PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dominique Leblanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuncho Vankata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leblanc
vs
Vankata

175 cm
24
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
19
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dominique Leblanc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kuncho Vankata!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vankata lands a slapping body shot.
Vankata tries to clinch but Leblanc moves out of range.
Vankata with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vankata fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leblanc keeps the fight on the outside.
Vankata jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leblanc circles away from the clinch attempt

and Leblanc counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Vankata is looking to stand back up but Leblanc counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Vankata.

Leblanc scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Leblanc.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leblanc prevents Vankata from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Leblanc.
Vankata pushes Leblanc off looking to stand but Leblanc dives back in and keeps control.
Vankata is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Leblanc 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.
Vankata tries to kick Leblanc off in order to stand up. Leblanc Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Leblanc content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Vankata is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Leblanc has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Vankata bucks up and tries to throw Leblanc off but instead Leblanc has got his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vankata is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Vankata trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Vankata is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Vankata is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Vankata trying to get back to his feet but Leblanc is in full control for now.
Leblanc controlling from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leblanc lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Leblanc.
Vankata is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Leblanc is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Vankata. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Vankata is trying to get back to his feet but Leblanc has full control of the position and if anything, Vankata has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Vankata wants to escape the position.
Vankata is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Leblanc.
Leblanc gets his hands free as Vankata looks to control.
Vankata trying to get back to his feet but Leblanc is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Leblanc is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Vankata. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Leblanc is hanging on to Vankata's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leblanc lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Vankata hold on?!
Leblanc is riding his opponent, not letting Vankata buck him off.
Vankata trying to control but not successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominique Leblanc dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vankata throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vankata tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Leblanc manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leblanc was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Vankata lands a jab to Leblanc's midsection.
Vankata tries to clinch but Leblanc moves out of range.
Leblanc tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Vankata manages to circle out of the way.
Vankata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vankata misses with a body punch

and Leblanc holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Leblanc stalling.
Leblanc manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Leblanc's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vankata misses the shot to the body.
Dominique Leblanc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vankata is looking to clinch but Leblanc is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vankata lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vankata is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Leblanc rather than just go for the knockout.
Leblanc avoids the body shot from Vankata.
Leblanc is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vankata can do to turn this around?
Vankata moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vankata tries to clinch up.
Vankata changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vankata throws a lazy uppercut

and Leblanc counters by clinching up.
Vankata lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vankata fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leblanc.

Leblanc jumps guard and drags Vankata to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Leblanc pulls Vankata in to control the position.
Vankata tries to stand but Leblanc is controlling from the bottom.
Vankata stopping the sweep attempt from Leblanc.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Leblanc is on top in guard.

Leblanc stopping the sweep attempt from Vankata.
Vankata is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Leblanc slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Leblanc gets to his feet. Vankata looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Leblanc shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Leblanc was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Vankata tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vankata tries to improve his position but Leblanc has taken his back! Leblanc has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Vankata tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Leblanc pushes Vankata away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dominique Leblanc!