PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frito Lei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evgen Konstantinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evgen Konstantinov will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lei
vs
Konstantinov

170 cm
24
170 lbs
8 - 50 - 2

185 cm
24
175 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 50 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frito Lei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evgen Konstantinov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lei swats away the attempt to clinch by Konstantinov.
Lei misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Konstantinov tries to clinch there but Lei circles away.

Lei moves into range and clinches up with Konstantinov.
Konstantinov working hard to break the clinch.

Lei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lei throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Konstantinov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Konstantinov paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Lei moves into the clinch.
Konstantinov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Konstantinov is trying to break the clinch but Lei is controlling him.
Lei missing with knees to the body.
Konstantinov is looking to break free of the clinch but Lei has double underhooks.

Lei breaks the clinch.
Konstantinov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evgen Konstantinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lei is looking to clinch.

Lei darts in and clinches Konstantinov up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei tries to circle away but Konstantinov has him pinned against the cage.
Konstantinov lands with a right to the head.
Lei working hard to break the clinch.
Konstantinov has Lei pressed against the cage.
Konstantinov is trying to break the clinch but Lei is controlling him.
Konstantinov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lei's efforts to push away.

Lei manages to break the clinch.

Konstantinov rushes Lei and presses him up against the cage.
Konstantinov lands a nice uppercut.

Lei breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Konstantinov darts in and clinches Lei up against the cage.
Konstantinov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lei looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Konstantinov wants to get back to striking at distance but Lei won't allow it.
Konstantinov can't break the clinch.
Konstantinov blocking some punches.
Konstantinov is trying to push Lei away but Lei has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Konstantinov is trying to force a seperation but Lei has the dominant position.

Konstantinov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konstantinov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lei fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Konstantinov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lei keeps the fight on the outside.
Konstantinov wants to clinch up but Lei keeps it at a distance.
Konstantinov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lei paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lei cracks the inside of Konstantinov's front leg.
Lei tries to clinch there but Konstantinov circles away.
Konstantinov is looking to clinch but Lei is avoiding it.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Konstantinov has managed to clinch.
Konstantinov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Lei manages to break the clinch.
Lei feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Konstantinov's calf.

Konstantinov moves into the clinch successfully.
Lei has Konstantinov pressed against the cage, preventing Konstantinov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Konstantinov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Konstantinov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Konstantinov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lei lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Evgen Konstantinov has been cut.

Lei breaks the clinch.
A cross from Lei lands.
Lei tries to clinch but Konstantinov moves out of range.
Lei scores with a nice body kick.
Lei swats away the attempt to clinch by Konstantinov.
Lei moves in looking to clinch but Konstantinov pushes him off.
Lei is looking to clinch.
Lei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Konstantinov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lei tries to clinch up but Konstantinov circles away and keeps his distance.
Konstantinov tries to close the distance and clinch but Lei swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lei takes the fight into the clinch.
Konstantinov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Lei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lei feints and then cracks Konstantinov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Konstantinov down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lei swats away the attempt to clinch by Konstantinov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up
and Lei counters with a nice low kick that buckles Konstantinov's knee momentarily.
Lei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lei.
Lei doesn't manage to clinch there - Konstantinov circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lei lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lei tries to clinch there but Konstantinov circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lei darts in and clinches Konstantinov up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Konstantinov scores with a nice short uppercut.

Lei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frito Lei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evgen Konstantinov's cut.
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.

Konstantinov keeps the fight on the outside.
Lei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Konstantinov in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Lei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lei keeps the fight on the outside.
Konstantinov is looking to clinch but Lei is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Konstantinov moves into the clinch.
Konstantinov tries to circle away but Lei has him pinned against the cage.

Konstantinov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Konstantinov swats away the attempt to clinch by Lei.
Konstantinov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lei paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lei throws a head kick but Konstantinov moves out of range.

Konstantinov closes the distance and clinches.

Lei breaks the clinch.

Konstantinov closes the distance and clinches.
Konstantinov blocks a body shot from Lei.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lei is looking to clinch.
Lei wants to clinch up but Konstantinov keeps it at a distance.
Lei throws a nice outside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Evgen Konstantinov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Konstantinov tries to circle away but Lei has him pinned against the cage.

Konstantinov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lei looks to land a combination but Konstantinov avoids it well.
Lei throws a sloppy head kick and Konstantinov moves out of range easily.
Lei throws the left hand but Konstantinov avoids the punch easily.
Konstantinov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Lei moves into the clinch.
Lei misses with a knee to the head.
Konstantinov tries to break the clinch but Lei is controlling the position.
Konstantinov wants to break free but Lei has control.
Konstantinov is looking to break free of the clinch but Lei has double underhooks.
Konstantinov tries to break the clinch but Lei is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konstantinov wants to get back to striking at distance but Lei won't allow it.
Konstantinov has had enough of the clinch but Lei keeps him there for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Konstantinov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Konstantinov swats away the attempt to clinch by Lei.
Konstantinov wants to clinch up but Lei keeps it at a distance.

