PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Estevan Ledesma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludovic Presle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ledesma comes to the cage accompanied by Mark Ronson ft Q-Tip - Bang Bang. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Ledesma
vs
Presle

179 cm
27
210 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

185 cm
30
225 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Estevan Ledesma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ludovic Presle!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ledesma bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Presle's head.
Ledesma works over Presle's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Ludovic Presle has been cut.
Ledesma misses with a left hand

and Presle counters with a crisp one two that drops Ledesma! Presle thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ledesma to his feet! Ledesma is in big trouble!

Ledesma is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Presle drops his hands momentarily and Ledesma takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ledesma shoots in for a double leg but Presle sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Presle stuffs the takedown attempt from Ledesma. Ledesma gets slowly back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Ledesma.
Ledesma throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Presle's waist but Presle gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ledesma off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Estevan Ledesma. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ledesma drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ledesma looking to sit in guard and control but Presle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ledesma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Presle is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Presle would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ledesma wants to sweep but no luck.
Ledesma trying to control the position.
Presle wants to get up but he can't break Ledesma's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma trying to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sloppy strikes from Presle. Those never looked like landing.
Ledesma misses with a wild body shot.
Ledesma digs a good body shot into Presle's ribs.
Presle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Estevan Ledesma has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Ledesma misses its intended target.
Ledesma lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ledesma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ledesma fails with a takedown attempt.
Presle scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Presle slaps away a takedown attempt from Ledesma, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ledesma looks to land a left hand but Presle moved out of range nicely.
Ledesma shoots for a takedown but Presle saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A punch combination from Presle misses.
Presle explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice uppercut there from Presle.
Ledesma throws a nice looking combination but Presle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ledesma dodges the punch combination from Presle.

Ledesma 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.
Ledesma is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ledesma has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Presle to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ledesma is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Presle pulls down on the head and he's put Ledesma to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ludovic Presle!
Ludovic Presle took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, 5th Round Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.