PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Malaki Fiso (ranked 1211 p4p, 47 weight class) and Tayla Leech (ranked 1497 p4p, 71 weight class). Fiso comes to the ring accompanied by The Lord's Prayer (In Samoan). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Fiso
vs
Leech

172 cm
20
143 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
26
147 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Bee Krazy

Thomspon 90%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malaki Fiso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tayla Leech!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fiso connects with a body shot that sends Leech's belly button to the back.
Leech misses the shot to the body.
Fiso avoids the body shot from Leech.
Leech on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fiso digs a good body shot into Leech's ribs.
Fiso fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Leech on the side of the head.
Leech takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Leech throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fiso swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fiso connects with a body shot that sends Leech's belly button to the back.
Leech misses with a hook. Fiso ducked under it nicely.
Fiso moves out of range of the strikes.
Leech feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fisos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fiso misses with an uppercut. Leech saw that one coming.
Fiso lands with a cross.
Fiso scores with a nice head shot.
Fiso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leech throws a body punch but Fiso moves out of range.
Fiso avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leech connects with a body shot that sends Fiso's belly button to the back.
Leech darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fiso throws an off balance right hand
and Leech counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leech steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fiso.
Leech misses with a double jab.
Fiso throws a looping overhand right but Leech ducks down to avoid it.
Fiso looks to land a combination. Leech sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fiso slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leech uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fiso.
Leech doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fiso. Leech does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leech doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiso clobbers Leech with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fiso swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leech moves out of range of the strikes.
Leech takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fiso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leech slips under a jab from Fiso.
Fiso swinging wildly here.
Leech appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Leech misses with a combination
and Fiso cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fiso works the jab nicely.
Leech throws a looping overhand right but Fiso ducks down to avoid it.
Leech misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leech's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fiso connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Leech scrambles back to his feet.
Fiso clobbers Leech with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fiso takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fiso takes a swing at Leech's ribcage but misses.
Leech swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fiso misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leech. Fiso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fiso throws a lazy uppercut
and Leech counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fiso thinking.
Leech fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Leech swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fiso looks to score with a jab to the body but Leech is just out of range.
Leech rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fiso moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leech misses with a wild body shot.
Leech throws an overhand right that lands on Fiso's shoulder, as Fiso tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leech just misses with a punch to the body.
Fiso is looking for a counter combo.
We've been informed that Leech has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Fiso drives through and clinches with Leech against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fiso jumps guard but Leech turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.

Fiso has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Leech uses from the top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fiso is on top in guard.

Fiso is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Leech keeping moving, preventing Fiso from controlling successfully.
Fiso pushes down on Leech's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Fiso tries to pass the half guard into mount. Leech knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Leech is refusing to be controlled, as Fiso sits in half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fiso looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Fiso is looking for a kimura here.

Fiso seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Leech is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Malaki Fiso!
Malaki Fiso retains his bantamweight title!
Malaki Fiso decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.