PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mitsu Misawa (ranked 1108 p4p, 1742 weight class) and Pierre Ledoux (ranked 151 p4p, 221 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Misawa
vs
Ledoux

182 cm
29
174
13 - 11 - 0

180 cm
30
182
13 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Red Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitsu Misawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Ledoux!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ledoux has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ledoux there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ledoux will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Ledoux has managed to clinch.
Misawa scores with a hook to the body.
Ledoux drops down looking for an ankle pick but Misawa pulls his leg out and moves away.
Misawa misses with a few strikes there.

Ledoux darts in and clinches Misawa up against the cage.
Ledoux has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Misawa avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mitsu Misawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pierre Ledoux.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Ledoux is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Misawa gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Misawa tries a body shot but Ledoux blocks it.
Ledoux blocks a body shot from Misawa.
Ledoux is trying to pull guard but Misawa turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ledoux prevents a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Ledoux controls his hands.

Ledoux is trying to trip Misawa. He has hold of a leg but Misawa is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ledoux persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misawa controls Ledoux momentarily but Ledoux frees himself.
Ledoux trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ledoux looking to pass the guard.
Misawa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ledoux manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Ledoux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ledoux is controlling Misawa's posture.
Misawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Ledoux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Misawa is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ledoux looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Misawa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ledoux swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ledoux is trying to keep Misawa in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ledoux bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Misawa's guard.

Ledoux postures up.
Ledoux not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Misawa controlling Ledoux's posture.
Ledoux postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ledoux won't allow Misawa to sweep him here.
Misawa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ledoux on the ground.
Misawa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Misawa controls Ledoux momentarily but Ledoux frees himself.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ledoux working some strikes from top position.
Ledoux content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ledoux has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ledoux sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ledoux wants to control from the top but Misawa keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ledoux's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ledoux sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Misawa's guard.
Misawa is looking to escape.
Ledoux seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Misawa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ledoux takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Ledoux is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Misawa is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pierre Ledoux!
Pierre Ledoux bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.