PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qasem Suleimani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Leonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suleimani comes to the cage accompanied by Busta Rhymes - Arab Money. Leonov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Percival - Husičky. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Suleimani
vs
Leonov

186 cm
22
219 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Qasem Suleimani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yuri Leonov!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonov misses with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Suleimani misses its intended target.
Leonov throws a wild body kick that Suleimani sees coming a mile off.
Leonov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Suleimani throws a lazy right hand but Leonov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suleimani moves out of range as Leonov strikes.
Suleimani connects with a right hand. Leonov shakes it off.
We've been told by Suleimani's head coaches at LOD: Lightning Kicks that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Suleimani throws a hook to the side of Leonov's head but Leonov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leonov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Suleimani manages to avoid it.
Suleimani throwing a counter right hand but Leonov manages to avoid it.
Leonov throws the kick towards the body but Suleimani avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suleimani throws a lazy right hand but Leonov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leonov misses with a shot to the body
and Suleimani counters with a stiff right hand.
Leonov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Suleimani.
Leonov shoots in looking for a takedown. Suleimani tries to sprawl out of it but Leonov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Suleimani manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonov slips under a jab.
Leonov with the counter takedown but Suleimani avoids it easily.
Leonov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Suleimani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leonov.
Leonov moves away from the strike by Suleimani.
Leonov avoids the body shot from Suleimani.
Leonov ducks under a wild hook from Suleimani.
Suleimani lands a nice looking body shot.
Suleimani ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Suleimani lands with a cross.

It looks like Yuri Leonov has been cut.
Leonov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Leonov misses with a low kick.
Suleimani was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Leonov misses with a low kick.
Suleimani is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Leonov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonov ducks under a wild hook from Suleimani.
Suleimani tests Leonov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Suleimani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And Leonov tries to counter it with a takedown but Suleimani pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Leonov misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Suleimani misses the target.
Leonov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Suleimani wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Suleimani throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leonov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Leonov misses with a leg kick
enabling Suleimani to counter with a crisp jab.
Suleimani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leonov.
Suleimani is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Suleimani scores with a jab to the body.
Leonov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suleimani manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Qasem Suleimani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leonov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Suleimani.
Suleimani tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Leonov manages to circle out of the way.
Leonov misses with a leg kick.
Suleimani seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani dips to his left and cracks Leonov with an uppercut!
Suleimani scores with a jab to the jaw.
Suleimani avoids a kick to the body.
Suleimani wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Suleimani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Suleimani lands with a hook. Leonov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leonov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice uppercut there from Suleimani.
The fighters circling - Suleimani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leonov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Qasem Suleimani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonov staying out of range there.
Suleimani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leonov throws out the jab.
Leonov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suleimani jabs Leonov to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Suleimani misses with a hook.
Leonov looks for the body kick but Suleimani saw that one coming.
Leonov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Suleimani moves out of range as Leonov throws a body kick.
Suleimani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leonov was well out of range. Poor timing from Suleimani.
Leonov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Suleimani misses the target.
Suleimani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leonov tries to land a body kick
and Leonov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Leonov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
An inside leg kick from Leonov misses.
Leonov throws a leg kick which misses Suleimani's front leg but catches the back leg as Suleimani tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qasem Suleimani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuri Leonov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Leonov slips a jab from Suleimani.
Suleimani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Leonov tries to counter it with a takedown but Suleimani pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Suleimani throws a big shot that misses.
Leonov slips under a jab.
Leonov drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Suleimani defends it well.
Suleimani jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leonov throws a chopping leg kick but Suleimani manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leonov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Suleimani throws out a loose jab but Leonov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leonov just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suleimani scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Leonov misses the shot to the body.
Suleimani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leonov moves away.
Leonov feints the counter takedown.
Suleimani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leonov.
Leonov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Suleimani doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonov tries to land a body kick
and Suleimani counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Suleimani looks to throw the jab but Leonov is out of range.
Suleimani scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Suleimani.
Leonov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leonov misses with a leg kick

and Suleimani counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Suleimani.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suleimani.
Suleimani lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Suleimani.

Suleimani manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Leonov.
Leonov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leonov changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Suleimani throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suleimani lands the left hand.
Suleimani throws a big shot that misses.
Qasem Suleimani is winning the standup battle so far.
Suleimani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonov.
Suleimani scores with a jab to the head.
Suleimani throws a lazy right hand but Leonov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leonov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Suleimani.
Leonov connects with an inside leg kick.
Suleimani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Suleimani lands with a good body shot.
Leonov with a lazy takedown attempt
and Suleimani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leonov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Suleimani.
Leonov misses with a right hand
and Suleimani counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani moves out of range of the body kick from Leonov.
Suleimani misses with a wild body shot.
Leonov throws a leg kick but Suleimani moved away.
Suleimani lands a nice shot to the body.
Suleimani fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Suleimani lands a jab to Leonov's midsection.
Suleimani misses the shot to the body.
Leonov ducks under a wild hook from Suleimani.
Suleimani lands with a right hand.
Leonov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An attempted straight right counter from Suleimani misses the target.
Suleimani throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Suleimani avoids the body shot from Leonov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leonov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Leonov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Suleimani checks it well.
Suleimani scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Leonov doesn't seem bothered though.
Suleimani swats away the attempt to clinch by Leonov.
Leonov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Suleimani rather than just go for the knockout.
Suleimani cracks Leonov with an open hand slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Suleimani checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Suleimani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Leonov can do to turn this around?
A shot to the liver by Suleimani. Beautiful body shot.
Leonov misses with a shot to the body
and Suleimani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Leonov is predictable there
and Suleimani counters with a stiff right hand.
Leonov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Leonov is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qasem Suleimani dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yuri Leonov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Leonov throws a leg kick but Suleimani sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Suleimani is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Suleimani lands a big uppercut and Leonov crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Leonov looks OK. Suleimani waves Leonov back to his feet!
Leonov is still on wobbly legs! Can Suleimani finish him?
Leonov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Leonov throws an overhand right that lands on Suleimani's shoulder, as Suleimani tries to avoid the shot.
Suleimani is looking to counter punch.
Suleimani darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Leonov's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Suleimani before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Qasem Suleimani!
A very excited looking Qasem Suleimani made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.