PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian LeBaron (ranked 4724 p4p, 4809 weight class) and Sergy Plyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

LeBaron
vs
Plyk

190 cm
18
209
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
213
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian LeBaron !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergy Plyk!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plyk punishes LeBaron 's body with a nice straight punch.
Plyk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and LeBaron has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Plyk scores with a takedown into LeBaron 's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Plyk works over LeBaron with some ground and pound from guard.
Plyk pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. LeBaron is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Plyk passes easily into side control. Nice work.
LeBaron is trying to control Plyk's posture but Plyk avoids it.
LeBaron is being controlled here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Plyk working away.
Plyk is working LeBaron over with some ground and pound from side control.
Plyk is working LeBaron over with some ground and pound from side control.
Plyk content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Plyk is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Plyk is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. LeBaron knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Plyk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Plyk is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. LeBaron knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
LeBaron is trying to escape the position but Plyk is controlling the position.
Plyk advances to mount.
Plyk controlling from the full mount.
LeBaron wants to control but Plyk is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns LeBaron that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Plyk is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like Christian LeBaron has been cut.
LeBaron takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Plyk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
LeBaron might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee warns LeBaron that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Plyk tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Plyk looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
LeBaron is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plyk dominating with strikes here.

Christian LeBaron 's cut is getting worse.
Plyk cracks LeBaron with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Christian LeBaron 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
LeBaron wants to control but Plyk is having none of it.
Plyk controlling the pace for now.
Plyk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Plyk working LeBaron over with strikes here.

Jeez, Christian LeBaron 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Christian LeBaron 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sergy Plyk!