PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kong Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladik Fedotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes to the cage accompanied by Ave Maria. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Le
vs
Fedotov

180 cm
26
183 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

184 cm
24
184 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kong Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladik Fedotov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedotov fails in his attempt to clinch.

Fedotov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Le avoiding damage as Fedotov throws knees to the body.
Le dodges an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Fedotov is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Le misses with a body punch.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Fedotov has Le pushed against the cage.
A short left from Le.
Fedotov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fedotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Le scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le lands a hook that snaps the head of Fedotov backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fedotov.
Fedotov tries a knee to the head but Le blocks it.
Fedotov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Le in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Kong Le has been cut.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Le avoids it.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Fedotov is blocking nicely.
Le tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the head but Le blocks with his arms.
Come on Le - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fedotov stalling the fight.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Fedotov stalling in the clinch but Le improves position.
Le misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le misses with the head strike.
Fedotov lands a good knee to the midsection. Le won't want to take too many of those.
Fedotov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Le has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Le misses with the head strike.
Fedotov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fedotov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fedotov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fedotov misses with a knee strike.
Fedotov misses with an elbow strike.
Fedotov pushes off an throws an elbow but Le leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Le dodges an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Le is defending well for now.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fedotov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Fedotov avoids the damage to the body.
Fedotov lands an elbow that stopped Le in his tracks for a moment.
Fedotov lands an elbow that stopped Le in his tracks for a moment.
Le blocks an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Le avoids it.
A hook to the body from Le.
A short left from Le.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
Le lands a left hand.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.
Le can't break the clinch.
Le misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le can't find room to land a body shot as Fedotov controls the action.
Fedotov lands an elbow just above Le 's eye.
Le wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Le scores with a shot to the side of Fedotov's head.
Le lands with a right to the head.

Fedotov is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le blocks an elbow strike.
Fedotov is still on wobbly legs! Can Le finish him?
Fedotov misses with a knee strike.
Fedotov takes a shot to the head.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Fedotov seems to have recovered his senses.
A shot in the inside from Le.
Le avoiding damage as Fedotov throws knees to the body.
Le working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedotov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Le misses with a punch on the inside.

Le manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vladik Fedotov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kong Le's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A chopping leg kick lands by Fedotov.
Fedotov pushes Le away with a front kick.
Le throws a right and a left that both miss.

Fedotov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Le dodges an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov with a knee to the head.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Vladik Fedotov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.
Le dodges an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Le avoids it.
Le tries a knee to the head but Fedotov blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fedotov.
Fedotov managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le takes an elbow to the temple.
Le is trying to force a seperation but Fedotov has the dominant position.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fedotov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fedotov stalls.
Fedotov blocks a body shot from Le.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Le tries a knee to the head but Fedotov blocks it.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but Fedotov blocks with his arms.
Fedotov is stalling here.
Fedotov lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Le in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fedotov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Le tries to circle away but Fedotov has him pinned against the cage.
Fedotov misses with a knee strike.
Le managing to block the knees to the body from Fedotov.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Le working aggressively here.
Fedotov crunches a lovely knee into Le's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le lands with a left to the head.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fedotov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Le breaks from the clinch.
Fedotov slips a jab and a cross from Le.
Le misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Le throws the kick towards the body but Fedotov avoids it.
Fedotov blocks a head kick by Le.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fedotov, right into the meat.
Le throws a lazy uppercut
and Fedotov counters with a nice body kick.
Fedotov thumps Le with a low kick.

Fedotov drives through and clinches with Le against the cage.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Le blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Le tries to work over Fedotov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Le connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Le has a couple of punches blocked by Fedotov.
Fedotov connects with a knee to the head.

Kong Le's cut is getting worse.
Fedotov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Le lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le misses with a knee strike.
Fedotov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fedotov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Le blocks it with crossed arms.
Fedotov is struggling to control the position.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Le lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Le tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladik Fedotov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kong Le's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Le on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fedotov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fedotov. Le shrugs it off though.
A combination from Le does no damage.
Fedotov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fedotov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Le scores with a decent looking hook.
Le misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kong Le is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fedotov throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedotov ducks under a wild hook from Le.
Le fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Le swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fedotov doesn't manage to clinch there - Le circles away.
Le circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fedotov lands with a slapping head kick.
Fedotov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fedotov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fedotov misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov tries to close the distance and clinch but Le swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Fedotov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fedotov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Le throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
Le managing to block the knees to the body from Fedotov.
Le tries to stall but Fedotov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Le dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fedotov has Le pressed against the cage, preventing Le from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fedotov throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fedotov.
Fedotov working Le over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Le.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside.

Kong Le's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fedotov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Le's face.
Le blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Fedotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Le is defending well for now.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Le.
Kong Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right from Le.
Le is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fedotov is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Le misses with some punches.
Fedotov slowing the pace effectively.
A short right from Le.
Le blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Le working aggressively here.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fedotov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedotov lands an elbow just above Le 's eye.
Fedotov keeps control of Le as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fedotov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Le.

Le manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vladik Fedotov.
Well Fedotov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladik Fedotov!