PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Eduardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Leveen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Darude - Sandstorm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eduardo
vs
Leveen

186 cm
19
201 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Eduardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Leveen!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eduardo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Eduardo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Leveen finds it's way round the side to connect with Eduardo's head.
Eduardo avoids the head kick by Leveen.
Eduardo throws a leg kick but Leveen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leveen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leveen blocks a head kick by Eduardo.
Eduardo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Leveen closes the distance and pushes Eduardo back into the cage.
Leveen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Eduardo backwards.
Leveen keeps control of Eduardo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Leveen lands with a light punch inside.
Leveen misses with a punch on the inside.
Eduardo tries to stall but Leveen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Eduardo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Leveen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eduardo avoids a kick to the body.
Eduardo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leveen throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leveen lands a high kick!
Eduardo misses with a double jab.
Eduardo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Leveen.
Leveen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eduardo misses with a body kick.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eduardo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Leveen.
Leveen tries a head kick but it misses.
Eduardo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Leveen takes a step back to recover.
Leveen wants to clinch.
Leveen throws a lazy uppercut
and Eduardo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leveen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Eduardo motions for Leveen to come forward. Eduardo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch but Eduardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eduardo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eduardo throws a low kick, looking for Leveen's leg but Leveen calmly moves out of range.
David Leveen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eduardo thows a body shot but no joy.
Leveen scores with a head kick. Eduardo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leveen tries to clinch there but Eduardo circles away.

Leveen forces Eduardo back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Leveen breaks from the clinch.
Leveen throws a head kick that misses.
Leveen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Eduardo blocks a head kick by Leveen.
Eduardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leveen misses with a head kick.
Eduardo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eduardo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leveen tries to clinch but Eduardo is having none of it.
Eduardo tries to land a front kick but Leveen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Leveen has Eduardo up against the cage in a clinch.

Leveen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leveen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab from Eduardo.
Leveen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eduardo looks to land a body kick but Leveen moved away.
Leveen misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Leveen moves into the clinch.
Leveen swings wildly with an uppercut but Eduardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eduardo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Leveen has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Eduardo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Leveen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eduardo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leveen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eduardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leveen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch but Eduardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eduardo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eduardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Leveen as Eduardo shoots in.
Leveen is looking to clinch.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch but Eduardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eduardo is looking to slow Leveen down with leg kicks.
Eduardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leveen circles away quickly and effectively.
Eduardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leveen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Eduardo back to the cage. Leveen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
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!
Eduardo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leveen's sensitive parts.
Eduardo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Leveen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Eduardo.

Leveen pushes Eduardo up against the cage in a clinch.

Eduardo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eduardo throws a chopping leg kick but Leveen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leveen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Eduardo if he has to take too many more of those.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eduardo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leveen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch but Eduardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leveen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Eduardo feints and then cracks Leveen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leveen down.
David Leveen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leveen throws a head kick that misses
and Eduardo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leveen's knee momentarily.
Leveen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Eduardo fails with a takedown attempt.
Leveen slips a jab from Eduardo.
No joy there for Leveen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eduardo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Eduardo throws a sloppy head kick and Leveen moves out of range easily.
Leveen connects with a high kick.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eduardo swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Leveen forces Eduardo back against the cage and clinches.
Eduardo has Leveen pressed against the cage, preventing Leveen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Eduardo breaks the clinch.
Eduardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leveen throws a series of punches but Eduardo avoids them all with ease.
Leveen tries to clinch there but Eduardo circles away.
Eduardo fails with a takedown attempt.
Leveen looks to throw the jab but Eduardo is out of range.
Eduardo throws a head kick but Leveen moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Eduardo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Eduardo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eduardo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Paulo Eduardo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leveen dodges the punch combination from Eduardo.
Leveen tries a head kick but it misses.
Eduardo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leveen's calf.
Eduardo scores with a kick to the body.
Leveen throws a lazy head kick
and Eduardo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Leveen really felt that one!
A head kick from Leveen lands but Eduardo takes it in his stride.
Eduardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eduardo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Eduardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leveen wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Leveen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Eduardo, pushing him back against the cage.
Leveen is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Eduardo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Leveen has Eduardo up against the cage in a clinch.

Eduardo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leveen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Eduardo on the side of the head.
Leveen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eduardo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Eduardo. That's going to slow Leveen down.

Leveen closes the distance and clinches.
Eduardo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Leveen's efforts to push away.
Eduardo is trying to push Leveen away but Leveen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Leveen breaks the clinch.
Leveen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leveen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leveen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Eduardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leveen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leveen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Eduardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
David Leveen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leveen. Eduardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leveen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eduardo.
A punch combination from Leveen misses.
Leveen throws a sloppy head kick
and Eduardo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Eduardo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leveen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eduardo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eduardo misses with a wild combination.
Leveen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leveen avoids the head kick by Eduardo.
Leveen tries to clinch up but Eduardo circles away and keeps his distance.
Eduardo throws a nice head kick!
Leveen is looking to land body kicks.
Leveen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eduardo.
Leveen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Eduardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leveen tries to clinch up
enabling Eduardo to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leveen misses with a head kick.

Leveen moves into range and clinches up with Eduardo.

Leveen breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Eduardo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eduardo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Leveen will feel that in the morning.
Eduardo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leveen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Leveen has Eduardo up against the cage in a clinch.

Leveen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eduardo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leveen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Eduardo. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A head kick from Eduardo lands but Leveen takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leveen works over Eduardo's head and body with a nice combination.
Eduardo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eduardo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Eduardo throws a sloppy head kick and Leveen moves out of range easily.
Leveen misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but David Leveen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Leveen rushes Eduardo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Leveen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leveen wants to break the clinch but can't.

Eduardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leveen moves in looking to clinch but Eduardo pushes him off.
Leveen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leveen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Leveen lands with a kick to the temple. Eduardo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Eduardo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Eduardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Eduardo.
Eduardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leveen throws a head kick that Eduardo semi-blocks.
Leveen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Eduardo blocks a head kick by Leveen.
A head kick misses from Eduardo.
Leveen throws a series of punches but Eduardo avoids them all with ease.
Eduardo throws a head kick that misses.
Eduardo is looking to wear down Leveen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leveen tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Eduardo. That's going to slow Leveen down.
Leveen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eduardo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leveen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leveen checks a leg kick nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Eduardo.
Leveen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Eduardo misses with a looping right.
Eduardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leveen moves away.
Eduardo jabs Leveen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Leveen tries a head kick but it misses.
Eduardo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A decent looking cross lands there for Eduardo.
Leveen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leveen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Eduardo tries to score with a low kick but Leveen moves his leg out of the way.
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!
Leveen tries a head kick but it misses.
Paulo Eduardo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo thumps Leveen with a low kick.
Eduardo scoring well with a low kick there.
Eduardo misses with a body kick.
Leveen throws a head kick but Eduardo moves out of range.
Eduardo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Eduardo tries a head kick but it misses.
Eduardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leveen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Eduardo misses.
Eduardo throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Leveen stumbling backwards into the cage! Leveen bounces back off the cage towards Eduardo, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Eduardo lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Eduardo celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Paulo Eduardo!
A relieved looking Paulo Eduardo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.