PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Leak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Washington's choice of entrance music: Criolo - Ainda ha tempo. Kelly Leak has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Leak
vs
Washington

188 cm
34
217 lbs
20 - 21 - 1

185 cm
39
223 lbs
34 - 26 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

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 20 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelly Leak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonard Washington!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leak tries to counter by clinching up but Washington breaks away and moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Washington.

Leak shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Washington kicks Leak off and gets back to his feet.
Leak connects with a right hand. Washington shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Washington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Washington misses with some punches.
Washington avoids a wild elbow strike from Leak.
Washington blocks an elbow strike.
Leak looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Washington lands with a short shot to the head.
Washington misses with the head strike.
Leak blocks an uppercut.
Leak wants a takedown but no success here.
Washington lands a shoulder strike.
Leak tries to stall but Washington uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Washington.
Washington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Leak backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leak is looking to control Washington's arms but Washington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leak has his back to the cage.
Washington lands a hook that snaps the head of Leak backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington.
Washington avoids the elbow strike from Leak, against the cage.
Washington lands a right hand.
Leak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Leak lands an elbow that stopped Washington in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Leonard Washington has been cut.
Leak is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Washington is defending well.
Leak can't find room to land a body shot as Washington controls the action.
Leak tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Leak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Washington's defenses.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Leak.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.
Leak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Leak.
Washington dodges an elbow strike from Leak.
Leak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Washington's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Leak.
Washington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Leaks head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Leak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Washington's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leak is working for takedown but Washington is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelly Leak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Leak backwards.

Leak manages to break the clinch.
Washington takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Leak checks a leg kick.
Leak throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Washington connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Leak momentarily.
Leak ducks under a wild hook from Washington.
Leak scores with a jab.
Leak tries to clinch up but Washington circles away and keeps his distance.
Washington works Leak's body with a nice hook.
Washington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leak blocks the body kick.
Leonard Washington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leak moves away from the strike by Washington.
Leak shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Washington as he jumps to the side.
Leak scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Leak.
Leak misses with a hook. Washington ducked under it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Washington blocks the leg kick.
Washington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leak misses with a combination
and Washington counters with a nice leg kick.
Leak is breathing heavily.
Washington is looking to land body kicks.
Leak swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Washington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Washington tries a low kick but Leak avoids it.
Washington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Washington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leak.
Horrible takedown attempt by Leak or perhaps it was just good defense by Washington, which made it look bad.
Leak bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Washington's head backwards.
A looping hook to the body misses from Washington. Leak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leak throws a lazy head kick
and Washington counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Washington dips to his left and cracks Leak with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Washington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Washington moves out of range of the strikes.
Washington scores with a body shot.
Washington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leak.
Leak sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Washington ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Washington is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Leak rather than just go for the knockout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Leak.
A looping hook to the body misses from Washington. Leak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leak looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Leak does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Washington fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Leak looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leak manages to avoid it.
Leak seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Washington swings for the body but Leak moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Washington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leonard Washington's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Washington misses with a wild body shot.
Leak takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Leak throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Washington was covering up waiting for the punch and Leak finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Leak is pushing down on Washington's leg trying to pass to half guard. Washington is fighting to maintain full guard but Leak has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Leak throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Washington is holding on to half guard well.
Washington moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Washington trying to control the position.
Leak has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leak with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leak wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Our spies down at at Montreal Fighter's Gym (5* Sparring) inform us that Washington has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Washington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leak trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Washington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Leak preventing the sweep.
Leak in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Washington has control of Leak's left arm, preventing Leak from doing any damage.

Washington looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Leak postures up in Washington's guard and throws a big left but Washington blocks it.
Leak is looking to work some ground and pound but Washington has wrist control.
Washington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Washington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Leak controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Washington closes the distance but Leak moves to the side
and Leak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Washington throws out a loose jab but Leak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington avoids the body shot from Leak.
Leak connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice combination there by Leak.
Washington leaves Leak with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Washington has Leak up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Washington throws a head punch that misses.

Leak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Washington displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Leak.
Washington only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Leak misses with a wild combination.
Washington doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a wild body shot.

Leak shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Leak was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
An elbow from Leak crashes against the mat.
Washington is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Leak is controlling him well.
Washington takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Leak scores with punches from side control.
Leak scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Washington to see if he's OK.
An elbow from Leak crashes against the mat.
Washington taking a bit of punishment here - Leak scoring with strikes.

That has opened up Leonard Washington's cut even more.
Washington is not content to let Leak control the position.
Leak landing a few strikes.

The cut above Leonard Washington's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington gets back to half guard.
Washington moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Leak working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leak scoring with punches to the head and body.

Washington is rocked!

Leonard Washington's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Leonard Washington's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kelly Leak!
Our winner, Kelly Leak, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.