PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Lehnsherr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vadim Leonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lehnsherr comes to the cage accompanied by PURE EVIL!. The crowd seem to be enjoying Leonov's choice of entrance music: Red october. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lehnsherr
vs
Leonov

210 cm
24
278 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

194 cm
28
248 lbs
15 - 17 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Erik Lehnsherr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vadim Leonov!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leonov gets tackled into the cage by Lehnsherr. Lehnsherr maintains the clinch.

Leonov gets control of Lehnsherr's arms and successfully pulls guard. Leonov will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Leonov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lehnsherr would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Leonov manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lehnsherr is squirming around, avoiding Leonov's attempts to control the action.
Leonov controlling the position easily from mount.
Lehnsherr is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leonov looking to secure an arm triangle but Lehnsherr defends it well.
Lehnsherr is bucking up trying to escape but Leonov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Leonov looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lehnsherr wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Leonov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Leonov is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Lehnsherr to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Lehnsherr shrugs it off.
Leonov looking to ground and pound but Lehnsherr is blocking nicely.
Lehnsherr is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Leonov thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Leonov punching from mount but Lehnsherr doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonov lands a heavy elbow.
Leonov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lehnsherr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leonov on the ground.
Lehnsherr is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Leonov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Leonov lands a big elbow.
Lehnsherr blocking the ground and pound.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vadim Leonov!