PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Kotral (ranked 4220 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kawhi Leonard (ranked 5556 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kotral
vs
Leonard

184 cm
24
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
16
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dennis Kotral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kawhi Leonard!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Winston Howard and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kotral lands with a nice combination. Leonard backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Kawhi Leonard has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kotral. That's going to slow Leonard down.

Leonard scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Leonard is working for a submission of some sort.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonard passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kotral's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Kotral wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Leonard.
Leonard wants to control the pace but Kotral is squirming around nicely.
Kotral knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leonard on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leonard wants to finish this one by submission but Kotral is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Leonard.
Leonard tries to control but Kotral wriggling away.

Leonard working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Kotral looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Leonard! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kawhi Leonard!