PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between LeRoy LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernie Els (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LeBlanc comes into the arena with Tèrez Montcalm - Sweet Dreams blaring out of the sound system. Els comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chamillionaire - Don't Shoot kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

LeBlanc
vs
Els

193 cm
38
213 lbs
44 - 17 - 0

188 cm
37
207 lbs
22 - 9 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Heisenberg

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 44 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, LeRoy LeBlanc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernie Els!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LeBlanc takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
LeBlanc misses with a kick to the body.
Els lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like LeRoy LeBlanc has been cut.
LeBlanc looking to land some kicks to the body here.
LeBlanc takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LeBlanc takes a swing at Els's ribcage but misses.
Ernie Els seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
LeBlanc misses with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Els. Beautiful body shot.
Els lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Els throws a half hearted mid kick.
Els misses with an uppercut. LeBlanc saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from LeBlanc. Those never looked like landing.
Nice body kick there by LeBlanc.
Els misses with a body punch
and LeBlanc counters with an outside leg kick.
Els takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
LeBlanc checks a leg kick.
LeBlanc on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Els.
LeBlanc takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc looks for the body kick but Els saw that one coming.
LeBlanc fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Els closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Els - that will leave a mark!
LeBlanc lands a nice looking kick to the body. Els takes a step back to recover.
Els ducks down and throws a hook to the body but LeBlanc moves away.
LeBlanc slips under a jab.
LeBlanc blocks a head kick by Els.
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!
Els takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice leg kick lands there from Els.
LeBlanc scores with a nice body kick.
LeBlanc stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Els.
LeBlanc punishes Els's body with a nice straight punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Els.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Els dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on LeBlanc. That did some damage!
LeBlanc misses with a straight right.
Els fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but LeBlanc is out of range.
LeBlanc moves out of range as Els throws a body kick.
Els explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Els lands a slapping body shot.
LeBlanc walks into a stiff left hand from Els.
LeBlanc pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
LeBlanc feints and then cracks Els's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Els down.
An inside leg kick from Els misses.
LeBlanc looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice cross by Els.
Els tests LeBlanc's chin there with a solid looking shot.
LeBlanc lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Els thumps LeBlanc with a low kick.
Els dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Els throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Els dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
LeBlanc throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Els counters with a nice double leg into guard.
LeBlanc is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Els throws a big right hand that misses.
Els throwing strikes but missing.
Els wants to control from the top but LeBlanc keeps moving.
Els postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Els keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of LeBlanc's head.
Els throws a big right hand that misses.
Els working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Els throws an elbow that misses. LeBlanc uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Els's guard. Nice move by LeBlanc!
Els looking for a sweep. Not yet Els, not yet.
Els working a defensive guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Els has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but LeBlanc has passed into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernie Els dominated that round.
The cut man is working on LeRoy LeBlanc's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

LeBlanc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Els manages to avoid it.
LeBlanc checks a leg kick.
Els wants to land a leg kick but LeBlanc is out of range.
Els misses with an uppercut. LeBlanc saw that one coming.
Els defending well as LeBlanc loads up on a big left hand.
Els keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Els throws a head kick but LeBlanc moves out of range.
Els displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as LeBlanc throws out the jab.
Els scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Els throws a body kick that misses.
LeBlanc thumps Els with a low kick.
Els ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Els is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down LeBlanc rather than just go for the knockout.
Els avoids the body shot from LeBlanc.
Els scoring well with a low kick there.
LeBlanc scores with the left hand. Els knows he should have avoided that one.
Els lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Els lands with an uppercut that bounces LeBlanc off the cage and back into range.
Els walks into a jab.
Els uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Els keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc throws the left hand but Els avoids the punch easily.
LeBlanc avoids the head kick by Els.
Els dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ernie Els seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Els moves out of range of the body kick from LeBlanc.
Els slips a jab from LeBlanc.
Els misses with a body kick.
LeBlanc checks a low kick from Els.
Nice body kick from LeBlanc.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Els scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. LeBlanc doesn't seem bothered though.
LeBlanc avoids a kick to the body.
Els digs a good hook to LeBlanc's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
LeBlanc cracks Els with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
LeBlanc tries to move into range but Els moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

LeRoy LeBlanc's cut is getting worse.
LeBlanc cracks Els with a right hand to the side of the head.
LeBlanc looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
LeBlanc goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Els moves into range and connects with a jab.
LeBlanc throws a leg kick but Els sees it coming and checks it nicely.
LeBlanc scores with a one two! Els had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
LeBlanc throws a big shot that misses.
LeBlanc misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
LeBlanc avoids the body shot from Els.
Els throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
LeBlanc misses with a straight right.
Els works LeBlanc's body with a nice hook.
LeBlanc misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Els throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
LeBlanc gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Els.

LeBlanc is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Els. LeBlanc shrugs it off though.
Oh LeBlanc is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
LeBlanc looks up at the clock. Bad move! Els lands a right hand from hell, dropping LeBlanc. Els pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ernie Els!
Ernie Els decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated LeRoy LeBlanc had this to say: 'You were the better man today Els, but I know I can beat you again. How about we make this a best out of three?'.