PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Leslie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Farfy Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Leslie
vs
Farfy Iii

195 cm
21
220 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

187 cm
22
208 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reginald Leslie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johan Farfy Iii!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leslie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Farfy Iii at a distance.

Leslie lands a big right hand that sends Farfy Iii crashing to the mat! Leslie stays standing though and waves Farfy Iii back to his feet!

It looks like Johan Farfy Iii has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leslie wants to clinch up but Farfy Iii keeps it at a distance.
The fighters circling - Leslie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Farfy Iii gets a takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Farfy Iii lands strikes from half guard.
Leslie wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Leslie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Farfy Iii on the ground.
Leslie is looking to escape.
Farfy Iii takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Leslie is trying to stand.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Johan Farfy Iii.
Farfy Iii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leslie manages to avoid it.
Farfy Iii connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farfy Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by Leslie.
Farfy Iii throws out a loose jab but Leslie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farfy Iii moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Leslie slips a straight right by Farfy Iii.
Leslie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leslie tries to clinch but Farfy Iii is having none of it.
Leslie seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Good exchange - Farfy Iii coming out on top.
Farfy Iii circles away from the clinch attempt.
Farfy Iii cracks Leslie with an open hand slap.
Farfy Iii ducks under a wild hook from Leslie.
Donk. Farfy Iii catches Leslie right on the button with a cross.
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!
Leslie looks to land a right hand but Farfy Iii moved out of range.
Leslie tries to clinch

and Farfy Iii counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Farfy Iii is pressing down on Leslie's thigh, looking to free his foot. Leslie is holding on for now.
Leslie wants to improve his position but Farfy Iii is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farfy Iii prevents Leslie from standing back up.
Farfy Iii scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Leslie wants to get back to his feet.
Leslie wants to stand back up but Farfy Iii manages to pass into side control.
Farfy Iii working the ground and pound from side control.
Leslie can't do much from the bottom here.
Farfy Iii working the ground and pound.
Farfy Iii lands some shots froms side control.
Leslie is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Farfy Iii controlling from side mount.

Farfy Iii is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Leslie has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Farfy Iii tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Farfy Iii has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Farfy Iii prevents Leslie from escaping the position.
Leslie trying to remain calm as Farfy Iii controls from the top position.
Leslie is trying to get back to his feet.
Farfy Iii lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Leslie down.
Farfy Iii in side control lands a decent elbow.
Farfy Iii scoring with punches and elbows.

Farfy Iii is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Leslie is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Leslie is letting Farfy Iii control him for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leslie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farfy Iii is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Leslie will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Farfy Iii has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Leslie is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Farfy Iii asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Farfy Iii scores with punches from side control.
Leslie pushes Farfy Iii away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Farfy Iii gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Leslie trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Leslie is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farfy Iii grinds an elbow into Leslie's temple.
Farfy Iii lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Leslie pushes Farfy Iii away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Farfy Iii gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan Farfy Iii dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johan Farfy Iii's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Leslie takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Farfy Iii.
Leslie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Farfy Iii with a nice cross.
Leslie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Leslie is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leslie just misses with a punch to the body.
Farfy Iii might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Leslie doesn't manage to clinch there - Farfy Iii circles away.
Farfy Iii lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Oh Leslie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leslie moves in looking to clinch but Farfy Iii pushes him off.
Leslie seems to have got his legs back now.
Leslie gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Farfy Iii gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Leslie is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johan Farfy Iii! Johan Farfy Iii retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Johan Farfy Iii 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.