PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Silverback Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reach Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnar comes to the cage accompanied by go coors!. Reach Advantage acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Lesnar
vs
Advantage

166 cm
27
287 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

221 cm
21
206 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Silverback Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reach Advantage!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Advantage misses with a looping right.
Lesnar throws a series of punches but Advantage moves out of range.
Lesnar tries to clinch up but Advantage circles away and keeps his distance.
Lesnar moves in looking to clinch but Advantage pushes him off.
Advantage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lesnar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Advantage manages to avoid it.
Advantage connects with a single shot there.
Advantage staying out of range there.
Lesnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Advantage looks to land a left hand but Lesnar moved out of range nicely.
Lesnar takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Lesnar tries to clinch but Advantage is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lesnar throws a right and a left that Advantage avoids nicely.
Advantage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lesnar throws a sloppy body shot
and Advantage counters with a nice body shot.
Silverback Lesnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Advantage lands with a good body shot.
Lesnar misses the body punch
and Advantage counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lesnar takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lesnar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Advantage.
Advantage misses with a body kick.
Lesnar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice defenses there by Lesnar.
Advantage swings for the body but Lesnar moves out of range.
Lesnar swings for the body but Advantage moves out of range.
Lesnar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lesnar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Advantage swats away the attempt to clinch by Lesnar.
Lesnar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lesnar moves forwards but Advantage connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lesnar tries to clinch up.
Advantage digs a good hook to Lesnar's body.
Advantage throws the left hand but Lesnar avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar misses with a jab to the body
and Advantage counters with a nice uppercut.
Lesnar doesn't manage to clinch there - Advantage circles away.
Lesnar blocks a low kick nicely.
Advantage moves away from the strike by Lesnar.
Lesnar tries to clinch up but Advantage circles away and keeps his distance.
Silverback Lesnar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lesnar misses with a series of wild punches.

Lesnar clinches up against the cage.
Lesnar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Reach Advantage has been cut.
Lesnar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Advantage wants to stall.
Lesnar lands a knee to the body.
Lesnar lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Lesnar.
Lesnar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Advantage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lesnar lands a nice elbow.
Advantage avoids the elbow strike from Lesnar, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Advantage is looking to control Lesnar's arms but Lesnar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Advantage has his back to the cage.
Advantage holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Advantage has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lesnar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lesnar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lesnar is breathing heavily.
Lesnar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lesnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lesnar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Advantage is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Lesnar fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lesnar.
Advantage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Advantage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Advantage trying to control the position but instead, Lesnar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Advantage into the cage.
Lesnar looking to throw knees to the head but Advantage is blocking nicely.
Lesnar pushes off an throws an elbow but Advantage leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Advantage is looking to control Lesnar's arms but Lesnar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Advantage has his back to the cage.
Advantage has a couple of punches blocked by Lesnar.
Advantage is trying to break free.

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.
Lesnar tries a knee to the head but Advantage blocks it.
Advantage avoids the elbow strike from Lesnar, against the cage.
Lesnar looking to throw knees to the head but Advantage is blocking nicely.
Lesnar connects with a knee to the head.
Lesnar misses with an elbow over the top.
Advantage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lesnar avoids it.
Lesnar missing with knees to the body.
Advantage blocks an elbow strike.
Advantage trying to control the position but instead, Lesnar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Advantage into the cage.
Lesnar working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Advantage working aggressively here.
Lesnar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lesnar misses with a knee to the head.
Advantage is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lesnar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Advantage is looking to control Lesnar's arms but Lesnar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Advantage has his back to the cage.
Lesnar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lesnar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reach Advantage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reach Advantage's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Advantage misses with a looping right.
Advantage keeps the fight on the outside.
Advantage throws a shot from downtown. Lesnar moves away and avoids it.
Advantage dips to his left and cracks Lesnar with an uppercut!
Lesnar takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Advantage misses the shot to the body.
Advantage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lesnar misses with a hook to the body
and Advantage cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Advantage throws a lazy right hand but Lesnar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lesnar moves away from the strike by Advantage.
Advantage moves out of range as Lesnar strikes.
Advantage scores with a jab.
Lesnar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Advantage tries for a takedown but Lesnar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lesnar throws a body punch but Advantage moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Advantage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lesnar.
Lesnar misses with a combination
and Advantage connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Advantage slips a straight right by Lesnar.
Advantage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lesnar.
Advantage ducks under a wild hook from Lesnar.
Advantage misses with a hook. Lesnar ducked under it nicely.
Lesnar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lesnar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Advantage tests Lesnar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lesnar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lesnar wants it to stay on the feet.
Advantage misses with a looping left.
Advantage looks to score with a jab to the body but Lesnar is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Lesnar. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lesnar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice defenses there by Lesnar.
Lesnar looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Lesnar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lesnar is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Advantage throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lesnar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lesnar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Advantage counters with a nice uppercut.
Advantage moves away from the strike by Lesnar.

