PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dempsey has chosen Shadow Of The Reaper as his entrance music. Rocco Dempsey acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

lesnar
vs
Dempsey

188 cm
21
265 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Win Nutritional - proof of quality

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocco Dempsey!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lesnar looks to land a combination but Dempsey avoids it well.
lesnar misses with a two punch combination.
Dempsey shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. lesnar defends it nicely.

lesnar drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dempsey has lesnar pulled in close to control his posture.
lesnar wants to stand but Dempsey has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
lesnar won't allow Dempsey to get back to his feet.
Dempsey keeping moving, preventing lesnar from controlling successfully.
lesnar looking to sit in guard and control but Dempsey gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Dempsey stands up and waves to lesnar to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lesnar misses with a wild combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from lesnar.
Dempsey takes one on the button.
Dempsey takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
lesnar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

lesnar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
lesnar winds up and cracks Dempsey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
lesnar working over Dempsey with some ground and pound. Dempsey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dempsey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from lesnar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lesnar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dempsey works his way to full guard. Good work.
lesnar has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
lesnar throwing strikes from guard but Dempsey blocks nicely.
lesnar throws a big right hand that misses.
lesnar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dempsey wants to get back to his feet but lesnar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
lesnar looking to sit in guard and control but Dempsey gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Dempsey stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Brock lesnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
lesnar is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lesnar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dempsey in his tracks.
lesnar throws a nice looking combination but Dempsey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dempsey shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and lesnar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dempsey looks like he's trying to stand up.
lesnar misses with a head shot. Dempsey uses the momentum to regain guard.
lesnar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dempsey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
lesnar throws and elbow that misses. Dempsey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in lesnar's guard. Nice move by Dempsey!

Dempsey gets to his feet. lesnar looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey tries a head kick but it misses.
lesnar misses with a two punch combination.
Dempsey closes this distance looking for a takedown but lesnar circles away.
Brock lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocco Dempsey.
Dempsey misses with a combination
letting lesnar counter with a right hand.
Dempsey ducks under a wild hook from lesnar.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dempsey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

lesnar scores with a takedown into Dempsey's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
lesnar wants to pass the guard but Dempsey is keeping the position.

Dempsey pushes lesnar off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock lesnar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dempsey misses with a takedown attempt
and lesnar counters with a series of strikes. Dempsey will be more careful next time no doubt.
lesnar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dempsey.
Good shot there by lesnar.
Brock lesnar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
lesnar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dempsey manages to avoid it.

lesnar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
lesnar throwing shots but Dempsey is blocking nicely.
lesnar looks to land a strike but Dempsey avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
lesnar distracts Dempsey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dempsey wants to get back to his feet but lesnar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dempsey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
lesnar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dempsey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Dempsey pushes lesnar off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

lesnar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
lesnar throwing shots but Dempsey is blocking nicely.
lesnar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dempsey wants to get back to his feet.
lesnar misses with a head shot. Dempsey uses the momentum to regain guard.
lesnar throws a strike but Dempsey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Dempsey gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

lesnar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
lesnar prevents Dempsey from standing back up.
lesnar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lesnar trying to control from half guard but Dempsey is working away.

Dempsey makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Dempsey moves in looking to clinch but lesnar pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey scores with a leg kick.
lesnar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dempsey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dempsey ducks under a wild hook from lesnar.
Dempsey misses with a series of wild punches.
Dempsey takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
lesnar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dempsey misses with a takedown

and lesnar counters with a takedown into side control.
Brock lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocco Dempsey.
Dempsey is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
lesnar throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Dempsey works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
lesnar looks to land a strike but Dempsey avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey wants to get back to his feet but lesnar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
lesnar trying to control the position from guard on top but Dempsey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
lesnar throws a strike but Dempsey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Dempsey stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock lesnar dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dempsey throws a head kick that misses.
Dempsey is trying hard to land a takedown here. lesnar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
lesnar swats away the attempt to clinch by Dempsey.
lesnar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dempsey counters with a three punch combo that has lesnar backing up. lesnar nods at Dempsey to acknowledge the strikes.
lesnar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dempsey counters with a series of strikes. lesnar will be more careful next time no doubt.
lesnar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
lesnar swinging wilding here.

Dempsey moves into the clinch.
lesnar tries to break the clinch but Dempsey is controlling the position.
Dempsey lands a damaging elbow.
lesnar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dempsey.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dempsey obliges.
Dempsey is pressed up against the cage. lesnar has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dempsey down to the mat. Dempsey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dempsey tries to score a power double leg takedown but lesnar sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dempsey somewhat.
lesnar misses with a hook. Dempsey ducked under it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lesnar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dempsey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
lesnar misses with a series of wild punches.
A solid body kick from Dempsey.
Dempsey shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and lesnar counters with a single leg into guard. Dempsey didn't expect that.
Brock lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocco Dempsey.
lesnar throws a big right hand that misses.
lesnar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
lesnar throwing strikes from guard but Dempsey blocks nicely.
Dempsey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from lesnar.
lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
lesnar throws and elbow that misses. Dempsey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in lesnar's guard. Nice move by Dempsey!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dempsey stands up from lesnar's guard - Dempsey perhaps looking for a knockout.
Dempsey lands a high kick!
Dempsey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dempsey slaps away a takedown attempt from lesnar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
lesnar misses with the combination.
Dempsey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Dempsey fails with an attempt to clinch.

lesnar shoots in and bounces Dempsey off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dempsey scrambles and gets back to his feet.
lesnar looks to land a combination but Dempsey avoids it well.

Dempsey shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Dempsey is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dempsey.
lesnar lands with a hook. Dempsey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dempsey shoots in for a double leg but lesnar sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danga de danga de dang - lesnar scores with a four punch combination!
Dempsey dodges the punch combination from lesnar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dempsey misses with a double jab

and lesnar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
lesnar lands strikes from half guard.
lesnar wants to control but Dempsey is keeping him busy.
lesnar working the head and body with strikes.
lesnar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dempsey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
lesnar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
lesnar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
lesnar misses with a head shot. Dempsey uses the momentum to regain guard.
Rocco Dempsey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brock lesnar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

lesnar stands up from guard. Let's bang!

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 Brock lesnar.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for lesnar, 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock lesnar!