PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Paiwia (ranked 5493 p4p, 4598 weight class) and Brock Lessnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paiwia
vs
Lessnar

175 cm
18
155
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
145
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manny Paiwia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Lessnar!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lessnar.
Lessnar advances nicely into full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lessnar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Paiwia is trying to escape the mount.
Lessnar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Paiwia tries to hold on but Lessnar pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paiwia is looking to improve his position but Lessnar isn't that keen on the idea.
Lessnar controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lessnar get's back to his feet.
Paiwia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Paiwia misses with a takedown attempt - Lessnar sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lessnar misses with a hook. Paiwia ducked under it nicely.
Paiwia leaves Lessnar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lessnar fails with the takedown

and Paiwia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Paiwia.
Lessnar is working for takedown but Paiwia is calmly controlling the position for now.
Manny Paiwia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lessnar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paiwia looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Paiwia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paiwia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Lessnar drives through with a takedown into Paiwia's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Paiwia trying to control the position.
Paiwia looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Lessnar with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lessnar trying to control the position from guard on top but Paiwia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lessnar preventing the sweep.
Lessnar looking to pass the guard.
Lessnar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Paiwia misses with a hook.
Paiwia misses with a straight right.
Lessnar moves in looking to clinch but Paiwia pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Paiwia looks to land a left hand but Lessnar moved out of range nicely.
Lessnar tries to clinch up but Paiwia circles away and keeps his distance.
Paiwia throws out a loose jab but Lessnar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paiwia connects with a single shot there.
Lessnar moves away from the strike by Paiwia.

Lessnar takes the fight into the clinch.
Paiwia being controlled against the cage.
Lessnar tries to pull guard but Paiwia holds him up against the cage and eventually Lessnar drops back down to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lessnar is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Paiwia is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brock Lessnar will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lessnar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Paiwia manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lessnar tries to get to full guard but Paiwia has control of the leg.
Paiwia trying to mount his opponent but Lessnar defends it.
Paiwia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Paiwia lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lessnar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Paiwia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Paiwia wants to control but Lessnar is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lessnar tries to get to full guard but Paiwia has control of the leg.
Lessnar keeping control of the position.
Paiwia wants to control but Lessnar is keeping him busy.
Paiwia tries to pass to full mount but Lessnar defends it.
Lessnar controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Let's hope that Lessnar has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lessnar is trying to stand back up but Paiwia is controlling him
Brock Lessnar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Paiwia works his way into side control.
Paiwia trying to control the position but Lessnar is working away.
Lessnar gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lessnar wants to improve his position but Paiwia is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiwia wants to control but Lessnar is keeping him busy.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lessnar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lessnar tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Paiwia defends well and Lessnar ends up having to push Paiwia into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Paiwia checks a leg kick.
Lessnar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paiwia looks to land a right hand but Lessnar moved out of range.
A big right from Paiwia misses.
Lessnar jabs at Paiwia's body.
Paiwia connects with a solid leg kick.
Paiwia looks to land a right hand but Lessnar moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lessnar ducks under a wild hook from Paiwia.

Paiwia clinches up with Lessnar and pushes him back against the cage.
Lessnar working aggressively here.
Paiwia throws a punch but it's blocked by Lessnar.
Paiwia prevents a takedown attempt there.
Paiwia is working for takedown but Lessnar is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lessnar managing to block the knees to the body from Paiwia.
Paiwia stalling in the clinch but Lessnar improves position.
Lessnar tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Paiwia dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Lessnar fails to land the takedown.
Lessnar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Paiwia feinted with a counter takedown.
Paiwia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lessnar on the side of the head.
Lessnar shoots and misses
and Lessnar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manny Paiwia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lessnar.
Nice jab there from Lessnar.
Paiwia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Manny Paiwia is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lessnar doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Paiwia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paiwia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lessnar's head.
Paiwia throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiwia throws a lazy right hand but Lessnar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lessnar is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Paiwia throws a looping overhand right but Lessnar ducks down to avoid it.
Lessnar swats away the attempt to clinch by Paiwia.
Lessnar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paiwia.
Paiwia throws a lazy right hand but Lessnar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Paiwia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paiwia.
Lessnar wants to clinch but Paiwia slips to the side
and Paiwia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lessnar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Paiwia tries to avoid it but Lessnar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Paiwia to the ground. Paiwia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lessnar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lessnar.
Lessnar moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar moves to clinch but Paiwia breaks away
and Paiwia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lessnar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Paiwia. Paiwia obviously looking to wear him down.
Paiwia shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lessnar as he avoids it easily.
Paiwia throws a poor cross that misses
and Lessnar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Paiwia stuffs the takedown.
Lessnar slips a jab from Paiwia.
Paiwia backing away here, and Lessnar unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Brock Lessnar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Paiwia.
Lessnar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lessnar moves out of range of the strikes.
Paiwia throws a right hand that misses
and Lessnar counters with a left and a right that stings Paiwia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Paiwia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lessnar doesn't seem phased though.
Paiwia staying out of range there.
Lessnar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Paiwia misses with a straight right.
Paiwia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lessnar can do to turn this around?
The fight stays on the outside here - Lessnar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lessnar fails with the takedown

and Paiwia holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lessnar fails to pull guard.
Paiwia stops a takedown attempt from Lessnar.
Lessnar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paiwia smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Paiwia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Paiwia checks a leg kick.
Lessnar ducks under a wild hook from Paiwia.
Lessnar feints the counter takedown.
Lessnar moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Lessnar releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lessnar takes one to the chin there.
Lessnar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Paiwia sprawls well. Paiwia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lessnar gets slowly back to his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Paiwia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Paiwia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lessnar.
As Paiwia backs off Lessnar throws a huge counter combo but Paiwia manages to avoid it all.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Paiwia showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Paiwia has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Paiwia!
A relieved looking Manny Paiwia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.