PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leon Louis (ranked 3954 p4p, 435 weight class) and Nthanda Iseul (ranked 4417 p4p, 466 weight class). Louis comes to the cage accompanied by Siren. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Louis
vs
Iseul

179 cm
19
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
26
172 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leon Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nthanda Iseul!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Louis with that takedown attempt.
Iseul lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louis circles away quickly and effectively.
Louis tries for a takedown but Iseul sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Louis misses the jab.
Iseul changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis shoots in and drives through. Iseul sprawls well.
Iseul with the counter takedown but Louis avoids it easily.
Louis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Iseul throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A swing and a miss from Louis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Louis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Louis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis throwing shots but Iseul is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Louis trying to pass the guard but Iseul defending well.
Iseul is looking to control Louis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Iseul avoid being mounted?
Iseul tries to roll over but Louis keeps him under control.
Iseul keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Louis lands a nice short elbow.
Louis thows a huge punch but Iseul dodges it nicely.
Louis drops an elbow to the side of Iseul's head.
Louis is keen to just control but Iseul is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Louis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Louis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Louis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Iseul's head.
Iseul avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Louis.
Louis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Iseul taking some punishment here, with Louis in his half guard.
Louis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Louis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Louis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis working the head and body with strikes.
Louis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Louis is nestled in close to Iseul, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Louis takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Louis lands a big elbow - Iseul is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Louis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Louis!
A victorious Leon Louis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.