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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Leigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan De Wilde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan De Wilde has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 lbs
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176 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Leigh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jordan De Wilde!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Wilde feints and then cracks Leigh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leigh down.
De Wilde connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Leigh's hands.
Leigh misses with a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Leigh. No joy for De Wilde on that attempt.
Leigh slips a straight right by De Wilde.
De Wilde lands a nice looking body shot.
Leigh misses with an uppercut. De Wilde saw that one coming.
Leigh misses the shot to the body.
De Wilde goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Leigh.
De Wilde misses with a hook.
De Wilde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leigh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leigh is looking to chop away at De Wilde's legs.
De Wilde lands with a hook. Leigh tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leigh misses with a body shot.
De Wilde misses with a looping right.
De Wilde moves out of range as Leigh strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses
and De Wilde counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Leigh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leigh has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nice body kick there by Leigh.
Leigh looks to land a body kick but De Wilde moved away.
De Wilde throws a big shot that misses.
A solid body kick from Leigh.
Leigh throws a push kick but De Wilde slaps the foot to one side.
Leigh pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Wilde is out of range and Leigh settles back down.
De Wilde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leigh throws a head kick but De Wilde moves out of range.
Leigh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Wilde.
A head kick from Leigh lands but De Wilde takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leigh lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde swings for the body but Leigh moves out of range.
Leigh rushes De Wilde and presses him up against the cage.
De Wilde goes for a takedown in the clinch but Leigh prevents it.
Leigh manages to break the clinch.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Wilde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leigh manages to avoid it.
Leigh slips under a jab from De Wilde.
Leigh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Both fighters circling a little - Leigh finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De Wilde connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leigh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Wilde can pounce on him.
De Wilde looks to land a right hand but Leigh moved out of range.
Leigh throws a lazy right hand but De Wilde sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh moves out of range of the body kick from De Wilde.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Wilde gets a takedown into half guard.
De Wilde not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Leigh is trying to stand up here but De Wilde is controlling him well.
De Wilde throwing shots but Leigh is blocking nicely.
De Wilde works his way into side control.
Leigh parries the strikes from De Wilde easily there. De Wilde is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Leigh to escape.
De Wilde grinds an elbow into Leigh's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Leigh defending against the ground and pound.
Leigh managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De Wilde.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
De Wilde throwing shots but missing, from side control.
De Wilde lands some shots froms side control.
De Wilde looks up at the clock and then as Leigh takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, De Wilde smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
De Wilde postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
De Wilde has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Leigh can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Wilde throws an elbow but Leigh slips to the side and avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan De Wilde dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Leigh on the wrong end of a nice hook.
De Wilde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leigh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Wilde.
De Wilde throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
De Wilde connects with a body shot.
De Wilde misses with a kick to the body.
Leigh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Wilde moves away.
Leigh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Wilde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Leigh.
De Wilde scores with a body shot.
Leigh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jordan De Wilde seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Wilde misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Wilde tries to work over Leigh's front leg with a kick but Leigh checks it.
Leigh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Leigh moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Wilde feints and then cracks Leigh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leigh down.
Leigh throws a low kick, looking for De Wilde's leg but De Wilde calmly moves out of range.
De Wilde throws a shot from downtown. Leigh moves away and avoids it.
De Wilde connects with a body shot.
Leigh blocks the body kick.
Leigh lands with a slapping head kick.
De Wilde tries to score with a low kick but Leigh moves his leg out of the way.
De Wilde swings for the body but Leigh moves out of range.
De Wilde ducks under a wild hook from Leigh.
Leigh stuffs the takedown attempt from De Wilde. De Wilde gets slowly back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leigh. De Wilde does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Wilde checks a leg kick.
Jab, jab by De Wilde - just one landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leigh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Wilde checks it well.
De Wilde scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Wilde is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Leigh misses with a hook. De Wilde ducked under it nicely.
De Wilde throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leigh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Wilde can pounce on him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Wilde.
De Wilde blocks a low kick nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leigh.
De Wilde moves away from the strike by Leigh.
De Wilde on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh scores with a head kick.
Leigh takes one on the button.
De Wilde will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bryan Leigh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jordan De Wilde.
De Wilde misses with a straight right.
De Wilde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Wilde takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
De Wilde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leigh misses with a body shot.
De Wilde throws a looping overhand right but Leigh ducks down to avoid it.
De Wilde walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Wilde lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leigh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leigh throws a low kick, looking for De Wilde's leg but De Wilde calmly moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leigh takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leigh looks to land a body kick but De Wilde moved away.
Leigh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Wilde fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Leigh checks the leg kick nicely there.
Leigh scores with a head kick.
Leigh throws a leg kick but De Wilde checks it.
Leigh takes a swing at De Wilde's ribcage but misses.
Bryan Leigh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leigh goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Wilde connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Leigh takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De Wilde throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Leigh's waist but Leigh gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing De Wilde off to one side.
De Wilde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan De Wilde showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
De Wilde shoots for a takedown but Leigh saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leigh. That's going to slow De Wilde down.
De Wilde feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leigh's calf.
De Wilde throws a body kick that misses
and De Wilde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Wilde blocks a head kick by Leigh.
Leigh checks a low kick from De Wilde.
Leigh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Leigh looks to land a left hand but De Wilde moved out of range nicely.
De Wilde chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Leigh misses the target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Wilde.
Leigh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Wilde can pounce on him.
De Wilde throws a shot from downtown. Leigh moves away and avoids it.
