PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Lefebvre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Mihawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lefebvre
vs
Mihawk

185 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Lefebvre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shawn Mihawk!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mihawk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lefebvre.
Lefebvre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Mihawk counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lefebvre has his hands on Mihawk's head, controlling the position.
Lefebvre is looking to stand up but Mihawk isn't so interested in that idea.

Lefebvre wriggles free and stands up.
Lefebvre shoots in and drives through. Mihawk sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Lefebvre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lefebvre closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mihawk tries to escape but Lefebvre is in control.
Mihawk looks winded!
Lefebvre working the body and head with strikes.
Lefebvre controlling from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihawk takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mihawk is trying to get back to half guard.
Lefebvre working the head and body with strikes.
Lefebvre remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mihawk taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lefebvre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Lefebvre advances to full mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lefebvre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lefebvre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lefebvre lands with some strikes.
Lefebvre lands a big shot there that rocks Mihawk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lefebvre looking to finish Mihawk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mihawk!
Lefebvre controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lefebvre looking to finish Mihawk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mihawk!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mihawk can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lefebvre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mihawk hang on?
Lefebvre cracks Mihawk with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lefebvre controlling from mount.
Lefebvre has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Lefebvre raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lefebvre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lefebvre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lefebvre looking to finish Mihawk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mihawk!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lefebvre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Lefebvre wants to finish this one by submission but Mihawk is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Lefebvre.
A nice elbow there by Lefebvre.
Lefebvre lands a big shot there that rocks Mihawk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lefebvre 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.
Lefebvre breaks from Mihawk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lefebvre content just to control the position here.
Lefebvre breaks from Mihawk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lefebvre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lefebvre controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Lefebvre dominated that 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.

Lefebvre shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mihawk is trying to defend but Lefebvre finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Lefebvre moves nicely into side control.
Lefebvre is chipping away with strikes.
Lefebvre scoring with punches and elbows.
Mihawk is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Lefebvre landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Lefebvre decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Mihawk is breathing heavily.
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!

Lefebvre gets a double leg takedown into Mihawk's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lefebvre showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lefebvre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lefebvre cracks Mihawk with a solid left hand.
Lefebvre's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lefebvre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lefebvre is pushing down on Mihawk's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mihawk is fighting to maintain full guard but Lefebvre has managed to sneak the leg through.

Lefebvre is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Lefebvre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mihawk can do to turn this around?
Lefebvre frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lefebvre tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lefebvre cracks Mihawk with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Patrick Lefebvre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lefebvre working Mihawk over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lefebvre scoring with strikes but Mihawk is staying in there.
Lefebvre punishing his opponent with strikes.

Mihawk is rocked!
Lefebvre landing strikes from the mount.
Mihawk is still in real trouble! Can Lefebvre finish him?
Lefebvre lands a heavy elbow.
Lefebvre content just to control the position here.
Lefebvre dominating with strikes here.
Lefebvre drops a big elbow. That's hurt Mihawk! More shots from Lefebvre and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Lefebvre!
Patrick Lefebvre decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.