PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Bartleby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnar comes to the cage accompanied by Sergio Lesnar Theme song !. Sergio Lesnar has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Lesnar
vs
Bartleby

200 cm
23
288 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

155 cm
18
225 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

RMC - Rio Mma Clothing

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Bartleby!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lesnar scores a takedown into full mount!
Lesnar prevents Bartleby from getting the reversal.
Lesnar throwing strikes here but Bartleby is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bartleby really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lesnar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lesnar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lesnar looking to finish Bartleby with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bartleby!
Lesnar controlling the position easily from mount.
Lesnar trying to control but Bartleby is having none of it.
Bartleby is trying desperately to improve position.
Bartleby is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lesnar working for a guillotine from mount but Bartleby is in no mood to give up.
Lesnar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lesnar lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bartleby regains half guard.

Lesnar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bartleby defends it well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bartleby can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lesnar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bartleby defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartleby wants to get back to his feet.

Lesnar is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bartleby is just riding it out for now. Lesnar eventually gives up the hold.

Lesnar is working for a kimura but Bartleby is defending it quite comfortably.
Bartleby is trying to get back to full guard.
Bartleby wants to control but Lesnar is keeping busy.
Bartleby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lesnar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Lesnar is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lesnar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lesnar is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bartleby!

Lesnar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Bartleby manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Bartleby is trying to get back to half guard.

Lesnar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bartleby has escaped the position, nice work there.

Lesnar is trying to get an arm triangle but Bartleby is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar in side control, throwing shots but Bartleby defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lesnar in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bartleby defending against the ground and pound.
Bartleby struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lesnar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bartleby has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bartleby is trying to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lesnar working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Lesnar dominated that round.
That's time! Lesnar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A punch lands to the side of Bartleby 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lesnar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bartleby sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lesnar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bartleby takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lesnar doesn't manage to clinch there - Bartleby circles away.
Bartleby misses with a takedown
and Lesnar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bartleby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bartleby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lesnar.
Bartleby tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lesnar swivels and escapes.
Sergio Lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Bartleby.
Lesnar doesn't manage to clinch there - Bartleby circles away.
Bartleby gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lesnar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bartleby.
A jab from Lesnar misses.
Lesnar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Lesnar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lesnar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Marcus Bartleby has been cut.
Lesnar lands a knee to the body.
Bartleby is breathing heavily.
Bartleby can't break the clinch.
Lesnar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bartleby's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lesnar is struggling to control the position.

Lesnar tightens his grip and picks Bartleby up, before dumping him to the ground. Bartleby manages to land in guard.
Lesnar pushes down on Bartleby's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lesnar is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bartleby doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lesnar.
Lesnar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bartleby pushes Lesnar off looking to stand but Lesnar dives back in and keeps control.

Lesnar is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bartleby doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lesnar.
Bartleby wants to improve his position but Lesnar is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is trying to control the action in half guard but Bartleby is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lesnar is really struggling to control Bartleby but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bartleby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bartleby is refusing to be controlled, as Lesnar sits in half guard.

Sergio Lesnar has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
No luck for Bartleby with that takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartleby drops his hands momentarily and Lesnar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Lesnar rushes Bartleby and presses him up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Lesnar.
Lesnar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lesnar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bartleby drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lesnar pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bartleby with a lazy takedown attempt

and Lesnar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lesnar scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lesnar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lesnar gets underhooks to prevent Bartleby's takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Lesnar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Bartleby's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice shot lands for Lesnar.
Bartleby misses with a takedown
and Lesnar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bartleby walks into a jab.
Bartleby closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lesnar circles away.
Sergio Lesnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bartleby drives through with a takedown into Lesnar's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Lesnar pulls Bartleby in close to his closed guard and prevents Bartleby from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lesnar trying to control the position.
Lesnar 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.

Lesnar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bartleby defends well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bartleby stands up over Lesnar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sergio Lesnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bartleby trying to control the position from guard on top but Lesnar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lesnar pulls Bartleby in close to his closed guard and prevents Bartleby from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bartleby trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
Lesnar is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sergio Lesnar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lesnar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Lesnar drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lesnar controlling the position.
Bartleby is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar in side control, just content to control the action for now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lesnar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

We're going to have a standup here because Sergio Lesnar wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Bartleby looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bartleby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lesnar defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartleby not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bartleby seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lesnar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lesnar is controlling Bartleby's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Lesnar regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lesnar wants to sweep but no luck.
Bartleby must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bartleby engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bartleby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lesnar is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lesnar seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Marcus Bartleby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lesnar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bartleby manages to get himself to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Lesnar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lesnar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Lesnar!
An out of breath Sergio Lesnar thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.