PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Leak (ranked 8529 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Ragnarson (ranked 5877 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Kelly Leak has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Leak
vs
Ragnarson

188 cm
47
217 lbs
35 - 40 - 1

179 cm
41
205 lbs
38 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 35 - 40 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelly Leak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustav Ragnarson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leak moves away.
Ragnarson lands a nice hook to Leak's body. Leak takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Leak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ragnarson.
Leak was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Leak misses the shot to the body.
Leak turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Leak lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Gustav Ragnarson has been cut.
Leak closes the distance and clinches up with Ragnarson, looking for a takedown. Leak pushes Ragnarson against the cage but Ragnarson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ragnarson defending well as Leak loads up on a big left hand.
Leak tries for a takedown but Ragnarson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Leak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ragnarson.
Ragnarson throws a low kick but Leak moves out of range easily.
Leak checks a leg kick nicely.
Leak moves in looking to clinch but Ragnarson pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ragnarson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Leak moves into range and clinches up with Ragnarson.

Leak breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ragnarson. Leak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ragnarson tries a low kick but Leak avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Leak tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leak avoids the body shot from Ragnarson.
Ragnarson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leak moves away.
Leak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ragnarson circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelly Leak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ragnarson throws a body punch but Leak moves out of range.
Ragnarson misses with a wild body shot.
Leak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ragnarson.
Gustav Ragnarson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnarson cracks Leak with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ragnarson just misses with a punch to the body.
Leak wants to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Leak.
Ragnarson regains half guard there - taking advantage of Leak's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Leak winds up and cracks Ragnarson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Ragnarson manages to get to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ragnarson holds on and takes a little breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ragnarson is on top in guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leak tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leak is working hard here to advance position.
Ragnarson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ragnarson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ragnarson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Leak's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ragnarson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ragnarson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ragnarson preventing the sweep.
Ragnarson being controlled here momentarily.
Ragnarson connects with a couple of short punches.
Ragnarson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ragnarson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Leak looking for a sweep. Not yet Leak, not yet.
Ragnarson lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ragnarson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ragnarson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ragnarson wants to pass the guard but Leak is keeping the position.
Ragnarson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ragnarson is in close to Leak's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Leak trying to keep a closed guard but Ragnarson is proving a slippery customer.
Ragnarson is in close to Leak's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson with a nice head shot there.

Leak is rocked!
Ragnarson arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Leak's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gustav Ragnarson!
A very excited looking Gustav Ragnarson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Kelly Leak stepped up to the mic, saying 'F$#!%'.