PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stella Artois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelly Leak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Artois
vs
Leak

180 cm
19
200 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

188 cm
40
217 lbs
27 - 33 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stella Artois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 33 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelly Leak!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leak closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Leak lands in his opponent's guard.
Leak works over Artois with some ground and pound from guard.
Leak controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Artois knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leak on the ground.
Artois trying to keep a closed guard but Leak is proving a slippery customer.
Leak lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Artois seems keen to control Leak's posture.
Leak is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Artois working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Artois trying to control the position here.
Leak stopping the sweep attempt from Artois.
Leak lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leak is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Leak is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Leak lands a couple of elbows.
Leak works over Artois with some ground and pound from guard.
Artois is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leak slips nicely into half guard.
Leak is nestled in close to Artois, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Artois is not content to let Leak control the position.
Leak winds up and cracks Artois with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Well, if Leak is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Leak winds up and cracks Artois with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Artois is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artois is working hard here to advance position.
Leak scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Leak scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Leak connects with a nice short shot to Artois's temple.
Leak takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Artois is rocked!
Ground and pound from Leak.
Oh Artois is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Leak 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! Artois is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kelly Leak!
Our winner, Kelly Leak, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.