Advantage gets the takedown into side control.
Advantage in side control lands a decent elbow.
Advantage landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Advantage landing a few strikes.
Lesnar is working to avoid the ground and pound but Advantage connects with a decent elbow.
Advantage lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lesnar down.
Advantage working the ground and pound but Lesnar is defending the strikes.
Lesnar tries to buck Advantage off but Advantage is having none of it.
Lesnar struggling a bit here.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Advantage. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Advantage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Advantage seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lesnar prevents Advantage from moving into mount.
Lesnar parries the strikes from Advantage easily there. Advantage is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lesnar to escape.

Advantage tries for a kimura but Lesnar is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reach Advantage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reach Advantage's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Advantage clobbers Lesnar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lesnar is looking to wear down Advantage with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Advantage looks to land a right hand but Lesnar moved out of range.
Advantage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Advantage is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Advantage fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lesnar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lesnar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Advantage manages to avoid it.
Lesnar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Advantage.
Advantage throws a body punch but Lesnar moves out of range.
Lesnar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Advantage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lesnar moves out of range as Advantage strikes.
Advantage staying out of range there.
Lesnar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Advantage.

Lesnar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lesnar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lesnar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Advantage avoids the elbow strike from Lesnar, against the cage.
Lesnar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Advantage blocks it with crossed arms.
Advantage tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lesnar lands a body punch.
Lesnar tries a knee to the head but Advantage blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Advantage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Advantage blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lesnar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Advantage's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lesnar.
Advantage can't find room to land a body shot as Lesnar controls the action.
Lesnar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Advantage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lesnar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Advantage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Advantage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Advantage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lesnar's elbow.
Advantage blocks an elbow strike.
Advantage trying to control the position but instead, Lesnar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Advantage into the cage.
Advantage tries to pull guard but Lesnar holds him up against the cage and eventually Advantage drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar blocking some punches.
Advantage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lesnar pushes off an throws an elbow but Advantage leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lesnar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Advantage throws a punch but it's blocked by Lesnar.
Lesnar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Advantage wants to stall.
Lesnar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Advantage tries to throw a body punch but Lesnar avoids it by throwing Advantage back against the cage.
Lesnar lands an elbow inside.
Lesnar misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Lesnar.
Lesnar misses with a knee to the head.
Advantage wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar trying to land knees to the body.
Advantage trying to stall but Lesnar improves his position.
Lesnar tries to land a knee to the head but Advantage blocks with his arms.
Lesnar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Advantage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Advantage throws a head punch that misses.
Advantage tries to throw a body punch but Lesnar avoids it by throwing Advantage back against the cage.
Lesnar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lesnar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lesnar misses with the head strike.
Advantage looking to slow down the pace here.
Advantage takes a shot to the head.
Lesnar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lesnar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Advantage blocks it with crossed arms.
Advantage wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Lesnar fails to land.
Lesnar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Advantage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Advantage tries to stall but Lesnar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Advantage blocks an elbow strike.
Advantage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lesnar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silverback Lesnar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lesnar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Advantage jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lesnar walks away with a smile on his face. Advantage gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silverback Lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reach Advantage.
Lesnar fails with an attempt to clinch.

Advantage closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Advantage lands in his opponent's guard.
Advantage throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lesnar can't keep his opponent in guard - Advantage advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Silverback Lesnar.
I think Advantage has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reach Advantage!