PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Leroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Aster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Aster's choice of entrance music: Immigrant Song. Bill Aster has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Leroy
vs
Aster

195 cm
24
214 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

186 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Leroy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Aster!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Aster tries for a takedown but Leroy manages to get underhooks.
Aster jumps guard but Leroy stands there with Aster around his waist. Aster gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Leroy prevents Aster from breaking the clinch.

Leroy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leroy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bruce Leroy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Aster.
Aster fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Leroy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aster swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leroy is looking to clinch.
Aster showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leroy.

Leroy clinches.

Leroy has hold of one of Aster's legs. Aster is fighting the takedown attempt but Leroy gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Leroy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Leroy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Leroy throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leroy landing with the ground and pound.
Leroy postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aster working a defensive guard here.
Aster wants to sweep here but Leroy controlling him for the moment.

Aster looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Aster is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Leroy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Aster's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Leroy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Leroy's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Aster is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leroy with a nice head shot there.
Aster wants to stand up but Leroy is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Leroy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aster is looking for a triangle but Leroy pushes his legs off easily.
Leroy 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.
Leroy is working Aster over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Leroy connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Leroy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Leroy is working Aster over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Leroy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Leroy preventing the sweep.
Aster looks gassed!
Leroy forces his way into half guard.
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!
Leroy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Leroy slows the pace down in half guard.
Leroy trying to mount his opponent but Aster defends it.
Leroy working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aster is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Leroy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Leroy's back!
Leroy turns into Aster and is now in his guard.
Leroy lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Aster working for a triangle but Leroy defends it easily.
Leroy with a nice head shot there.
Leroy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Leroy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Leroy working some strikes from top position.
Leroy landing with the ground and pound.
Aster is controlling Leroy's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroy landing some decent shots from guard.
Leroy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Leroy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aster is looking to stand up but Leroy isn't so interested in that idea.
Leroy trying to control the position from guard on top but Aster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leroy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aster's guard.
Leroy 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Leroy lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aster is pressing down on Leroy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Leroy trying to control but Aster is working from the bottom.
Leroy throwing strikes from guard but Aster blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leroy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Leroy tries to close the distance and clinch but Aster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aster shoots in and drives through. Leroy sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from Leroy. No joy for Aster on that attempt.

Aster gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Aster manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Leroy manages to get himself to full guard.

Aster 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.
Leroy lands some strikes from the bottom.

Leroy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Leroy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Leroy is trying to control the position but Aster postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy keeping moving, preventing Aster from controlling successfully.
Leroy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Aster working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Leroy lands a decent punch to the body there.
Leroy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aster's guard.
Aster preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aster working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Leroy.
Leroy is looking to advance position but Aster has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Leroy is trying to escape the mount.
The referee warns Leroy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Aster wants to control the pace but Leroy is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Leroy flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Aster gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Leroy has Aster up against the cage in a clinch.

Leroy lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aster has his hands clasped together around Leroy's back. He's all about the action.
Aster taking some punishment here, with Leroy in his half guard.
Leroy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Leroy looking to finish Aster with some ground and pound. This is bad for Aster!
Aster is squirming around, avoiding Leroy's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leroy lands a big shot there that rocks Aster but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Leroy prevents Aster from getting the reversal.
Aster is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Leroy breaks from Aster's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Leroy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aster hang on?
Aster wants to control but Leroy is having none of it.
Leroy lands with some strikes.
Aster is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Leroy.
Leroy landing strikes from the mount and Aster is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroy looking to control but Aster is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Aster is looking to improve his position but Leroy isn't that keen on the idea.
Leroy with good strikes from the mount here!
Leroy landing strikes, looking to finish!
Aster is bucking up trying to escape but Leroy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Leroy cracks Aster with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Leroy dominating with strikes here.
Leroy with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aster is working to get back to half guard.
Leroy dominating with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aster working to try and regain half guard.
Leroy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leroy dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Aster gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Aster trying to keep a closed guard but Leroy is proving a slippery customer.
Leroy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Leroy passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Leroy landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Aster is looking to reverse the position.
Leroy wants to control but Aster is keeping him busy.

Leroy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Aster knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Aster is trying to control Leroy's posture but Leroy avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leroy tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aster is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Leroy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aster keeps working.
Aster is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Leroy's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Aster looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Aster trying to control here.
Leroy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two 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.
Leroy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Leroy wants to control but Aster is keeping him busy.
Aster has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Leroy is working away from the top position though.
Leroy passes to full mount!
Leroy prevents Aster from getting the reversal.
Aster is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Leroy unloading with bombs!
Leroy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Leroy with a couple of short strikes.
Aster in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Leroy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aster tries to lock up and control but Leroy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Leroy.
Leroy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aster hang on?
Aster is working to get back to half guard.
Leroy with a couple of short strikes.
Leroy lands a big elbow.
Leroy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aster is looking to escape.
Leroy working Aster over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Leroy.
Aster in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroy content just to control the position here.
Aster is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Leroy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aster hang on?
Bruce Leroy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leroy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Leroy landing shots from mount.
Leroy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aster can do to turn this around?
Leroy cracks Aster with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Aster wants to hold on but Leroy pushes him away.

Aster defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Leroy.
Aster tries to reverse the position but Leroy maintains control.
Bill Aster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Leroy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leroy 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Leroy!