PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonid Panteleev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves comes to the cage accompanied by London Calling. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Graves
vs
Panteleev

190 cm
28
212 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

194 cm
27
208 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Graves!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Panteleev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panteleev scores with a hook to the body. Graves takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Graves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Graves shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Graves prevents Panteleev from standing back up.

Graves is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Graves seems to be looking for submissions.

Graves looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panteleev is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panteleev moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Panteleev wants to stand but Graves is controlling the position.
Panteleev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Graves. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Graves is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Graves drops back looking for a leg! Panteleev is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Panteleev manages to kick Graves off! Graves jumps back into Panteleev's guard.
Panteleev is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Graves looking to pass the guard.
Graves prevents Panteleev from getting back to his feet.

Graves is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Graves stopping the sweep attempt from Panteleev.
Panteleev wants to get back to his feet but Graves is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Panteleev misses with a wild combination.
Panteleev lands a jab to Graves's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves shoots in for a takedown but Panteleev shows good takedown defense.
A countering left hand to the body from Panteleev misses.
Panteleev has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Panteleev lands a body shot.
Graves doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Panteleev to counter with a crisp jab.
Panteleev fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Graves on the side of the head.
Graves with a lazy takedown attempt
and Panteleev counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Graves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves is breathing heavily.
Graves doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Panteleev to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Panteleev is fending him off so far but Graves persists. Nope, Panteleev circles away and we're back to standing.
Panteleev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Graves's head.
Graves shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Graves has his takedown stuffed
and Panteleev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Panteleev getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonid Panteleev dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Graves shoots in and drives through. Panteleev sprawls well.
Panteleev is looking for the big counter here.
Graves moves out of range of the leg kick from Panteleev.
Graves closes the distance and clinches up with Panteleev, looking for a takedown. Graves pushes Panteleev against the cage but Panteleev circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Panteleev lands a head shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Panteleev.

Graves is rocked!
Panteleev closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Graves out cold! Graves corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Leonid Panteleev!
Leonid Panteleev is the new light heavyweight champion!
Leonid Panteleev managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, GREEN!160, into his post fight interview.
The defeated Alex Graves had this to say: 'No way, no way. That crap was stopped too soon!'.