PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Leary has chosen one day like this as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Brian Watson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Brian Watson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Watson
vs
O Leary

180 cm
26
180 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

178 cm
26
178 lbs
23 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy O Leary!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Watson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. O Leary sprawls well initially but Watson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Watson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Watson throwing shots but O Leary is blocking nicely.
Watson with the ground and pound but O Leary uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Watson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Watson wants to control from the top but O Leary keeps moving.
Watson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Watson wants to control from the top but O Leary keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throws and elbow that misses. O Leary uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Watson's guard. Nice move by O Leary!

Watson wriggles free and stands up.
O Leary is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.

O Leary gets a clinch.
Watson is looking to break free of the clinch but O Leary has double underhooks.
O Leary tries to land knees in the clinch but Watson avoids the damage to the body.
O Leary pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
O Leary gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watson tries to circle away but O Leary has him pinned against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Watson as O Leary tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Watson has denied him.
O Leary lands a nice uppercut.
O Leary lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Brian Watson has been cut.
O Leary is looking to control Watson's arms but Watson gets an underhook and turns him. Now O Leary has his back to the cage.
O Leary lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. O Leary avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Come on O Leary - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Watson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Leary stuns Watson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Watson throws a body kick that misses.
Watson digs a good body shot into O Leary's ribs.
Paddy O Leary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary blocks the body kick.
O Leary misses with a few strikes there.
O Leary misses with a hook.
A nice combination there by Watson.
Watson throws a head kick that misses.
O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Watson is breathing heavily.
O Leary misses with a few strikes there.
Paddy O Leary is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watson has his takedown stuffed
and O Leary counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Leary. O Leary obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Leary uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by O Leary.
O Leary fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Leary misses with a straight right.
O Leary leaves Watson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Watson throws a body punch but O Leary moves out of range.
Watson throws a body punch but O Leary moves out of range.
Watson throws out a loose jab but O Leary uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Leary connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Watson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

O Leary pushes Watson up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Leary will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Watson up against the cage.
Watson takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paddy O Leary dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
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.

O Leary throws a quick inside leg kick.
Watson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Leary was well out of range. Poor timing from Watson.
A big right from O Leary misses.
Watson is looking to wear down O Leary with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
O Leary uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watson.
Watson misses with an attempted mid kick.
O Leary throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paddy O Leary seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Leary.
Watson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around O Leary's waist but O Leary gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Watson off to one side.
O Leary pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Watson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Leary.
Watson misses with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Watson, as that shot connected.
Brian Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watson checks a low kick from O Leary.
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Leary is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.
Watson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watson closes the distance and clinches up with O Leary, looking for a takedown. Watson pushes O Leary against the cage but O Leary circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Leary tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Watson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Leary tries to clinch up.
Watson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. O Leary checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown but O Leary manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Watson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson scores with a nice head shot.
O Leary tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
O Leary tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
O Leary takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
O Leary misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Leary throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Watson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Leary rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but O Leary avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Leary scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice takedown defense from O Leary. No joy for Watson on that attempt.
Watson blocks a jab.
O Leary throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

O Leary moves into the clinch.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from O Leary.
O Leary connects with a knee to the head.
O Leary tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
O Leary misses with a knee to the head.
Watson has had enough of the clinch but O Leary keeps him there for the moment.
O Leary prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary misses with a knee strike.
O Leary unloads a knee to the mid-section. Watson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
O Leary is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
O Leary lands an elbow inside that Watson shrugs off.
O Leary crunches a lovely knee into Watson's ribcage.
O Leary connects with a knee to the head.
O Leary with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Leary lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Leary landing some nice looking knees 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!
O Leary unloads a knee to the mid-section. Watson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
O Leary landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary lands a knee to the head.
O Leary tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Leary gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
O Leary trying to stall but Watson improves his position.
Watson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Watson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by O Leary.

Watson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Watson wants to control for a moment but O Leary uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson prevents O Leary from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paddy O Leary showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but O Leary avoids it really well and circles away.
O Leary fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
O Leary doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
O Leary keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Leary fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Watson dives in and grabs O Leary's left leg, looking for a takedown. O Leary pushes down on Watson's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Leary goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Watson moves out of range of the strikes.
Watson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Leary can pounce on him.
O Leary doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary misses the body punch

so Watson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
O Leary preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now O Leary is on top in guard.
O Leary wants to control from the top but Watson keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells O Leary's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Watson is looking to stand up but O Leary isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Leary is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Leary throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from O Leary.
O Leary slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Paddy O Leary was stalling too much, according to the referee.
O Leary fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Leary moves out of range of the body kick from Watson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Leary connects with a leg kick. Watson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice defenses there by Watson.

