PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Leo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake Justice has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Justice
vs
Leo

190 cm
20
203 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Leo!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leo clinches up with Justice and pushes him back against the cage.

Justice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Leo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Justice cracks Leo with a nice body shot.
Leo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Justice's elbow.

Justice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Justice works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Bobby Leo has been cut.

Leo moves into the clinch.
Leo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Justice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Justice closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Leo to the mat! Leo manages to get full guard.
Leo is adopting a defensive guard.
Justice lands a couple of elbows.
Justice 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Justice.
Justice keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Leo's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice is looking to work some ground and pound but Leo has wrist control.

Justice is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Justice passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Leo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Leo is looking for a sweep.
Justice working away.
Leo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Justice postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justice moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Justice lands some shots froms side control.
Leo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Justice. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Justice scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice blocks the strikes from Leo.
Justice working the ground and pound.

Leo is rocked!

Justice working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Leo is still in real trouble! Can Justice finish him?
Justice scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Justice has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Leo is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Justice yanks on the arm and Leo is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Justice.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Blake Justice!