PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Fontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravil Lebedev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lebedev is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Come the Revolution. Ravil Lebedev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fontes
vs
Lebedev

190 cm
19
270 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Reaper Combatwear
BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anderson Fontes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ravil Lebedev!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fontes misses with a low kick.

Lebedev shoots in and bounces Fontes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lebedev scoring with some ground and pound.
Fontes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lebedev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fontes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lebedev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lebedev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lebedev is working Fontes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lebedev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lebedev landing some decent shots from guard.
Lebedev passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebedev missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fontes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lebedev throwing shots but Fontes is blocking nicely.
Lebedev missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lebedev thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fontes's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lebedev connects with a nice short shot to Fontes's temple.
Ground and pound from Lebedev.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lebedev sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fontes defending well though.
Lebedev scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fontes taking some punishment here, with Lebedev in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lebedev is looking to take a break and control but Fontes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lebedev working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fontes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fontes wants to improve his position but Lebedev is controlling well.
Lebedev scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lebedev lands a nice short elbow.
Fontes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lebedev lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lebedev tries to pass to full mount but Fontes defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebedev scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lebedev working over Fontes with some ground and pound. Fontes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fontes wants to improve his position but Lebedev is controlling well.
Fontes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lebedev on the ground.
Fontes has hold of Lebedev's hands but Lebedev slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
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!
Lebedev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lebedev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lebedev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Lebedev there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lebedev throwing shots but Fontes is blocking nicely.
Fontes is breathing heavily.
Fontes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lebedev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lebedev in particular looking to stall.
Fontes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lebedev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lebedev looks to land a strike but Fontes avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Lebedev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lebedev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lebedev throwing strikes from guard but Fontes blocks nicely.
Lebedev makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ravil Lebedev dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lebedev ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lebedev connects with a looping right hand.
Fontes throws a leg kick but Lebedev moved away.
Fontes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lebedev shoots in for a takedown but Fontes shows good takedown defense.

Lebedev throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fontes was covering up waiting for the punch and Lebedev finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lebedev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lebedev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lebedev postures up in Fontes's guard and throws a big left but Fontes blocks it.
Lebedev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lebedev chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebedev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lebedev throws an elbow that misses. Fontes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lebedev's guard. Nice move by Fontes!
Lebedev looking for a sweep. Not yet Lebedev, not yet.
Lebedev lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fontes!
Lebedev working the ground and pound effectively.
Lebedev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lebedev landing strikes from the mount and Fontes is in trouble!

Fontes is rocked!
Lebedev postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Fontes bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Lebedev and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ravil Lebedev!
Ravil Lebedev is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Ravil Lebedev made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.