PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Gore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnar has chosen Next Big Thing as his entrance music. Ed Lesnar is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gore
vs
Lesnar

178 cm
19
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Gore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ed Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gore closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Lesnar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gore with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lesnar to score with a decent uppercut.
Lesnar misses with a series of wild punches.
A shot to the liver by Gore. Beautiful body shot.
Lesnar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gore dodges the punch combination from Lesnar.
Gore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lesnar.
Gore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lesnar.
Gore lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gore. Lesnar does a little dance to reset his feet.

Gore drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gore trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
Gore stops Lesnar from standing up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lesnar can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lesnar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lesnar keeping moving, preventing Gore from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gore accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gore stops Lesnar from standing up.
Lesnar being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lesnar throws a right hand that Gore ducks under and follows up with a left that Gore also avoids with ease.
Lesnar feints a jab promting Gore to slip. Lesnar then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gore slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Gore throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gore misses with a body kick.
Lesnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ed Lesnar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lesnar checks a leg kick nicely.
Lesnar swinging wildly here.
Lesnar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lesnar throws a right hand that Gore ducks under and follows up with a left that Gore also avoids with ease.
A big right from Lesnar misses.
Gore throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar misses with a combination
and Gore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Gore dives in and scores a takedown into Lesnar's guard.
Gore passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gore is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Gore fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gore slows the pace down.
Lesnar parries the strikes from Gore easily there. Gore is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lesnar to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar wants to get back to his feet but Gore drags him back down.
Gore 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.

Gore tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gore just content to control the position.
Gore in side control, throwing shots but Lesnar defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gore controls the position.
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!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Gore dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A punch combination from Lesnar misses.
A jab from Gore finds it's way through Lesnar's defenses.
Lesnar misses with a series of wild punches.
Lesnar just misses with a punch to the body.
Gore shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lesnar defends it nicely.
Gore takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gore tries a head kick but it misses.
Gore throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A punch combination from Lesnar misses.
Gore avoids the body shot from Lesnar.
Lesnar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gore scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gore circles away quickly and effectively.
Ed Lesnar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Gore gets a double leg takedown into Lesnar's guard.
Gore loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gore throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gore throwing strikes from guard but Lesnar blocks nicely.
Gore postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gore trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
Lesnar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gore trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gore is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Gore drops back looking for a leg! Lesnar is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lesnar manages to kick Gore off! Gore jumps back into Lesnar's guard.
Lesnar wants to stand up but Gore is controlling him.
Lesnar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gore is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Frank Gore overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gore throws a big elbow that misses.
Gore throws an elbow that misses. Lesnar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gore's guard. Nice move by Lesnar!
Lesnar wanted to stand there but Gore had control of the position.

Gore is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lesnar is looking to stand up but Gore won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gore looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Gore is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Gore dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Gore slips under a jab.
Ed Lesnar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gore wants to slow Lesnar down by chopping away at his legs.
Lesnar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lesnar throws a lazy right hand but Gore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gore shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gore tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lesnar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Lesnar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gore takes a swing at Lesnar's ribcage but misses.
Gore misses the shot to the body.
Gore is looking to wear down Lesnar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A combination from Lesnar does no damage.
Lesnar misses with a wild combination.

Gore shoots in and bounces Lesnar off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gore throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gore trying to control the position from guard on top but Lesnar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gore throwing strikes but missing.
Lesnar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gore postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gore loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gore with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar keeping moving, preventing Gore from controlling successfully.
Lesnar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gore. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lesnar is looking to stand up but Gore isn't so interested in that idea.
Lesnar can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gore controls the pace.
Gore trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gore is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gore trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Frank Gore.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar tries to circle away but Gore has him pinned against the cage.
Lesnar is pressed up against the cage. Gore has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lesnar down to the mat. Lesnar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lesnar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gore.
Lesnar throws a series of punches but Gore moves out of range.
Lesnar throws a series of punches but Gore avoids them all with ease.
Gore moves away from the strike by Lesnar.
Lesnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lesnar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gore scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lesnar. Gore does a little dance to reset his feet.

Gore looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gore.
Gore controlling the action here.
Gore sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lesnar defending well though.
Gore landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gore looks to land a strike but Lesnar avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Ed Lesnar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gore is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Gore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gore, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Gore!
Frank Gore thanked the fans post fight for their support.