PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Leal (ranked 4882 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spongeybob Squarepants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Leal
vs
Squarepants

180 cm
20
200
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alberto Leal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spongeybob Squarepants!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leal throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Leal tries to clinch there but Squarepants circles away.
Squarepants drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leal defends it well.
Leal tries to close the distance and clinch but Squarepants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leal fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Leal misses with a low kick.
Leal throws a leg kick but Squarepants sees it coming and moves out of range.
Squarepants drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leal defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leal tries to close the distance and clinch but Squarepants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Squarepants drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leal defends it well.
Leal is looking to clinch.
Squarepants with the counter takedown but Leal avoids it easily.
Leal shoots in for a takedown but Squarepants shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Squarepants tries to avoid it but Leal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Squarepants to the ground. Squarepants escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alberto Leal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leal shoots in for a takedown but Squarepants shows good takedown defense.
Squarepants drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leal defends it well.
Leal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And Squarepants tries to counter it with a takedown but Leal pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Leal goes for a double leg but Squarepants avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Squarepants continues to drive forward.
Squarepants tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Leal fails with a takedown attempt.
Leal misses with a jab, cross combination.

Leal instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squarepants drops down looking for an ankle pick but Leal pulls his leg out and moves away.
Leal shoots in looking for a takedown but Squarepants manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Leal's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Squarepants changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Leal is breathing heavily.
Squarepants swats away the attempt to clinch by Leal.
Leal shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Squarepants defends it nicely.
Squarepants swats away the attempt to clinch by Leal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leal shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Squarepants but Squarepants pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Squarepants feints the counter takedown.
Leal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Leal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Squarepants with the counter takedown but Leal avoids it easily.
Leal wants to clinch.
Squarepants drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leal defends it well.
Leal throws a right and a left that Squarepants avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Leal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Squarepants checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Squarepants with the counter takedown but Leal avoids it easily.
Squarepants avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leal fails with the takedown.
Squarepants tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Leal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice sprawl there from Squarepants as Leal shoots in.
Squarepants drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leal defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spongeybob Squarepants dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Squarepants checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Leal fails with the takedown.
Squarepants tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Leal tries to close the distance and clinch but Squarepants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Squarepants is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Squarepants keeps the fight on the outside.
Leal wants to clinch up but Squarepants keeps it at a distance.
Leal doesn't manage to clinch there - Squarepants circles away.
Squarepants changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leal shoots in looking for a takedown but Squarepants manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Leal's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Leal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Squarepants swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Squarepants with the counter takedown but Leal avoids it easily.
Squarepants slaps away a takedown attempt from Leal, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Squarepants with the counter takedown but Leal avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alberto Leal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Squarepants avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Squarepants tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Leal or perhaps it was just good defense by Squarepants, which made it look bad.
Squarepants changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Leal fails with a takedown attempt.
Leal fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Leal tries to clinch but Squarepants moves away

and Squarepants counters with a single leg into guard. Leal didn't expect that.
Squarepants would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Leal is trying to keep Squarepants in close.

Leal is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Squarepants wants to stand and escape but instead Leal has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squarepants wants to stand but Leal is controlling the position.
Squarepants really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Leal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Squarepants keeping moving, preventing Leal from controlling successfully.
Squarepants is wriggling around but Leal manages to pass to half guard.
Squarepants tries to kick Leal off but Leal keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Leal seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Squarepants does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Leal is pressing down on Squarepants's thigh, looking to free his foot. Squarepants is holding on for now.
Squarepants tries to kick Leal off but Leal keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Leal is looking to clinch but Squarepants is avoiding it.
Squarepants changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Alberto Leal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leal fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Squarepants is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leal looks for a takedown but Squarepants sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spongeybob Squarepants showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Leal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Leal tries to score a power double leg takedown but Squarepants sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Leal somewhat.
Squarepants changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A punch combination from Leal misses.
Leal wants to clinch up but Squarepants keeps it at a distance.
Leal throws a low kick but it's checked well by Squarepants.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leal wants to clinch up but Squarepants keeps it at a distance.
And Squarepants tries to counter it with a takedown but Leal pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Leal shoots in for a takedown but Squarepants shows good takedown defense.
Squarepants is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leal fails in his attempt to clinch.
Squarepants is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alberto Leal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leal tries to clinch there but Squarepants circles away.
Squarepants drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leal defends it well.
Leal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Squarepants paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leal shoots in but Squarepants avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Squarepants slaps away a takedown attempt from Leal, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Leal shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Squarepants defends it nicely.
Leal doesn't manage to clinch there - Squarepants circles away.
Squarepants defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Leal.
Leal darts in looking for a takedown but Squarepants gets double underhooks and turns Leal into the cage.
Squarepants swats away the attempt to clinch by Leal.
Squarepants feints the counter takedown.
Leal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Squarepants paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Squarepants tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leal shoots for a double leg takedown but Squarepants sprawls well. He's pushed Leal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Squarepants changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Leal shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Squarepants pinned against the cage. Squarepants gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Leal tries to clinch up.
Leal throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Squarepants's waist but Squarepants gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Leal off to one side.
Leal looks for a takedown but Squarepants sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Leal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Leal looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Squarepants changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Leal shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Squarepants defends it nicely.
And Squarepants tries to counter it with a takedown but Leal pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alberto Leal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leal misses with the combination.
Squarepants with the counter takedown but Leal avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spongeybob Squarepants comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Squarepants winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spongeybob Squarepants!