PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tico Ponce De Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meat Beater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ponce De Leon comes to the cage accompanied by Los Lobos - Canción Del Mariachi. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Ponce De Leon
vs
Beater

171 cm
27
149 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tico Ponce De Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Meat Beater!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ponce De Leon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beater jabs Ponce De Leon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Beater. Those never looked like landing.
Ponce De Leon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beater misses the body punch
and Ponce De Leon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beater's knee momentarily.
Ponce De Leon throws a low kick but Beater avoids it.
Ponce De Leon sizes up Beater with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ponce De Leon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ponce De Leon throws a head kick but Beater moves out of range.

Beater moves into the clinch.
Ponce De Leon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ponce De Leon can't find room to land a body shot as Beater controls the action.
A hook to the body from Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon tries to stall but Beater uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ponce De Leon lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A hook to the body from Beater.
Beater told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Beater lands a left hand.
Beater swings wildly with an uppercut but Ponce De Leon uses good head movement to avoid it.

Beater's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beater misses the shot to the body.
Beater misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Beater checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ponce De Leon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beater with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Beater tries to bum rush Ponce De Leon with a series of wild strikes but Ponce De Leon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beater avoids the head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Beater uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ponce De Leon.
Beater blocks a head kick by Ponce De Leon.
An inside leg kick from Ponce De Leon misses.
Beater's corner calls for a 1-2. Beater obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Beater stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A swing and a miss from Beater.
A low kick from Ponce De Leon misses
and Beater counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ponce De Leon thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beater moves away.
Ponce De Leon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beater scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beater gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ponce De Leon.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Beater, right into the meat.
Beater throws a looping overhand right but Ponce De Leon ducks down to avoid it.
Beater blocks a low kick nicely.
Beater throws a head kick but Ponce De Leon moves out of range.
Beater looks to throw the jab but Ponce De Leon is out of range.
Ponce De Leon lands a high kick!
Beater fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Beater avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ponce De Leon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ponce De Leon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Beater lands a high kick!
Ponce De Leon takes a swing at Beater's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beater throws a nice looking combination but Ponce De Leon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick that misses.
Beater tries to clinch but Ponce De Leon is having none of it.
Ponce De Leon blocks a jab.
Beater takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ponce De Leon swings for the body but Beater moves out of range.
Ponce De Leon misses with a low kick.
Beater swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ponce De Leon finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ponce De Leon walks into a straight right hand from Beater.
Beater swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ponce De Leon counters with a nice uppercut.
Beater buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beater keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Ponce De Leon.
Beater has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick
and Beater counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ponce De Leon misses with a body shot.

Beater rushes Ponce De Leon and presses him up against the cage.
Ponce De Leon lands a shoulder strike.
Beater swings wildly with an uppercut but Ponce De Leon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ponce De Leon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beater makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ponce De Leon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Beater's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ponce De Leon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beater's brow.
Beater lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beater stalls.
Beater lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ponce De Leon tries to work over Beater's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beater wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Meat Beater will probably get the nod.
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.

