PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeAndre Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesner has chosen down with the sickness as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Brown
vs
Lesner

205 cm
31
285 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

192 cm
32
248 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeAndre Brown!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brock Lesner!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown lands a body shot.
Lesner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brown throws a series of strikes that have Lesner backpedaling.
Brown fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Lesner.
Lesner fails with a takedown attempt.
Brown scores with a hook.
Lesner keeps the fight on the outside.

Brown takes the fight into the clinch.
Brown lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lesner or not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Lesner controls the action.
Brown is pressed up against the ropes. Lesner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brown down to the mat. Brown avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown cracks Lesner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lesner.
Lesner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brown throws a body punch but Lesner moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lesner ducks right into an uppercut from Brown.
Brock Lesner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown throws a combination that misses
and Lesner counters with a nice uppercut.

Brown clinches.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lesner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Brown, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brown checks a leg kick.
Brown connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Brown.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lesner.
DeAndre Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lesner throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brown content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lesner is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Lesner looking for a takedown.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lesner misses with a jab to the body
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
Brown is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lesner tries to score with a low kick but Brown moves his leg out of the way.
Lesner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
DeAndre Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lesner throws a lazy head kick

and Brown counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lesner is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brown is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown stalling the fight.
A short uppercut from Brown.
Lesner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brown scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brown digs a right hand into Lesner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lesner's gas tank.
Lesner looks winded!
Brown lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brown pushes Lesner back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown works on Lesner's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hand to the body from Brown.
Brown lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
Brown works on Lesner's body with a couple of short punches.
Brown lands with a light punch inside.
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brown stalling against the ropes.
Lesner goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice jab there from Brown.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DeAndre Brown 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.

Lesner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.

Brown forces Lesner back against the ropes and clinches.
Lesner is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
DeAndre Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Lesner controls the action.
Brown lands with a light punch inside.
Lesner goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
DeAndre Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lesner takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brown fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lesner, pushing him back against the ropes.
Brown scores with a shot to the side of Lesner's head.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Lesner.
Lesner tries for a takedown but Brown circles away easily

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brown.
DeAndre Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesner.
Brown cracks Lesner with a nice body shot.
Lesner is breathing heavily.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lesner doesn't seem bothered though.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown jabs Lesner to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Brown closes the distance and pushes Lesner back into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown cracks Lesner with a nice body shot.
Brown is working Lesner over against the ropes.
Good body shot from Brown.
Brown gets underhooks to prevent Lesner's takedown attempt.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
Brown lands a hook that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
A short left from Brown.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brown lands a right hand.

It looks like Brock Lesner has been cut.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Lesner with a big uppercut! Lesner tries to clinch up but Brown pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Lesner to the mat! Lesner covers up and Brown unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). DeAndre Brown!
DeAndre Brown retains his heavyweight title!
DeAndre Brown decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.