PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Gacy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Leissner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leissner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: GoToSleep. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Gabriel Leissner enters the cage!

Gacy
vs
Leissner

180 cm
19
160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
23
165 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Gacy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Leissner!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Gacy.

Leissner has managed to clinch.
Leissner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gacy working hard to break the clinch.
Leissner landing knees to the head.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but Gacy blocks it.
Leissner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gacy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Leissner smiles and moves away.
Leissner dodges the punch combination from Gacy.
Leissner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gacy tries to keep at a distance but Leissner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Leissner pressing his opponent against the cage.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leissner tries to land knees in the clinch but Gacy avoids the damage to the body.
Leissner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leissner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gacy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Leissner smiles and moves away.
Gacy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Gacy misses.
Gacy thows a body shot but no joy.
Gacy thows a body shot but no joy.
Leissner scores with a body shot.
Gacy misses with a hook.
Leissner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gacy.
Gacy misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Gacy misses.
Gacy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Leissner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gacy misses with a wild body shot.
Gacy missing with a left hand there. Leissner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leissner scores with a leg kick.
Gacy misses with a hook
and Gacy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Leissner slips under a jab from Gacy.
Leissner misses with a body kick.

Leissner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leissner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Leissner postures up in Gacy's guard and throws a big left but Gacy blocks it.
Leissner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Leissner is working Gacy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Leissner dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Gacy.
Leissner checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice defenses there by Leissner.
Gacy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gacy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leissner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gacy.
Gacy misses with a hook
and Leissner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Leissner closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner misses with a knee to the head.
Gacy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Leissner walks away with a smile on his face. Gacy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gacy throws out a loose jab but Leissner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gacy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leissner moves away from the strike by Gacy.

Leissner clinches up with Gacy and pushes him back against the cage.
Gacy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Leissner's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gacy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Leissner walks away with a smile on his face. Gacy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
John Gacy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Leissner feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Leissner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leissner scoring with some ground and pound.
Leissner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Leissner slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gacy keeping full guard, as Leissner tries to pass.

Leissner thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leissner tries to free his leg and advance position but Gacy is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leissner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Leissner is stalling in the full guard.
Gacy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leissner on the ground.
Leissner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gacy keeping moving, preventing Leissner from controlling successfully.
Gacy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Leissner controls the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gabriel Leissner has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Leissner lands with a cross.
Gacy tries to work over Leissner's front leg with a kick but Leissner checks it.
Leissner connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gacy misses with a low kick.
John Gacy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leissner throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leissner defending well as Gacy loads up on a big left hand.
Gacy falls off balance throwing a combination

and Leissner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Leissner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Gacy misses with an uppercut. Leissner saw that one coming.

Leissner rushes Gacy and presses him up against the cage.
Leissner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gacy blocks it with crossed arms.
Leissner keeps control of Gacy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Leissner connects with a knee to the head.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leissner misses with a knee strike.
Leissner is struggling to control the position.
Gacy can't break the clinch.
Leissner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gacy blocks it with crossed arms.
Leissner tries to land a knee to the head but Gacy blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner tries to land a knee to the head but Gacy blocks with his arms.
Leissner looking to throw knees to the head but Gacy is blocking nicely.
Gacy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gacy tries to pull guard but Leissner won't allow it.
Leissner misses with a knee to the head.
Leissner lands a knee to the head.
Gacy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Leissner connects with a knee to the head.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but Gacy blocks it.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leissner misses with a knee to the head.
John Gacy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leissner misses with a knee to the head.
Leissner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gacy blocks it with crossed arms.
Gacy misses with a punch on the inside.
Leissner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Leissner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gacy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leissner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leissner tries a knee to the head but Gacy blocks it.
Leissner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but Gacy blocks it.
Leissner looking to throw knees to the head but Gacy is blocking nicely.
Leissner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but Gacy blocks it.
Gacy is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leissner misses with a knee to the head.
Gacy can't break the clinch.
Leissner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leissner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but Gacy blocks it.
Leissner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gacy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leissner.
Gabriel Leissner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Leissner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gacy tries to pull guard but Leissner forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Gacy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A frustrated look appears on Gacy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Leissner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gacy is defending well for now.
Leissner misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gacy jumps guard but Leissner turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Leissner slows down the pace here.
Gacy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gacy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Leissner just stands there and leans against the cage.
Leissner tries a knee to the head but Gacy blocks it.
Leissner connects with a knee to the head.
Gacy misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leissner prevents Gacy from breaking the clinch.
Leissner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gacy blocks it with crossed arms.
Gacy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gacy working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Leissner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Leissner 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Leissner!
An out of breath Gabriel Leissner thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.