PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abelardo De Leon (ranked 92 p4p, 957 weight class) and Dennis Cunningham (ranked 17 p4p, 120 weight class). De Leon comes to the cage accompanied by Mercenary - F.O.O.L. & Power Glove. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

De Leon
vs
Cunningham

197 cm
27
264
19 - 7 - 0

193 cm
26
277
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abelardo De Leon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Dennis Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham cracks De Leon with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Leon throws a hook but Cunningham blocks it.
De Leon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cunningham.
De Leon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cunningham on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De Leon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Leon throws out a loose jab but Cunningham uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Leon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Leon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Leon misses with a kick to the body.
De Leon throws a right and a left that Cunningham avoids nicely.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cunningham has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Cunningham takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Leon looks to land a left hand but Cunningham moved out of range nicely.
And Cunningham tries to counter it with a takedown but De Leon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
De Leon looks to land a left hand but Cunningham moved out of range nicely.
Cunningham throws a big shot that misses.
Cunningham throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It appears De Leon was looking to counter with a kick there.
De Leon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cunningham feints the counter takedown.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Leon throws a lazy right hand but Cunningham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cunningham feints the counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Leon throws a body kick that misses.
Cunningham with the counter takedown but De Leon avoids it easily.
De Leon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Leon lands a jab to Cunningham's midsection.
Cunningham slips a jab from De Leon.
A jab from De Leon does it's job there.

Cunningham looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cunningham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cunningham sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Leon managing to control the position.
Cunningham scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Leon pulls Cunningham in close to prevent any damage.
De Leon's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Cunningham engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
De Leon looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cunningham puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Leon is refusing to be controlled, as Cunningham sits in half guard.
Cunningham thows a huge punch but De Leon dodges it nicely.
Cunningham is keen to just control but De Leon is a slippery customer.
De Leon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cunningham prevents De Leon from improving his position.
Well, if Cunningham is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
De Leon throws a jab but it's blocked by Cunningham.
Cunningham tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
De Leon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
De Leon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cunningham throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Leon lands a head shot.
Cunningham shoots in for a takedown but De Leon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cunningham looks to throw the jab but De Leon is out of range.
De Leon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Leon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cunningham.
De Leon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cunningham circles away quickly and effectively.
Cunningham slips a jab from De Leon.
De Leon lands a slapping body shot.
Abelardo De Leon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cunningham takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cunningham looks winded!
De Leon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cunningham under the eye.

Cunningham is rocked!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De Leon. Cunningham shrugs it off though.
Cunningham is still on wobbly legs! Can De Leon finish him?
De Leon throws a pinpoint strike between Cunningham's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Cunningham crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and De Leon scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Abelardo De Leon!
Abelardo De Leon retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Abelardo De Leon thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.