PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mata Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Lanter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon comes to the cage accompanied by Bodies. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Leon
vs
Lanter

180 cm
19
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Final Strike Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mata Leon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tito Lanter!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leon tries to clinch but Lanter moves out of range.
Leon is looking to clinch.
Leon blocks the body kick.

Leon looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lanter!
Lanter's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Leon controlling from mount.
Lanter wants to hold on but Leon pushes him away.
Leon trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanter wants to control but Leon is having none of it.
Lanter is squirming around, avoiding Leon's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lanter is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Leon wants to control the pace but Lanter is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mata Leon just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lanter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab by Lanter.

It looks like Mata Leon has been cut.
Lanter throws a sloppy head kick and Leon moves out of range easily.
Leon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lanter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lanter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leon tries to clinch there but Lanter circles away.
Lanter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lanter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leon moves away.
Leon tries to clinch up.
Lanter throws out a loose jab but Leon uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Leon closes the distance and clinches.
Lanter has had enough of the clinch but Leon keeps him there for the moment.
Leon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Leon lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Leon on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Leon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lanter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Leon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lanter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leon lands with a right to the head.
Leon tries to land knees in the clinch but Lanter avoids the damage to the body.
Leon throws a punch but it's blocked by Lanter.
A head punch on the inside from Leon fails to land.

Leon breaks from the clinch.
Leon cracks Lanter with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Leon blocks a head kick by Lanter.
Lanter looks gassed!
Leon tries to clinch there but Lanter circles away.

Leon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lanter jumps guard but Leon stands there with Lanter around his waist. Lanter gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Leon keeps control of Lanter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Leon lands with a right to the head.

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

Leon has closed the distance and engaged Lanter in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mata Leon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mata Leon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Leon gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Leon fails to land.

Leon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lanter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lanter to score with a decent uppercut.

Leon is rocked!
Mata Leon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lanter grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Leon takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Lanter cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tito Lanter!
Tito Lanter is the new middleweight champion!