PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Narvaez (ranked 1642 p4p, 1958 weight class) and Bruce Leroy (ranked 173 p4p, 200 weight class). Narvaez comes to the cage accompanied by Ñetas for Life - Anvesh Mallick. Bruce Leroy has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Narvaez
vs
Leroy

172 cm
20
145
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
20
155
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Narvaez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce Leroy !
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narvaez throws a jab when Leroy was well out of range.
Leroy misses with a leg kick
and Leroy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Narvaez is looking to chop away at Leroy 's legs.
A slow jab from Narvaez misses its intended target.
Leroy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Narvaez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Leroy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Narvaez if he has to take too many more of those.
Narvaez slips a jab from Leroy .
Narvaez misses with a looping left.
Leroy loads up on a big right hand but Narvaez slips the punch.
Leroy loads up on a big right hand but Narvaez slips the punch.
Narvaez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Narvaez misses with a left hand
and Leroy counters with a right hand to the body.
Leroy ducks under a wild hook from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a jab to Leroy 's midsection.
Narvaez throws a lazy right hand but Leroy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Narvaez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Leroy throws a poor cross that misses
and Narvaez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Narvaez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Leroy finds it's way through Narvaez's defenses.
Narvaez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leroy manages to avoid it.
Leroy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Narvaez connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Leroy misses its intended target.
Leroy connects with a nice looking jab.
Narvaez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A bone on bone clash there as Leroy blocks the leg kick.
Narvaez moves out of range of the body kick from Leroy .
Leroy throws a leg kick which misses Narvaez's front leg but catches the back leg as Narvaez tries to avoid it.
Narvaez lands a nice shot to the body.
Narvaez scores with a jab.
Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leroy .
Leroy throws a hook but Narvaez avoids it easily.
Narvaez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leroy was well out of range. Poor timing from Narvaez.
Narvaez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leroy .
Narvaez tries a low kick but Leroy avoids it.
Narvaez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leroy was well out of range. Poor timing from Narvaez.
Leroy misses with a wild combination.
Leroy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leroy misses with a body kick.
Leroy throws a leg kick but Narvaez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leroy motions for Narvaez to come forward. Leroy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leroy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Narvaez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Leroy throws a jab but it's blocked by Narvaez.
Narvaez half committed to a counter leg kick.
Leroy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Narvaez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Carlos Narvaez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narvaez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leroy .
Leroy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leroy clobbers Narvaez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Leroy misses with a body kick.
Leroy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Narvaez cracks a nice hook into Leroy 's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Leroy misses the target.
Narvaez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leroy .
Narvaez tries to move into range but Leroy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Narvaez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez scores with a body shot.
Narvaez takes a swing at Leroy 's ribcage but misses.
Leroy pushes Narvaez away with a front kick.
Narvaez walks into a left hand.
Leroy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Narvaez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leroy .
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Leroy .
A good leg kick by Narvaez.
Leroy moves forwards but Narvaez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Narvaez lands a jab to Leroy 's midsection.
Leroy lands with a shot to the body.
Narvaez slips under a jab.
Narvaez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leroy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Narvaez is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Narvaez. Leroy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Narvaez slips a jab from Leroy .
Narvaez fails to land with a series of punches.
Leroy scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Narvaez momentarily.
A lazy body kick from Leroy
and Narvaez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Leroy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Narvaez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Leroy fails to land with a series of punches.
Leroy slips under a jab.
Leroy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Narvaez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Leroy eats them both and turns towards Narvaez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice uppercut there from Narvaez.
Narvaez throws a body punch but Leroy moves out of range.
Narvaez misses with a wild body shot.
Narvaez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leroy . Narvaez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Narvaez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Narvaez duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leroy throws the left hand but Narvaez avoids the punch easily.
Leroy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Narvaez was well out of range. Poor timing from Leroy .
Leroy throws a body punch but Narvaez moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Leroy .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Carlos Narvaez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Leroy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Leroy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Narvaez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Narvaez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Narvaez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Leroy is out of range and Narvaez settles back down.
Leroy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Narvaez backs up against the cage.
Narvaez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Narvaez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Narvaez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Narvaez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Leroy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a jab.
Narvaez scores with a nice right hand.
Leroy throws a low kick but Narvaez moves out of range easily.
Narvaez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Leroy to score with a decent uppercut.
Leroy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Narvaez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Narvaez throws a sloppy head kick
and Leroy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Leroy .
Leroy misses with a body kick.
Leroy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narvaez manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Narvaez.
Leroy throws a body kick that misses.
Narvaez misses with a body shot.
Narvaez catches Leroy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Leroy throws a leg kick but Narvaez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Narvaez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Leroy backs away, Narvaez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Leroy blocks the leg kick.
Narvaez connects with a single shot there.
Leroy lands with a hook. Narvaez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Narvaez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Narvaez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.
Leroy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Narvaez looks to score with a jab to the body but Leroy is just out of range.
Leroy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Narvaez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leroy lands with a cross.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leroy looks to land a left hand but Narvaez moved out of range nicely.
Narvaez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leroy .
Narvaez checks a leg kick nicely.
Narvaez lands with a straight right. Leroy didn't see that one coming.
