PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Lebaron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Lebaron had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Lebaron
vs
Man

200 cm
21
202 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Make'm TAP

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Lebaron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Man!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Man.
Man thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Man misses its intended target.

Lebaron clinches with his opponent.
A short left from Lebaron.
Man tries to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling the position.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Man's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Lebaron has double underhooks.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling him.
Lebaron prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Lebaron.
Man tries to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling the position.
Lebaron misses with a knee to the head.
Lebaron lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lebaron keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lebaron looking for a takedown.
Man avoiding damage as Lebaron throws knees to the body.
Lebaron lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lebaron lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Chris Man has been cut.
Lebaron keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Man's efforts to push away.
Lebaron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lebaron displaying some good clinch control by pressing Man up against the cage.
Lebaron throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Man's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lebaron keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebaron effectively controlling the action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lebaron.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Man takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lebaron with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lebaron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lebaron lands with a left to the head.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Lebaron has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Lebaron scores with a nice short uppercut.
Man tries to break free but Lebaron pushes him back against the cage.
Lebaron working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Man looks gassed!
Man is trying to force a seperation but Lebaron has the dominant position.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lebaron tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lebaron scores a nice knee to the body.
Lebaron with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Lebaron has him pressed against the cage.
Man being controlled against the cage.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but Lebaron won't allow it.
Lebaron lands with a short shot to the head.
Lebaron tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lebaron lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Lebaron.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Lebaron has him pressed against the cage.
Man stops a takedown attempt from Lebaron.
Man throws a head punch that misses.
Lebaron prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lebaron has him pressed against the cage.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
Lebaron lands an elbow just above Man 's eye.
Lebaron with a knee to the head.
Man tries to break free but Lebaron pushes him back against the cage.
Lebaron keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Man tries to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling the position.
Lebaron misses with a knee strike.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lebaron has Man pressed against the cage, preventing Man from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Lebaron has him pressed against the cage.
Lebaron putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Lebaron has double underhooks.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lebaron misses with a knee to the head.
Lebaron with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Man's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lebaron throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mans head.
Lebaron lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lebaron tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man has had enough of the clinch but Lebaron keeps him there for the moment.
Lebaron keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lebaron gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Lebaron wants to control but Man is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Lebaron manages to move to mount!
Man is trying to stand up.
Lebaron content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Lebaron dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Man's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Man scores with a jab to the head.
Man misses with a straight left.
Lebaron looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Lebaron tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Lebaron.
Lebaron throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Man sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lebaron. That's going to slow Man down.
Lebaron looks to land a combination but Man avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lebaron with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Man to score with a decent uppercut.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Lebaron slips the punch.
Lebaron defending well as Man loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lebaron.
Man lands with a cross.
Lebaron slips under a jab from Man.
Man connects with a right hand. Lebaron shakes it off.
Man needs to keep his hands up - Lebaron had a free shot at his head there.
Chris Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lebaron just misses with a punch to the body.
Lebaron cracks the inside of Man's front leg.

Lebaron gets a clinch.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lebaron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lebaron lands an elbow just above Man 's eye.
Lebaron comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Lebaron uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lebaron creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lebaron has him pressed against the cage.
Lebaron is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lebaron scores a nice knee to the body.
Man is breathing heavily.

Lebaron lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Lebaron is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Man has managed to free his arm - good work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Man kicks off Lebaron and gets to his feet.
Man lands the left hand.
Daniel Lebaron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lebaron blocks a jab.
Lebaron loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
Man lands a jab to the head.
Lebaron throws a jab but it's blocked by Man.
Lebaron punishes Man's body with a nice straight punch.
Lebaron bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lebaron throws a shot from downtown. Man moves away and avoids it.
Lebaron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lebaron.
Man tries to clinch there but Lebaron circles away.
Lebaron throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man throws a shot from downtown. Lebaron moves away and avoids it.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Lebaron.
Lebaron tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lebaron shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Man sprawls well. Man wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lebaron gets slowly back to his feet.
Man lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lebaron just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Lebaron dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Man's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Man slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Lebaron gets a clinch.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man tries to break free but Lebaron pushes him back against the cage.
Lebaron looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Lebaron lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Lebaron scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lebaron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lebaron looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Lebaron lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lebaron scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Man wants to break free but Lebaron has control.
Lebaron throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lebaron gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Man blocks an elbow strike from Lebaron.
Lebaron pushes off an throws an elbow but Man leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Man wants to break free but Lebaron has control.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lebaron makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Man wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lebaron throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Man's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man pushes Lebaron back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lebaron misses with an elbow over the top.
Man tries to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling the position.
Lebaron lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebaron misses with a knee strike.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lebaron swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lebaron prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
Lebaron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Man's face.
Man throws a head punch that misses.
Man tries to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling the position.
Lebaron misses with a knee to the head.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lebaron.
Lebaron prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lebaron stalling in the clinch but Man improves position.
Lebaron with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Man avoiding damage as Lebaron throws knees to the body.
Man tries to break the clinch but Lebaron is controlling the position.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Man has a couple of punches blocked by Lebaron.
Lebaron misses with a knee strike.
Man is trying to break free.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lebaron lands with a light punch inside.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Lebaron has him pressed against the cage.
Lebaron lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Man tries to circle away but Lebaron has him pinned against the cage.
Lebaron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
Lebaron keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
Lebaron holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lebaron scores with a knee to the head.
Lebaron tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man wants to break free but Lebaron has control.
Lebaron lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lebaron tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Lebaron misses with a knee strike.
Man gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lebaron.
Lebaron misses with a punch on the inside.
Lebaron keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lebaron keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Man's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Lebaron turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lebaron manages to end up in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebaron is looking to take a break and control but Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lebaron controlling the position.
Lebaron trying to control the position but Man is working away.
Chris Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Lebaron asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lebaron slows the pace down.
Daniel Lebaron is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Lebaron showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lebaron has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Lebaron!