PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Leads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Esteves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esteves has chosen Cherry Cherry as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Donald Leads has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Leads
vs
Esteves

190 cm
24
240 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
24
219 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donald Leads!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raul Esteves!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leads ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Esteves moves away.
Esteves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leads lands a glancing blow to the side of Esteves's head.

It looks like Raul Esteves has been cut.
Esteves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leads shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Leads forces Esteves back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Leads creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Leads lands a damaging elbow.
Leads working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That has opened up Raul Esteves's cut even more.
Esteves tries to throw a body punch but Leads avoids it by throwing Esteves back against the cage.
Esteves takes an elbow to the temple.
Esteves tries a body shot but Leads blocks it.
Leads is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Esteves misses with a body punch.
Leads dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Esteves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Esteves misses with a body punch.
Leads taking a breather.
Leads stalling in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Donald Leads.
Esteves misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esteves. Leads does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Esteves misses its intended target.
Esteves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leads was well out of range. Poor timing from Esteves.
A shot to the liver by Esteves. Beautiful body shot.
Esteves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leads is breathing heavily.
Leads moves away from the strike by Esteves.
Esteves is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Leads rather than just go for the knockout.
Esteves swats away the attempt to clinch by Leads.
Esteves throws a left and a right that both miss

and Leads moves into the clinch.

Esteves manages to break the clinch.
Esteves throws a body punch but Leads moves out of range.
Esteves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Leads avoids the body shot from Esteves.
Leads keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raul Esteves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leads lands an overhand right.

The cut above Raul Esteves's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Esteves lands a nice shot that snaps Leads's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Esteves darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Leads moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Leads moves into range and connects with a jab.
Esteves misses the shot to the body.
Leads tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esteves was well out of range. Poor timing from Leads.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esteves fails to land the takedown.
Leads ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Esteves moves away.
Leads has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Esteves finds it's way round the side to connect with Leads's head.
Esteves misses with a body shot.
Esteves tries to close the distance and clinch but Leads swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Esteves swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Leads counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A combination from Leads does no damage.
Esteves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Esteves misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Leads counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Leads throws a shot to the body.
Leads misses with a two punch combination.
Leads ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Esteves swinging wildly here.
Leads lands a body shot.
Leads works Esteves's body with a nice hook.
Leads fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Leads!

Raul Esteves's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leads throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leads goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Donald Leads!