PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derric Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Lebedev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Styles comes to the cage accompanied by Wiz Khalifa - Work Hard Play Hard. Lebedev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Yuri Favourite! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Styles
vs
Lebedev

194 cm
22
285 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

224 cm
25
285 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derric Styles!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yuri Lebedev!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lebedev tries to work over Styles's front leg with a kick but Styles checks it.
Yuri Lebedev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Styles throws a jab when Lebedev was well out of range.
Lebedev moves forwards but Styles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lebedev throws a low kick but Styles moves out of range easily.
Lebedev lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lebedev is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lebedev explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Styles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lebedev throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Styles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lebedev shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lebedev throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lebedev ducks under a wild hook from Styles.
Styles works the jab nicely.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Styles and Lebedev goes tumbling to the canvas! Styles follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Lebedev is rocked!
Styles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lebedev does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lebedev is still in real trouble! Can Styles finish him?
Styles controlling the pace.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lebedev can do anything to dispel that myth.

Lebedev is defending against the submission attempts here by Styles.
Lebedev seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Styles goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Lebedev is on top in guard.
Styles looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lebedev puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lebedev wants to stand but Styles has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Styles slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Styles wriggles free and stands up.
Styles moves out of range of the body kick from Lebedev.
Lebedev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lebedev tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Lebedev.
Lebedev throws a head kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Lebedev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lebedev.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Styles checks a leg kick.
Lebedev tries to clinch up.
Styles moves away from the strike by Lebedev.
Good standup being displayed there by Lebedev as he connects with a hook.
Lebedev tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Styles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lebedev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lebedev checks a low kick from Styles.

Lebedev moves into the clinch.
Lebedev lands an elbow that stopped Styles in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Derric Styles has been cut.
Styles blocks an elbow strike from Lebedev.
Styles lands a shoulder strike.
Lebedev creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Styles misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Styles.
Styles looking to stall.
A right hand to the body from Styles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lebedev blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles managing to block the knees to the body from Lebedev.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lebedev obliges.
Lebedev lands a damaging elbow.
Lebedev throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Styles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Styles throws a head punch that misses.
Lebedev trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lebedev throws an elbow but misses.
Lebedev misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Styles.
Styles tries a body shot but Lebedev blocks it.
Styles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Styles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lebedev backwards.
Lebedev scores with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Styles - that landed with a thud.
Lebedev looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Styles managing to block the knees to the body from Lebedev.
Styles is working Lebedev over against the cage.
Styles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lebedev throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Styles lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derric Styles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derric Styles's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Styles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Derric Styles is winning the standup battle so far.
Lebedev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Styles.
Styles scores with a jab to the head.
Styles throws a leg kick but Lebedev moved away.
A jab from Styles misses.
Lebedev misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Styles checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big left from Styles misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Both fighters circling a little - Lebedev finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Styles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Styles throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lebedev.

Styles drops his shoulder and cracks Lebedev with a huge uppercut! Lebedev goes down! Can Styles finish him?
Styles wants to control from the top but Lebedev keeps moving.
Lebedev is breathing heavily.
Styles is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Derric Styles wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lebedev misses with a kick to the body.
Lebedev connects with a body shot that sends Styles's belly button to the back.
Styles throws a big shot that misses.
Styles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Styles thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lebedev. Styles does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Styles misses.
Lebedev swinging wildly here.
Lebedev takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Styles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lebedev throws a low kick but Styles avoids it.
Lebedev connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Styles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Lebedev.
Lebedev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lebedev avoids a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lebedev lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Styles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Styles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Styles shoots in but no luck this time.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Styles.
Lebedev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Styles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good work by Styles as he checks the leg kick.
Lebedev moves out of range of the leg kick from Styles.
Lebedev misses with a lunging right hand
and Styles counters with a left to the body.
Lebedev wants to clinch up but Styles keeps it at a distance.
Lebedev does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lebedev lands with a nice body kick.
Styles misses with an uppercut. Lebedev saw that one coming.
Lebedev motions for Styles to come forward. Lebedev throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Styles lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lebedev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lebedev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebedev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Styles jabs Lebedev to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lebedev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lebedev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lebedev misses with a low kick.
Styles throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Styles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Styles loads up on a big right hand but Lebedev slips the punch.
Styles moves out of range as Lebedev strikes.
Styles connects with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lebedev slips a straight right by Styles.
Styles scores with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Styles. That snapped Lebedev's head back.
Lebedev tries to clinch but Styles is having none of it.
BOOM! Styles lands a beautiful left hook that drops Lebedev. Lebedev tries to recover but Styles is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Lebedev lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derric Styles!
Derric Styles retains his heavyweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Derric Styles waved his t-shirt featuring Happy Pills (Video Proof 159Q, $30)'s logo in front of the cameras.