PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jared Leto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willie O brian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jared Leto had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Leto
vs
O brian

180 cm
20
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Deadly Clothing

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jared Leto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willie O brian!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leto swats away the attempt to clinch by O brian.
Leto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. O brian defends it nicely.
Leto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Leto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
O brian gets full guard.
O brian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
O brian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Leto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Leto trying to control the position from guard on top but O brian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O brian striking off his back but it's not causing Leto any problems.
Leto postures up and lands a big shot to O brian's brow.
Leto trying to control but O brian is working from the bottom.
O brian managing to control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now O brian is on top in guard.
O brian throws and elbow that misses. Leto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in O brian's guard. Nice move by Leto!
O brian looking for a sweep. Not yet O brian, not yet.
O brian looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Leto puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
O brian missing with punches from the bottom.
O brian has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Leto is working away from the top position though.
Leto prevents O brian from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
O brian looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leto has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jared Leto. That's going to take a lot out of him.

O brian moves into range and clinches up with Leto.

Leto manages to break the clinch.
Leto misses with a head kick.
O brian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leto tries to close the distance and clinch up but O brian swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Leto drives through and clinches with O brian against the ropes.

Leto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O brian throws a sloppy head kick and Leto moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Leto changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. O brian looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Leto is breathing heavily.

Leto working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
O brian is looking to regain half guard here but Leto keeps moving and retains side control.
Leto wants to control but O brian is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Leto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
O brian lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leto circles away quickly and effectively.
O brian fails to land with a series of punches.
O brian throws a series of punches but Leto moves out of range.
O brian throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leto.
O brian tries to clinch but Leto moves out of range.
O brian tries to clinch there but Leto circles away.
Leto shoots in looking for a takedown. O brian tries to sprawl out of it but Leto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. O brian manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
O brian misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jared Leto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leto throws a combination. O brian tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jared Leto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Leto scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
O brian tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Leto easily slips into full mount!
O brian wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
O brian looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
O brian can't escape the position.
Leto avoiding O brian 's attempts to control his hands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Leto is looking for a rear naked choke here but O brian reverses the position brilliantly into Leto's guard!
Leto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. O brian manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O brian is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Leto not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
O brian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
O brian manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Leto holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as O brian tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
O brian thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Leto regains half guard.
Leto moves into full guard.
Leto pulls O brian in to control the position.
Leto keeping moving, preventing O brian from controlling successfully.
Leto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O brian wants to pass the guard but Leto is keeping the position.
Leto lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for O brian!
Leto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Leto is standing up, even though he is in mount.
An inside leg kick from Leto misses.
Leto tries to close the distance and clinch but O brian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leto shoots in looking for a takedown. O brian tries to sprawl out of it but Leto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. O brian manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
O brian darts in trying to clinch

and Leto decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in O brian's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leto wants to pass the guard but O brian is keeping the position.
Leto seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
O brian is trying to control the position but Leto postures up.
O brian doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Leto looking to pass the guard.
O brian is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Leto wants to control from the top but O brian keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jared Leto dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Leto avoids the head kick by O brian.
O brian wants to clinch up but Leto keeps it at a distance.

O brian forces Leto back against the ropes and clinches.
Leto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Leto drops to a knee looking for a takedown but O brian gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Leto is looking to break free of the clinch but O brian has double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O brian prevents the takedown attempt.
O brian looking for a takedown.

Leto has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics O brian uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O brian won't allow Leto to sweep him here.
O brian postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
O brian postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leto keeping moving, preventing O brian from controlling successfully.
O brian throws a strike but Leto rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Leto wants to control from the top but O brian keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if O brian can do anything to dispel that myth.
O brian trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Leto wants to stand but O brian has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
O brian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Leto fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. O brian sprawls well initially but Leto persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
O brian is trying to get back to full guard.
Jared Leto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
O brian missing with punches from the bottom.
Leto slows the pace down in half guard.
O brian gets full guard.
O brian working a defensive guard here.
Leto trying to control but O brian is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O brian controls Leto momentarily but Leto frees himself.
Leto controlling from the top position.
O brian is trying to keep Leto in close.
Leto wants to control from the top but O brian keeps moving.
Leto stopping the sweep attempt from O brian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Leto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O brian.
Willie O brian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leto tries to clinch there but O brian circles away.
O brian tries to clinch but Leto is having none of it.

Leto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Leto gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
O brian throws a nice head kick!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O brian misses with a head kick.
Leto fails in his attempt to clinch.
O brian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jared Leto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Leto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jared Leto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Leto, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jared Leto!