PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kevin McLeary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. It's Goin Down by T.C. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McLeary
vs
Perez

175 cm
20
143 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

197 cm
23
145 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin McLeary!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joshua Perez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez needs to keep his hands up - McLeary had a free shot at his head there.
McLeary misses with an uppercut. Perez saw that one coming.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Perez has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Perez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McLeary. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Perez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McLeary has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Perez.

Perez moves into the clinch successfully.
Perez blocks an uppercut.
Perez lands a hook that snaps the head of McLeary backwards.
Perez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Perez throws a punch but it's blocked by McLeary.
Perez tries to stall but McLeary uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Perez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McLeary avoids a wild elbow strike from Perez.
Perez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLeary is looking to break free of the clinch but Perez has double underhooks.
Perez jumps guard but McLeary stands there with Perez around his waist. Perez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Perez stalling against the cage.
Perez wants to take the fight to the mat but McLeary manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kevin McLeary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joshua Perez.
McLeary working aggressively here.
Perez misses with an elbow strike.
Perez lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Kevin McLeary has been cut.
Perez is trying to pull guard but McLeary turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Perez wants to stall.
Perez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McLeary's elbow.
Perez keeps control of McLeary as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Perez throws a punch but it's blocked by McLeary.
Perez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez lands an elbow that stopped McLeary in his tracks for a moment.
Perez stalls.
McLeary blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perez struggles to land a body shot inside as McLeary controls his hands.

Perez pulls guard successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
McLeary wants to stand but Perez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

McLeary gets to his feet. Perez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
McLeary is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perez.
McLeary looks to score with a jab to the body but Perez is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLeary avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McLeary.
Perez fails with an attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McLeary checks a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Perez - that will leave a mark!
Perez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McLeary circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Perez misses.
McLeary keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McLeary throws a hook to the side of Perez's head but Perez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McLeary displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
McLeary misses with a hook. Perez ducked under it nicely.
McLeary looks to throw the jab but Perez is out of range.
McLeary ducks under a wild hook from Perez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McLeary manages to avoid it.
Perez swings for the body but McLeary moves out of range.
Joshua Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLeary lands a jab to the head.
A shot to the body from Perez misses
and McLeary counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLeary lands a nice shot to the body.
Perez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McLeary manages to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by McLeary as he connects with a hook.
McLeary throws a nice looking combination but Perez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Perez takes the fight into the clinch.
McLeary wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Perez has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McLeary doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joshua Perez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kevin McLeary's cut.
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.

Perez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Perez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McLeary moves out of range of the strikes.
Perez wants to slow McLeary down by chopping away at his legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Perez.
McLeary connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McLeary tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perez was well out of range. Poor timing from McLeary.
McLeary lands with a cross.
Perez thows a leg kick but McLeary checks it
and McLeary counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Perez.
Perez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McLeary has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McLeary misses the shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLeary moves out of range of the body kick from Perez.
McLeary checks a low kick from Perez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLeary misses with a low kick.
Perez tries to clinch but McLeary is having none of it.
Perez lands a nice looking kick to the body. McLeary takes a step back to recover.
McLeary tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab from McLeary misses.
Perez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McLeary looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McLeary misses with a hook. Perez ducked under it nicely.
Perez looks for the body kick but McLeary saw that one coming.
Perez slips under a jab from McLeary.
Perez tries to work over McLeary's front leg with a kick but McLeary checks it.
McLeary avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McLeary connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McLeary. That did some damage!
Perez scores with a spinning back kick!
McLeary checks a leg kick.
Perez is looking to clinch.
Good work by McLeary as he checks the leg kick.
McLeary looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McLeary is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McLeary moves out of range of the leg kick from Perez.
Perez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perez there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perez tries to close the distance and clinch up but McLeary swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McLeary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Perez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perez avoids the head kick by McLeary.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Perez misses.
Perez throws a leg kick but McLeary sees it coming and moves out of range.
McLeary pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Perez moves into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Perez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McLeary avoids a wild elbow strike from Perez.
Perez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McLeary is keeping busy.
McLeary is trying to push Perez away but Perez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Perez landing knees to the body.
McLeary tries to break the clinch but Perez is controlling the position.
Perez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Perez decides to pull guard.
McLeary sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Perez trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Perez misses with a hook to the body
enabling McLeary to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Perez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kevin McLeary's cut.
That's time! McLeary's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

McLeary misses with a looping right.
McLeary bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Perez's head.
Perez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perez misses with a wild body shot.
McLeary looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Perez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McLeary lands a body shot.
McLeary moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Perez fakes the leg kick and cracks McLeary in the body.
A solid body kick from Perez.
Perez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McLeary just misses with a punch to the body.
McLeary misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McLeary misses with a few strikes there.
McLeary misses with an uppercut.
Perez lands with a cross.
Kevin McLeary is winning the standup battle so far.
Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but McLeary is just out of range.
Perez throws a right and a left that McLeary avoids nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from McLeary.

Perez is rocked!

Perez takes the fight into the clinch.
Perez is still on wobbly legs! Can McLeary finish him?
McLeary lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perez backwards.

McLeary's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McLeary throws an overhand right that drops Perez like a sack of potatoes! McLeary dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin McLeary!
Kevin McLeary retains his bantamweight title!