PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hero Tasaki (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.

Lesnar
vs
Tasaki

186 cm
22
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Murder Inc.

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hero Tasaki!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lesnar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lesnar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tasaki is trying to escape the mount.
Tasaki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lesnar lands a big shot there that rocks Tasaki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lesnar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Lesnar has control of Tasaki's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Tasaki regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lesnar trying to control but Tasaki is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Lesnar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasaki is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Tasaki wants to control but Lesnar is having none of it.

Lesnar looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lesnar content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tasaki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Lesnar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tasaki has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The referee warns Tasaki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lesnar cracks Tasaki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tasaki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lesnar trying to control but Tasaki is having none of it.
Tasaki sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tasaki is refusing to be controlled, as Lesnar sits in half guard.
Lesnar is breathing heavily.

Tasaki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tasaki trying to hold on to Lesnar's head to control him but Lesnar postures up.
Lesnar moves into full mount! Tasaki won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar trying to control but Tasaki is having none of it.
Tasaki gets back to half guard.
Tasaki regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Tasaki is looking for a triangle but Lesnar pushes his legs off easily.

Tasaki has his foot on Lesnar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lesnar works his way back into a safe position though.
Tasaki working a defensive guard but Lesnar manages to pass into side control anyway.

Lesnar decides to stand up, so the ref orders Tasaki to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lesnar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lesnar sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tasaki's guard.
Lesnar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tasaki tries to kick Lesnar off but Lesnar keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lesnar seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Tasaki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Lesnar dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tasaki shoots in for a takedown but Lesnar shows good takedown defense.
A punch combination from Tasaki misses.

Lesnar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lesnar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lesnar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lesnar prevents Tasaki from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tasaki bucks Lesnar off and manages to get back to his feet!

Lesnar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tasaki lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasaki tries to kick Lesnar off in order to stand up. Lesnar Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Tasaki is looking to regain half guard here but Lesnar keeps moving and retains side control.
Lesnar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
A lull in the action here.
Lesnar scoring with punches from side control.
Lesnar happy to just control the position for now.
Lesnar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tasaki keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tasaki wants to get back to his feet but Lesnar drags him back down.
Lesnar advances to full mount.

Lesnar looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Tasaki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lesnar.
Tasaki tries to hold on but Lesnar postures up.
Lesnar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tasaki is squirming around, avoiding Lesnar's attempts to control the action.
Lesnar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tasaki sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Tasaki actively working from the bottom here.
Tasaki tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Lesnar has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Lesnar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fedor Lesnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A nice elbow there by Lesnar.
Lesnar landing strikes from the mount.
Lesnar misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lesnar scoring with strikes but Tasaki is staying in there.
Tasaki throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Tasaki bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lesnar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lesnar wants to hit a switch here but Tasaki passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Lesnar there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Lesnar 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tasaki misses with a takedown attempt

and Lesnar counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tasaki!
Tasaki is trying to stand.
Lesnar blocks Tasaki's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Tasaki is in a horrible position here. Lesnar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lesnar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Lesnar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Tasaki manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Lesnar tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lesnar is looking to take a break and control but Tasaki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lesnar tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tasaki bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Lesnar pushes Tasaki up against the cage in a clinch.

Tasaki breaks from the clinch.

Lesnar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Tasaki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lesnar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lesnar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Tasaki working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Lesnar has passed into half guard!
Tasaki wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Lesnar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tasaki keeps working.
Lesnar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tasaki defending well though.
Tasaki is staying active underneath Lesnar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lesnar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tasaki defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tasaki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lesnar as he jumps to the side.
Tasaki tries to clinch but Lesnar is having none of it.
Hero Tasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lesnar stuffs the takedown attempt from Tasaki. Tasaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Fedor Lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hero Tasaki.

Lesnar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tasaki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Lesnar is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lesnar sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tasaki's guard.
Tasaki moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tasaki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Tasaki wants to finish this one by submission but Lesnar is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tasaki.
Hero Tasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Tasaki is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lesnar has managed to escape the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fedor Lesnar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lesnar 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fedor Lesnar!