PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Korben Dallas (ranked 1919 p4p, 2295 weight class) and Fernando Leyva (ranked 286 p4p, 332 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dallas
vs
Leyva

182 cm
18
180
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
180
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Korben Dallas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fernando Leyva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dallas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Leyva gets caught napping as Dallas dives in and scores a takedown. Leyva manages to retain guard.
Dallas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dallas prevents Leyva from getting back to his feet.
Dallas looking to pass the guard.

Leyva is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Dallas presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Dallas wants a takedown.

Leyva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dallas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leyva.
Dallas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leyva.
Dallas has his takedown stuffed
and Leyva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dallas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dallas cracks Leyva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Leyva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dallas is controlling him well.
Dallas fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Leyva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Leyva parries the strikes from Dallas easily there. Dallas is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Leyva to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dallas prevents Leyva from escaping the position.
Dallas cracks Leyva with a big elbow.
Dallas is putting a hurting on Leyva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Leyva is pushing Dallas's head away, looking to escape. Dallas manages to hold on to the position though.
Dallas tries to score with some ground and pound. Leyva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dallas is chipping away with strikes.
Dallas 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.
Dallas lands an elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Dallas.
Dallas throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Leyva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dallas throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Leyva told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Dallas misses with the ground and pound.
Leyva avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dallas.
Leyva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Leyva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dallas is controlling him well.
An elbow from Dallas crashes against the mat.
Dallas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leyva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dallas.
Leyva wants to get back to his feet.
Dallas working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dallas tries to score with some ground and pound. Leyva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dallas misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Leyva is trying to get back to his feet.
Dallas misses with the ground and pound.
Dallas landing strikes.
Leyva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dallas landing a few strikes.

Leyva is rocked!
Dallas in side control lands a decent elbow.
Leyva is still in real trouble! Can Dallas finish him?
Dallas cracks Leyva with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Dallas immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Leyva is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Dallas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Korben Dallas!
An out of breath Korben Dallas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.