PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles David Leddill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

David Leddill
vs
Stewart

188 cm
25
219 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
213 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles David Leddill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nick Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leddill throws a hook to the side of Stewart's head but Stewart sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leddill swings widly with a right hand
and Stewart counters with a nice kick to the body.
Stewart connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stewart shoots for a takedown but Leddill saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stewart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leddill.
Leddill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leddill moves in looking to clinch but Stewart pushes him off.
Leddill moves in looking to clinch but Stewart pushes him off.
Stewart tries to clinch up.
Leddill ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stewart dives in for a single leg takedown but Leddill sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Stewart throws an elbow that misses.
Leddill tries to break free but Stewart pushes him back against the cage.
Stewart leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leddill lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stewart blocks a body shot from Leddill.
Leddill lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Leddill.
Stewart drops down looking for an ankle pick but Leddill pulls his leg out and moves away.
Charles David Leddill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Stewart.
Leddill fails to land with a series of punches.
Leddill connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stewart momentarily.
Stewart takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Leddill throws a series of punches but Stewart avoids them all with ease.
Stewart has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stewart there as he acknowledges the shot.
Leddill cracks Stewart with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leddill lands with a good body shot.
Stewart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles David Leddill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leddill misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Leddill throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leddill displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leddill connects with a looping right hand.
Stewart tries to clinch but Leddill is having none of it.
Jab, jab by Leddill - just one landing.
Leddill scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stewart lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leddill's sensitive parts.
Leddill misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leddill scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Stewart on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Leddill rushes Stewart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Leddill is working Stewart over against the cage.
Leddill lands a left hand.
Leddill is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Stewart wants a takedown.
Leddill is trying to break the clinch but Stewart is controlling him.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stewart.
Leddill misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Leddill fails to land.
Leddill working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leddill lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leddill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leddill tries to break free but Stewart pushes him back against the cage.
Stewart wants to break the clinch but can't.
Leddill lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Leddill leaning against his opponent.
Leddill working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Leddill lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stewart backwards.
Leddill wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stewart has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Leddill - that landed with a thud.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good body shot from Leddill.
Leddill is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leddill throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stewart moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Charles David Leddill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stewart takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Leddill throws a body punch but Stewart moves out of range.
Leddill uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stewart dodges the punch combination from Leddill.
Leddill connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Leddill tries to clinch but Stewart moves out of range.
Stewart lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leddill takes a swing at Stewart's ribcage but misses.
Leddill tries to clinch up but Stewart circles away and keeps his distance.
A left and a right from Leddill both land. Nice combination.
We've been informed that Stewart has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leddill throws a hook to the side of Stewart's head but Stewart sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leddill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stewart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stewart shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Leddill lands a head shot.
Stewart with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Leddill to score with a decent uppercut.
Leddill scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Leddill tries to clinch but Stewart is having none of it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Leddill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leddill misses with the head strike.
Charles David Leddill has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Leddill lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stewart backwards.
Leddill scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stewart connects with a knee to the head.
Leddill blocks a body shot from Stewart.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Leddill blocks a body shot from Stewart.
Leddill has had enough of the clinch but Stewart keeps him there for the moment.

Stewart's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stewart takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Stewart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Stewart misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart thumps Leddill with a low kick.
Stewart dives in for a single leg takedown but Leddill sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The referee calls for Leddill to work.
Leddill wants to break the clinch but can't.
Leddill stalls.
Stewart trying to stall but Leddill improves his position.
Stewart seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Stewart throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leddill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but Leddill blocks with his arms.
Leddill tries to throw a body punch but Stewart avoids it by throwing Leddill back against the cage.
Leddill scores with a nice hook to the head.
Leddill can't find room to land a body shot as Stewart controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Leddill.
Leddill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leddill can't break the clinch.
Stewart wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leddill gets underhooks to prevent Stewart's takedown attempt.
Charles David Leddill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Stewart.
Leddill presses Stewart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leddill throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stewarts head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leddill stalling the fight.
Leddill gets underhooks to prevent Stewart's takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles David Leddill dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Leddill scores with a decent looking hook.
A lazy left from Leddill finds it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Leddill as he connects with a hook.
Leddill connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stewart. Stewart circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Leddill fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stewart, pushing him back against the cage.
Leddill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stewart can do to turn this around?
Leddill lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leddill stops a takedown attempt from Stewart.
A right hook to the body lands for Leddill.
Leddill's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Leddill lands a left hand.
Leddill stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart wants to break free but Leddill has control.
Stewart's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stewart prevents a body shot from Leddill.
Stewart throws an elbow that misses.
Stewart has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Stewart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leddill's elbow.
Leddill can't break the clinch.
Stewart misses with a knee to the head.
Stewart will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Leddill up against the cage.
Stewart is trying to pull guard but Leddill has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Leddill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leddill scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Leddill.
Leddill is trying to break free.
Stewart looking for a takedown.
Charles David Leddill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Stewart.
Leddill wants to break free but Stewart has control.

Stewart breaks from the clinch.
Stewart has a takedown stuffed.

Leddill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Leddill prevents Stewart from breaking the clinch.
Leddill lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stewart takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stewart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leddill has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leddill scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leddill is trying to push Stewart away but Stewart has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stewart is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A right hand to the body from Leddill.
Leddill is trying to force a seperation but Stewart has the dominant position.

Leddill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leddill lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Charles David Leddill is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leddill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stewart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Leddill. Those never looked like landing.
Nick Stewart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leddill is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Stewart takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Leddill lands with a right hand.
Leddill lands an overhand right.

Leddill moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leddill misses with a body punch.
Leddill wants to get back to striking at distance but Stewart won't allow it.
Stewart fails to pull guard.
A bit of stalling here from Leddill.
Stewart is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Leddill is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stewart has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Leddill avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Leddill scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leddill working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Leddill.
Leddill scores with a shot to the side of Stewart's head.
Charles David Leddill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leddill lands with a short shot to the head.

Stewart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leddill scores with a hook to the body. Stewart takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles David Leddill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leddill has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles David Leddill!