PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Buchanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Pitsenbarger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bill Pitsenbarger told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Buchanan
vs
Pitsenbarger

183 cm
28
201 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

190 cm
35
195 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Soul Supremacy Nutrition

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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Buchanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bill Pitsenbarger!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitsenbarger throws a sloppy head kick and Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Buchanan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Buchanan lands with a right hand.
Pitsenbarger fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buchanan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pitsenbarger.
Buchanan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Buchanan blocks a head kick by Pitsenbarger.
Buchanan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pitsenbarger throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pitsenbarger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Buchanan.
Buchanan blocks a low kick nicely.
Buchanan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pitsenbarger was well out of range. Poor timing from Buchanan.
A head kick misses from Pitsenbarger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pitsenbarger misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Buchanan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger lands a head kick!
Buchanan checks a leg kick nicely.
Buchanan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pitsenbarger to score with a decent uppercut.
Buchanan goes for a double leg but Pitsenbarger avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Pitsenbarger continues to drive forward.
Buchanan has Pitsenbarger pressed against the cage, preventing Pitsenbarger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Buchanan pushes Pitsenbarger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pitsenbarger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Buchanan misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Buchanan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pitsenbarger's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Buchanan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Buchanan scores with a shoulder strike.
Buchanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buchanan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pitsenbarger pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Buchanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buchanan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pitsenbargers head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Pitsenbarger wants to break the clinch but can't.

Pitsenbarger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pitsenbarger.
Buchanan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pitsenbarger misses with an uppercut. Buchanan saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bill Pitsenbarger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pitsenbarger feints and then cracks Buchanan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buchanan down.
Pitsenbarger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Bill Pitsenbarger has been cut.
Pitsenbarger throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pitsenbarger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Buchanan.
Pitsenbarger tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Buchanan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Buchanan works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Buchanan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pitsenbarger moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Buchanan dives into side control.
Buchanan working the body and head with strikes.
Pitsenbarger tries to escape but Buchanan is in control.

Buchanan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pitsenbarger has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pitsenbarger is looking for a sweep.
Pitsenbarger pushes Buchanan away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Buchanan gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Buchanan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Pitsenbarger tries to bench press Buchanan off him but Buchanan keeps 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 Paul Buchanan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bill Pitsenbarger's cut.
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.

Pitsenbarger moves away from the strike by Buchanan.
A left lands for Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger scores with a head kick.
Pitsenbarger lands with a slapping head kick.
Pitsenbarger tried to score with a low kick but Buchanan checks it.
Buchanan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pitsenbarger counters with a stiff right hand.
Pitsenbarger throws a sloppy head kick and Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Buchanan blocks a head kick by Pitsenbarger.
Buchanan shoots in but no luck this time.
Pitsenbarger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a big shot that misses.
Pitsenbarger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buchanan fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Pitsenbarger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bill Pitsenbarger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Buchanan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Buchanan throws a low kick but Pitsenbarger avoids it.
Pitsenbarger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Buchanan's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger throws a head kick that Buchanan semi-blocks.
Pitsenbarger lands with a cross.
Pitsenbarger misses with a head kick.
Buchanan lands with a shot to the body.
Pitsenbarger lands a nice looking body kick.
Buchanan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pitsenbarger's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Buchanan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger throws a shot to the body.
Pitsenbarger slips under a jab from Buchanan.
Buchanan cracks Pitsenbarger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Buchanan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Buchanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pitsenbarger checks a low kick from Buchanan.
Pitsenbarger digs a good hook to Buchanan's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pitsenbarger.
A leg kick checked by Buchanan.
Bill Pitsenbarger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitsenbarger scores with a kick to the body.
Buchanan blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger connects with an inside leg kick.

Buchanan drives through with a takedown into Pitsenbarger's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Pitsenbarger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Buchanan's guard.

Buchanan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pitsenbarger wanted to stand there but Buchanan had control of the position.
Buchanan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pitsenbarger puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Buchanan is trying to control but can't.

Pitsenbarger decides to return to a standing position.
Buchanan missing with a left hand there. Pitsenbarger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Buchanan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pitsenbarger throws a front kick that sends Buchanan stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan fails with the takedown.
Buchanan shoots in but Pitsenbarger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An inside leg kick lands from Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger throws a front kick aimed at Buchanan's knee but Buchanan avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from Pitsenbarger. No joy for Buchanan on that attempt.
Buchanan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pitsenbarger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pitsenbarger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pitsenbarger.
Buchanan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pitsenbarger can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Pitsenbarger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bill Pitsenbarger's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pitsenbarger lands a jab to Buchanan's midsection.
Pitsenbarger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice cross by Pitsenbarger.
Buchanan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pitsenbarger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pitsenbarger defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Buchanan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pitsenbarger.
A jab from Buchanan misses.
Pitsenbarger scores with a jab.
Pitsenbarger feints and then cracks Buchanan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buchanan down.
Pitsenbarger swings for the body but Buchanan moves out of range.
Pitsenbarger throws a chopping leg kick but Buchanan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Buchanan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Pitsenbarger.
Buchanan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pitsenbarger defends it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Buchanan misses the body punch
and Pitsenbarger counters with an inside leg kick.
Pitsenbarger misses with a head kick.
Buchanan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pitsenbarger lands a slapping body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Buchanan.
Pitsenbarger throws a body kick that misses.
Buchanan misses with a body shot.
Pitsenbarger attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Buchanan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pitsenbarger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pitsenbarger moves out of range as Buchanan strikes.
Pitsenbarger connects with a leg kick. Buchanan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buchanan closes the distance and clinches up with Pitsenbarger, looking for a takedown. Buchanan pushes Pitsenbarger against the cage but Pitsenbarger circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Buchanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pitsenbarger misses with a head kick.
Pitsenbarger throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Buchanan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Buchanan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pitsenbarger.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger misses with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger digs a good hook to Buchanan's body.
Good leg kick by Pitsenbarger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pitsenbarger throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Buchanan's head.
Pitsenbarger connects with a leg kick. Buchanan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Buchanan wants to land a leg kick but Pitsenbarger is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger throws a front kick that sends Buchanan stumbling back into the cage.
Pitsenbarger throws a nice inside leg kick.
Buchanan blocks a head kick by Pitsenbarger.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buchanan misses with a hook
and Pitsenbarger counters with a low kick, right behind Buchanan 's knee.
Pitsenbarger lands with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitsenbarger throws a sloppy head kick and Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Buchanan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pitsenbarger's waist but Pitsenbarger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buchanan off to one side.
Pitsenbarger goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Buchanan is rocked!
Buchanan shoots in for a takedown but Pitsenbarger shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Buchanan avoids the body shot from Pitsenbarger.
Pitsenbarger scores with a shot to the body.
Pitsenbarger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pitsenbarger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pitsenbarger.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buchanan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pitsenbarger's waist but Pitsenbarger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buchanan off to one side.
Buchanan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Pitsenbarger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pitsenbarger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Pitsenbarger!
Bill Pitsenbarger seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.