PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul McCartney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Lewandowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

McCartney
vs
Lewandowski

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul McCartney !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Igor Lewandowski!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCartney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lewandowski.

Lewandowski gets a double leg takedown into McCartney 's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lewandowski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lewandowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lewandowski throwing strikes from guard but McCartney blocks nicely.
Lewandowski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McCartney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lewandowski is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
McCartney is trying to keep Lewandowski in close.
Lewandowski working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewandowski makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
McCartney wants to sweep but no luck.
Lewandowski postures up.
McCartney working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lewandowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCartney wants to sweep but no luck.
Lewandowski lands a couple of elbows.
McCartney is trying to control the position but Lewandowski postures up.
Lewandowski keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of McCartney 's head.
Lewandowski is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lewandowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewandowski connects with a couple of short punches.
Lewandowski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McCartney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McCartney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lewandowski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lewandowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McCartney tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCartney is trying to control the position but Lewandowski postures up.
McCartney working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lewandowski.
McCartney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lewandowski lands a couple of digs.
Lewandowski prevents McCartney from getting back to his feet.
McCartney working a defensive guard here.
Lewandowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lewandowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lewandowski lands a couple of digs.
McCartney is trying to keep Lewandowski in close.
McCartney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
McCartney is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lewandowski is controlling him.
Lewandowski throwing strikes from guard but McCartney blocks nicely.
Lewandowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lewandowski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McCartney looking to control.
Lewandowski postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lewandowski landing with the ground and pound.
Lewandowski looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewandowski content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lewandowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lewandowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lewandowski is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lewandowski postures up and lands a big shot to McCartney 's brow.
McCartney working a defensive guard here.

McCartney looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lewandowski working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Lewandowski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lewandowski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Lewandowski drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
McCartney trying to keep a closed guard but Lewandowski is proving a slippery customer.
Lewandowski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCartney is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lewandowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lewandowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lewandowski won't allow McCartney to sweep him here.
McCartney knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lewandowski on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewandowski content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lewandowski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lewandowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lewandowski landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewandowski won't allow McCartney to sweep him here.
McCartney working a defensive guard here.
Lewandowski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lewandowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Igor Lewandowski has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lewandowski postures up.
Lewandowski content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lewandowski preventing the sweep.
Lewandowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lewandowski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lewandowski is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice body punch from McCartney .

Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Lewandowski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McCartney takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
McCartney tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lewandowski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lewandowski landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
McCartney tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lewandowski throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lewandowski working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski grinds an elbow into McCartney 's temple.
Lewandowski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
McCartney tries to bench press Lewandowski off him but Lewandowski keeps the position.
Lewandowski scores with a couple of short elbows.
McCartney wants to control but Lewandowski postures up.
McCartney tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McCartney takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
McCartney is trying to control Lewandowski's posture but Lewandowski avoids it.
McCartney regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lewandowski lands strikes from half guard.
McCartney is trying to stand back up but Lewandowski is controlling him
McCartney trying to control but Lewandowski postures up.
McCartney is looking for a sweep. Lewandowski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McCartney tries to kick Lewandowski off but Lewandowski keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lewandowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McCartney defending well though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lewandowski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McCartney trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Lewandowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

McCartney fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Lewandowski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. McCartney did well to prevent Lewandowski getting side control.
Lewandowski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lewandowski winds up and cracks McCartney with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lewandowski is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Lewandowski there.
Lewandowski slips a nice elbow through McCartney 's hands, connecting with McCartney 's forehead.
Lewandowski drops an elbow to the side of McCartney 's head.
Lewandowski thows a huge punch but McCartney dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Lewandowski.
Lewandowski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McCartney blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lewandowski.
Lewandowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCartney is looking to improve his position.
McCartney is trying to stand up here but Lewandowski is controlling him well.
Lewandowski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McCartney wants to control but Lewandowski is keeping busy.
Lewandowski working the head and body with strikes.
Lewandowski working McCartney over with strikes.
McCartney is trying to stand.
Lewandowski lands with a punch from half guard.
Lewandowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCartney is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lewandowski working McCartney over with strikes.
McCartney trying to control but Lewandowski postures up.
Lewandowski trying to pass the guard but McCartney defending well.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
McCartney just misses with a punch to the body.
Lewandowski misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like McCartney wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCartney scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Lewandowski with that takedown attempt.
McCartney connects with a crisp jab.
McCartney scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lewandowski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCartney to score with a decent uppercut.
Lewandowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lewandowski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McCartney ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McCartney scores with a nice strike.
McCartney stuffs the takedown attempt from Lewandowski. Lewandowski gets slowly back to his feet.
Igor Lewandowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from McCartney as Lewandowski shoots in.
Paul McCartney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Igor Lewandowski.
McCartney throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by McCartney . Beautiful body shot.

Lewandowski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewandowski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lewandowski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McCartney wants to get back to his feet.
McCartney is looking to improve his position.
McCartney trying to hold on to Lewandowski's head to control him but Lewandowski postures up.
Lewandowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McCartney defending well though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Lewandowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lewandowski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Lewandowski!