PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Leslie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mufasa King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Circle of Life kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ryan Leslie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mufasa King's chin.

Leslie
vs
King

189 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Leslie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mufasa King!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to clinch but Leslie is having none of it.
Ryan Leslie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from King does it's job there.

It looks like Ryan Leslie has been cut.
Leslie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
King tries to clinch up.
Leslie walks into a straight right hand from King.
King lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King throws a hook but Leslie avoids it easily.
King lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leslie circles away quickly and effectively.
Leslie tries to score a power double leg takedown but King sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Leslie somewhat.
No luck for Leslie with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Leslie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King connects with a looping right hand.
Leslie is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

King clinches up against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from King.
King lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Leslie. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
King stalling in the clinch.
King comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Ryan Leslie's cut is getting worse.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leslie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leslie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leslie dodges the punch combination from King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by King.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
King tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Leslie is looking for a sweep.
King wants to stand but Leslie has his arm trapped.
Leslie sneaks back into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leslie trying to control here.
Leslie is looking to improve his position.

King decides to stand up.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

King has taken the fight to the clinch.
Leslie goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

King gets a clinch.
King is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leslie is keeping busy.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leslie on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Ryan Leslie's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leslie fails with the takedown
and King counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Leslie falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mufasa King!