PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hazi Maru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maru comes to the cage accompanied by Y'all Wanna Single. Lesnar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drowning Pool Let the bodys hit the Floor. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Maru
vs
Lesnar

200 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hazi Maru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lyoto Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lesnar looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Maru trying to control but Lesnar postures up.
Lesnar content to control rather than advance.
Lesnar winds up and cracks Maru with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Maru taking some punishment here, with Lesnar in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Lesnar there.
Maru wants to control but Lesnar is keeping busy.
Lesnar content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maru tries to get to full guard but Lesnar has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Maru knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lesnar on the ground.
Lesnar stops Maru from getting back to his feet.
Lesnar 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.
Maru is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

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 controlling the pace.
Lesnar is thwarting Maru's attempts to control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lesnar prevents Maru from standing back up.
Lesnar controlling the action here.
Lesnar drops an elbow to the side of Maru's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lesnar lands a nice short elbow.
Lesnar working the head and body with strikes.
Maru wants to get back to his feet.
Maru taking some punishment here, with Lesnar in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Lesnar there.
Lesnar stops Maru from getting back to his feet.
Lesnar working over Maru with some ground and pound. Maru looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lesnar frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lesnar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lesnar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maru takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lesnar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lesnar landing punches.
Lesnar with a couple of short strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lesnar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto Lesnar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Maru tries to clinch but Lesnar is having none of it.
Lesnar shoots for a takedown but Maru saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Maru will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Maru misses with a takedown attempt

so Lesnar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Maru wants to control the position but Lesnar says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Lesnar slows the pace down in half guard.
Maru has hold of Lesnar's hands but Lesnar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Lesnar is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Maru is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lyoto Lesnar!