PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Liebning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and That One Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liebning comes to the cage accompanied by The Perceptionists - Let's move . Both fighters really staring each other down here, as That One Guy enters the cage!

Liebning
vs
One Guy

187 cm
18
218 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

193 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Liebning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, That One Guy!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liebning gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and One Guy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Liebning has a takedown stuffed.
Nice body punch from Liebning.
Liebning moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Liebning is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from One Guy enables Liebning to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. One Guy manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Liebning preventing the sweep.
One Guy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Liebning has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of One Guy is proving hard to escape from.

One Guy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Liebning doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Liebning manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
One Guy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Liebning. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liebning slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Liebning advances to mount.
Liebning controlling the pace for now.
One Guy working to try and regain half guard.
Liebning cracks One Guy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
One Guy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
One Guy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Liebning tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Liebning landing strikes from the mount and One Guy is in trouble!
Liebning tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
One Guy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Liebning lands a big shot there that rocks One Guy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Liebning punishing his opponent with strikes.
Liebning takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
One Guy is in a horrible position here. Liebning smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Liebning dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liebning fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
One Guy wants to hold on but Liebning pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
One Guy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
One Guy looks winded!
Liebning takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Liebning scoring with strikes but One Guy is staying in there.
Liebning pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Liebning content just to control the position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liebning wants to control the pace but One Guy is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Liebning dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from One Guy does no damage.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Liebning.
One Guy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liebning.
Liebning scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. One Guy doesn't seem bothered though.
Liebning looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
One Guy throws a hook but Liebning blocks it.
Liebning is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liebning scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liebning shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and One Guy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Liebning looks for a takedown but One Guy sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Liebning. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
One Guy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liebning tries to clinch but One Guy is having none of it.
One Guy throws the left hand but Liebning avoids the punch easily.
Liebning tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - One Guy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liebning misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from One Guy misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
One Guy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Liebning.
One Guy thows a body shot but no joy.
One Guy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Liebning pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liebning tries to clinch up but One Guy circles away and keeps his distance.
One Guy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Liebning has time to react.
One Guy throws a body punch but Liebning moves out of range.
Liebning with a poor takedown
enabling One Guy to counter with a crisp jab.
Liebning uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by One Guy.
Liebning scoring well with a low kick there.
One Guy misses with a hook. Liebning ducked under it nicely.
Chris Liebning is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liebning fakes the leg kick and cracks One Guy in the body.
Liebning lands a nice looking kick to the body. One Guy takes a step back to recover.
Liebning bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
One Guy circles away from the clinch attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Liebning!
Liebning shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A swing and a miss from One Guy.
Liebning scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Liebning is looking to clinch.
Chris Liebning is winning the standup battle so far.
Liebning scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liebning works the jab nicely.
One Guy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Liebning.
One Guy checks a leg kick.
One Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Liebning counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Liebning lands a straight punch to the body, keeping One Guy at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liebning slips under a jab.
Liebning lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liebning looks for a takedown but One Guy sprawls well.
One Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Liebning counters with a good low kick that One Guy was not able to check.
Liebning shoots for a double leg takedown but One Guy sprawls well. He's pushed Liebning's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Liebning dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

One Guy misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liebning looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
One Guy throws a hook to the side of Liebning's head but Liebning sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liebning bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Liebning throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like That One Guy has been cut.

Liebning shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Liebning was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
One Guy tries to lock up and control but Liebning gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liebning prevents One Guy from getting the reversal.
One Guy tries to lock up and control but Liebning gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
One Guy is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liebning landing strikes from the mount.
Liebning lands a big elbow.
Liebning trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Liebning postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. One Guy looks a forlorn figure.
One Guy is trying desperately to improve position.
Liebning landing strikes from the mount and One Guy is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liebning controlling the pace for now.
Liebning prevents One Guy from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
One Guy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Liebning controlling from mount.
Liebning landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liebning content just to control the position here.
One Guy is trying to escape the mount.
Liebning 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liebning wants to control the pace but One Guy is squirming around nicely.
Liebning connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Liebning controlling the pace for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if One Guy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Liebning working One Guy over with strikes here.
Chris Liebning is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liebning content just to control the position here.
Liebning unloading with bombs!

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Liebning showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liebning 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Liebning!
During a confident post fight interview, Chris Liebning thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.