PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Edward Leaf (ranked 5994 p4p, 23665 weight class) and Gy Firey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leaf
vs
Firey

164 cm
18
134
1 - 2 - 0

165 cm
24
136
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Leaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gy Firey!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leaf shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Firey controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Leaf controlling the pace.
Firey wants to control but Leaf passes into side.
Firey tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Leaf easily slips into full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Firey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Leaf is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Firey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Firey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Firey wants to hold on but Leaf pushes him away.
Leaf knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Firey on the ground.
Leaf with the ground and pound from mount.
Leaf controlling his opponent.
Leaf avoids the attempt from Firey to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Firey is squirming around, avoiding Leaf's attempts to control the action.
Firey is desperately trying to improve his position but Leaf has a good base and remains in mount.
Leaf avoids the attempt from Firey to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leaf controlling his opponent.
Firey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Leaf is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Firey can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Firey tries to reverse the position but Leaf maintains control.
Firey keeps trying to improve his position.
Leaf looking to control and managing it successfully.
Firey is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Firey is in all sorts of trouble here.
Firey bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Leaf definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Leaf trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Firey is stalling in the full guard.
Leaf is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Firey is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Leaf wants to stand but Firey is controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Firey trying to control but Leaf is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Firey with a lazy takedown attempt
and Leaf connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Firey avoids the body shot from Leaf.
Leaf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Firey can do to turn this around?
Leaf swings for the body but Firey moves out of range.
Firey drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leaf defends it well.

Firey shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Edward Leaf overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Leaf is refusing to be controlled, as Firey sits in half guard.
Firey performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Firey is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leaf wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leaf gets back to full guard.
Firey wants to control from the top but Leaf keeps moving.
Firey is pushing down on Leaf's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leaf is fighting to maintain full guard but Firey has managed to sneak the leg through.
Firey content to control rather than advance.
Firey is nestled in close to Leaf, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Leaf is refusing to be controlled, as Firey sits in half guard.
Leaf is trying to get back to full guard.
Leaf flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Firey is trying to control the action in half guard but Leaf is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Firey has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Leaf defend it? Firey steps over the head and cranks it - Leaf is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Firey!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gy Firey!