PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Leak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingsley Ciprut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kingsley Ciprut was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Leak
vs
Ciprut

188 cm
35
217 lbs
21 - 22 - 1

186 cm
39
215 lbs
25 - 25 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

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 21 - 22 - 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 25 - 25 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kingsley Ciprut!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leak misses with the combination.
Leak fails with a takedown attempt.
Ciprut pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ciprut.
Ciprut lands a jab-cross combination.
Leak looks for the body kick but Ciprut saw that one coming.
Leak throws a series of punches but Ciprut avoids them all with ease.
Ciprut moves forwards but Leak connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Leak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ciprut's jab looks to have found its range, popping Leak under the eye.
Ciprut lets loose with a powerful body kick. Leak will feel that in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good shot there by Ciprut.
Leak moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Leak shoots in for a double leg but Ciprut sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ciprut ducks right into an uppercut from Leak.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leak bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ciprut parries the strikes from Leak easily there. Leak is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ciprut to escape.
Leak scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ciprut to see if he's OK.

Leak is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ciprut is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Leak is working Ciprut over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ciprut is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Leak asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Leak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leak advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ciprut is trying to stand.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Leak cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Leak sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leak postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ciprut looks a forlorn figure.
Ciprut wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Leak.
BOOM! Leak connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ciprut is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ciprut is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut blocking the ground and pound.
Leak throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Leak unloads with some shots from mount but Ciprut bucks and avoids them well.
Leak throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Leak throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ciprut because Leak loaded up on that one.
Leak throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ciprut because Leak loaded up on that one.
Leak has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ciprut's face.
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.
Leak lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Ciprut is rocked!
Ciprut avoids a series of strikes thrown by Leak.
Leak looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ciprut covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelly Leak!
Kelly Leak 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.