PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mits Tumbles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Luis Leonardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luis Leonardo has chosen Taio Cruz - Dynamite as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Tumbles
vs
Luis Leonardo

189 cm
19
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mits Tumbles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Luis Leonardo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tumbles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luis Leonardo swivels and escapes.
Luis Leonardo stuffs the takedown attempt from Tumbles. Tumbles gets slowly back to his feet.
Tumbles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luis Leonardo is fending him off so far but Tumbles persists. Nope, Luis Leonardo circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mits Tumbles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tumbles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luis Leonardo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tumbles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luis Leonardo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luis Leonardo looks to throw the jab but Tumbles is out of range.
Luis Leonardo throws a hook to the side of Tumbles's head but Tumbles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luis Leonardo throws a hook but Tumbles avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tumbles.
Tumbles swinging wildly here.
Tumbles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luis Leonardo swivels and escapes.
Luis Leonardo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Tumbles has managed to clinch.
Luis Leonardo is looking to break free of the clinch but Tumbles has double underhooks.
Tumbles is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Luis Leonardo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tumbles is working for takedown but Luis Leonardo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Luis Leonardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Tumbles.
Luis Leonardo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Luis Leonardo as Tumbles tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tumbles has Luis Leonardo pressed against the cage, preventing Luis Leonardo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Luis Leonardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Luis Leonardo working hard to break the clinch.
Luis Leonardo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tumbles tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Luis Leonardo smiles and moves away.
Tumbles takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Luis Leonardo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Luis Leonardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tumbles is just out of range.
Luis Leonardo misses the shot to the body.
Luis Leonardo throws a jab when Tumbles was well out of range.
Luis Leonardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luis Leonardo misses the jab.
Tumbles slips under a jab.
Luis Leonardo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tumbles on the side of the head.
Luis Leonardo digs a good body shot into Tumbles's ribs.
Tumbles is breathing heavily.
Luis Leonardo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tumbles's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo throws out a loose jab but Tumbles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antonio Luis Leonardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luis Leonardo cracks Tumbles with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Luis Leonardo misses its intended target.
Tumbles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Luis Leonardo misses with a body shot.
Tumbles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luis Leonardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tumbles moves away.
Tumbles misses with a takedown attempt - Luis Leonardo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tumbles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luis Leonardo scores with a decent looking hook.
Luis Leonardo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tumbles.
Luis Leonardo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tumbles.
Nice straight punches there by Luis Leonardo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Luis Leonardo. That snapped Tumbles's head back.
Luis Leonardo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tumbles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Luis Leonardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tumbles scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tumbles takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Luis Leonardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tumbles misses with a takedown attempt - Luis Leonardo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Luis Leonardo throws a shot from downtown. Tumbles moves away and avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Luis Leonardo there.
Tumbles throws out a loose jab but Luis Leonardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luis Leonardo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tumbles.
Tumbles gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luis Leonardo.
Tumbles takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tumbles stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Luis Leonardo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tumbles fails with a takedown attempt.
Luis Leonardo jabs Tumbles right on the nose. Tumbles blinks but takes it well.
Tumbles defending well as Luis Leonardo loads up on a big left hand.
Tumbles shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Luis Leonardo but Luis Leonardo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A jab from Luis Leonardo misses.
Luis Leonardo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tumbles has a takedown stuffed.
Luis Leonardo throws out a powerful jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luis Leonardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tumbles manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Tumbles.
Luis Leonardo scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Luis Leonardo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Luis Leonardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Tumbles has closed the distance and engaged Luis Leonardo in a clinch.
Luis Leonardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Luis Leonardo wants to break free but Tumbles has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Luis Leonardo tries to break the clinch but Tumbles is controlling the position.

