PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sexton Furnival (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Leshley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leshley has chosen Step into a World as his entrance music. 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.

Furnival
vs
Leshley

200 cm
28
267 lbs
22 - 8 - 1

190 cm
31
265 lbs
19 - 14 - 2

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

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 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sexton Furnival!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Leshley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leshley lands the left hand.

It looks like Sexton Furnival has been cut.
Leshley swats away the attempt to clinch by Furnival.
Leshley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Furnival.
Furnival closes the distance but Leshley moves to the side

and Leshley counters with a single leg into guard. Furnival didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leshley stops Furnival from standing up.
Leshley tries to stand but Furnival is controlling from the bottom.
Furnival wants to get back to his feet but Leshley is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Leshley sitting in guard here, content to control.
Furnival is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Leshley is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leshley content to stall in guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bobby Leshley.
Leshley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Furnival tries to close the distance and clinch but Leshley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Furnival stuffs the takedown.
Leshley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Donk. Leshley catches Furnival right on the button with a cross.
Furnival tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leshley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sexton Furnival is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leshley. Furnival does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leshley connects with a right hand. Furnival shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leshley tries for a takedown but Furnival sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Leshley dives in and grabs Furnival's left leg, looking for a takedown. Furnival pushes down on Leshley's head and hops out.
Sexton Furnival has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Leshley.

Furnival clinches.
Furnival misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leshley lands a hook that snaps the head of Furnival backwards.
Leshley taking a breather.
Leshley lands a shoulder strike.

Sexton Furnival's cut is getting worse.
Furnival trying to land knees to the body.
Leshley looking to slow down the pace here.
Furnival's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Leshley swings wildly with an uppercut but Furnival uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Furnival scores with a nice short uppercut.
Furnival softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leshley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Leshley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Furnival blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leshley.
Leshley avoiding damage as Furnival throws knees to the body.
Leshley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Furnival is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leshley is defending well for now.
Furnival misses with a hook from the clinch.
Furnival softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Leshley gets through Furnival's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Furnival goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leshley lands a body shot.
Leshley trying to control the position but instead, Furnival has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leshley into the cage.
Furnival using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Leshley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Furnival.

It looks like Bobby Leshley has been cut.
Furnival tries to land a knee to the head but Leshley blocks with his arms.
Furnival misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leshley has Furnival pushed against the cage.
Leshley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Furnival throws an elbow but it misses.
Leshley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Furnival connects with a nasty looking knee right to Leshley's face.
Leshley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Furnival goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leshley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Leshley.
Leshley struggles to land a body shot inside as Furnival controls his hands.
Leshley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Leshley 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.

Bobby Leshley dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Furnival has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leshley.
Bobby Leshley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leshley scores with a shot to the body.

Leshley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Furnival uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Leshley lands a really nice looking cross but Furnival seems unphased.
Nice shot lands for Leshley.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Furnival is looking to clinch but Leshley is avoiding it.
Leshley fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Furnival checks it well.

Furnival moves into the clinch.
Furnival goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leshley blocks an elbow strike.
Furnival can't find room to land a body shot as Leshley controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leshley blocks a body shot from Furnival.
Furnival tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Furnival tries a body shot but Leshley blocks it.
Furnival missing with knees to the body.
Leshley lands a hook to the side of the head.

Sexton Furnival's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Furnival misses with the head strike.
Furnival lands a right hand.
Furnival misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leshley slows down the pace here.
Furnival tries a knee to the head but Leshley blocks it.
Leshley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Leshley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Furnival lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Furnival working Leshley over with knees to the body.
Furnival lands a shot to the body.
Leshley content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furnival tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leshley avoids it.
Furnival tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sexton Furnival has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Furnival lands a nice knee to the body.
Leshley content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Furnival scores a nice knee to the body.
Furnival can't find room to land a body shot as Leshley controls the action.
Leshley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Furnival.
Furnival scores with a nice hook to the head.
Furnival blocking some punches.
Leshley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leshley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Furnival throws an elbow that misses.
Furnival throws a punch but it's blocked by Leshley.
Leshley throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Leshley scores with a nice short uppercut.

Jeez, Sexton Furnival's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Leshley working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furnival tries to throw a body punch but Leshley avoids it by throwing Furnival back against the cage.
Furnival misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leshley working aggressively here.
Leshley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Leshley misses with a body punch.
Leshley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Furnival has a couple of punches blocked by Leshley.
Furnival is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leshley is defending well for now.
Leshley managing to block the knees to the body from Furnival.
Furnival looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Leshley misses with a punch on the inside.
Furnival misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leshley blocks a body shot from Furnival.
Leshley dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Leshley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Furnival's elbow.
Leshley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Furnival backwards.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sexton Furnival's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bobby Leshley!
Bobby Leshley thanked the fans post fight for their support.