PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Minotauro Bermudez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Leblau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Leblau has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bermudez
vs
Leblau

185 cm
22
206 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Minotauro Bermudez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Leblau!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bermudez has managed to clinch.
Bermudez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Leblau up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Leblau.

It looks like Minotauro Bermudez has been cut.
Leblau throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez landing knees to the head.

It looks like Bobby Leblau has been cut.
Bermudez leaning against his opponent.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leblau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leblau is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leblau has his back to the cage.
Leblau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leblau.
Come on Leblau - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bermudez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Leblau.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leblau blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez misses with an elbow over the top.
Leblau takes an elbow to the temple.
Bermudez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Leblau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bermudez with a knee to the head.
Leblau trying to land knees to the body.
Leblau looks gassed!
Bermudez holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Leblau managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Bermudez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bermudez seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Leblau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Leblau avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Leblau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leblau blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee calls for Bermudez to work.
Leblau dodges an elbow strike from Bermudez.
A knee to the head by Bermudez.
Bermudez lands an elbow that stopped Leblau in his tracks for a moment.
Leblau with a knee to the head.
Bermudez scores with a knee to the head.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Bermudez.
Leblau trying to stall but Bermudez improves his position.
A bit of stalling here from Bermudez.
Leblau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Leblau tries to land knees in the clinch but Bermudez avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Leblau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bermudez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow.
Bermudez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bermudez lands an elbow just above Leblau 's eye.
Bermudez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Leblau up against the cage.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Leblau avoids the damage to the body.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez landing knees to the head.
Bermudez lands a knee to the head.
Leblau trying to land knees to the body.
Leblau looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bermudez.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leblau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bermudez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Bermudez.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bermudez'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.
Leblau misses with a knee to the head.
Leblau takes an elbow to the temple.
Bermudez crunches a lovely knee into Leblau's ribcage.
Bermudez looking to throw knees to the head but Leblau is blocking nicely.
Bermudez lands a knee to the body.
Leblau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Bermudez.
Bermudez landing knees to the head.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Leblau presses Bermudez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Leblau is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leblau has his back to the cage.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Bermudez.
Leblau managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but Leblau blocks with his arms.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leblau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leblau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez lands a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Bermudez.
Leblau scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bermudez lands an elbow that stopped Leblau in his tracks for a moment.
Leblau avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leblau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leblau is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leblau has his back to the cage.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leblau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leblau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leblau tries to land a knee to the head but Bermudez blocks with his arms.
Leblau managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bermudez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leblau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leblau.
Bermudez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Leblau up against the cage.
Leblau is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leblau has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bermudez.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bermudez misses with a knee strike.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leblau looking to throw knees to the head but Bermudez is blocking nicely.
Bermudez scores a nice knee to the body.
Leblau throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Minotauro Bermudez dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bermudez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leblau tries to clinch but Bermudez is having none of it.
Leblau wants to clinch.

Bermudez moves into the clinch.
Bermudez throws an elbow that misses.
Leblau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bermudez avoiding damage as Leblau throws knees to the body.
Bermudez scores with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bermudez.
Leblau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez crunches a lovely knee into Leblau's ribcage.
Bermudez lands an elbow just above Leblau 's eye.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leblau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bermudez lands a knee to the body.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but Leblau blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bermudez has Leblau pressed against the cage.
Leblau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bermudez.
Bermudez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leblau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bermudez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bermudez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bermudez lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bermudez.
Leblau with a knee to the head.
Bermudez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bermudez landing knees to the head.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Leblau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblau.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez scores a nice knee to the body.
Leblau lands with a light punch inside.
Bermudez scores a nice knee to the body.
Bermudez with a knee to the head.
Leblau misses with a knee to the head.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Minotauro Bermudez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bermudez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leblau managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Leblau landing knees to the body.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leblau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bermudez stalls.
Leblau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Leblau takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leblau scores with a knee to the head.
Bermudez'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.
Leblau connects with a knee to the head.
Leblau stalling in the clinch but Bermudez improves position.
Bermudez managing to block the knees to the body from Leblau.
Leblau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leblau throws a head punch that misses.
Leblau avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez landing knees to the head.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bermudez landing knees to the body.
Leblau with a knee to the head.
Leblau takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bermudez crunches a lovely knee into Leblau's ribcage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leblau. Bermudez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leblau doesn't manage to clinch there - Bermudez circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Leblau swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Minotauro Bermudez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leblau circles away from the clinch attempt

and Leblau counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bermudez taking a breather.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bermudez looking to slow down the pace here.
Leblau lands a nice shot to the body.
Leblau misses with a punch to the body.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez lands a knee to the head.
Leblau lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leblau missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Leblau's face.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside that Leblau shrugs off.
Leblau misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblau.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Leblau avoids the damage to the body.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Leblau avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Leblau misses with a knee strike.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leblau blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez looking to throw knees to the head but Leblau is blocking nicely.
Leblau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bermudez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leblau managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Leblau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bermudez.
Bermudez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Leblau's defenses.
Leblau takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Leblau landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Leblau.
Leblau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Leblau.
Bermudez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Minotauro Bermudez dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Bermudez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bermudez doesn't manage to clinch there - Leblau circles away.
Leblau tries to clinch but Bermudez moves out of range.
Leblau is looking to clinch.
Bermudez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bermudez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bermudez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bermudez keeps the fight on the outside.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch but Leblau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bermudez closes the distance looking to clinch

and Leblau counters by moving into the clinch.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblau.
Leblau looking to slow down the pace here.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Bermudez stalling the fight.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but Leblau blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leblau.
Leblau lands a body punch.
Bermudez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leblau avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Leblau connects with a knee to the head.
Leblau tries to land a knee to the head but Bermudez blocks with his arms.
Bermudez misses with a knee strike.
Leblau landing knees to the body.
Bermudez stalls.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leblau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bermudez looking to throw knees to the head but Leblau is blocking nicely.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Leblau lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Leblau using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leblau.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but Bermudez blocks it.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leblau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leblau blocks an elbow strike.
Bermudez misses with a knee strike.
Bermudez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leblau misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Leblau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bermudez.
Leblau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leblau takes an elbow to the temple.
Bermudez landing knees to the body.
Leblau scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Bermudez.
Leblau misses with a knee strike.
Bermudez scores with a knee to the head.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leblau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Leblau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leblau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermudez blocks it with crossed arms.
Leblau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leblau is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bermudez is keeping busy.
Leblau lands a nice knee to the body.
Bermudez landing knees to the body.
Leblau managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Leblau scores with a knee to the head.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Leblau trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Bermudez.
Leblau is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leblau has his back to the cage.
Nice elbow from Bermudez.
Leblau misses with a knee to the head.
Leblau being controlled against the cage.
Bermudez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblau.
Bermudez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Leblau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leblau.
Bermudez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Leblau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Leblau avoids the damage to the body.
Leblau scores a nice knee to the body.
Bermudez looking to throw knees to the head but Leblau is blocking nicely.
Come on Bermudez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bermudez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leblau blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblau.
Leblau trying to control the position but instead, Bermudez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leblau into the cage.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leblau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leblau scores with a shot to the side of Bermudez's head.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leblau avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez throws an elbow that misses.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leblau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bermudez slows down the pace here.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leblau blocks it with crossed arms.
Leblau managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Leblau landing knees to the head.
Bermudez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bermudez stalling in the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leblau.
Leblau is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leblau has his back to the cage.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside.
Bobby Leblau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Minotauro Bermudez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leblau has a couple of punches blocked by Bermudez.
Leblau avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bobby Leblau.
Well Bermudez 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Minotauro Bermudez!