O Leary closes the distance and clinches.
O Leary throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Leary with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from O Leary.
O Leary throws an elbow but it misses.
O Leary misses with a knee to the head.
O Leary landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Leary tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watson avoids it.

Watson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary moves in looking to clinch but Watson pushes him off.
O Leary lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Leary connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
O Leary connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Watson darts in and clinches O Leary up against the cage.
O Leary looking to slow down the pace here.
Watson avoiding damage as O Leary throws knees to the body.
O Leary prevents the takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Leary tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watson avoids it.
Watson can't break the clinch.
O Leary is pushing Watson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paddy O Leary really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
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.

Watson fails to land the takedown.
O Leary throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watson has a takedown stuffed.
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
O Leary turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Watson misses with a body shot.
Watson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Leary throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
O Leary lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Watson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
O Leary tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
O Leary scoring well with a low kick there.
Watson lands a jab to O Leary's midsection.
O Leary walks into a straight right hand from Watson.
Watson swinging wildly here.
Watson keeps the fight on the outside.
A low kick from Watson is predictable there

and O Leary counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by O Leary.
Watson working hard to break the clinch.
O Leary comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Watson prevents a body shot from O Leary.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to break free.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
O Leary is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watson is defending well for now.
Watson is looking to break free of the clinch but O Leary has double underhooks.
O Leary misses with a knee strike.
O Leary just leaning against Watson, taking a breather.
Watson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Leary.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson is looking to break free of the clinch but O Leary has double underhooks.
Paddy O Leary seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Watson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Watson manages to end up in side control.
Watson trying to control the action but O Leary is working from the bottom.
Watson fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and O Leary works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
O Leary is looking for a sweep. Watson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Watson is trying to control. O Leary wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
O Leary taking some punishment here, with Watson in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Leary wants to control but Watson is keeping busy.
Watson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but O Leary does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson not doing much here.
Watson trying to control the action but O Leary is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brian Watson wasn't doing enough on the ground.

O Leary clinches up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Leary tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Leary trying to control the position but instead, Watson has worked for underhooks and has pushed O Leary into the cage.
O Leary prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Paddy O Leary will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Watson looks to score with a jab to the body but O Leary is just out of range.
O Leary blocks a head kick by Watson.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
O Leary thuds his right hand into Watson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
O Leary missing with a left hand there. Watson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by O Leary.
O Leary swinging wildly here.
Watson throws a right hand that O Leary ducks under and follows up with a left that O Leary also avoids with ease.
Watson misses with a wild combination.
O Leary ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
O Leary connects with a leg kick. Watson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
O Leary looks to throw the jab but Watson is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson with a nice cross.

O Leary clinches up against the cage.
Watson blocks an elbow strike from O Leary.
O Leary with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watson can't break the clinch.

Watson breaks the clinch.
O Leary avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Leary fakes the leg kick and cracks Watson in the body.
No joy there for Watson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Leary thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watson blocks a jab.
Watson swings for the body but O Leary moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary checks a leg kick.
O Leary's corner calls for a 1-2. O Leary obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
O Leary avoiding damage.

Watson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Leary, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watson misses with a leg kick
and O Leary counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watson's knee momentarily.
Brian Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Leary fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A jab from O Leary misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by O Leary.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Watson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
O Leary slaps away a takedown attempt from Watson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Watson takes a swing at O Leary's ribcage but misses.
Watson jabs O Leary to the body, keeping him at a distance.
O Leary fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Leary tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Leary throws a leg kick which misses Watson's front leg but catches the back leg as Watson tries to avoid it.
O Leary takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Watson misses with a lunging right hand
and O Leary counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Leary instigates a clinch.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
O Leary lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
O Leary trying to stall but Watson improves his position.
The referee calls for O Leary to work.
Watson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
O Leary is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watson is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson wants to get back to striking at distance but O Leary won't allow it.
O Leary looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Paddy O Leary is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Watson is trying to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paddy O Leary comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got O Leary 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paddy O Leary!
Paddy O Leary is the new welterweight champion!