PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Achilles Leonidas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leonidas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Best of Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Yeshua Immanuel had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Immanuel
vs
Leonidas

177 cm
40
184 lbs
22 - 18 - 1

180 cm
34
188 lbs
16 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yeshua Immanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Achilles Leonidas!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immanuel misses the jab.
Immanuel throws a head kick that misses.
Immanuel takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Leonidas lands a high kick!
Leonidas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Immanuel.
Immanuel misses with a few strikes there.
Leonidas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Immanuel throws a sloppy head kick and Leonidas moves out of range easily.
Immanuel misses with a series of wild punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Immanuel lands a high kick!
Immanuel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Leonidas checks it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Immanuel misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immanuel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leonidas wants to counter the offense by Immanuel and move into the clinch position.
Some wild striking there from Immanuel.
A slow jab from Leonidas misses its intended target.
Leonidas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Immanuel throws a big shot that misses.
Leonidas is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Immanuel takes one on the button.
Leonidas avoids the head kick by Immanuel.
Leonidas lands a nice looking body kick.
Leonidas moves forwards but Immanuel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Immanuel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Leonidas misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Immanuel.
Immanuel is looking for a counter combo.
Leonidas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Leonidas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Immanuel throws a jab when Leonidas was well out of range.
Leonidas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonidas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leonidas looks winded!
Immanuel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yeshua Immanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Immanuel avoids a kick to the body.

Immanuel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Leonidas blocks an elbow strike from Immanuel.
Leonidas misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Immanuel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Immanuel scores with a shoulder strike.
Leonidas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands an elbow that stopped Leonidas in his tracks for a moment.
Immanuel lands an elbow that stopped Leonidas in his tracks for a moment.
Leonidas avoids the elbow strike from Immanuel, against the cage.
Immanuel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Immanuel misses with a body punch.
Leonidas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Immanuel pushes Leonidas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Immanuel.
A left hand lands to the body for Immanuel.
Immanuel scores with a nice hook to the head.

Leonidas is rocked!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Immanuel.
Leonidas is still on wobbly legs! Can Immanuel finish him?
Immanuel lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Leonidas to his knees! Immanuel keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yeshua Immanuel!
After winning the bout, Yeshua Immanuel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Achilles Leonidas had this to say: 'I want to thank my sponsors and all of my fans! My goal every show is to give the crowd an awesome fight. I will grow from this and one day I will become Champion!! '.