Wait is working from the bottom.
Leroy content to stall in guard here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leroy wants to control from the top but Wait keeps moving.
Leroy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bruce Leroy.
Wait lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Leroy backs up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leroy clearly takes that round.
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.

Wait uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leroy.

It looks like Bruce Leroy has been cut.
Leroy tries to clinch up.
Leroy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wait manages to avoid it.
Leroy's corner calls for a 1-2. Leroy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wait moves out of range of the strikes.
Bruce Leroy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leroy tries to clinch there but Wait circles away.
A slow jab from Leroy misses its intended target.
Wait keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leroy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wait slips under a jab.
Wait throws a nice looking combination but Leroy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wait circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bruce Leroy is winning the standup battle so far.
Wait cracks Leroy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wait tests Leroy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wait swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wait connects with a jab.
Nice cross by Wait.
Leroy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leroy slips under a jab from Wait.

Leroy moves into the clinch successfully.
Leroy avoids a wild elbow strike from Wait.
Leroy lands an elbow just above Wait 's eye.
Leroy is struggling to control the position.
Leroy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wait stalling in the clinch but Leroy improves position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leroy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wait is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bruce Leroy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leroy.
Wait is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Wait pushes off an throws an elbow but Leroy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Leroy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Leroy has clasped his hands together around Wait's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Leroy scoring with punches and elbows.
Leroy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wait can do to turn this around?
Leroy taking a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leroy had his way with Danny Wait in that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Leroy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Leroy drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wait is trying to control Leroy's posture but Leroy avoids it.
Sloppy strikes there by Leroy.
Leroy happy to just control the position for now.
Leroy fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wait parries the strikes from Leroy easily there. Leroy is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wait to escape.
Leroy controls the position from side control.
Wait managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Leroy.
Danny Wait has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leroy moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Leroy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wait keeps working.
Leroy controlling the position.
Leroy wants to control but Wait is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Wait's face as Leroy controls the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Leroy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leroy 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Bruce Leroy!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Bruce Leroy!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Bruce Leroy!

Bruce Leroy wins by unanimous decision!
Bruce Leroy took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Fiendish Dr Wu, you done fucked up now!'.