PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velasquez's entrance music is Accept's Balls To The Wall. A fine choice. Juan Velasquez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Byrne's chin.

Velasquez
vs
Byrne

200 cm
33
225 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

184 cm
30
206 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Velasquez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, David Byrne!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne lands a right hook to the body.

Velasquez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Velasquez misses with a punch to the body.
Velasquez tries to work over Byrne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Velasquez takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Juan Velasquez has been cut.
Velasquez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Byrne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Velasquez backwards.
Velasquez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Byrne prevents a body shot from Velasquez.
Byrne presses Velasquez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Byrne tries to land knees in the clinch but Velasquez avoids the damage to the body.
Byrne looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Byrne tries a body shot but Velasquez blocks it.
Velasquez misses with some punches.
Byrne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Velasquez is defending well for now.
Byrne lands a shot to the body.
Velasquez misses with some punches.
Velasquez working aggressively here.
Velasquez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Byrne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byrne lands with a short shot to the head.
Byrne blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Velasquez.
Velasquez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Velasquez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Velasquez.
Byrne swings wildly with an uppercut but Velasquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byrne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Velasquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but Velasquez blocks it.
Byrne cracks Velasquez with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Velasquez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Byrne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Byrne misses with some punches.
Byrne lands with a right to the head.
Velasquez struggles to land a body shot inside as Byrne controls his hands.
Byrne throws a head punch that misses.
Byrne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Velasquez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byrne throws an elbow that misses.
I was talking to Velasquez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Velasquez is leaning against Byrne and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Velasquez.
Velasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Velasquez avoids the elbow strike from Byrne, against the cage.
Velasquez blocks an elbow strike.
Velasquez throws a head punch that misses.
Velasquez lands a nice uppercut.
Velasquez blocks an uppercut.
Byrne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Velasquez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byrne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Velasquez misses with the head strike.
Byrne prevents a body shot from Velasquez.
Velasquez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Byrne lands an elbow that stopped Velasquez in his tracks for a moment.
Velasquez has a couple of punches blocked by Byrne.
Byrne cracks Velasquez with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Byrne.
Velasquez can't find room to land a body shot as Byrne controls the action.
Byrne misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne has a couple of punches blocked by Velasquez.
Velasquez prevents a body shot from Byrne.
Velasquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Byrne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byrne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Byrne lands an elbow just above Velasquez 's eye.

Juan Velasquez's cut is getting worse.
Velasquez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byrne's elbow.
Velasquez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Velasquez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Velasquez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Byrne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Velasquez tries to work over Byrne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Velasquez blocks an uppercut.
Velasquez throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrne.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byrne.
A short uppercut from Velasquez.
Byrne tries a body shot but Velasquez blocks it.
Velasquez is working Byrne over against the cage.
Velasquez scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Byrne fails to land.
Velasquez misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Byrne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Velasquez misses with some punches.
Byrne lands a nice knee to the body.
Byrne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Velasquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Byrne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Velasquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Velasquez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byrne's elbow.
Byrne misses with a body punch.
Byrne throws a head punch that misses.
Velasquez blocks a body shot from Byrne.
Velasquez avoids a wild elbow strike from Byrne.
Byrne digs a right hand underneath Velasquez's ribcage. Velasquez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Velasquez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Byrne misses with a punch on the inside.
Velasquez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byrne.
Byrne misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Byrne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Velasquez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Byrne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Byrne misses with a looping left.
Velasquez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Byrne.
Byrne throws a nice inside leg kick.
Byrne is looking to clinch.
Byrne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Velasquez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Velasquez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Byrne.
A chopping leg kick lands by Byrne.
A head kick misses from Byrne.
Velasquez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Velasquez throws a right hand that misses
and Byrne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Velasquez is rocked!
Byrne closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Velasquez! Byrne dives in looking to finish! Velasquez is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Byrne!
David Byrne is the new light heavyweight champion!
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