PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rimario Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonid Panteleev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Panteleev

180 cm
30
216 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

194 cm
31
208 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rimario Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Panteleev!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panteleev cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Panteleev bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It seemed like Panteleev was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Panteleev throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Gracie closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Panteleev to the mat! Panteleev manages to get full guard.
Gracie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Panteleev pushes Gracie off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Panteleev catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Leonid Panteleev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Panteleev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Panteleev has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Panteleev lands a nice shot to the body.
Panteleev cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Rimario Gracie has been cut.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Panteleev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Panteleev is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gracie with a body shot.

Panteleev lands a left and a right that send Gracie crashing to the mat, dazed. Panteleev thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Gracie is rocked!
Panteleev cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Panteleev points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Gracie wakes up just in time to hear Panteleev thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leonid Panteleev!
Leonid Panteleev gave a mention to GREEN!160 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).