PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pascal Lesveque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faber
vs
Lesveque

190 cm
28
193 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
24
197 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ray Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pascal Lesveque!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesveque lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lesveque swings widly with a right hand

and Faber counters by moving into the clinch.
Faber scores with a shot to the side of Lesveque's head.

Faber manages to break the clinch.
Lesveque keeps the fight on the outside.
Lesveque lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lesveque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Faber clinches with his opponent.
Lesveque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Faber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faber takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lesveque throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lesveque throws a lazy right hand but Faber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Faber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lesveque.
Lesveque thows a left - swing and a miss!
Faber swings for the body but Lesveque moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lesveque swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lesveque ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faber moves away.
Lesveque throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Faber counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Faber is looking to clinch but Lesveque is avoiding it.
Lesveque throws a body punch but Faber moves out of range.
Faber slips under a jab.
Pascal Lesveque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Lesveque.
Lesveque's corner calls for a 1-2. Lesveque obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lesveque paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lesveque pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Faber closes the distance and clinches.
Faber lands a right hand.

Faber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lesveque misses with a shot to the body
and Lesveque takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Lesveque avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Faber gets a clinch.
Lesveque wants to get back to striking at distance but Faber won't allow it.
Lesveque wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber has Lesveque pressed against the cage, preventing Lesveque from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lesveque misses with a punch on the inside.

Faber breaks from the clinch.
Lesveque throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Faber counters by clinching up.
Faber lands a nice uppercut.
Lesveque can't break the clinch.
Faber lands a nice uppercut.

Faber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lesveque throws a series of punches but Faber moves out of range.
Lesveque keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Faber moves into the clinch.
Lesveque lands with a right to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Faber.

Lesveque breaks the clinch.
Lesveque misses with a double jab

and Faber counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Faber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lesveque takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lesveque is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lesveque throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Faber staying out of range there.
Lesveque lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lesveque getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lesveque. Faber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faber scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lesveque looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faber doesn't manage to clinch there - Lesveque circles away.
Faber slips a jab and a cross from Lesveque.
Lesveque swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Faber has taken the fight to the clinch.

Faber breaks the clinch.
Faber tries to clinch but Lesveque moves out of range.
Faber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesveque misses with a hook. Faber ducked under it nicely.
Lesveque lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Faber circles away quickly and effectively.
Jab by Faber.
Lesveque throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Faber holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Faber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faber moves in looking to clinch but Lesveque pushes him off.
Lesveque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Faber drives through and clinches with Lesveque against the cage.
Lesveque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lesveque lands a right hand.

Faber breaks from the clinch.
Faber moves in looking to clinch but Lesveque pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Faber darts in and clinches Lesveque up against the cage.
Lesveque is trying to push Faber away but Faber has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lesveque tries to break the clinch but Faber is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Faber will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Faber doesn't manage to clinch there - Lesveque circles away.
A combination from Lesveque does no damage.
Faber loads up on a big right hand but Lesveque slips the punch.
Faber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lesveque moves away.
Lesveque avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lesveque tests Faber's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lesveque swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
Faber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lesveque manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lesveque paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lesveque misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Faber.
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lesveque.
Faber wants to clinch up but Lesveque keeps it at a distance.
Lesveque throws out a loose jab but Faber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ray Faber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lesveque walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesveque uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Faber.
Lesveque lands a jab.
Lesveque keeps the fight on the outside.
Faber on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lesveque thows a body shot but no joy.
Lesveque avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lesveque paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lesveque lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lesveque throws a series of punches but Faber avoids them all with ease.
Lesveque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faber on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lesveque misses with an uppercut
and Faber counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Lesveque is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Faber forces Lesveque back against the cage and clinches.
Lesveque is still on wobbly legs! Can Faber finish him?

Faber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lesveque takes a swing at Faber's ribcage but misses.
Ray Faber is winning the standup battle so far.
Lesveque is holding his hands too far apart here. Faber throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Lesveque is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ray Faber!