PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Battleby (ranked 1830 p4p, 2073 weight class) and Emanuel Le Delma (ranked 169 p4p, 195 weight class). Le Delma has chosen Les Jeunes de l'Univers as his entrance music. 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?

Battleby
vs
Le Delma

179 cm
28
151
7 - 4 - 0

176 cm
24
152
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Fantasy Threads

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Battleby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emanuel Le Delma!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Delma fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Battleby throwing a counter right hand but Le Delma manages to avoid it.
Battleby throws a leg kick
and Battleby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Battleby looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Le Delma stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Battleby.
Battleby dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Le Delma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Battleby.
Nice body kick from Battleby.
Le Delma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Le Delma takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le Delma wants to clinch up but Battleby keeps it at a distance.
Battleby feints and then cracks Le Delma's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Le Delma down.
Battleby lands with an uppercut that bounces Le Delma off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Battleby tries to sprawl but Le Delma drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Battleby trying to control but Le Delma postures up.
Le Delma winds up and cracks Battleby with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battleby is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Le Delma thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Battleby blocking the ground and pound attempt from Le Delma.
Battleby is positioning himself well to prevent Le Delma advancing to mount.
Le Delma prevents Battleby from improving his position.
Battleby trying to control here.
Battleby is controlling Le Delma's position as best he can from this difficult position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Le Delma working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le Delma frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Battleby tries to hold on but Le Delma postures up.
Battleby prevents any damage by holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battleby blocking the ground and pound.
Battleby keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Battleby sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Le Delma throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Battleby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Le Delma.
Battleby trying to control but Le Delma postures up.
Le Delma not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Battleby is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Battleby has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Le Delma decides to return to a standing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Le Delma tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Battleby defends well and Le Delma ends up having to push Battleby into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ulysses Battleby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emanuel Le Delma.
Le Delma takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Battleby lands with an uppercut that bounces Le Delma off the cage and back into range.
Le Delma fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Le Delma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Battleby.
Battleby misses with a looping right.
Battleby sizes up Le Delma with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Battleby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le Delma unleashes a big counter combination but Battleby bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Le Delma blocks a low kick nicely.
Le Delma throws out a counter right but Battleby avoids it with no problem.
Battleby 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.

Battleby gets caught flat footed, as Le Delma shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Battleby is looking to stand back up but Le Delma counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Battleby.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Le Delma prevents Battleby from improving his position.
Battleby is trying to maintain the position but Le Delma is very close to passing his half guard.
Le Delma wants to free his trapped foot but Battleby is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Battleby wants to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Le Delma.
Battleby moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Battleby preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Le Delma postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ulysses Battleby dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Battleby swings for the body but Le Delma moves out of range.
Le Delma blocks a low kick nicely.

Le Delma closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Battleby quickly recovers to half guard.
Le Delma missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Battleby is looking to control Le Delma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Battleby avoid being mounted?
Battleby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le Delma can do to turn this around?
Battleby preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Battleby wants to improve his position but Le Delma is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Delma looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Battleby with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Le Delma thows a huge punch but Battleby dodges it nicely.
Battleby pushes Le Delma off looking to stand but Le Delma dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battleby trying to control but Le Delma postures up.
Battleby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Le Delma.
Le Delma takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Battleby controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Le Delma thows a huge punch but Battleby dodges it nicely.
Le Delma not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Le Delma throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Le Delma lands strikes from half guard.
Le Delma missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Battleby is looking to control Le Delma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Battleby avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma trying to control the action but Battleby is working from the bottom.
Battleby trying to control from the bottom.
Battleby desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Le Delma landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Battleby is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Le Delma scores with a couple of nice shots.
Battleby tries to get to full guard but Le Delma has control of the leg.
Battleby wants to get back to his feet.
Le Delma wants to lay and pray for a moment but Battleby keeps working.
Le Delma throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Le Delma there.
Battleby wants to improve his position but Le Delma is controlling well.
Le Delma is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Battleby wants to control but Le Delma is keeping busy.
Le Delma throwing shots but Battleby is blocking nicely.
Battleby is trying to control but Le Delma passes into side control!
Le Delma throws a strike aimed at the side of Battleby's head but Battleby avoids it well.
Battleby isn't going anywhere.
Battleby tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Le Delma wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Le Delma sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Battleby is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battleby is trying to improve his position.
Battleby is working hard here to advance position.
Le Delma throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Battleby is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Le Delma's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Le Delma missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Le Delma thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Battleby controlling the position well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le Delma wants to control but Battleby is keeping him busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Emanuel Le Delma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Horrible takedown attempt by Le Delma or perhaps it was just good defense by Battleby, which made it look bad.
Battleby throws a lazy right hand but Le Delma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Le Delma has his takedown stuffed
and Le Delma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Le Delma shoots in and drives through. Battleby sprawls well.
Ulysses Battleby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emanuel Le Delma.
Le Delma takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Battleby throws a wild body kick that Le Delma sees coming a mile off.
Le Delma shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Battleby as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Le Delma looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Battleby wriggles free and stands up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le Delma shoots in looking for a takedown but Battleby manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Le Delma's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Battleby fires out a quick counter leg kick but Le Delma just manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battleby thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Le Delma if he has to take too many more of those.
Battleby throws a big shot that misses.
Le Delma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Battleby wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ulysses Battleby is winning the standup battle so far.
Battleby throws a nice outside leg kick.
Battleby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Battleby lands a head shot.
Le Delma shoots in for a double leg but Battleby sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Battleby tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Le Delma was well out of range. Poor timing from Battleby.
Battleby lands a high kick!
Le Delma on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Battleby. Battleby obviously looking to wear him down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Battleby - that will leave a mark!
Battleby throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Le Delma shoots in and gets a takedown into Battleby's guard.

Battleby kicks Le Delma off and gets to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Battleby appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Le Delma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid body kick from Battleby.
Le Delma misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Battleby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le Delma.
Battleby scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Battleby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le Delma moves away from the strike by Battleby.
Ulysses Battleby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Battleby lands a jab.
Le Delma fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battleby works the jab nicely.
Battleby ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Le Delma fails with the takedown.
Horrible takedown attempt by Le Delma or perhaps it was just good defense by Battleby, which made it look bad.
The fighters circle, before Battleby throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Le Delma's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Battleby lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Ulysses Battleby!
Ulysses Battleby seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.