PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark The Hammer (ranked 2980 p4p, 5847 weight class) and Black Leben (ranked 344 p4p, 483 weight class). Leben is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wynona's Big Brown Beaver. 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.

The Hammer
vs
Leben

183 cm
21
170
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
21
169
0 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark The Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Black Leben!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hammer shoots in for a takedown but Leben shows good takedown defense.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from The Hammer.
Leben bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps The Hammer's head backwards.
Leben lands a jab to The Hammer's midsection.
Leben keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Hammer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leben.
The Hammer half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Leben lands a two punch combo.

The Hammer throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Leben tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. The Hammer is in Leben's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leben is looking to stand back up but The Hammer counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Leben.
The Hammer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The Hammer trying to control from Leben's half guard. Leben has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The Hammer throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hammer wants to pass the guard but Leben is keeping the position.
The Hammer trying to control but Leben is working from the bottom.
Leben looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Hammer is one step ahead there.
Leben really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Hammer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Hammer tries to free his leg and advance position but Leben is retaining full guard.
The Hammer trying to control but Leben is working from the bottom.
The Hammer looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The Hammer looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Hammer trying to control the position from guard on top but Leben is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Hammer is pushing down on Leben's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leben is fighting to maintain full guard but The Hammer has managed to sneak the leg through.
Leben preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The Hammer wants to pass the guard but Leben is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leben looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Leben tries to get to full guard but The Hammer has control of the leg.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from The Hammer is defended easily by Leben.
A little jabbing left from Leben on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark The Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Hammer throws a hook but Leben avoids it easily.
Leben moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Hammer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Hammer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Leben but Leben pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The Hammer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Hammer shoots for a takedown but Leben saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Leben stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Leben wants it to stay on the feet.
The Hammer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Hammer attempts a counter takedown but Leben avoids it well and moves away.
The Hammer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leben throws a good cross that connects.
Nice takedown defense from Leben. No joy for The Hammer on that attempt.
Leben looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Leben lands with a good body shot.
The Hammer misses with a takedown attempt - Leben sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Leben lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good shot there by Leben.
Jab by Leben.
Leben keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Leben throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Hammer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Hammer shoots in but no luck this time.
Leben misses with a straight left.
Leben lands a nice looking body shot.
Leben misses with a straight left.
The Hammer shoots in but no luck this time.
Leben throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Black Leben dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Hammer shoots in looking for a takedown. Leben tries to sprawl out of it but The Hammer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Leben manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Hammer walks into a straight right hand from Leben.
The Hammer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Leben as he avoids it easily.
Leben misses with a series of wild punches.
Leben jabs at The Hammer's body.
Jab from Leben.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leben keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Leben! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark The Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leben throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leben throws a hook to the side of The Hammer's head but The Hammer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Hammer changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

The Hammer closes the distance and pushes Leben back into the cage.
Leben misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Leben.
The Hammer takes a shot to the head.
The Hammer is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Leben manages to break the clinch.
Black Leben seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leben connects with a looping right hand.
The Hammer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Leben swivels and escapes.
A nice side step and Leben releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The Hammer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leben.
No luck for The Hammer with that takedown attempt.
Leben pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leben fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leben scores with a jab to the body.
Leben comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Leben punishes The Hammer's body with a nice straight punch.
Leben lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leben connects with a jab.
The Hammer slips a jab from Leben.
Leben misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leben looks to land a right hand but The Hammer moved out of range.
Leben throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Hammer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Hammer avoids the body shot from Leben.

The Hammer gets the takedown into side control.
Leben struggling a bit here.
Leben gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

The Hammer is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The Hammer is looking to take a break and control but Leben is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Hammer is trying to work for a kimura but Leben is defending well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with The Hammer in particular looking to stall.
The Hammer stalling away here and it's allowed Leben to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The Hammer trying to control but Leben is working from the bottom.
The Hammer is really struggling to control Leben but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Leben keeping full guard, as The Hammer tries to pass.
Leben avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The Hammer wants to pass the guard but Leben is keeping the position.
Leben wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Leben throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Hammer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Black Leben seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Hammer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheers as Leben lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Hammer doesn't seem phased though.
Good exchange - Leben coming out on top.

The Hammer shoots in and gets a takedown into Leben's guard.

The Hammer postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Leben is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of The Hammer, into his guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Black Leben showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The Hammer tries for a takedown but Leben circles away easily
and Leben counters with a nice uppercut.
Leben lands with a nice body punch.
The Hammer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A lazy left from Leben finds it's target.
Leben is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Hammer.
The Hammer attempts a counter takedown but Leben avoids it well and moves away.
Nice body punch from Leben.
Nice sprawl there from Leben as The Hammer shoots in.
Leben throws a jab when The Hammer was well out of range.
Leben cracks The Hammer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Horrible takedown attempt by The Hammer or perhaps it was just good defense by Leben, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark The Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from The Hammer.
Leben displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!
A left lands for Leben.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hammer takes one to the side of the head.
The Hammer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Black Leben is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Hammer walks into a left hand.
Leben lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

The Hammer is rocked!
The Hammer is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Leben doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! The Hammer crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in The Hammer's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Black Leben!
A very excited looking Black Leben made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.