PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Leonidas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Long has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Long
vs
Leonidas

190 cm
22
201 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Leonidas!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonidas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Long shoots in for a double leg but Leonidas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Leonidas misses with a series of wild punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Leonidas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Long takes the fight into the clinch.
Long can't get the takedown.

Leonidas breaks from the clinch.
Long tries to clinch but Leonidas moves out of range.
Leonidas misses with a wild combination.
Long shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Leonidas as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Leonidas throws a one two combo.
Leonidas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice sprawl there from Leonidas as Long shoots in.
A punch combination from Leonidas misses.
Long misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Long misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Leonidas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Long's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long walks into a stiff left hand from Leonidas.
Long takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Leonidas checks a leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Long or perhaps it was just good defense by Leonidas which made him look bad.
Long is breathing heavily.
Leonidas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Leonidas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Long avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leonidas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Leonidas.
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leonidas.
Leonidas throws a nice looking combination but Long bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leonidas scores with a three punch combo!

Long is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leonidas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Oh Long is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leonidas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leonidas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Long circles away quickly and effectively.
Leonidas throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
Long seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Leonidas shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Leonidas showed some decent athleticism there.
Leonidas passes to full mount!

Leonidas is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Long is surviving well by controlling Leonidas's body position as best he can.

Long has left one of his arms exposed and Leonidas doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Long screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). King Leonidas!