PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Leissner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Imer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leissner comes to the cage accompanied by Mohammed's theme. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Leissner
vs
Imer

188 cm
30
184 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

176 cm
33
175 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Gabriel Leissner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Imer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leissner wants to clinch up but Imer keeps it at a distance.
Imer throws a hook but Leissner avoids it easily.

Leissner gets caught napping as Imer dives in and scores a takedown. Leissner manages to retain guard.
Leissner wants to get back to his feet but Imer is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Imer looking to pass the guard.

Imer drops back looking for a leg! Leissner is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Leissner manages to kick Imer off! Imer jumps back into Leissner's guard.
Leissner throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Imer looking to pass the guard.
Imer won't allow Leissner to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Leissner is keeping the position for now.
Leissner is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Imer is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Imer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Leissner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Imer trying to control but Leissner is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Imer swings for the body but Leissner moves out of range.
Leissner throws out a loose jab but Imer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leissner misses the shot to the body.
Imer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Imer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leissner is able to avoid easily.
Leissner wants to land a leg kick but Imer is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imer throws a hook but Leissner avoids it easily.
Leissner throws a body punch but Imer moves out of range.
Leissner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Imer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Imer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leissner at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leissner looks to throw the jab but Imer is out of range.
Gabriel Leissner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leissner throws a right hand that misses

so Imer counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Leissner looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Imer passes into half guard.
Imer is trying to control the action in half guard but Leissner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Imer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Leissner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leissner is looking to stand up but Imer isn't so interested in that idea.
Leissner is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Bromance Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.

Imer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Imer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Imer trying to control the position from guard on top but Leissner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Imer stops Leissner from standing up.
Imer trying to control the position from guard on top but Leissner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Imer is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Richard Imer wasn't active enough on the ground.
Imer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leissner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leissner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leissner connects with the punch.
Imer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Leissner checks a low kick from Imer.
Leissner misses with a hook. Imer ducked under it nicely.
Leissner throws a big shot that misses.
Imer moves out of range as Leissner strikes.
Imer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leissner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leissner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Imer.
Leissner catches Imer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Leissner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Imer.
Imer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Imer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Leissner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Imer.
Imer with a jab.
Leissner is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Imer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leissner.
A looping hook to the body misses from Imer. Leissner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leissner misses with an uppercut.
Leissner lands a body shot.
Leissner loads up on a big right hand but Imer slips the punch.
Leissner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Imer throws a one two combo.
Imer misses with a straight left.
Imer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Imer misses the shot to the body.
Leissner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice body kick from Leissner.
Imer connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Imer moves into the clinch.
Leissner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Imer scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Imer.
Imer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leissner backwards.
Leissner is trying to stall.
Imer jumps guard but Leissner turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Imer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Imer blocks a body shot from Leissner.
Imer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Leissner smiles and moves away.
Gabriel Leissner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Imer.
Leissner slips under a jab.
Imer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Imer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imer misses with a series of wild punches.
Leissner lands with a hook. Imer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leissner swings widly with a right hand

and Imer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Imer passes Leissner's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Well, if Imer is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Leissner wants to improve his position but Imer is controlling well.
Imer stops Leissner from getting back to his feet.

Imer is looking for a kimura but Leissner is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Imer to get the leverage.

Imer wants to work for an arm triangle but Leissner is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leissner is trying to get back to full guard.

Leissner is defending against the submission attempts here by Imer.
Leissner wants to improve his position but Imer is controlling well.
Imer not doing much here.
Imer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Leissner does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Imer stops Leissner from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Imer seems to be working for a kimura but Leissner defends the submission attempt.
Leissner tries to roll over but Imer keeps him under control.
Imer wants to control but Leissner is keeping him busy.
Leissner scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Imer manages to mount him!
Imer looking to control but Leissner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Leissner is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Imer wants to control the pace but Leissner is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Imer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Imer cracks a nice hook into Leissner's ribs.
Leissner wants to clinch

and Imer counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Imer drops back, looking for a kneebar! Leissner looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Leissner looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Leissner!
Imer can't do much from the bottom here.

Leissner stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Imer swings for the body but Leissner moves out of range.
Imer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leissner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leissner misses with a hook to the body

and Imer counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Leissner pushes Imer off and gets back to his feet.
Leissner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Imer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Leissner.
Imer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leissner throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Imer counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Richard Imer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Imer has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Leissner defend it? Imer steps over the head and cranks it - Leissner is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Imer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Richard Imer!
Gabriel Leissner was interviewed post fight and said 'It's at times like this, one must reach deeply into his soul,challenge his heart, feel new courage, endure the fuck pain and say 'FUCK ISLAM AND MOHAMMED WAS A PEDOPHILE''.