PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tierney Ormond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ormond comes to the cage accompanied by Still Chill - Gary Podunk. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ormond
vs
Brown

190 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
26
267 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tierney Ormond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leroy Brown!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown lands a front kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ormond misses the target.
Brown takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tierney Ormond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Ormond does a little dance to reset his feet.

Brown fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ormond, pushing him back against the cage.
Ormond looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ormond is defending well for now.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown effectively controlling the action here.
Brown lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tierney Ormond has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ormond blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Ormond leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Ormond dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.
Ormond avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ormond's elbow.
Brown keeps control of Ormond as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ormond blocking some punches.
Ormond is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ormond has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ormond has had enough of the clinch but Brown keeps him there for the moment.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ormond avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ormond is defending well for now.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ormond.
Brown lands an elbow inside.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Ormond misses.
Ormond connects with a right hand. Brown shakes it off.

It looks like Leroy Brown has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ormond misses with a two punch combination.

Brown drives through and clinches with Ormond against the cage.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ormond is defending well for now.
Ormond managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Ormond is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
Ormond avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown effectively controlling the action here.
Brown pushes Ormond back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ormond dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Ormond leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Ormond.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Ormond is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ormond managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Ormond avoids the damage to the body.
Ormond avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Ormond avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown has Ormond pressed against the cage, preventing Ormond from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Ormond leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Ormond avoids the damage to the body.
Ormond blocks an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ormond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ormond.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ormond blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leroy Brown dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ormond throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Ormond, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ormond scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ormond swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Leroy Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ormond's elbow.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ormond blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ormond's brow.
Ormond is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ormond's brow.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Ormond is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Ormond avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Ormond tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.
Ormond blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ormond's brow.
Brown stalling in the clinch.
Ormond on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ormond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown controlling the action here for a moment.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ormond avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ormond's brow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brown.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ormond working hard to break the clinch.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ormond dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ormond on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ormond looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ormond tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.

Brown manages to break the clinch.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ormond.
Brown throws a head kick that Ormond semi-blocks.

Tierney Ormond's cut is getting worse.
Tierney Ormond is winning the standup battle so far.
Ormond misses with a few strikes there.

Ormond tries to keep at a distance but Brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brown has Ormond pressed against the cage, preventing Ormond from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ormond takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ormond on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ormond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ormond wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Ormond avoids the damage to the body.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ormond's efforts to push away.
Brown stalling against the cage.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ormond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ormond managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leroy Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Brown thumps Ormond with a low kick.
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Brown clinches up against the cage.
Ormond is trying to break free.
Ormond looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ormond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ormond.
Ormond avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Ormond blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Ormond wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Ormond managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ormond is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ormond avoids it.
Ormond being controlled against the cage.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Ormond leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ormond.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown manages to break the clinch.
Ormond walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brown.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Ormond.
Ormond misses with a series of wild punches.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ormond lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brown at a distance.
Ormond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ormond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ormond takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ormond takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ormond throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
A jab from Ormond does it's job there.
A swing and a miss from Ormond.
Ormond throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Ormond lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ormond fails to land with a series of punches.
Ormond pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ormond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Leroy Brown is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Ormond cracks Brown with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ormond has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Brown to stand back up!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ormond misses with a wild body shot.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ormond manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ormond is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brown ducks right into an uppercut from Ormond.
Brown is looking to slow Ormond down with leg kicks.
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ormond thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ormond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brown takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ormond takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ormond connects with a crisp jab.
Ormond with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ormond throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ormond connects with a crisp jab.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ormond moves away.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Ormond circles away.
Ormond throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Ormond has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brown.
A good leg kick by Brown.
Brown slips under a jab from Ormond.
Ormond throws a big shot that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brown.
Ormond misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown misses with a body kick.
Ormond is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ormond takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ormond.
Tierney Ormond has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tierney Ormond showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leroy Brown!
Tierney Ormond spoke after the fight, saying 'Time to get back to the Head Hunters Fight Club and get to work.'.