PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pierre La Plante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Plante's entrance music is MegaDeth- This Day We FIGHT!. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

La Plante
vs
O Leary

176 cm
31
161 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

175 cm
27
166 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pierre La Plante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam O Leary!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by O Leary there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
O Leary throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
O Leary throws a jab but it's blocked by La Plante.
O Leary connects with an inside leg kick.
O Leary pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
O Leary missing with a left hand there. La Plante was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No luck with that takedown attempt from La Plante.
O Leary jabs at La Plante's body.
La Plante doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
La Plante walks into a left hand.
O Leary lets loose with a powerful body kick. La Plante will feel that in the morning.
Sloppy strikes from O Leary. Those never looked like landing.
O Leary throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Plante.
La Plante chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Leary can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Plante.
La Plante takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
O Leary missing with a left hand there. La Plante was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Leary misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from O Leary.
O Leary tries to work over La Plante's front leg with a kick but La Plante checks it.
O Leary connects with a right hand. La Plante shakes it off.
La Plante throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
O Leary scores with a body shot.
A jab from La Plante misses.
A left lands for La Plante.
Good shot there by La Plante.
Adam O Leary is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Leary goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by O Leary.
La Plante on the wrong end of a nice hook.
La Plante shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. O Leary eats them both and turns towards La Plante to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
O Leary misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Leary scores with a jab to the jaw.
La Plante tries a head kick but it misses.
La Plante on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
O Leary throws an overhand right that lands on La Plante's shoulder, as La Plante tries to avoid the shot.
O Leary throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
O Leary throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Plante.
La Plante misses with a takedown attempt - O Leary sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
O Leary lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plante misses with a hook.
La Plante on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
La Plante lands a body shot.
La Plante walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
La Plante looks to land a combination but O Leary avoids it well.
O Leary's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and O Leary duly obliges.
O Leary misses with a series of wild punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by O Leary.
O Leary connects with a crisp jab.
La Plante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Plante jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Leary with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
O Leary ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
O Leary fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and La Plante has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Plante takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Adam O Leary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Leary tries a head kick but it misses.
O Leary turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
O Leary throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Leary uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Plante.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Leary misses with a head kick.
O Leary slips a jab from La Plante.
O Leary lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam O Leary dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

La Plante moves out of range of the strikes.
La Plante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Leary jabs at La Plante's body.
O Leary scores with a jab to the body.
O Leary slips a jab and a cross from La Plante.
O Leary scores with a sloppy right hand. La Plante should have avoided that one.
La Plante connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
O Leary fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La Plante looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
O Leary dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La Plante. That did some damage!
La Plante throws a right and a left that both miss.
La Plante takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
O Leary lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
O Leary throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Leary connects with a right hand. La Plante shakes it off.
O Leary throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La Plante on the side of the head.
La Plante connects with a single shot there.
O Leary scores with a jab to the head.
O Leary lands a really nice looking cross but La Plante seems unphased.
O Leary throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Plante stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
La Plante chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Leary can pounce on him.
La Plante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Leary pulls out of a head kick attempt.
O Leary lands a jab to the nose.
La Plante looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A lazy left from O Leary finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary scores with a hook.
La Plante misses with an uppercut.
O Leary scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Plante takes one on the chin but seems OK.
O Leary throws a quick head kick that skims the top of La Plante's head.
La Plante misses with a hook. O Leary ducked under it nicely.
Adam O Leary seems to be getting the better of the standup.
O Leary throws a sloppy head kick and La Plante moves out of range easily.
O Leary throws a series of strikes that have La Plante backpedaling.
La Plante takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Leary.
La Plante on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
La Plante keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary scores with a body shot.
A big right from O Leary misses.
La Plante uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Leary.
O Leary lands a right hook to the body.
O Leary lands with a thumping leg kick.
O Leary lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by O Leary.
O Leary ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Leary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Plante.
La Plante shoots in looking for a takedown. O Leary tries to sprawl out of it but La Plante keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. O Leary manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
O Leary throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary defends well against a solid takedown attempt from La Plante.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre La Plante. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Leary throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Plante sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Leary lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Leary thumps La Plante with a low kick.
La Plante looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for La Plante. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as O Leary checks a leg kick.
La Plante takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
La Plante misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La Plante throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Leary.
La Plante throws a series of punches but O Leary avoids them all with ease.
O Leary lands with a slapping head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam O Leary showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

O Leary throws a sloppy head kick and La Plante moves out of range easily.
O Leary goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
O Leary connects with a crisp jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether La Plante might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from La Plante misses its intended target.
Nice sprawl there from O Leary as La Plante shoots in.
Pierre La Plante is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Leary lands with a thumping leg kick.
La Plante takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A big right from O Leary misses.
La Plante displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Leary throws out the jab.
O Leary misses with a lunging right hand
and La Plante connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
O Leary looks to throw the jab but La Plante is out of range.
O Leary tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Plante was well out of range. Poor timing from O Leary.
La Plante throws a leg kick but O Leary sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Leary. La Plante does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Leary fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Plante manages to avoid it.
O Leary throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Plante.
O Leary misses with a shot to the body
letting La Plante counter with a right hand.
O Leary feints and then cracks La Plante's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Plante down.
La Plante lands a slapping body shot.
O Leary throws a sloppy head kick and La Plante moves out of range easily.
La Plante takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Leary swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La Plante looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
O Leary misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by O Leary.
O Leary fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La Plante looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pierre La Plante has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adam O Leary is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Leary scores with a jab to the jaw.
La Plante loads up on a big right hand but O Leary slips the punch.
O Leary thows a body shot but no joy.
La Plante steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Leary.
O Leary throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Leary connects with a high kick.
O Leary throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Plante sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La Plante is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La Plante takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
O Leary dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Plante throws a lazy right hand but O Leary sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La Plante throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around O Leary's waist but O Leary gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing La Plante off to one side.
O Leary lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Leary lands with a nice body punch.
La Plante looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? O Leary is fending him off so far but La Plante persists. Nope, O Leary circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre La Plante. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Leary throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from O Leary does no damage.
O Leary lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
O Leary scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick by La Plante misses
and O Leary counters with a nice body kick.
O Leary lands a right hook to the body.
La Plante fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
O Leary lands a head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Plante tries to move into range but O Leary moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
O Leary lands a jab to La Plante's midsection.
La Plante stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from O Leary.
O Leary has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La Plante takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by O Leary.
O Leary misses with the combination.
O Leary 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.
O Leary jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Plante moves forwards but O Leary connects with a nice, crisp jab.
O Leary slips a straight right by La Plante.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam O Leary comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well O Leary has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam O Leary!