PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Phineus Gage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Leissner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gage comes to the cage accompanied by Mac Lethal - Black Widow Spider . Leissner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Feuer Frei. Phineus Gage has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gage
vs
Leissner

165 cm
22
162 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
165 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Crushed Designs (90% return on laundry service)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Phineus Gage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nate Leissner!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gage throws a lazy right hand but Leissner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leissner fails with a takedown attempt.

Gage gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Leissner to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Leissner tries to free his leg and advance position but Gage is retaining full guard.
Gage pulls Leissner in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leissner postures up and lands a big shot to Gage's brow.
Leissner lands a couple of elbows.
Gage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Leissner trying to control the position from guard on top but Gage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gage wants to get back to his feet but Leissner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gage keeping full guard, as Leissner tries to pass.
Gage wants to stand but Leissner is controlling the position.
Leissner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Leissner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gage is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Leissner dodges the punch combination from Gage.
Decent striking displayed by Gage there.
Gage with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leissner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Leissner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gage pushes Leissner off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Leissner closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gage to the mat! Gage manages to get full guard.
Leissner is looking to work some ground and pound but Gage has wrist control.
Leissner throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leissner trying to control the position from guard on top but Gage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gage is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Leissner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Leissner throws a big right hand that misses.
Gage might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Leissner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gage is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gage has momentary wrist control but Leissner slips an elbow through the middle.
Leissner wants to control from the top but Gage keeps moving.
Leissner throwing strikes from guard but Gage blocks nicely.
Leissner cracks Gage with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leissner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gage is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leissner prevents Gage from getting back to his feet.
Leissner postures up in Gage's guard and throws a big left but Gage blocks it.
Gage has momentary wrist control but Leissner slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Leissner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gage throws a lazy uppercut

and Leissner counters with a takedown into side control.
Leissner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Leissner trying to control the action but Gage is working from the bottom.
Gage parries the strikes from Leissner easily there. Leissner is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Gage to escape.
Gage struggling a bit here.
Leissner throws a strike aimed at the side of Gage's head but Gage avoids it well.
Leissner throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Leissner landing a few strikes.
Leissner lands some shots froms side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gage is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Leissner asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The strikes coming from Leissner are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner lands a few punches from side control.
Gage is not content to let Leissner control the position.
Gage wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Leissner advances to mount.
Leissner won't let Gage get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Leissner looking to control but Gage is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gage tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Leissner with good strikes from the mount here!
Leissner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gage is working to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gage is in a horrible position here. Leissner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Leissner looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Leissner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Leissner wants to control the pace but Gage is squirming around nicely.
Leissner controlling the pace for now.
Leissner landing punches.
Gage tries to hold on but Leissner pushes him away.
Leissner thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gage is working to get back to half guard.
Leissner lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Leissner.

Gage is rocked!
Gage takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Gage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leissner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Leissner loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gage scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Leissner land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Leissner stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nate Leissner!
During a confident post fight interview, Nate Leissner thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.