PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abelardo De Leon (ranked 2470 p4p, 2492 weight class) and Ryu Inhanamoto (ranked 287 p4p, 293 weight class). De Leon's entrance music is Mercenary - F.O.O.L. & Power Glove. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

De Leon
vs
Inhanamoto

197 cm
19
263
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
19
265
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abelardo De Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryu Inhanamoto!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inhanamoto wants to clinch.
De Leon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Inhanamoto.
De Leon is looking to counter punch.
De Leon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Leon is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
De Leon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Inhanamoto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Leon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab by De Leon.

It looks like Ryu Inhanamoto has been cut.
Inhanamoto lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Abelardo De Leon has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inhanamoto misses with a looping right.
Inhanamoto slips a straight right by De Leon.
De Leon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Inhanamoto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Leon looks to land a right hand but Inhanamoto moved out of range.
Inhanamoto loads up on a big right hand but De Leon slips the punch.
Inhanamoto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Leon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A shot in the inside from De Leon.
Inhanamoto tries to work over De Leon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Leon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Inhanamoto prevents a body shot from De Leon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Leon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Inhanamoto throws a punch but it's blocked by De Leon.

De Leon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Inhanamoto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Leon misses with a lunging right hand
and Inhanamoto counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Leon slips under a jab from Inhanamoto.
An attempted straight right counter from De Leon misses the target.
De Leon misses with a hook. Inhanamoto ducked under it nicely.
Inhanamoto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Inhanamoto throws a jab but it's blocked by De Leon.
De Leon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Inhanamoto misses with a jab to the body
enabling De Leon to counter with a crisp jab.
De Leon misses with an uppercut
and Inhanamoto counters with a stiff right hand.
Inhanamoto tries to clinch but De Leon is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inhanamoto looks to clinch
letting De Leon counter with a right hand.

That has opened up Ryu Inhanamoto's cut even more.
Inhanamoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Leon throws a jab but it's blocked by Inhanamoto.

Inhanamoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice left hand lands by De Leon.
De Leon working aggressively here.
Inhanamoto lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, De Leon scores with a nice short uppercut.

De Leon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Leon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Inhanamoto pushes De Leon up against the cage in a clinch.
Inhanamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Inhanamoto blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inhanamoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Inhanamoto can't find room to land a body shot as De Leon controls the action.
Inhanamoto scores with a shoulder strike.
De Leon blocks a body shot from Inhanamoto.

De Leon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Inhanamoto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Inhanamoto swings wildly with an uppercut but De Leon uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Leon is looking to break free of the clinch but Inhanamoto has double underhooks.
De Leon lands a left hand.
Inhanamoto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Leon throws a punch but it's blocked by Inhanamoto.
De Leon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Leon tries to work over Inhanamoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Leon tries to work over Inhanamoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Inhanamoto - that landed with a thud.
De Leon is breathing heavily.
Inhanamoto scores with a shot to the side of De Leon's head.
Inhanamoto can't find room to land a body shot as De Leon controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ryu Inhanamoto dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

De Leon misses with a hook.
De Leon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
De Leon takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Inhanamoto cracks De Leon with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Inhanamoto has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning De Leon to stand back up!
Inhanamoto digs a good body shot into De Leon's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Inhanamoto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Leon was well out of range. Poor timing from Inhanamoto.

Oooooh!!! Inhanamoto has knocked De Leon down with a huge combo! Inhanamoto steps away and waves a wobbly De Leon back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

De Leon is rocked!
Ryu Inhanamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Inhanamoto takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh De Leon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Leon lands with a light punch inside.
De Leon seems to have got his legs back now.
De Leon blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inhanamoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Leon lands a nice shot to the body.
De Leon misses with the head strike.
Inhanamoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Inhanamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Leon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Leon lands a right hand.
Inhanamoto is leaning against De Leon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Inhanamoto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto throws a punch but it's blocked by De Leon.
Ryu Inhanamoto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Leon.
Inhanamoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Inhanamoto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inhanamoto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Inhanamoto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Leon prevents a body shot from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Leon tries to break free but Inhanamoto pushes him back against the cage.
Inhanamoto misses with a punch to the body.
Inhanamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Inhanamoto scores with a shot to the side of De Leon's head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Inhanamoto pushes De Leon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Inhanamoto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Inhanamoto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Inhanamoto lands a left hand.
Inhanamoto tries to throw a body punch but De Leon avoids it by throwing Inhanamoto back against the cage.
De Leon tries a body shot but Inhanamoto blocks it.
De Leon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto lands a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Inhanamoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Leon's elbow.
Inhanamoto lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Leon backwards.
De Leon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Inhanamoto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Leons head.
Inhanamoto lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Inhanamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Leon's brow.
Inhanamoto has a couple of punches blocked by De Leon.
Inhanamoto struggles to land a body shot inside as De Leon controls his hands.

De Leon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Inhanamoto feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends De Leon sprawling to the canvas! De Leon rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Inhanamoto finish him?!

Abelardo De Leon's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Inhanamoto misses with a body shot.
De Leon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Inhanamoto darts in and clinches De Leon up against the cage.
De Leon tries a body shot but Inhanamoto blocks it.
De Leon prevents a body shot from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Inhanamoto pushes De Leon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Inhanamoto blocks a body shot from De Leon.
Inhanamoto lands with a short shot to the head.
Inhanamoto lands a nice shot to the body.
Inhanamoto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Leon or not.
Inhanamoto pushes De Leon against the cage and as De Leon bounces back, Inhanamoto cracks him with a massive overhand right that sends him crashing to the mat! Inhanamoto follows up with more strikes but De Leon was out from that first, devastating punch! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ryu Inhanamoto!
An out of breath Ryu Inhanamoto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.