De Wilde fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Wilde darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
De Wilde winds up and cracks Leigh with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Leigh tries to get to full guard but De Wilde has control of the leg.
De Wilde working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
De Wilde working the head and body with strikes.
Leigh is not content to let De Wilde control the position.
De Wilde looks to land a strike but Leigh avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde wants to pass the guard but Leigh is keeping the position.
De Wilde is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
De Wilde with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Wilde throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Wilde working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Leigh has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Wilde trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh keeping moving, preventing De Wilde from controlling successfully.
Leigh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Wilde.
De Wilde postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Wilde in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Wilde distracts Leigh with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Leigh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leigh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Wilde.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Wilde accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De Wilde trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde is pushing down on Leigh's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leigh is fighting to maintain full guard but De Wilde has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jordan De Wilde has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Wilde throwing shots but Leigh is blocking nicely.
De Wilde is trying to control the action in half guard but Leigh is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Wilde not landing any meaningful shots this time.
De Wilde thows a huge punch but Leigh dodges it nicely.
De Wilde trying to control from half guard but Leigh is working away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Wilde scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Wilde thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan De Wilde really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De Wilde connects with an inside leg kick.
De Wilde shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Leigh defends it nicely.
Leigh misses with an attempted mid kick.
Leigh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leigh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Wilde misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
De Wilde scores with a kick to the midsection.
Leigh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Wilde shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Leigh keeping full guard, as De Wilde tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Wilde throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Wilde throws a strike but Leigh rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
De Wilde pushes Leigh off and scrambles back to his feet.
De Wilde lands a body shot.
Leigh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Wilde.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde tries to work over Leigh's front leg with a kick but Leigh checks it.
De Wilde doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Wilde shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Wilde bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Leigh's head.
Good work by De Wilde as he checks the leg kick.
De Wilde thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Leigh if he has to take too many more of those.
Leigh stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Leigh wants it to stay on the feet.
Bryan Leigh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jordan De Wilde.
Leigh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Wilde keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Wilde looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Leigh is fending him off so far but De Wilde persists. Nope, Leigh circles away and we're back to standing.
Leigh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leigh looks for the body kick but De Wilde saw that one coming.
Leigh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Wilde throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Wilde lands a lovely overhand right.
Leigh throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Wilde shoots in looking for a takedown. Leigh tries to sprawl out of it but De Wilde keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Leigh manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
De Wilde is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
De Wilde throws a low kick but Leigh avoids it.
Leigh throws a leg kick but De Wilde sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leigh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Leigh fakes the leg kick and cracks De Wilde in the body.
De Wilde uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leigh motions for De Wilde to come forward. Leigh throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Wilde cracks the inside of Leigh's front leg.
De Wilde sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Leigh throws a head kick that misses.
Leigh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Leigh lands with a kick to the temple. De Wilde shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Leigh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Wilde shoots for a double leg takedown but Leigh sprawls well. He's pushed De Wilde's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leigh throws a jab but it's blocked by De Wilde.
De Wilde has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Leigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Wilde.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leigh lands with a right hand.
Leigh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leigh tries to move into range but De Wilde moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan De Wilde dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Leigh wants to slow De Wilde down by chopping away at his legs.
De Wilde defending well as Leigh loads up on a big left hand.
Leigh walks into a jab.
Leigh wants to clinch.
Leigh throws a head kick but De Wilde moves out of range.
De Wilde feints and then cracks Leigh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leigh down.
Leigh lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Wilde's sensitive parts.
Leigh throws a sloppy head kick and De Wilde moves out of range easily.
Leigh dips to his left and cracks De Wilde with an uppercut!
Leigh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Leigh throws a leg kick but De Wilde checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leigh throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Wilde throws a low kick but Leigh moves out of range easily.
Leigh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Wilde connects with a looping right hand.
A lazy body kick from De Wilde
and Leigh counters with a right hand to the body.
Leigh slips under a jab from De Wilde.
De Wilde checks a low kick from Leigh.
Leigh misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Wilde takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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.
Leigh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Wilde takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Wilde.
De Wilde fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leigh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Wilde connects with an inside leg kick.
De Wilde slips a jab from Leigh.
De Wilde throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Wilde chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Wilde uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leigh.
Leigh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Wilde misses with an uppercut. Leigh saw that one coming.
De Wilde throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Leigh tries a low kick but De Wilde avoids it.
De Wilde lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
De Wilde tries to land a leg kick but Leigh saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Wilde.
Leigh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Wilde fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Leigh.
De Wilde misses with a leg kick
and Leigh counters with a solid body kick.
Leigh lands an overhand right.
De Wilde uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leigh.
De Wilde connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Wilde bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Leigh's head backwards.
De Wilde slips a straight right by Leigh.
De Wilde connects with a single shot there.
De Wilde tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde scores with a decent looking hook.
Leigh lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Wilde scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Wilde fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Leigh.
Leigh stuffs the takedown.
Leigh swings for the body but De Wilde moves out of range.
De Wilde feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leigh's calf.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Leigh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Wilde has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Wilde and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Leigh moves forwards but De Wilde connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bryan Leigh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leigh throws a leg kick which misses De Wilde's front leg but catches the back leg as De Wilde tries to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good work by Leigh as he checks the leg kick.
De Wilde throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice straight punches there by De Wilde. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Wilde.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jordan De Wilde.
I've got De Wilde 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 45:50
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 45:50
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan De Wilde!
Jordan De Wilde is the new welterweight champion!
Jordan De Wilde decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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