PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Lyons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewis comes to the cage accompanied by Thousand Needles in Red - Fire in the Sky. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Hannibal Lyons was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Lewis
vs
Lyons

218 cm
34
300 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

209 cm
34
300 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hannibal Lyons!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lyons moves in looking to clinch but Lewis pushes him off.
Justin Lewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've been told by Lewis's head coaches at 3Band MMA ($500/week) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lewis misses with the combination.
Lewis misses with a body shot.
Lyons needs to keep his hands up - Lewis had a free shot at his head there.
Lewis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Lyons scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lewis is trying to improve his position.
Lyons fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lewis is looking to reverse the position.
Lyons throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lyons is looking to take a break and control but Lewis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Lewis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lyons in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lyons staying calm.
Lyons looks up at the clock and then as Lewis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lyons smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Lyons is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lewis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lewis can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyons lands a few punches from side control.
Lyons connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lewis some visible discomfort.
Lyons throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lyons scoring with punches from side control.
Lewis is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lyons connects with a decent elbow.
Lyons wants to control but Lewis is keeping him busy.
Lyons has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Check out the look on Lyons's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lyons scoring with punches and elbows.
Lewis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lyons scores with a couple of short elbows.
My spies in Wade's Gym inform me that Lyons has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyons looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lewis is avoiding damage well.
Lyons misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Lewis tries to improve position but can't.
Lyons working the ground and pound.
Lyons working the body and head with strikes.
Lyons lands a nice forearm strike.

Lewis is rocked!
Lewis struggling a bit here.
A big shot lands for Lyons! That's hurt Lewis! Will he recover? Lyons fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hannibal Lyons!
Hannibal Lyons is the new super heavyweight champion!
Hannibal Lyons tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.