PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Fleischmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Leno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Leno has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fleischmann
vs
Leno

190 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

195 cm
26
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue 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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petr Fleischmann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Leno!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fleischmann misses with a few strikes there.

Leno throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Fleischmann tumbling to the canvas!

Fleischmann is rocked!
Leno lands a couple of elbows.
Oh Fleischmann is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leno has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Leno is looking to work some ground and pound but Fleischmann has wrist control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leno with a flurry of punches that miss.

Leno gets to his feet - Fleischmann follows without any prompting.
Fleischmann rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leno moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A slow jab from Leno misses its intended target.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Leno has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Leno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fleischmann seems to have got his legs back now.
Fleischmann is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Adam Leno has been cut.
Fleischmann looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Leno lands a brutal uppercut that launches Fleischmann off his feet! Fleischmann tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Adam Leno!