Tumbles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luis Leonardo lands a really nice looking cross but Tumbles seems unphased.
Luis Leonardo 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.
Tumbles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo throws a big shot that misses.
Luis Leonardo misses the shot to the body.
Tumbles defending well as Luis Leonardo loads up on a big left hand.
Tumbles tries for a takedown but Luis Leonardo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Luis Leonardo misses with an uppercut.
Mits Tumbles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tumbles is looking to clinch but Luis Leonardo is avoiding it.
Luis Leonardo throws a lazy right hand but Tumbles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luis Leonardo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tumbles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo looks to land a left hand but Tumbles moved out of range nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luis Leonardo misses with an uppercut. Tumbles saw that one coming.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tumbles is defended easily by Luis Leonardo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mits Tumbles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luis Leonardo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Luis Leonardo scores with a nice right hand.
Tumbles closes the distance and clinches up with Luis Leonardo, looking for a takedown. Tumbles pushes Luis Leonardo against the cage but Luis Leonardo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tumbles is defended easily by Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tumbles manages to avoid it.
Luis Leonardo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Luis Leonardo misses with a looping right.
Tumbles tries to clinch but Luis Leonardo is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo misses with a wild body shot.
Tumbles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luis Leonardo.
Tumbles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luis Leonardo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Luis Leonardo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tumbles avoids the body shot from Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A decent looking cross lands there for Tumbles.
Luis Leonardo scores with a jab to the body.
Tumbles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luis Leonardo.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Tumbles. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Tumbles throws a sloppy head kick and Luis Leonardo moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Luis Leonardo misses the target.
Tumbles cracks Luis Leonardo with an open hand slap.
Luis Leonardo connects with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tumbles shoots in but Luis Leonardo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tumbles on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Tumbles forces Luis Leonardo back against the cage and clinches.
Tumbles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luis Leonardo has him pressed against the cage.
Luis Leonardo tries to stall but Tumbles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Luis Leonardo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tumbles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luis Leonardo digs a good body shot into Tumbles's ribs.
Luis Leonardo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tumbles in his tracks.
Tumbles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luis Leonardo misses the jab.
Tumbles looks to land a combination but Luis Leonardo avoids it well.
Tumbles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo jabs at Tumbles's body.
Luis Leonardo lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo lands a slapping body shot.
Luis Leonardo with a hook.
Tumbles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Luis Leonardo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luis Leonardo. Tumbles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tumbles is looking to clinch but Luis Leonardo is avoiding it.
Tumbles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luis Leonardo.
Tumbles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Luis Leonardo lands a jab to Tumbles's midsection.
Luis Leonardo throws a hook but Tumbles avoids it easily.
Tumbles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horrible takedown by Tumbles or perhaps it was just good defense by Luis Leonardo which made him look bad.
Antonio Luis Leonardo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luis Leonardo scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Luis Leonardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Luis Leonardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tumbles moves away.
Tumbles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Luis Leonardo sprawls well. Luis Leonardo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tumbles gets slowly back to his feet.
Luis Leonardo scores with a nice strike.
Luis Leonardo thows a body shot but no joy.
Luis Leonardo misses with a straight left.
Luis Leonardo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tumbles.
Tumbles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Luis Leonardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tumbles throws a looping overhand right but Luis Leonardo ducks down to avoid it.
Luis Leonardo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tumbles moves away.
Luis Leonardo digs a good hook to Tumbles's body.
Luis Leonardo jabs at Tumbles's body.
Tumbles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo with a hook.
Luis Leonardo loads up on a big right hand but Tumbles slips the punch.
Luis Leonardo stuns Tumbles with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Luis Leonardo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Luis Leonardo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Luis Leonardo throws an overhand right that lands on Tumbles's shoulder, as Tumbles tries to avoid the shot.
Luis Leonardo lands a head shot.
Luis Leonardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luis Leonardo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tumbles.
Luis Leonardo scores with a body shot.
Tumbles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luis Leonardo throws out the jab.
Tumbles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mits Tumbles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luis Leonardo. Tumbles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tumbles staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis Leonardo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luis Leonardo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tumbles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Luis Leonardo lands an overhand right.
Luis Leonardo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tumbles at a distance.
Luis Leonardo loads up on a big right hand but Tumbles slips the punch.
Tumbles tries to move into range but Luis Leonardo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tumbles staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Tumbles.
Tumbles avoids the body shot from Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tumbles's hands.
Antonio Luis Leonardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luis Leonardo, as that shot connected.
Tumbles takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tumbles looks to score with a jab to the body but Luis Leonardo is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tumbles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luis Leonardo.
Luis Leonardo swings for the body but Tumbles moves out of range.
Luis Leonardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tumbles was well out of range. Poor timing from Luis Leonardo.
Tumbles tries to clinch up but Luis Leonardo circles away and keeps his distance.

Tumbles closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Luis Leonardo to the mat! Luis Leonardo manages to get full guard.
Luis Leonardo is adopting a defensive guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tumbles accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tumbles trying to control but Luis Leonardo is working from the bottom.
Tumbles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tumbles trying to control but Luis Leonardo is working from the bottom.
Tumbles is stalling in the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Luis Leonardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Luis Leonardo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Luis Leonardo!