PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leeton Mcintosh (ranked 4067 p4p, 3978 weight class) and Joe Urban (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.

Mcintosh
vs
Urban

183 cm
22
180
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
174
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leeton Mcintosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Urban!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urban throws a half hearted mid kick.
Urban tries to clinch there but Mcintosh circles away.
An inside leg kick from Urban misses.
Mcintosh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Urban tries to clinch up.

Mcintosh gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Urban trying to stall but Mcintosh improves his position.
Urban letting Mcintosh take a breather here.
Urban has Mcintosh pressed against the cage, preventing Mcintosh from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Urban creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urban is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcintosh is defending well for now.

Mcintosh pulls guard effortlessly.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Mcintosh bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Urban's guard.

Mcintosh is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcintosh not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Urban isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mcintosh stacks Urban on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mcintosh!
A control attempt from Urban but he's now mounted!
A nice elbow there by Mcintosh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcintosh looking to finish with strikes here!
Mcintosh lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Urban working to try and regain half guard.
Urban really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mcintosh. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mcintosh tries to control but Urban wriggling away.
Mcintosh content just to control the position here.
Urban is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcintosh working Urban over with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mcintosh sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Urban is trying to reverse the position but instead Mcintosh has taken his back - oops!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Mcintosh's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Mcintosh gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Urban is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcintosh tries to keep control of the position but Urban is staying busy.
Mcintosh trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Urban doesn't escape.
Mcintosh tries to keep control of the position but Urban is staying busy.

Mcintosh patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Mcintosh controlling well, preventing Urban from escaping the position.

Mcintosh looking for the choke from the back.
Mcintosh lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Mcintosh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Mcintosh is not going to allow Urban to sit and survive in this position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leeton Mcintosh dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Urban tries to clinch there but Mcintosh circles away.
Urban takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Mcintosh shoots in and bounces Urban off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Urban wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Mcintosh manages to pass to side control.

Mcintosh passes to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcintosh is putting a hurting on Urban here, landing some big shots from side control.

Mcintosh is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Urban has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mcintosh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Urban can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcintosh grinds an elbow into Urban's temple.
Urban is looking to reverse the position.

Mcintosh is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Urban has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mcintosh gets to mount! Urban was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Urban has given up his back here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mcintosh looking for the RNC.
A lull in the action here.
Mcintosh softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Mcintosh trying to control momentarily.
Urban can't escape the position.
Mcintosh lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Urban hold on?!
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Mcintosh.
Mcintosh is punishing Urban with some ground and pound.
Mcintosh throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Urban tries to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcintosh has good solid back control here.
Mcintosh misses with punches from the back.
I really don't envy Urban right now.

Mcintosh working for a choke but Urban is defending well.
Mcintosh lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leeton Mcintosh dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mcintosh shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Urban manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Urban looking for subs off his back but Mcintosh has passed one foot through into half guard.
Joe Urban has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mcintosh lands strikes from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mcintosh stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Urban fails with an attempt to clinch.
Urban throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Mcintosh counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Mcintosh is standing up over Urban. Urban looks to escape but Mcintosh dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee asks Mcintosh politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Mcintosh prefers to stall for the moment though.
Mcintosh working the ground and pound.
Mcintosh looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Urban is avoiding damage well.
Mcintosh wants to control but Urban is keeping him busy.

Mcintosh is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Urban is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Mcintosh advances nicely into full mount.
Mcintosh 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcintosh tries to control but Urban wriggling away.
Mcintosh controlling from mount.

Mcintosh working for a submission but Urban is keeping him at bay.
Urban is squirming around, avoiding Mcintosh's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urban wants to hold on but Mcintosh pushes him away.
Mcintosh looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mcintosh sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mcintosh manages to capitalize on a mistake by Urban to take his back!
Mcintosh avoiding Urban 's attempts to control his hands.
Mcintosh lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcintosh just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Urban is trying to break free.
Urban staying busy and making it hard for Mcintosh to control.
Urban is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Mcintosh looking for the RNC.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leeton Mcintosh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mcintosh 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leeton Mcintosh!