PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Leonov (ranked 3719 p4p, 3707 weight class) and Arthur Kraag (ranked 527 p4p, 525 weight class). Arthur Kraag has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Leonov
vs
Kraag

180 cm
25
195
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
182
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nikolay Leonov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arthur Kraag !
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonov swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraag .
Kraag ducks under a wild hook from Leonov.
Kraag paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kraag stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Leonov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leonov scores with a three punch combo!
Leonov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kraag swings widly with a right hand
letting Leonov counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kraag swings widly with a right hand
and Kraag takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kraag misses with a hook to the body
enabling Leonov to counter with a crisp jab.
Kraag moves to clinch but Leonov breaks away
and Leonov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Arthur Kraag seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonov fails to land with a series of punches.
Leonov seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kraag moves in looking to clinch but Leonov pushes him off.
Leonov seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kraag throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonov moves out of range of the body kick from Kraag .
A low kick from Kraag is predictable there
and Leonov counters with a nice uppercut.
Kraag misses with a left hand
enabling Leonov to counter with a crisp jab.
Leonov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kraag .
Leonov moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKraag .
Leonov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kraag throws a hook to the side of Leonov's head but Leonov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leonov is looking for a counter combo.
Leonov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kraag throws a shot from downtown. Leonov moves away and avoids it.
Leonov throws a big counter combination but Kraag scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kraag darts in trying to clinch
enabling Leonov to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kraag throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leonov scores with a decent looking hook.
Kraag throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonov scores with a hook.
Leonov lands a nice shot to the body.
Leonov swinging wildly here.
Leonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kraag is looking to clinch.
Leonov circles away from the clinch attempt
and Leonov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jab by Leonov.
Nice uppercut there from Leonov.
Kraag misses with an uppercut
and Leonov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kraag throws a poor cross that misses
and Leonov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Kraag is rocked!
Leonov cracks Kraag with a hook to the temple - Kraag is on wobbly legs here! Leonov swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Kraag falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Leonov wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nikolay Leonov!
Nikolay Leonov thanked the fans post fight for their support.