PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between El Guapo Bandito Salsas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silverback Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnar has chosen go coors! as his entrance music. El Guapo Bandito Salsas has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Guapo Bandito Salsas
vs
Lesnar

225 cm
24
270 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

166 cm
25
289 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, El Guapo Bandito Salsas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Silverback Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandito Salsas throws a right and a left that Lesnar avoids nicely.
Bandito Salsas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lesnar as he avoids it easily.
Bandito Salsas shoots in for a takedown but Lesnar shows good takedown defense.
Lesnar moves away from the strike by Bandito Salsas.
Bandito Salsas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lesnar circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Guapo Bandito Salsas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lesnar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lesnar tries to close the distance and clinch but Bandito Salsas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lesnar stuffs the takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lesnar. Bandito Salsas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lesnar wants to clinch up but Bandito Salsas keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bandito Salsas scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bandito Salsas really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lesnar regains half guard, as Bandito Salsas was trying to land strikes.
Bandito Salsas wants to stand up but Lesnar is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Bandito Salsas thows a huge punch but Lesnar dodges it nicely.
Bandito Salsas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bandito Salsas throwing shots but Lesnar is blocking nicely.
Lesnar controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bandito Salsas is looking to take a break and control but Lesnar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bandito Salsas throws a strike but Lesnar avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Lesnar pulls Bandito Salsas in to control the position.
Bandito Salsas trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bandito Salsas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lesnar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito Salsas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bandito Salsas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bandito Salsas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bandito Salsas throwing strikes but missing.
Bandito Salsas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lesnar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bandito Salsas wants to control from the top but Lesnar keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bandito Salsas shoots in looking for a takedown. Lesnar tries to sprawl out of it but Bandito Salsas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lesnar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

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.
Lesnar blocks a jab.
Lesnar stuffs the takedown attempt from Bandito Salsas. Bandito Salsas gets slowly back to his feet.
Bandito Salsas throws a shot from downtown. Lesnar moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lesnar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bandito Salsas is defended easily by Lesnar.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lesnar throws a sloppy body shot
and Bandito Salsas counters with a stiff right hand.
Bandito Salsas looks to throw the jab but Lesnar is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that El Guapo Bandito Salsas will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bandito Salsas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
El Guapo Bandito Salsas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bandito Salsas shoots in but Lesnar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bandito Salsas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lesnar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lesnar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bandito Salsas fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Guapo Bandito Salsas. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lesnar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Lesnar controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lesnar stopping the sweep attempt from Bandito Salsas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar stops Bandito Salsas from standing up.
Bandito Salsas trying to control the position.
Lesnar passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Bandito Salsas is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lesnar is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bandito Salsas throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Lesnar manages to pass to side control.
You can see the frustration on Bandito Salsas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito Salsas throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Lesnar is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Bandito Salsas will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bandito Salsas is trying to strike from the bottom but Lesnar has passed into full mount.
Bandito Salsas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bandito Salsas is desperately trying to improve his position but Lesnar has a good base and remains in mount.
Lesnar controlling from mount.
Bandito Salsas tries to hold on but Lesnar pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bandito Salsas swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bandito Salsas tries to hold on but Lesnar postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lesnar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silverback Lesnar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bandito Salsas with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lesnar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lesnar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bandito Salsas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bandito Salsas swats away the attempt to clinch by Lesnar.
Bandito Salsas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lesnar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bandito Salsas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lesnar working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like El Guapo Bandito Salsas has been cut.
Bandito Salsas jumps guard but Lesnar stands there with Bandito Salsas around his waist. Bandito Salsas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Guapo Bandito Salsas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lesnar lands with a light punch inside.
Lesnar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lesnar lands an elbow just above Bandito Salsas 's eye.
Lesnar lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short right from Lesnar.
Lesnar lands a good knee to the midsection. Bandito Salsas won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lesnar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lesnar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lesnar blocks the strikes from Bandito Salsas.
Lesnar taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandito Salsas tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lesnar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bandito Salsas gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito Salsas pushes Lesnar off looking to stand but Lesnar dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bandito Salsas trying to control here.
Bandito Salsas trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Bandito Salsas tries to lock up and control but Lesnar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lesnar controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bandito Salsas tries to hold on but Lesnar pushes him away.
Lesnar controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silverback Lesnar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lesnar 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 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silverback Lesnar!