Ponce De Leon avoids a kick to the body.
Ponce De Leon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Beater rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ponce De Leon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick which misses Beater's front leg but catches the back leg as Beater tries to avoid it.
Beater throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beater throws a body kick that misses.
Ponce De Leon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beater's hands.
Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beater takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Meat Beater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beater tries to clinch but Ponce De Leon is having none of it.
Ponce De Leon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Beater throws a hook but Ponce De Leon avoids it easily.
Ponce De Leon just misses with a punch to the body.
Ponce De Leon throws a head kick that half lands.
Ponce De Leon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beater throws a sloppy head kick
and Ponce De Leon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beater's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater misses with a straight left.
Ponce De Leon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beater's head backwards.
Ponce De Leon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ponce De Leon misses with a low kick.
Beater is looking to clinch but Ponce De Leon is avoiding it.
Nice defenses there by Beater.
Ponce De Leon slips a jab from Beater.
Ponce De Leon lands with a right hand.
Beater moves out of range of the body kick.
Ponce De Leon tries a low kick but Beater avoids it.
A head kick misses from Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon is looking to land body kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ponce De Leon.
Beater tries to clinch up but Ponce De Leon circles away and keeps his distance.
Beater throws a lazy right hand but Ponce De Leon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon 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.
Beater swinging wildly here.
Tico Ponce De Leon is winning the standup battle so far.
Beater jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ponce De Leon misses with a low kick.
Beater takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beater checks a leg kick.
Beater takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Beater checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Beater moves out of range as Ponce De Leon throws a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Beater misses the target.
Beater is looking to clinch but Ponce De Leon is avoiding it.
Ponce De Leon moves in looking to clinch but Beater pushes him off.
Ponce De Leon wants to clinch up but Beater keeps it at a distance.
Beater takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beater throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beater misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beater misses with a left hand
and Ponce De Leon counters with a solid body kick.
Beater throws a body punch but Ponce De Leon moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Beater - just one landing.
Ponce De Leon connects with a solid leg kick.
Ponce De Leon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beater throws a series of punches but Ponce De Leon moves out of range.
Beater shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A head kick by Ponce De Leon misses
and Beater counters with a left and a right that stings Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beater scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Beater avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ponce De Leon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beater throws a head kick but Ponce De Leon moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beater lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ponce De Leon circles away quickly and effectively.
Ponce De Leon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beater was well out of range. Poor timing from Ponce De Leon.
A low kick from Ponce De Leon misses
and Beater counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ponce De Leon connects with an inside leg kick.
Ponce De Leon blocks a head kick by Beater.
Ponce De Leon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beater throws a right and a left that Ponce De Leon avoids nicely.
Ponce De Leon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beater looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ponce De Leon connects with a solid leg kick.
Ponce De Leon misses with a body shot.
Beater lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ponce De Leon at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beater blocks a head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ponce De Leon thows a body shot but no joy.
Beater throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tico Ponce De Leon dominated that second round.
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!

Beater pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon is looking to land body kicks.
Ponce De Leon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beater. That did some damage!
A big right from Beater misses.
Ponce De Leon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Beater tries to clinch but Ponce De Leon moves out of range.
Ponce De Leon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ponce De Leon slips a jab from Beater.
Ponce De Leon moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ponce De Leon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ponce De Leon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Beater lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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!
Ponce De Leon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ponce De Leon misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ponce De Leon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Beater thows a body shot but no joy.
Ponce De Leon lands with a good body shot.
Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick
and Beater counters with a low kick, right behind Ponce De Leon 's knee.
Ponce De Leon throws a low kick but Beater moves out of range easily.
A big left from Beater misses.
Ponce De Leon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beater throws a head kick but Ponce De Leon moves out of range.
Beater blocks a head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon looks to score with a jab to the body but Beater is just out of range.
Beater's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ponce De Leon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beater connects with a leg kick. Ponce De Leon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Beater avoids the body shot from Ponce De Leon.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Beater fails to land.

Beater breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ponce De Leon moves out of range of the strikes.
Ponce De Leon needs to keep his hands up - Beater had a free shot at his head there.
Beater checks a leg kick nicely.
Beater tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ponce De Leon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beater.
Ponce De Leon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beater.
Beater avoids the head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon motions for Beater to come forward. Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ponce De Leon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beater throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beater rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Ponce De Leon counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon misses with a leg kick.
Ponce De Leon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ponce De Leon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ponce De Leon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beater throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ponce De Leon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ponce De Leon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beater throws out a loose jab but Ponce De Leon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beater blocks a low kick nicely.
Ponce De Leon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beater takes a swing at Ponce De Leon's ribcage but misses.
Beater swats away the attempt to clinch by Ponce De Leon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon feints and then cracks Beater's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beater down.
Beater lands a nice hook to Ponce De Leon's body. Ponce De Leon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ponce De Leon throws a head kick that Beater semi-blocks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Beater.
Ponce De Leon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Beater misses with a looping left.
Ponce De Leon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ponce De Leon cracks Beater with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ponce De Leon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beater takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beater avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ponce De Leon lands a leg kick that knocks Beater off balance momentarily.
Beater throws a big shot that misses.
Beater darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tico Ponce De Leon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ponce De Leon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tico Ponce De Leon!
A very excited looking Tico Ponce De Leon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.