PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Leary (ranked 2923 p4p, 3359 weight class) and Seventoe Southpaw (ranked 217 p4p, 238 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leary
vs
Southpaw

172 cm
19
140
2 - 1 - 0

173 cm
19
135
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Black Lab Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Leary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seventoe Southpaw!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Francis DeMontford and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leary throws an overhand right that lands on Southpaw's shoulder, as Southpaw tries to avoid the shot.
Leary definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Southpaw digs a good body shot into Leary's ribs.
Southpaw lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Southpaw moves out of range of the strikes.
Leary throws a nice looking combination but Southpaw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Southpaw misses with a looping left.
Southpaw throws a poor cross that misses
and Leary counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Southpaw throws a lazy uppercut
and Leary counters with a stiff right hand.
Southpaw with a nice cross.
Southpaw tries to close the distance and clinch but Leary swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Leary.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leary lands a nice shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Southpaw doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Southpaw misses with a punch on the inside.
Southpaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leary tries to break free but Southpaw pushes him back against the cage.
Southpaw misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leary is trying to break the clinch but Southpaw has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Southpaw.
Southpaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leary wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Southpaw throws a punch but it's blocked by Leary.
Southpaw misses with a hook from the clinch.
Southpaw prevents Leary from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Southpaw.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Southpaw.
Leary blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Southpaw fails to land.
Leary blocking some punches.
Leary wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Southpaw has him pressed against the cage.
Southpaw has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Leary seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Southpaw can turn it around.

Leary manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Leary manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Leary scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Southpaw misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leary bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Southpaw's head.
Southpaw throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leary sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leary throwing a counter right hand but Southpaw manages to avoid it.
Southpaw lands with a shot to the body.
Southpaw takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Leary scores with the left hand. Southpaw knows he should have avoided that one.
Leary slips under a jab from Southpaw.
Southpaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leary moves away.
Southpaw rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Leary counter with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Southpaw throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leary jabs Southpaw to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Leary throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Southpaw misses with a shot to the body
and Leary counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Southpaw pushes Leary up against the cage in a clinch.
Leary is trying to break the clinch but Southpaw has him pressed against the cage.

Leary breaks from the clinch.
Nice jab there from Southpaw.
Leary ducks under a wild hook from Southpaw.
Leary avoids the body shot from Southpaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leary uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Southpaw.
A counter left hand to the body from Leary misses its target.
Leary uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big right from Southpaw misses.
Southpaw scores with a shot to the body.
Leary connects with a right that clearly hurt Southpaw. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Leary proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Southpaw collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Leary!