PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wladimir Gilkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Leroux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leroux has chosen Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses as his entrance music. Winston Leroux will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gilkov
vs
Leroux

190 cm
23
214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wladimir Gilkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Winston Leroux!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilkov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leroux.

Gilkov gets a clinch.
Gilkov throws an elbow that misses.
Leroux wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Leroux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Gilkov wants the takedown. Leroux is fighting it off but Gilkov persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Leroux's guard against the cage.
Gilkov is stalling in the full guard.
Gilkov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gilkov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Leroux's guard.
Leroux is trying to get back to full guard.

Gilkov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Leroux kicks off Gilkov and gets to his feet.

Gilkov instigates a clinch.
Leroux is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroux wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leroux tries to pull guard but Gilkov won't allow it.

Leroux manages to break the clinch.
Winston Leroux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gilkov dodges the punch combination from Leroux.

Gilkov instigates a clinch.
Gilkov is stalling here.
Leroux throws a head punch that misses.
Leroux wants to get back to striking at distance but Gilkov won't allow it.
Gilkov keeps control of Leroux as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gilkov stalling against the cage.
Gilkov prevents Leroux from breaking the clinch.

Leroux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gilkov moves into the clinch.

Leroux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leroux misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroux looks to clinch

and Gilkov moves into the clinch.

Leroux is fighting off a takedown attempt but Gilkov is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Leroux to the mat. Leroux regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Gilkov trying to control the position from guard on top but Leroux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gilkov sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Gilkov is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Leroux is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gilkov is controlling him.
Gilkov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gilkov drops back looking for a leg! Leroux is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Leroux manages to kick Gilkov off! Gilkov jumps back into Leroux's guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Leroux avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leroux shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Gilkov counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gilkov pushes down on Leroux's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gilkov prevents Leroux from improving his position.
Leroux slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gilkov trying to control but Leroux is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilkov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gilkov is pushing down on Leroux's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leroux is fighting to maintain full guard but Gilkov has managed to sneak the leg through.
Leroux trying to control here.

Gilkov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Gilkov is trying to work for a kimura but Leroux is defending well.
Gilkov is breathing heavily.
Leroux has hold of Gilkov's hands but Gilkov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wladimir Gilkov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leroux tries to clinch but Gilkov is having none of it.

Gilkov instigates a clinch.
Gilkov keeps control of Leroux as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Leroux tries to break the clinch but Gilkov is controlling the position.
Gilkov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Leroux pulls his leg out and moves away.
Winston Leroux is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leroux fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gilkov dodges the punch combination from Leroux.
A jab from Leroux finds it's way through Gilkov's defenses.
Leroux moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gilkov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gilkov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Gilkov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Gilkov is looking to sinch up a triangle. Leroux throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Gilkov's body to avoid the submission. Gilkov has instead reached around Leroux's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Gilkov arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Wladimir Gilkov!