PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frito Lei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sosthene Ndikumana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Frito Lei has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lei
vs
Ndikumana

170 cm
33
170 lbs
23 - 66 - 3

182 cm
19
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 23 - 66 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frito Lei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sosthene Ndikumana!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lei tries to clinch up but Ndikumana circles away and keeps his distance.
Lei definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ndikumana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lei.
Ndikumana pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lei is out of range and Ndikumana settles back down.

Lei closes the distance and pushes Ndikumana back into the cage.
Ndikumana has a couple of punches blocked by Lei.
Lei throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lei has Ndikumana pressed against the cage, preventing Ndikumana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Ndikumana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ndikumana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lei scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Sosthene Ndikumana 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!
Lei misses with a combination
and Ndikumana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ndikumana clobbers Lei with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lei tries to clinch but Ndikumana is having none of it.
Lei tries to bum rush Ndikumana with a series of wild strikes but Ndikumana uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lei connects with a leg kick. Ndikumana looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ndikumana swats away the attempt to clinch by Lei.
Ndikumana throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ndikumana checks a low kick from Lei.
Lei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ndikumana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frito Lei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lei clinches up against the cage.
Ndikumana lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ndikumana tries to circle away but Lei has him pinned against the cage.

Lei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lei moves in looking to clinch but Ndikumana pushes him off.
Lei misses with a wild combination.
Lei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ndikumana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ndikumana fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lei on the side of the head.
Lei lands with a kick to the temple. Ndikumana shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ndikumana cracks the inside of Lei's front leg.
Ndikumana goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Ndikumana lands a big uppercut and Lei crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Lei looks OK. Ndikumana waves Lei back to his feet!

Lei is rocked!
Lei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Oh Lei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lei tries to clinch up

and Ndikumana counters by clinching up.
Lei is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ndikumana stalling against the cage.
Lei gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ndikumana.
Lei misses with the head strike.
Lei seems to have got his legs back now.
Ndikumana trying to control the position but instead, Lei has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ndikumana into the cage.
Lei prevents a body shot from Ndikumana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ndikumana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lei is keeping busy.
Ndikumana wants to break free but Lei has control.
Ndikumana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Lei breaks the clinch.
Ndikumana feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Leis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ndikumana is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ndikumana tries to clinch there but Lei circles away.
A punch combination from Lei misses.
Ndikumana fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lei rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ndikumana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ndikumana throws a body punch but Lei moves out of range.
Ndikumana stuns Lei with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ndikumana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ndikumana keeps the fight on the outside.
Lei throws a wild body kick that Ndikumana sees coming a mile off.
Lei tries to clinch there but Ndikumana circles away.

Lei pushes Ndikumana up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ndikumana misses with a punch to the body.
Lei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lei controlling the action here for a moment.
Ndikumana misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lei breaks the clinch.
Ndikumana cracks the inside of Lei's front leg.
Lei needs to keep his hands up - Ndikumana had a free shot at his head there.
Lei is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sosthene Ndikumana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sosthene Ndikumana's cut.
That's time! Lei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ndikumana fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lei keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lei lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ndikumana will feel that in the morning.
Ndikumana goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ndikumana throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lei on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lei takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ndikumana has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ndikumana circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Lei drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Ndikumana follows Lei to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sosthene Ndikumana!