PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Greeven comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul. Dick van Greeven has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

van Greeven
vs
Lesner

205 cm
22
299 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
278 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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Russia GOLD
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Lesner!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesner throws out a loose jab but van Greeven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lesner throws a body punch but van Greeven moves out of range.

van Greeven shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. van Greeven showed some decent athleticism there.
Lesner wants to get back to full guard but van Greeven has passed into side control.
Lesner is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Lesner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lesner throwing hammer fists to the chest of van Greeven. What's that going to do exactly?
Lesner really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
van Greeven scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lesner?
van Greeven connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lesner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
van Greeven breaks from Lesner's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven lands a heavy elbow.
van Greeven putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Greeven blocks Lesner's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
van Greeven with the ground and pound from mount.
Lesner flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
van Greeven looking to control but Lesner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
van Greeven with a couple of short strikes.
van Greeven postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lesner looks a forlorn figure.
van Greeven looking to control but Lesner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lesner is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lesner is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lesner slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Lesner looks gassed!
van Greeven uses his free foot to push down on Lesner's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Lesner.
van Greeven lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesner is squirming around, avoiding van Greeven's attempts to control the action.
Lesner is looking to get to half guard.
van Greeven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
van Greeven landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van Greeven prevents Lesner from getting the reversal.
van Greeven connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
van Greeven lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
van Greeven trying to control but Lesner is having none of it.
Lesner can't escape the position.
van Greeven punishing his opponent with strikes.
van Greeven connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lesner is wriggling around trying to escape.
van Greeven is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven punishing his opponent with strikes.
van Greeven punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lesner is trying to escape the mount.
van Greeven working the ground and pound effectively.
van Greeven is landing with some decent strikes but Lesner is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van Greeven lands a big elbow.
Lesner is in all sorts of trouble here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lesner can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lesner taking shots to the head.
Lesner takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lesner can't escape the position.
van Greeven looking to control but Lesner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lesner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with van Greeven. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
van Greeven with shots to the head and body - Lesner looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lesner is in all sorts of trouble here.
van Greeven lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven breaks from Lesner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, van Greeven cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
van Greeven 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.
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!
Lesner taking shots to the head.
van Greeven scoring with strikes but Lesner is staying in there.
Lesner throwing hammer fists to the chest of van Greeven. What's that going to do exactly?
van Greeven connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lesner taking shots to the head.
van Greeven putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lesner is looking to get to half guard.
van Greeven looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by van Greeven.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lesner is looking to improve his position but van Greeven isn't that keen on the idea.
Lesner is squirming around, avoiding van Greeven's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick van Greeven 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.

van Greeven looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lesner can't keep his opponent in guard - van Greeven advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lesner scores with a few weak punches.
Lesner wants to improve his position but van Greeven is controlling well.
van Greeven slips a nice elbow through Lesner's hands, connecting with Lesner's forehead.
Lesner is trying to get back to full guard.
van Greeven seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lesner does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van Greeven prevents Lesner from improving his position.
Lesner keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesner wants to control but van Greeven is keeping busy and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lesner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown by van Greeven or perhaps it was just good defense by Lesner which made him look bad.
Lesner misses with a series of wild punches.
van Greeven will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Lesner looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
van Greeven manages to get to full guard.
van Greeven striking off his back but it's not causing Lesner any problems.
Lesner scoring with punches to the head and body.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now van Greeven is on top in guard.
Lesner wants to sweep here but van Greeven controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lesner striking off his back but it's not causing van Greeven any problems.
Lesner wants to get back to his feet but van Greeven is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
van Greeven connects with a couple of short punches.
Lesner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
van Greeven passes into half guard.
van Greeven seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lesner tries to get to full guard but van Greeven has control of the leg.
van Greeven working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

van Greeven in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Lesner tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from van Greeven!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dick van Greeven!