PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dany Legorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Eldars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frankie Eldars will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Legorious
vs
Eldars

180 cm
25
211 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

191 cm
23
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Soul Supremacy Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dany Legorious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Eldars!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legorious displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eldars throws out the jab.
Nice jab there from Eldars.

It looks like Dany Legorious has been cut.
Eldars misses with a wild combination.
Legorious has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Soul Supremacy - UK in the buildup to the fight.
Eldars takes a swing at Legorious's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Eldars misses.
Eldars throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Eldars misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legorious wants to land a leg kick but Eldars is out of range.
A big right from Eldars misses.
Legorious gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Eldars.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eldars misses with a hook.
A lazy left from Eldars finds it's target.
Legorious walks into a left hand.
Eldars tries to bum rush Legorious with a series of wild strikes but Legorious uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Eldars misses with a hook.
Legorious fails with a takedown attempt.
Frankie Eldars seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eldars misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eldars throws a hook but Legorious avoids it easily.
Eldars misses with a looping right.
Eldars looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Eldars tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Legorious was well out of range. Poor timing from Eldars.
Legorious moves out of range as Eldars strikes.
Eldars fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legorious manages to avoid it.
Eldars rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Legorious counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Eldars misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Legorious.
Legorious throws the kick towards the body but Eldars avoids it.
Legorious tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Legorious.
Eldars misses with a hook
and Legorious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eldars waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Legorious.
Eldars is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Legorious.
Legorious on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Eldars throws an overhand right that lands on Legorious's shoulder, as Legorious tries to avoid the shot.
Eldars jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eldars throws a lazy uppercut

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

Legorious got a little sloppy there for a moment and Eldars has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Legorious has managed to get both his arms back between Eldars's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eldars pulls Legorious in close to prevent any damage.
Legorious chips away with some ground and pound.
Legorious works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Eldars really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Legorious. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Legorious is looking to advance position but Eldars won't allow it.
Legorious missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Legorious trying to pass the guard but Eldars defending well.

Legorious 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in half guard, Legorious seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Eldars dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dany Legorious's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Eldars throws a right and a left that both miss.

Legorious bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Legorious has hold of Eldars's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Eldars tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Legorious cranks the arm and Eldars screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Eldars, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Dany Legorious!
In his post fight interview, Dany Legorious started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.