PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dani Legrange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghengis Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legrange comes to the ring accompanied by White Rabbit. Congo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. After the Smoke is Clear kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Legrange
vs
Congo

184 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
284 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

White Gorilla Nutrition

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dani Legrange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghengis Congo!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Congo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Congo throws a head kick that misses.
Congo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Legrange.
Congo connects with a right hand. Legrange shakes it off.
Congo waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Legrange. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Legrange to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Legrange is rocked!

It looks like Dani Legrange has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Congo tries to stand but Legrange is controlling from the bottom.

Legrange escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Congo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Congo wants to stand but Legrange has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legrange is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Legrange trying to control the position.
Congo wants to control from the top but Legrange keeps moving.
Congo being controlled here momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Congo wants to stand but Legrange is controlling his posture from full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Congo scores with a jab to the head.
Legrange tries to close the distance and clinch but Congo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Legrange avoids a punch combination nicely.
Congo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Congo clinches with his opponent.
Legrange dodges an elbow strike from Congo.
Legrange taking a breather.
Congo is looking to control Legrange's arms but Legrange gets an underhook and turns him. Now Congo has his back to the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Legrange has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Legrange blocks the elbow strike.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Legrange blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Legrange stalling.
Congo wants to break free but Legrange has control.

Legrange wants the takedown. Congo is fighting it off but Legrange persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Congo's guard against the ropes.
Congo wants to get back to his feet but Legrange is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Legrange stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Congo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Congo keeping moving, preventing Legrange from controlling successfully.
Legrange postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legrange missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Legrange slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Legrange might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Legrange trying to control but Congo is working from the bottom.
Legrange won't allow Congo to sweep him here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Congo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghengis Congo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dani Legrange's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Congo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ghengis Congo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Congo tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Legrange counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Legrange.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Congo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Congo is trying to break free.
Legrange putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Congo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Legrange blocks it with crossed arms.
Legrange lands a knee to the body.
Congo lands a good knee to the midsection. Legrange won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Congo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Congo is trying to break the clinch but Legrange is controlling him.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Legrange is trying to maintain a safe position but Congo gets an underhook and turns Legrange into the ropes.
Legrange prevents Congo from breaking the clinch.
Legrange throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Legrange blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legrange using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Congo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Legrange stalling in the clinch but Congo improves position.
Legrange keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Congo's efforts to push away.
Congo crunches a lovely knee into Legrange's ribcage.
Congo working hard to break the clinch.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Legrange missing with knees to the body.
Legrange blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Congo looking to stall.
Legrange looking to slow down the pace here.
Congo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Congo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Congo is trying to break the clinch but Legrange is controlling him.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Legrange blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Legrange has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Legrange jumps guard.
Congo being controlled here momentarily.
Legrange keeping moving, preventing Congo from controlling successfully.
Legrange on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Legrange tries to get out of the position.
Legrange working a defensive guard here.

Legrange is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Congo is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legrange has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Congo trying to control the position from guard on top but Legrange is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Legrange trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Congo wants to stand but Legrange is controlling his posture from full guard.
Legrange seems keen to control Congo's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghengis Congo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dani Legrange's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Legrange closes this distance looking for a takedown but Congo circles away.
Congo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Legrange rushes Congo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Legrange stalling the fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Congo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Legrange blocks it.
Congo stalling the fight.
Congo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Legrange tries to land knees in the clinch but Congo avoids the damage to the body.
Legrange is trying to drag Congo to the mat but Congo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Congo manages to break the clinch.
Congo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Legrange tries to close the distance and clinch but Congo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Congo throws a right and a left that Legrange avoids nicely.
Dani Legrange is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legrange checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Legrange slips under a jab.
Legrange is looking to clinch.
Congo throws a right and a left that Legrange avoids nicely.
Congo misses with a double jab

and Legrange holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Congo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Congo is trying to maintain a safe position but Legrange gets an underhook and turns Congo into the ropes.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Congo wants to break free but Legrange has control.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Congo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Legrange lands a knee to the head.
Congo tries to stall but Legrange uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Legrange avoids a wild elbow strike from Congo.
Legrange lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legrange with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Congo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Congo lands a good knee to the midsection. Legrange won't want to take too many of those.
A bit of stalling here from Legrange.
Congo wants to stall.
Legrange misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Congo.
Congo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Legrange is keeping busy.
Congo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Legrange looking to slow down the pace here.
Congo taking a breather.
Legrange wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dani Legrange. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legrange tries to land knees in the clinch but Congo avoids the damage to the body.
Legrange is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Congo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Congo is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Congo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Congo trying to land knees to the body.
Legrange lands a right hand that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Congo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Legrange leaning against his opponent.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Legrange takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Legrange using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Legrange looking to slow down the pace here.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Congo is looking to break free of the clinch but Legrange has double underhooks.
Legrange landing knees to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legrange has Congo pressed against the ropes.
Ghengis Congo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dani Legrange.
Legrange throws a nice inside leg kick.
Legrange fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Congo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Legrange to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Congo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dani Legrange has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legrange with a nice head shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legrange won't allow Congo to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dani Legrange showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Congo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ghengis Congo!