Leroy throws a hook to the side of Narvaez's head but Narvaez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leroy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Narvaez throws a low kick, looking for Leroy 's leg but Leroy calmly moves out of range.
Leroy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.
Leroy throws a big shot that misses.
Narvaez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Narvaez throws a low kick, looking for Leroy 's leg but Leroy calmly moves out of range.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez connects with the punch.
Narvaez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leroy throws out the jab.
Narvaez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Narvaez throws a leg kick which misses Leroy 's front leg but catches the back leg as Leroy tries to avoid it.
Narvaez works Leroy 's body with a nice hook.
Narvaez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Leroy .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Narvaez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leroy 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Narvaez tests Leroy 's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Leroy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Narvaez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narvaez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leroy tries to throw a body punch but Narvaez avoids it by throwing Leroy back against the cage.
Narvaez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Leroy misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leroy .
Narvaez blocks a body shot from Leroy .
Narvaez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Leroy .
Leroy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Leroy 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Narvaez misses its intended target.
Narvaez checks a leg kick.
Narvaez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leroy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Narvaez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroy throws a front kick aimed at Narvaez's knee but Narvaez avoids it well.
Leroy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Narvaez throws out the jab.
Leroy throws a hook but Narvaez avoids it easily.
Narvaez misses with a body shot.
Narvaez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
Leroy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Narvaez. Narvaez obviously looking to wear him down.
Narvaez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leroy lands a slapping body shot.
Leroy with a nice calf kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Narvaez.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Leroy .
Narvaez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leroy throws out the jab.
A big left from Narvaez misses.
Leroy scores with a push kick.
Leroy blocks a head kick by Narvaez.
Leroy blocks a low kick nicely.
Narvaez misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Carlos Narvaez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Narvaez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Narvaez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leroy is able to avoid easily.
Narvaez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leroy was well out of range. Poor timing from Narvaez.
A chopping leg kick lands by Leroy .
Leroy moves out of range as Narvaez throws a body kick.
Leroy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Leroy .
Leroy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.
Leroy looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Leroy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Narvaez can pounce on him.
Leroy misses with a wild body shot.
Narvaez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Narvaez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leroy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leroy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leroy throws a right hand that misses
and Leroy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Narvaez throws a leg kick which misses Leroy 's front leg but catches the back leg as Leroy tries to avoid it.
Narvaez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leroy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the liver by Narvaez. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Narvaez.
Narvaez looks to land a left hand but Leroy moved out of range nicely.
Leroy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leroy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Narvaez.
Narvaez half committed to a counter leg kick.
Carlos Narvaez is winning the standup battle so far.
Narvaez scores with a shot to the body.
Leroy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narvaez manages to avoid it.
Leroy looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Narvaez slips a straight right by Leroy .
Narvaez misses with a shot to the body
and Leroy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Narvaez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leroy swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Leroy scores with a punch to the head.
Leroy works Narvaez's body with a nice hook.
Narvaez defending well as Leroy loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Narvaez misses its intended target.
Leroy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Narvaez with a body shot.
Leroy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Narvaez was well out of range. Poor timing from Leroy .
Leroy connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez missing with a left hand there. Leroy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leroy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Leroy appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Leroy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Narvaez misses with a low kick as Leroy jumps back.
Narvaez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Leroy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Narvaez swings widly with a right hand
and Leroy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Narvaez moves out of range as Leroy throws a body kick.
Leroy throws a body punch but Narvaez moves out of range.
Leroy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Leroy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Narvaez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Narvaez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leroy throws out the jab.
Narvaez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Narvaez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leroy .
Narvaez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Narvaez connects with the punch.
Leroy looks to land a body kick but Narvaez moved away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Leroy !
Leroy looks to land a body kick but Narvaez moved away.
Narvaez throwing a counter right hand but Leroy manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leroy .
Narvaez scores with the left hand. Leroy knows he should have avoided that one.
Leroy throws a body shot but no joy.
Narvaez throws a big counter combination but Leroy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Leroy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Leroy lands with an uppercut that bounces Narvaez off the cage and back into range.
Leroy tries to work over Narvaez's front leg with a kick but Narvaez checks it.
Leroy is looking to clinch.
Leroy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Narvaez to score with a decent uppercut.
Narvaez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Narvaez misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Leroy misses.
Narvaez tries to move into range but Leroy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Narvaez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from Leroy is predictable there
and Narvaez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leroy throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Narvaez. Leroy does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroy looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Leroy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leroy .
Narvaez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Narvaez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leroy at a distance.
Leroy looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Leroy looks to score with a jab to the body but Narvaez is just out of range.
Narvaez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slow jab from Leroy misses its intended target.
Bruce Leroy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Narvaez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Leroy slips under a jab from Narvaez.
Narvaez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Narvaez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Narvaez looks to throw the jab but Leroy is out of range.
Narvaez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leroy .
Narvaez misses with a hook. Leroy ducked under it nicely.
Leroy misses with a wild body shot.
Narvaez tries a low kick but Leroy avoids it.
Leroy misses with an uppercut. Narvaez saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bruce Leroy .
Well Narvaez 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Narvaez!
Carlos Narvaez bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.