PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Woodstock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leary comes into the arena with Dangermouse blaring out of the sound system. Woodstock has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Mark Leary has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Leary
vs
Woodstock

186 cm
26
182 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

185 cm
26
182 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Leary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andy Woodstock!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leary lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Woodstock circles away quickly and effectively.
Woodstock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leary.
Woodstock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Woodstock throws a push kick but Leary slaps the foot to one side.
Woodstock scoring well with a low kick there.
Woodstock shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Woodstock throws the kick towards the body but Leary avoids it.

Leary shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Woodstock's guard.
Woodstock trying to keep a closed guard but Leary is proving a slippery customer.

Woodstock has an active guard here but Leary has managed to pass into half guard.
Woodstock is refusing to be controlled, as Leary sits in half guard.

Woodstock looking for submissions off his back.
Leary looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodstock tries to kick Leary off but Leary keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Leary is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Woodstock defends it well.

Leary is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leary controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Woodstock is looking to improve his position.
Leary trying to pass the guard but Woodstock defending well.
Leary controlling the action here.
Leary prevents Woodstock from improving his position.
Woodstock trying to hold on to Leary's head to control him but Leary postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leary is controlling the pace.
Leary prevents Woodstock from improving his position.
Leary looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Leary looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Woodstock is fending him off so far but Leary persists. Nope, Woodstock circles away and we're back to standing.
Leary misses with a few strikes there.

Leary shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Woodstock's guard.
Woodstock keeping moving, preventing Leary from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodstock trying to keep a closed guard but Leary is proving a slippery customer.

Woodstock looking for a guillotine here but Leary defends easily.
Woodstock looking for a sweep. Not yet Woodstock, not yet.
Leary 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leary wants to pass the guard but Woodstock is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Leary dominated that round.
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.

Woodstock throws a push kick but Leary slaps the foot to one side.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Leary crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Woodstock - the referee stops the clock and Leary gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Woodstock. Leary manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Leary scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circling - Leary throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leary shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Woodstock sprawls well. Woodstock wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Leary gets slowly back to his feet.
Woodstock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Woodstock throws a head kick but Leary moves out of range.
Woodstock is looking to land body kicks.
Leary misses with the combination.
Woodstock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leary misses with a two punch combination.
Leary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woodstock.
Leary shoots in for a takedown but Woodstock shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woodstock throws a push kick but Leary slaps the foot to one side.
Leary looks for a takedown but Woodstock sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Leary. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woodstock displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Leary.
A good leg kick by Woodstock.
Leary shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Woodstock misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leary misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Woodstock.
Leary misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Woodstock is looking to land body kicks.

Leary drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leary postures up.
Woodstock wants to sweep but no luck.
Woodstock keeping moving, preventing Leary from controlling successfully.
Leary looking to sit in guard and control but Woodstock gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Leary keeping moving, preventing Woodstock from controlling successfully.
Leary working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Woodstock gets to his feet. Leary looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Woodstock feints and then cracks Leary's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leary down.

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

Woodstock defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Leary.
Woodstock is looking to improve his position but Leary isn't that keen on the idea.
Leary looking to control but Woodstock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Woodstock regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Leary seems content to control.
Leary is looking to stall here but Woodstock recovers full guard.
Woodstock working a defensive guard here.

Leary got a little sloppy there for a moment and Woodstock has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Leary has managed to get both his arms back between Woodstock's legs - danger averted.
Leary trying to control the position from guard on top but Woodstock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leary is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Leary stopping the sweep attempt from Woodstock.
Leary advances position into side control!
Woodstock gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Woodstock is squirming around, avoiding Leary's attempts to control the action.
Woodstock slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Woodstock 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! This is the final round!

Woodstock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leary's calf.
Leary tries for a takedown but Woodstock sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Woodstock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leary.
Woodstock misses with a head kick.
Leary moves out of range of the body kick from Woodstock.
Leary throws a series of strikes that have Woodstock backpedaling.
Leary shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Woodstock defends it nicely.
Leary shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Leary. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leary shoots in and drives through. Woodstock sprawls well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Woodstock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Woodstock thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Leary if he has to take too many more of those.
Leary tries to clinch there but Woodstock circles away.
Woodstock looks for the body kick but Leary saw that one coming.
Woodstock stalks Leary and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Leary's face. Leary staggers backwards, shaken.
Woodstock explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Leary, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Woodstock throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Leary keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Woodstock. That's going to slow Leary down.
Leary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Woodstock.
Woodstock misses with a combination
and Leary counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leary is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodstock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Leary tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leary on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Woodstock. Woodstock obviously looking to wear him down.
Woodstock scores with a push kick.

Leary shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Leary showed some decent athleticism there.

Woodstock actively working from the bottom here.
Leary trying to control from half guard but Woodstock is working away.
Woodstock works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leary controlling from the top position.
Woodstock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Woodstock working a defensive guard here.
Leary wants to control from the top but Woodstock keeps moving.

Woodstock looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Leary wants to control from the top but Woodstock keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Leary drops back, looking for a kneebar! Woodstock looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Woodstock looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Woodstock!
Woodstock laying and praying for a moment but Leary takes advantage and regains half guard.
Woodstock is thwarting Leary's attempts to control the position.
Woodstock trying to control from half guard but Leary is working away.
Leary is trying to stand back up but Woodstock is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Woodstock is just content to waste time from the top position. Leary takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Leary is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Leary performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Leary wants to pass to mount but Woodstock is defending the position.
Woodstock is not content to let Leary control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Woodstock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Woodstock has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy Woodstock!