PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Karkaroff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Leal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Igor Karkaroff has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Igor Karkaroff seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Karkaroff
vs
Leal

183 cm
22
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Karkaroff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Leal!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karkaroff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Leal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leal misses with a wild combination.
Karkaroff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Karkaroff gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karkaroff crunches a lovely knee into Leal's ribcage.
Leal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Leal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karkaroff lands an elbow just above Leal 's eye.
Karkaroff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leal avoids it.
Leal tries to circle away but Karkaroff has him pinned against the cage.
Leal blocks an elbow strike from Karkaroff.
Leal has had enough of the clinch but Karkaroff keeps him there for the moment.
Leal takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Jose Leal has been cut.
Karkaroff with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karkaroff keeps control of Leal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Leal tries to break free but Karkaroff pushes him back against the cage.
Karkaroff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Leal being controlled against the cage.
Leal managing to block the knees to the body from Karkaroff.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkaroff with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karkaroff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leal letting Karkaroff take a breather here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karkaroff.
Karkaroff unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leal lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karkaroff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leal's brow.
Leal is trying to break the clinch but Karkaroff has him pressed against the cage.
Karkaroff has Leal pressed against the cage.
Karkaroff pushes off an throws an elbow but Leal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karkaroff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karkaroff landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leal blocks the elbow strike.
Leal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karkaroff tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karkaroff with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Karkaroff for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karkaroff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leal's brow.
Karkaroff trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Karkaroff.
Leal takes an elbow to the forehead.
Karkaroff throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karkaroff is breathing heavily.
Karkaroff is looking to control Leal's arms but Leal gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karkaroff has his back to the cage.
Leal avoids the elbow strike from Karkaroff, against the cage.
Karkaroff stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karkaroff.
Karkaroff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leal.
Leal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karkaroff with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leal tries to break free but Karkaroff pushes him back against the cage.
Leal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karkaroff using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karkaroff.
Karkaroff is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leal is defending well for now.
Leal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karkaroff wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karkaroff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leal's brow.
Karkaroff tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Leal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leal is trying to break the clinch but Karkaroff is controlling him.
Karkaroff has Leal pressed against the cage, preventing Leal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leal blocks an elbow strike.
Karkaroff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Leal wants to break free but Karkaroff has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Karkaroff stalls.

Leal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leal tries to bum rush Karkaroff with a series of wild strikes but Karkaroff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Leal misses.
Leal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karkaroff stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Leal misses with the combination.
Leal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Leal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Karkaroff takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Leal lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Karkaroff on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Karkaroff is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leal lands a body shot.
Karkaroff takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oh Karkaroff is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leal connects with a superb combination that knocks Karkaroff out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Leal before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Karkaroff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jose Leal!