PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lo Aria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and andy lesner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Lo Aria has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Aria
vs
lesner

210 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
20
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Demonic Drugs

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lo Aria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, andy lesner!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aria connects with a vicious head kick that knocks lesner to the floor! Aria dives in looking for the finish!

lesner is rocked!

It looks like andy lesner has been cut.
lesner is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
lesner is still in real trouble! Can Aria finish him?
lesner is looking for a sweep. Aria is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
lesner seems to have recovered his senses.
lesner is refusing to be controlled, as Aria sits in half guard.
Aria slows the pace down in half guard.
Aria will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Aria has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
lesner trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aria thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Aria escapes and gets back to his feet.
lesner fails with a takedown attempt.
Aria doesn't manage to clinch there - lesner circles away.

lesner drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
lesner looks gassed!
Aria is looking to regain half guard here but lesner keeps moving and retains side control.
Aria is pushing lesner's head away, looking to escape. lesner manages to hold on to the position though.

lesner working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ground and pound from lesner seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lesner wants to control but Aria is keeping him busy.
lesner working away.
lesner wants to control for a moment but Aria uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Aria lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends lesner sprawling to the canvas. Aria follows him down, looking for the kill. Can lesner hang on?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aria performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lesner wants to improve his position but Aria is controlling well.

lesner looking for submissions off his back.
lesner tries to get to full guard but Aria has control of the leg.
lesner is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
lesner wants to improve his position but Aria is controlling well.
Aria wants to control but lesner is keeping him busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
lesner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aria as he jumps to the side.
lesner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aria misses with a double jab.
Aria scores with a body shot.
Aria throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Aria misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lo Aria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aria misses with a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
lesner tries to pull guard but Aria won't allow it.
Lo Aria has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of andy lesner.

lesner works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
lesner passes Aria's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lo Aria dominated that round.
The cut man is working on andy lesner's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Aria throws a head kick but lesner moves out of range.
A big left from Aria misses.
lesner lands a slapping body shot.
Aria really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Aria tries to clinch but fails miserably

and lesner counters with a single leg into guard. Aria didn't expect that.
lesner looking to sit in guard and control but Aria gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
lesner has control of Aria's left arm, preventing Aria from doing any damage.

lesner has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Aria can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
lesner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lesner is trying to hold Aria in close to prevent damage but Aria has managed to pass into half guard.
Aria prevents lesner from improving his position.

lesner pushes Aria off and gets back to his feet.

lesner takes the fight into the clinch.
Aria is pressed up against the cage. lesner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Aria down to the mat. Aria avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Aria just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick by Aria misses

and lesner counters by clinching up.
Stalling in the clinch from lesner.

Aria breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Aria there.
Aria throws an overhand right that has lesner reeling! Aria follows up with a more punches and lesner is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Lo Aria!