PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koba Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Aristides Leopoldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wyatt comes to the cage accompanied by Channel Zero. Leopoldo has chosen Carmina Burana - Carl Orff as his entrance music. Koba Wyatt had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Wyatt
vs
Aristides Leopoldo

190 cm
28
270 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

190 cm
35
280 lbs
24 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Koba Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Aristides Leopoldo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leopoldo swinging wildly here.
Wyatt seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Wyatt cracks a nice hook into Leopoldo's ribs.
Wyatt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wyatt slips a straight right by Leopoldo.
Wyatt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Leopoldo gets a takedown into half guard.
Wyatt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wyatt wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leopoldo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Leopoldo seems to be looking for submissions.
Leopoldo stops Wyatt from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leopoldo working the head and body with strikes.
Leopoldo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Leopoldo misses with a head shot. Wyatt uses the momentum to regain guard.
Leopoldo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Leopoldo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Leopoldo is looking to work some ground and pound but Wyatt has wrist control.
Leopoldo landing with the ground and pound.
Leopoldo throws an elbow that misses. Wyatt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Leopoldo's guard. Nice move by Wyatt!

Leopoldo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Wyatt taking some punishment here, with Leopoldo in his half guard.
Leopoldo stops Wyatt from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Leopoldo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wyatt sees it coming and defends easily.

Wyatt has one foot on Leopoldo's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd cheers as Leopoldo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wyatt doesn't seem phased though.
Leopoldo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leopoldo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Pedro Aristides Leopoldo has been cut.
Wyatt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Leopoldo swinging wildly here.
Leopoldo lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo lands with a good body shot.
Koba Wyatt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leopoldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wyatt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leopoldo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wyatt.
Leopoldo throws a lazy uppercut
and Leopoldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wyatt throws a right and a left that Leopoldo avoids nicely.
Pedro Aristides Leopoldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wyatt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Leopoldo feints the counter takedown.
Leopoldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wyatt is looking to counter punch.
Wyatt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wyatt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wyatt connects with a nice looking jab.

That has opened up Pedro Aristides Leopoldo's cut even more.
A telegraphed right hand from Leopoldo misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo misses with the combination.
Wyatt lands a jab to the nose.
Leopoldo misses with a hook
and Wyatt counters with a straight right hand.
Leopoldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wyatt.
Leopoldo scores with a hook.
Wyatt lands a nice hook to Leopoldo's body. Leopoldo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Leopoldo missing with a left hand there. Wyatt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leopoldo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wyatt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leopoldo gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Wyatt gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Leopoldo is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koba Wyatt!
Koba Wyatt decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.