Lei moves into the clinch.

Lei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Konstantinov is looking to clinch but Lei is avoiding it.
Konstantinov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Konstantinov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Konstantinov avoids the body shot from Lei.

Lei gets tackled into the cage by Konstantinov. Konstantinov maintains the clinch.
Konstantinov wants to break the clinch but can't.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Lei.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lei thuds a left hand into Konstantinov's body.
Lei lands with a nice body punch.
Konstantinov is breathing heavily.

Konstantinov clinches.

Lei breaks the clinch.
Lei is looking to clinch but Konstantinov is avoiding it.
Konstantinov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Frito Lei is winning the standup battle so far.
Lei misses with the combination.
Lei is looking to clinch but Konstantinov is avoiding it.
Lei avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Konstantinov keeps the fight on the outside.
Lei throws a head kick but Konstantinov moves out of range.
Lei fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Konstantinov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Konstantinov doesn't manage to clinch there - Lei circles away.
Lei will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lei swinging wildly here.
Konstantinov tries to clinch but Lei is having none of it.
Lei misses the jab.
Lei throws a body punch but Konstantinov moves out of range.
Konstantinov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lei tries to bum rush Konstantinov with a series of wild strikes but Konstantinov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Konstantinov clinches with his opponent.

Konstantinov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Konstantinov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Lei tries to keep at a distance but Konstantinov has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lei keeps control of Konstantinov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Konstantinov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Lei manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lei. Konstantinov does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frito Lei dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Evgen Konstantinov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lei throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Konstantinov.
Konstantinov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lei.
Frito Lei is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Konstantinov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lei is trying to force a seperation but Konstantinov has the dominant position.

Lei manages to break the clinch.
Lei doesn't manage to clinch there - Konstantinov circles away.
Lei swats away the attempt to clinch by Konstantinov.
Lei lands a really nice looking cross but Konstantinov seems unphased.
Lei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Konstantinov tries to clinch there but Lei circles away.
Lei lands a leg kick that knocks Konstantinov off balance momentarily.
Lei tries to clinch but Konstantinov moves out of range.
Lei doesn't manage to clinch there - Konstantinov circles away.

Konstantinov clinches up with Lei and pushes him back against the cage.
Konstantinov trying to control the position but instead, Lei has worked for underhooks and has pushed Konstantinov into the cage.
Konstantinov scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Konstantinov has Lei pushed against the cage.
Lei prevents Konstantinov from breaking the clinch.
Konstantinov lands a shoulder strike.
Konstantinov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lei working hard to break the clinch.
Konstantinov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Konstantinov breaks from the clinch.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up but Lei circles away and keeps his distance.
Lei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lei will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Konstantinov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Konstantinov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Konstantinov moves into the clinch.
Konstantinov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Konstantinov has had enough of the clinch but Lei keeps him there for the moment.
Lei has Konstantinov pressed against the cage, preventing Konstantinov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konstantinov is looking to break free of the clinch but Lei has double underhooks.

Lei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Konstantinov pushes Lei up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lei misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Konstantinov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Konstantinov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lei thows a body kick. Konstantinov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lei swats away the attempt to clinch by Konstantinov.
Lei misses with a two punch combination.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up but Lei circles away and keeps his distance.
Konstantinov moves in looking to clinch but Lei pushes him off.

Lei tries to keep at a distance but Konstantinov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lei has had enough of the clinch but Konstantinov keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Konstantinov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lei lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lei throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Konstantinov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lei feints and then cracks Konstantinov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Konstantinov down.
Lei keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lei keeps the fight on the outside.

Konstantinov moves into the clinch.

Lei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Konstantinov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lei avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Lei moves into the clinch.
Lei is trying to push Konstantinov away but Konstantinov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Konstantinov gets a clinch.
Konstantinov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lei is trying to push Konstantinov away but Konstantinov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Konstantinov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Konstantinov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lei, pushing him back against the cage.
Lei is trying to break the clinch but Konstantinov is controlling him.
Lei has had enough of the clinch but Konstantinov keeps him there for the moment.

Konstantinov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lei scores with a punch to the head.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up but Lei circles away and keeps his distance.
Konstantinov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lei avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lei misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lei scores with a push kick.
Konstantinov tries to clinch there but Lei circles away.
Evgen Konstantinov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frito Lei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Konstantinov fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Evgen Konstantinov.
I think Lei has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frito Lei!