PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Harry Baals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baals
vs
Lesnar

185 cm
19
155 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

184 cm
26
154 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harry Baals!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brock Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar fails with the takedown
and Baals counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Lesnar clinches up with Baals and pushes him back against the cage.
Baals lands a hook that snaps the head of Lesnar backwards.
Lesnar tries to pull guard but Baals holds him up against the cage and eventually Lesnar drops back down to his feet.

Lesnar pulls guard effortlessly.
Lesnar is trying to control the position but Baals postures up.
Baals has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lesnar is proving hard to escape from.

Lesnar isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Baals stacks Lesnar on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Baals!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lesnar manages to get back to half guard.
Baals is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lesnar wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar gets back to full guard.

Lesnar escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Baals gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lesnar looking to control.
Lesnar is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Baals controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Baals trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Lesnar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lesnar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Baals would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lesnar is pulling down on Baals's head to control his posture.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lesnar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Baals is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Baals throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lesnar on the side of the head.
Lesnar with a lazy takedown attempt
and Baals counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Lesnar is rocked!
Harry Baals has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesnar.
Lesnar closes the distance and clinches up with Baals, looking for a takedown. Lesnar pushes Baals against the cage but Baals circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lesnar is still on wobbly legs! Can Baals finish him?
Lesnar tries for a takedown but Baals circles away easily
and Baals counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Lesnar out cold! What a finish! Baals is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harry Baals!
Harry Baals retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Harry Baals thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.