PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nedser Kiely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laiska Leppone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leppone has chosen Still Häslin as his entrance music. Laiska Leppone will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kiely
vs
Leppone

200 cm
19
270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
260 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nedser Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Laiska Leppone!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiely shoots for a double leg takedown but Leppone sprawls well. He's pushed Kiely's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Leppone misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Leppone.

Kiely shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Leppone is trying to defend but Kiely finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kiely is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kiely is controlling the pace.
Leppone tries to kick Kiely off but Kiely keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kiely looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Leppone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiely thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Leppone's head.
Kiely 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.
Kiely keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kiely throwing shots but Leppone is blocking nicely.
Kiely thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Leppone to regain full guard.
Kiely throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Leppone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Leppone has his feet on Kiely's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Leppone motions for Kiely to come forward. Leppone throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kiely shoots in for a takedown but Leppone shows good takedown defense.
Leppone tries to bum rush Kiely with a series of wild strikes but Kiely uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leppone misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Leppone throws a nice looking combination but Kiely bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Leppone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leppone looks gassed!
Leppone throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice sprawl there from Leppone as Kiely shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nedser Kiely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leppone pushes Kiely away with a front kick.

Kiely decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kiely throwing shots but Leppone is blocking nicely.
Kiely thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Leppone to regain full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Leppone can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kiely looking to pass the guard.
Kiely keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Leppone's head.
Kiely missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely trying to control but Leppone is working from the bottom.
Kiely postures up in Leppone's guard and throws a big left but Leppone blocks it.
Kiely makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leppone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kiely looking to sit in guard and control but Leppone gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kiely wants to stand but Leppone is controlling the position.
Kiely wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Leppone controlling from the top position.
Leppone trying to control but Kiely is working from the bottom.
Leppone is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kiely takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Danga de danga de dang - Leppone scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Nedser Kiely has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leppone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Leppone misses with a few strikes there.
Kiely tries to clinch but Leppone moves out of range.
Kiely shoots in looking for a takedown. Leppone tries to sprawl out of it but Kiely keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Leppone manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Laiska Leppone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Leppone tries to land a front kick but Kiely steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kiely fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leppone swinging wildly here.
Leppone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiely.
Leppone keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Leppone throws a right and a left that Kiely avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kiely is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Leppone's half guard.
Kiely thows a huge punch but Leppone dodges it nicely.
Kiely controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely trying to mount his opponent but Leppone defends it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leppone is looking to escape.
Kiely throwing shots but Leppone is blocking nicely.
Kiely scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kiely missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kiely is trying to control. Leppone wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kiely wants to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kiely is defended easily by Leppone.
Leppone misses with a head kick.
Leppone throws a sloppy head kick and Kiely moves out of range easily.
Leppone misses with a low kick.
Kiely tries to clinch but Leppone is having none of it.

Leppone gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kiely to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Leppone can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kiely controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kiely's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Leppone wants to stand but Kiely is controlling the position.
Kiely postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kiely chips away with some ground and pound.
Kiely is stalling in the full guard.
Kiely is pushing down on Leppone's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leppone is fighting to maintain full guard but Kiely has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Leppone is trying to stand up here but Kiely is controlling him well.
Kiely seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Leppone does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kiely is really struggling to control Leppone but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Kiely misses with a head shot. Leppone uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kiely postures up and lands a big shot to Leppone's brow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kiely throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nedser Kiely dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kiely scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Leppone pushes Kiely away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kiely gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Kiely wants to control but Leppone is keeping him busy.
Kiely grinds an elbow into Leppone's temple.
Kiely wants to lay and pray for a moment but Leppone keeps working.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kiely throws an elbow but Leppone slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leppone parries the strikes from Kiely easily there. Kiely is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Leppone to escape.
Leppone managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kiely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Leppone misses with a low kick.
Leppone moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Leppone keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Leppone.
Leppone misses with a wild combination.
Kiely will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Leppone throws a series of punches but Kiely moves out of range.
Kiely fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Leppone throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leppone misses with a series of wild punches.
Kiely is trying hard to land a takedown here. Leppone sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nedser Kiely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leppone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Leppone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kiely's calf.

Kiely changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Leppone looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kiely will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiely misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kiely working the body and head with strikes.
Kiely throwing strikes but Leppone manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Kiely is trying to improve his position.
Leppone misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leppone happy to just control the position for now.
Leppone throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Kiely tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Leppone wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Leppone throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Leppone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leppone lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Leppone.
Leppone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nedser Kiely is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leppone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leppone throws a wild body kick that Kiely sees coming a mile off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kiely looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kiely fails to land the takedown.
Leppone misses with a wild combination.
Kiely tries to close the distance and clinch but Leppone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leppone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kiely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kiely is looking to take a break and control but Leppone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Laiska Leppone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leppone has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Laiska Leppone!