PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Frank (ranked 2267 p4p, 3511 weight class) and Timo Leyton (ranked 295 p4p, 434 weight class). Frank kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Trapper x Foogiano . 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?

Frank
vs
Leyton

183 cm
29
178
11 - 9 - 0

180 cm
32
178
21 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darius Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timo Leyton!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leyton drives through with a takedown into guard.
Frank keeping full guard, as Leyton tries to pass.
Leyton forces his way into half guard.
Frank wants to get back to full guard.
Leyton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Frank trying to control but Leyton postures up.
Leyton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Leyton is nestled in close to Frank, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Leyton is looking to take a break and control but Frank is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leyton is looking to take a break and control but Frank is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Leyton prevents Frank from improving his position.
Frank has his hands clasped together around Leyton's back. He's all about the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frank tries to roll over but Leyton keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frank trying to hold on to Leyton's head to control him but Leyton postures up.
Frank taking some punishment here, with Leyton in his half guard.
Frank is staying active underneath Leyton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Leyton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Frank is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank is looking to escape.
Leyton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Frank manages to get to full guard.
Leyton throws a big elbow that misses.
Leyton cracks Frank with a solid left hand.
Frank is trying to control the position but Leyton postures up.

Frank looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Frank wants to sweep here but Leyton controlling him for the moment.
Leyton trying to control but Frank is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leyton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Leyton landing with the ground and pound.
Frank trying to control the position.
Frank avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Leyton trying to control but Frank is working from the bottom.
Leyton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Leyton stands up over Frank, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Leyton trying to control the position from guard on top but Frank is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Frank working a defensive guard here.
Frank is looking to sweep but instead, Leyton has passed into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leyton prevents Frank from improving his position.
Frank trying to control here.
Leyton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Frank is refusing to be controlled, as Leyton sits in half guard.

Frank looking for submissions off his back.
Frank is trying to maintain the position but Leyton is very close to passing his half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Frank manages to get to full guard.
Frank not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Frank cracks a nice hook into Leyton's ribs.
Frank throws a nice inside leg kick.
Frank fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Leyton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Frank takes a swing at Leyton's ribcage but misses.
Frank misses with an uppercut.
Leyton is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Frank scores with a sloppy right hand. Leyton should have avoided that one.

Leyton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Frank looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Frank prevents Leyton from improving position.
Leyton working the head and body with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leyton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Frank to see if he's OK.
Leyton working the ground and pound from side control.
Frank tries to improve position but can't.
Timo Leyton has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank struggling a bit here.
Leyton lands a decent elbow from side control.
Frank sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Frank regains full guard. Nicely done.
Frank wants to sweep but no luck.
Leyton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Leyton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Leyton wants to control from the top but Frank keeps moving.
Frank trying to control the position.

Frank looking for a guillotine here but Leyton defends easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Frank is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leyton looking for a sweep. Not yet Leyton, not yet.
Leyton is trying to keep Frank in close.
Frank trying to control but Leyton is working from the bottom.
Frank pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Leyton is keeping the position for now.
Leyton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Frank wants to improve his position but Leyton is controlling well.
Leyton winds up and cracks Frank with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank is looking to improve his position.
Leyton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Frank with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Leyton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frank moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Leyton advances to half guard.
Frank taking some punishment here, with Leyton in his half guard.
Leyton wants to take a breather but Frank is having none of it.
Frank is looking to improve his position.
Frank preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Frank gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leyton trying to control but Frank is working from the bottom.

Frank throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Frank looking to control.
Leyton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Frank is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leyton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leyton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Leyton wants to control from the top but Frank keeps moving.
Frank keeping full guard, as Leyton tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Timo Leyton will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Leyton is defended easily by Frank.
Frank loads up on a big right hand but Leyton slips the punch.
Frank looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Leyton with a poor takedown
and Leyton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Leyton fails with a takedown attempt.
Darius Frank has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timo Leyton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Frank gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leyton slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Frank tries to buck Leyton off but Leyton is having none of it.
Leyton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Leyton looks up at the clock and then as Frank takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Leyton smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Leyton connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Frank some visible discomfort.
Leyton trying to control the action but Frank is working from the bottom.
Frank is trying to improve his position.
Leyton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Leyton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Frank to see if he's OK.
Leyton trying to control the action but Frank is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank struggling a bit here.
Frank pushes Leyton away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Leyton gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Darius Frank has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
You can see the frustration on Frank's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Frank tries to buck Leyton off but Leyton is having none of it.
Frank takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Leyton working the head and body with strikes.
Frank takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
A control attempt from Frank but he's now mounted!
Leyton trying to control but Frank is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leyton working Frank over with strikes here.
Frank is trying desperately to improve position.
Frank manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Frank is positioning himself well to prevent Leyton advancing to mount.

Frank actively working from the bottom here.
Frank is pressing down on Leyton's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Leyton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Leyton looking to sit in guard and control but Frank gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leyton working a defensive guard here.
Leyton wants to sweep but no luck.

Leyton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Frank doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Frank manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Frank engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Frank postures up in Leyton's guard and throws a big left but Leyton blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Frank being controlled here momentarily.
Timo Leyton is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Frank working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Timo Leyton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Leyton winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timo Leyton!
In his post fight interview, Timo Leyton started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.