PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Dougles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Lesner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Lesner struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Frank Lesner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dougles
vs
Lesner

193 cm
24
209 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

196 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Dougles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Lesner!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lesner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lesner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Dougles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dougles tries a knee to the head but Lesner blocks it.
Dougles will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lesner up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Dougles.
Dougles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dougles lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dougles.
Lesner blocks the elbow strike.
Dougles is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dougles lands an elbow inside that Lesner shrugs off.

It looks like Frank Lesner has been cut.
A knee to the head by Dougles.
Dougles throws an elbow that misses.
Dougles lands a good knee to the midsection. Lesner won't want to take too many of those.
Lesner looks gassed!
Dougles with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dougles connects with a knee to the head.
Dougles with a knee to the head.
Dougles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dougles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dougles lands an elbow inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dougles.
Dougles gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dougles lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
Dougles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dougles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dougles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dougles is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dougles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
Knees to the body from Dougles.
Dougles effectively controlling the action here.
Dougles tries to land a knee to the head but Lesner blocks with his arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dougles lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dougles misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dougles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dougles takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dougles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lesner's brow.
Lesner takes an elbow to the temple.
Dougles comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dougles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dougles unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dougles lands an elbow inside that Lesner shrugs off.
Lesner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dougles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lesner's defenses.
Dougles lands an elbow inside that Lesner shrugs off.
Dougles connects with a knee to the head.
Dougles stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dougles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Dougles.
Dougles scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Frank Lesner's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dougles's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dougles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Dougles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Lesner's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dougles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lesner defends it nicely.
Dougles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lesner.
Dougles lands a jab-cross combination.
Dougles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lesner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dougles can pounce on him.
Dougles lands a slapping body shot.
A solid body kick from Dougles.
Lesner is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dougles throws a head kick but Lesner moves out of range.
Dougles connects with a right that clearly hurt Lesner. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Dougles proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Lesner collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Dougles!
In his post fight interview, Ryan Dougles started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.