PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Triple Hhh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Leone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Triple Hhh has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hhh
vs
Leone

185 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Triple Hhh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miguel Leone!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Hhh. No joy for Leone on that attempt.
Leone slaps away a takedown attempt from Hhh, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Leone looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hhh!
Leone lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Hhh that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hhh really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hhh taking shots to the head.
Leone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Leone cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hhh taking shots to the head.
Leone dominating with strikes here.
Hhh takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hhh is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leone in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Leone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hhh's face.

Hhh is rocked!

Leone is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hhh is surviving well by controlling Leone's body position as best he can.
Oh Hhh is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hhh blocking the ground and pound.
Hhh seems to have got his legs back now.
Leone with shots to the head and body - Hhh looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leone scoring with strikes but Hhh is staying in there.
Leone dominating with strikes here.
Leone lands a heavy elbow.
Leone can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hhh is looking to escape.
Leone avoids the attempt from Hhh to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hhh is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Leone dominating with strikes here.
Leone landing strikes from the mount.
Hhh is in a horrible position here. Leone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Leone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hhh hang on?

Leone is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hhh to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hhh shrugs it off.
The referee warns Hhh that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hhh taking shots to the head.

Leone has control of Hhh's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hhh regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Leone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hhh takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Leone lands a nice shot to the head.
Leone working Hhh over with strikes here.
Leone landing shots from mount.
A big strike lands for Leone! That's really hurt Hhh and he's turned his back - Leone keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Leone jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Leone!