PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry Butcher could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dwayne Lewis's chin.

Butcher
vs
Lewis

193 cm
26
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

215 cm
25
278 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Amped Performance

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Barry Butcher!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dwayne Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Butcher closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Butcher wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lewis, who protects the arm well.

Butcher looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The strikes coming from Butcher are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Butcher tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Butcher tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Butcher has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Butcher tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewis is looking for a sweep.
Lewis dodges the ground and pound from Butcher.
Sloppy strikes there by Butcher.
Butcher is working Lewis over with some ground and pound from side control.

It looks like Dwayne Lewis has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher is working Lewis over with some ground and pound from side control.

That has opened up Dwayne Lewis's cut even more.

Butcher tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Butcher has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ground and pound from Butcher seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Butcher working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Butcher in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lewis is looking for a sweep.

Butcher working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lewis is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher looks up at the clock and then as Lewis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Butcher smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

The cut above Dwayne Lewis's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dwayne Lewis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Barry Butcher!
Barry Butcher is the new heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Barry Butcher thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.