PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brawl Leer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franklin Fibbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fibbs's choice of entrance music: What is Love. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leer
vs
Fibbs

180 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Core Athletics

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brawl Leer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franklin Fibbs!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leer looks to land a left hand but Fibbs moved out of range nicely.
Leer connects with a single shot there.
Brawl Leer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leer takes a swing at Fibbs's ribcage but misses.

Fibbs has closed the distance and engaged Leer in a clinch.
Leer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fibbs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees to the body from Fibbs.
Fibbs blocks an uppercut.
Fibbs lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fibbs lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fibbs.
Leer can't find room to land a body shot as Fibbs controls the action.
Leer misses with a punch on the inside.
Leer swings wildly with an uppercut but Fibbs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leer is trying to force a seperation but Fibbs has the dominant position.
Fibbs scores with a hook to the body.
Leer has a couple of punches blocked by Fibbs.
Leer misses with some punches.

Fibbs manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick from Fibbs.
Leer digs a good body shot into Fibbs's ribs.
Fibbs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Leer tries to keep at a distance but Fibbs has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fibbs pushes Leer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Leer working aggressively here.
Fibbs putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Leer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fibbs lands an elbow that stopped Leer in his tracks for a moment.
Fibbs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fibbs keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Leer's efforts to push away.
Fibbs lands a nice knee to the body.
Leer is breathing heavily.
Fibbs lands a left hand.
Leer gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fibbs.
Fibbs lands a nice elbow.
Leer has a couple of punches blocked by Fibbs.
Leer has a couple of punches blocked by Fibbs.
Fibbs blocks a body shot from Leer.
A body shot lands from Fibbs.

Fibbs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fibbs shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Leer as he jumps to the side.
Fibbs moves out of range of the strikes.
Leer looks to land a left hand but Fibbs moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leer throws a jab when Fibbs was well out of range.
Fibbs lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fibbs tries to clinch but Leer is having none of it.
A punch combination from Leer misses.
Fibbs moves away from the strike by Leer.
Fibbs has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Franklin Fibbs has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leer cracks a nice hook into Fibbs's ribs.
Fibbs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Leer.
Fibbs tries to clinch there but Leer circles away.
Leer lands a nice shot to the body.
Fibbs moves in looking to clinch but Leer pushes him off.
Leer throws an overhand right that lands on Fibbs's shoulder, as Fibbs tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fibbs sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Fibbs has managed to clinch.

Fibbs has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Leer uses from the top position.
Leer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fibbs working a defensive guard here.

Fibbs is looking for a triangle but Leer pushes his legs off easily.

That's four 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.

Fibbs is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Leer is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Leer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Fibbs has his foot on Leer's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Leer works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franklin Fibbs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franklin Fibbs's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Leer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Leer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fibbs is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leer prevents the takedown attempt.
Fibbs lands a nice shot to the body.
Leer wants to get back to striking at distance but Fibbs won't allow it.
Leer has a couple of punches blocked by Fibbs.
Leer can't find room to land a body shot as Fibbs controls the action.
Fibbs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leer avoids it.
Leer tries to break free but Fibbs pushes him back against the cage.
Leer is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Fibbs's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fibbs blocks a body shot from Leer.
Leer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fibbs misses with an elbow over the top.
Fibbs stalling the fight.
Leer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fibbs has Leer pressed against the cage, preventing Leer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Fibbs decides to pull guard.

Fibbs looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Fibbs had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Leer defends it easily.
Fibbs is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leer controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Fibbs escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Leer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fibbs looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Fibbs is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Fibbs throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brawl Leer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Franklin Fibbs's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Leer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Leer looks to throw the jab but Fibbs is out of range.
Leer lands a body shot.
Leer misses with a straight right.
Fibbs misses with a body kick.
Fibbs tries to clinch but Leer moves out of range.
Fibbs moves out of range of the strikes.
Leer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Leer connects with a right hand. Fibbs shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leer avoids a kick to the body.
Fibbs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fibbs slips a jab and a cross from Leer.
Leer throws a hook to the side of Fibbs's head but Fibbs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Leer misses the target.
Leer throws a hook but Fibbs avoids it easily.
Leer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fibbs.
Fibbs slips a jab from Leer.
Leer throws a hook but Fibbs avoids it easily.
Leer throws the left hand but Fibbs avoids the punch easily.
Leer sizes up Fibbs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fibbs tries to clinch but Leer moves out of range.
Franklin Fibbs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fibbs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fibbs doesn't seem bothered though.
Fibbs tries to bum rush Leer with a series of wild strikes but Leer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leer lands a jab.
Leer misses with a few strikes there.
Leer lands a nice shot to the body.
Fibbs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leer.

Fibbs has taken the fight to the clinch.
Leer misses with a punch on the inside.
Leer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leer misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fibbs.
Fibbs lands an elbow inside.
Leer stops a takedown attempt from Fibbs.
Fibbs scores a nice knee to the body.
Leer throws a punch but it's blocked by Fibbs.
Fibbs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fibbs tries to land knees in the clinch but Leer avoids the damage to the body.
Fibbs blocks an uppercut.
Fibbs lands an elbow that stopped Leer in his tracks for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Fibbs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fibbs has Leer pushed against the cage.
Fibbs landing knees to the body.
Leer tries to work over Fibbs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leer throws a punch but it's blocked by Fibbs.
Fibbs wants a takedown.
Fibbs lands a nice elbow.
Fibbs lands an elbow just above Leer 's eye.
Fibbs lands a damaging elbow.
Fibbs putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Leer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fibbs lands a damaging elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leer.
Leer misses with some punches.

Fibbs ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Fibbs no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Fibbs has his foot on Leer's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Leer works his way back into a safe position though.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fibbs is looking for a triangle but Leer pushes his legs off easily.

Fibbs looking for a guillotine here but Leer defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brawl Leer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Leer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brawl Leer!