PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Leeroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leeroy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boondocks Theme Song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Wagner
vs
Leeroy

176 cm
30
166 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

174 cm
26
155 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kurt Wagner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Leeroy!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wagner throws a shot from downtown. Leeroy moves away and avoids it.
Wagner misses the shot to the body.
Leeroy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Leeroy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leeroy looks to land a left hand but Wagner moved out of range nicely.
Wagner stuns Leeroy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leeroy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wagner scores with a leg kick.
Wagner misses with a looping left.
Leeroy swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Leeroy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner lands with a shot to the body.
Leeroy throws a looping overhand right but Wagner ducks down to avoid it.
Wagner lands with a straight right. Leeroy didn't see that one coming.
Wagner takes a jab right on the kisser.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leeroy. Wagner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leeroy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leeroy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wagner. Wagner obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from Wagner misses
and Leeroy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wagner thinking.
Leeroy jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wagner tries to move into range but Leeroy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wagner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Leeroy as he avoids it easily.
Wagner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Leeroy circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leeroy, right into the meat.
Wagner shoots in but Leeroy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kurt Wagner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leeroy throws a low kick, looking for Wagner's leg but Wagner calmly moves out of range.
Wagner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Leeroy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy just misses with a punch to the body.
Leeroy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wagner.
Leeroy looks to score with a jab to the body but Wagner is just out of range.
Leeroy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wagner.
Leeroy catches Wagner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wagner checks the leg kick.
Leeroy slaps away a takedown attempt from Wagner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A good leg kick by Leeroy.
Leeroy misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy lands a right hook to the body.

Leeroy gets caught napping as Wagner dives in and scores a takedown. Leeroy manages to retain guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Wagner wants to control from the top but Leeroy keeps moving.
Leeroy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wagner's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leeroy wants to control from the top but Wagner keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruce Leeroy will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Leeroy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wagner.
Wagner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Leeroy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wagner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wagner tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leeroy is able to avoid easily.
Leeroy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leeroy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wagner on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leeroy. Leeroy obviously looking to wear him down.
Leeroy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leeroy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wagner's calf.
A head kick misses from Leeroy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leeroy tries to work over Wagner's front leg with a kick but Wagner checks it.
Leeroy throws a leg kick which misses Wagner's front leg but catches the back leg as Wagner tries to avoid it.
Leeroy tried to score with a low kick but Wagner checks it.
Wagner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Leeroy wants to slow Wagner down by chopping away at his legs.
Leeroy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leeroy cracks Wagner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wagner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Leeroy lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wagner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wagner shoots in but Leeroy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bruce Leeroy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wagner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bruce Leeroy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jab from Leeroy.
Leeroy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wagner was well out of range. Poor timing from Leeroy.
Leeroy misses with a low kick.
Leeroy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Leeroy tries to close the distance and clinch but Wagner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Leeroy. No joy for Wagner on that attempt.
Leeroy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wagner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leeroy.
Leeroy scoring well with a low kick there.
Leeroy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Leeroy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wagner slips a jab and a cross from Leeroy.
Wagner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Leeroy walks into a straight right hand from Wagner.
Wagner moves out of range of the strikes.
Leeroy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wagner tries to avoid it but Leeroy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wagner to the ground. Wagner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy leaves Wagner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kurt Wagner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wagner tried to score with a low kick but Leeroy checks it.
Leeroy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner misses with a leg kick
and Leeroy counters with an inside leg kick.
Leeroy thumps Wagner with a low kick.
Leeroy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wagner checks a low kick from Leeroy.
Leeroy misses with a looping right.
Leeroy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leeroy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leeroy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wagner.
Wagner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Leeroy throws a leg kick which misses Wagner's front leg but catches the back leg as Wagner tries to avoid it.
Leeroy swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner throws a leg kick
and Leeroy counters with a thumping low kick.
Leeroy swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Leeroy lands a head shot.
Leeroy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice jab there from Leeroy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wagner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leeroy.
Leeroy tries to bum rush Wagner with a series of wild strikes but Wagner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leeroy misses with a hook.
Wagner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Leeroy scores with a nice right hand.
Leeroy lands a head kick!

