PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stringer Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jake leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). leonard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. a milli kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Stringer Bell had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Bell
vs
leonard

180 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Lucid Nutrition

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stringer Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, jake leonard!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

leonard drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Bell escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. leonard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bell trying to strike off his back.
Bell looking for a sweep. Not yet Bell, not yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

leonard is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
leonard stopping the sweep attempt from Bell.
leonard tries to free his leg and advance position but Bell is retaining full guard.
Bell 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.
leonard wants to pass the guard but Bell is keeping the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
leonard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bell tries to close the distance and clinch but leonard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bell tries to clinch up.
Bell tries to close the distance and clinch up but leonard swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell fails in his attempt to clinch.
leonard shoots in for a takedown but Bell shows good takedown defense.
Bell moves in looking to clinch but leonard pushes him off.

leonard drives through and clinches with Bell against the cage.

leonard drags the fight down to the ground.

leonard has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bell can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bell wants to control from the top but leonard keeps moving.

leonard escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
leonard looks gassed!
Bell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bell advances position into side control!

Bell is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but leonard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bell is looking to take a break and control but leonard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
leonard throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bell looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
leonard is looking for a sweep.
leonard sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
leonard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
leonard is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bell's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bell's back!
Bell rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

leonard is looking for a kimura here.
Bell moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
leonard passes into half guard.
leonard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell is in trouble now - leonard has advanced to mount!

leonard working for a guillotine from mount but Bell is in no mood to give up.
Bell stops leonard from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Bell regains half guard.

leonard is working for a kimura but Bell is defending it quite comfortably.
leonard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
leonard trying to control the action but Bell is working from the bottom.
leonard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

leonard is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. leonard connects with a nice short shot to Bell's temple.
Bell is trying to control but can't.

Bell is defending against the submission attempts here by leonard.
leonard is pressing down on Bell's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bell is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

leonard darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

leonard wants to work for an arm triangle but Bell is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bell gets full guard.
leonard stands and throws Bell's legs to the side, diving into side control.

leonard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bell knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bell is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked leonard off and has taken his back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bell is persistently looking for the submission but leonard is defending it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bell thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
leonard trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

leonard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
leonard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bell regains half guard.
Bell makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bell.

Bell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but leonard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Bell pushes a forearm under leonard's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, leonard is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stringer Bell!