PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Malcom Farquharson (ranked 1707 p4p, 1746 weight class) and Mark Lesnar (ranked 247 p4p, 253 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Farquharson
vs
Lesnar

197 cm
27
232
10 - 8 - 0

185 cm
43
285
34 - 21 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Malcom Farquharson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farquharson throws a right hand that misses
and Lesnar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Farquharson scores with a push kick.
Farquharson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lesnar misses with a wild body shot.
Farquharson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Farquharson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lesnar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Farquharson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farquharson works Lesnar's body with a nice hook.
Lesnar lands with a hook. Farquharson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lesnar has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Farquharson ducks under a wild hook from Lesnar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lesnar clinches.
Farquharson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lesnar takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Mark Lesnar has been cut.
Farquharson blocks a body shot from Lesnar.
Farquharson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Lesnar swings wildly with an uppercut but Farquharson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lesnar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lesnar misses with a punch to the body.
Farquharson lands an elbow inside that Lesnar shrugs off.
Lesnar stalling in the clinch but Farquharson improves position.
Our sources have told us that Farquharson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Farquharson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lesnar backwards.
Farquharson prevents a body shot from Lesnar.
Farquharson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farquharson can't find room to land a body shot as Lesnar controls the action.
Farquharson lands a nice elbow.
Lesnar takes an elbow to the forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farquharson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farquharson pushes Lesnar back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lesnar throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar effectively controlling the action here.
Lesnar misses with a body punch.
Farquharson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lesnar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farquharson lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Farquharson.
Farquharson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Farquharson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lesnar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farquharson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lesnar's defenses.

That has opened up Mark Lesnar's cut even more.
Farquharson lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from Farquharson.
Lesnar looks winded!
Nice elbow from Farquharson.
Farquharson pushes Lesnar back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Farquharson lands with a left to the head.
Farquharson lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Farquharson.
Lesnar can't find room to land a body shot as Farquharson controls the action.
Farquharson scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Farquharson.
Farquharson tries to throw a body punch but Lesnar avoids it by throwing Farquharson back against the ropes.
Lesnar working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malcom Farquharson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Lesnar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Farquharson lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Lesnar goes down! The ref sends Farquharson to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Lesnar is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
Farquharson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Farquharson throws a looping overhand right but Lesnar ducks down to avoid it.
Farquharson connects with a right hand. Lesnar shakes it off.
Farquharson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lesnar.
Farquharson thinks about countering with a head kick.
Farquharson throws a sloppy head kick and Lesnar moves out of range easily.
Farquharson misses with a jab to the body
and Lesnar counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lesnar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farquharson.
Farquharson scores with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farquharson misses with a body shot.
Lesnar throws out a counter right but Farquharson avoids it with no problem.
Farquharson cracks Lesnar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Farquharson lands a jab.

The cut above Mark Lesnar's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Farquharson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lesnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Farquharson tests Lesnar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Farquharson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar drops his guard momentarily, allowing Farquharson to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Lesnar! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Farquharson takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Malcom Farquharson!
After winning the bout, Malcom Farquharson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.