It looks like Kurt Wagner has been cut.
Leeroy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Leeroy lands a jab to Wagner's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leeroy lands with a kick to the temple. Wagner shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy thows a body shot but no joy.
Wagner scores with a kick to the body.
Leeroy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wagner under the eye.
Leeroy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A telegraphed right hand from Leeroy misses the target.
Leeroy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wagner under the eye.
Leeroy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wagner throws a body punch but Leeroy moves out of range.
Wagner takes one on the button.
Wagner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Leeroy.
Wagner checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Leeroy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wagner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Leeroy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wagner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wagner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Leeroy blocks a head kick by Wagner.
That kick from Leeroy tenderised Wagner's leg. Wagner is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Leeroy.
Leeroy takes a swing at Wagner's ribcage but misses.
Leeroy catches Wagner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Leeroy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wagner throws a hook to the side of Leeroy's head but Leeroy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leeroy thuds a left hand into Wagner's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wagner 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.
Wagner checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leeroy really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Wagner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leeroy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leeroy lands a slapping body shot.
Leeroy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wagner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wagner throws a body punch but Leeroy moves out of range.
Leeroy takes a swing at Wagner's ribcage but misses.
Wagner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wagner takes a swing at Leeroy's ribcage but misses.
Leeroy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leeroy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wagner's head.
Wagner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Leeroy throws a solid leg kick but Wagner takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Leeroy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner misses with a looping right.
Leeroy throws out a powerful jab.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Wagner enables Leeroy to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Wagner manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Leeroy wants to control from the top but Wagner keeps moving.
Leeroy pushes down on Wagner's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wagner is trying to control but Leeroy passes into side control!
Wagner is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy advances to mount.
Leeroy trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy with a couple of short strikes.
Wagner wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Leeroy.
Leeroy is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Wagner is in real trouble.
Leeroy misses with punches from the back.

Wagner fending off the submission attempt from Leeroy.
A lull in the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner just trying to survive but Leeroy is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leeroy dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Wagner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Leeroy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Leeroy throws a solid leg kick but Wagner takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Leeroy.
Leeroy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wagners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Leeroy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wagner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wagner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leeroy was well out of range. Poor timing from Wagner.
Leeroy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wagner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leeroy at a distance.
Wagner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wagner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leeroy scores with a one two! Wagner had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wagner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leeroy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leeroy throws a chopping leg kick but Wagner manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leeroy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wagner takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Wagner tries to keep at a distance but Leeroy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wagner letting Leeroy take a breather here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wagner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Leeroy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Leeroy wants to break free but Wagner has control.
Wagner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wagner lands a hook that snaps the head of Leeroy backwards.
Wagner tries to work over Leeroy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wagner can't find room to land a body shot as Leeroy controls the action.
Wagner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Leeroy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wagner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leeroy.
Wagner tried to score with a low kick but Leeroy checks it.
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!
Leeroy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wagner lands a nice shot to the body.
Kurt Wagner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce Leeroy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner looks for a takedown but Leeroy sprawls well.
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.
Leeroy thows a body shot but no joy.
Wagner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leeroy lands a head kick!
Wagner misses the shot to the body.
Wagner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy thows a body shot but no joy.
Wagner looks to land a left hand but Leeroy moved out of range nicely.
Wagner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Leeroy under the eye.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wagner is defended easily by Leeroy.
A low kick from Wagner is predictable there
and Leeroy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wagner's knee momentarily.
Leeroy lands with a nice body kick.
Leeroy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leeroy jabs Wagner right on the nose. Wagner blinks but takes it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leeroy, right into the meat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Leeroy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Leeroy 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 45:50
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Leeroy!
Bruce Leeroy is the new lightweight champion!