PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lock Bresnar (ranked 1889 p4p, 61 weight class) and George Patton (ranked 1524 p4p, 49 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bresnar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ABOVE THE LAW - murder rap. Patton is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Keep your hands to yourself- Georgia Satellites. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bresnar
vs
Patton

199 cm
39
268 lbs
19 - 17 - 1

193 cm
34
287 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lock Bresnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Patton!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bresnar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Patton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bresnar.
Patton with the counter takedown but Bresnar avoids it easily.
Patton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bresnar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Patton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bresnar tries to avoid it but Patton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bresnar to the ground. Bresnar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bresnar digs a good body shot into Patton's ribs.

Bresnar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Patton's guard.
Bresnar landing some decent shots from guard.
Bresnar stopping the sweep attempt from Patton.
Bresnar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bresnar looking to sit in guard and control but Patton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bresnar is controlling Patton's posture.

Bresnar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bresnar wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton wants to control from the top but Bresnar keeps moving.
Patton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bresnar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bresnar wants to sweep but no luck.

Bresnar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Patton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bresnar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Patton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Patton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Patton looking to pass the guard.
Patton sitting in guard here, content to control.
Patton wants to control from the top but Bresnar keeps moving.

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.
Bresnar wants to sweep here but Patton controlling him for the moment.
Patton passes Bresnar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bresnar is looking for a sweep. Patton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bresnar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Patton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bresnar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Patton is one step ahead there.
Patton trying to control but Bresnar is working from the bottom.
Patton seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Patton preventing the sweep.

Bresnar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Patton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bresnar tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Patton is pulling down on Bresnar's head. It's preventing any offense from Bresnar, at least for the moment.
Bresnar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Patton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bresnar preventing the sweep.
Bresnar tries to free his leg and advance position but Patton is retaining full guard.
Patton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bresnar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bresnar works over Patton with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton wants to sweep but no luck.
Bresnar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Patton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bresnar forces his way into half guard.
Bresnar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Patton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Patton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bresnar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bresnar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bresnar slips a nice elbow through Patton's hands, connecting with Patton's forehead.
Patton has hold of Bresnar's hands but Bresnar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Patton controlling the position well.
We've been hearing that Bresnar has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bresnar thows a huge punch but Patton dodges it nicely.
Bresnar is stalling here. Patton is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Bresnar seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Patton has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lock Bresnar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bresnar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bresnar wants it to stay on the feet.
Bresnar missing with a left hand there. Patton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Patton tries to clinch there but Bresnar circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Bresnar misses the target.
Bresnar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bresnar keeps the fight on the outside.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bresnar.
Patton moves out of range as Bresnar strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bresnar. Patton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bresnar lands a nice shot to the body.
Bresnar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Patton closes the distance and clinches.
Bresnar is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bresnar misses with a short punch on the inside.

Patton gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bresnar regains guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bresnar is on top in guard.

Bresnar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patton can do to turn this around?
Bresnar being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bresnar throws a big right hand that misses.
Bresnar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Patton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bresnar wants to control from the top but Patton keeps moving.
Patton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Patton controls Bresnar momentarily but Bresnar frees himself.
Patton looking for a sweep. Not yet Patton, not yet.
Patton pulls Bresnar in close to prevent any damage.
Bresnar scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Patton pulls Bresnar in close to his closed guard and prevents Bresnar from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bresnar is in close to Patton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Patton looking to control.
Patton has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bresnar has passed into side control.
Lock Bresnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Patton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

It looks like George Patton has been cut.
Patton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bresnar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bresnar working the ground and pound from side control.
Bresnar working away.
Bresnar scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar is looking to take a break and control but Patton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Bresnar seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Patton avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bresnar.
Bresnar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Patton is trying to get back to half guard.
Bresnar trying to control the position but Patton is working away.

Bresnar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Patton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bresnar is looking to take a break and control but Patton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Patton tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Patton takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bresnar creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lock Bresnar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on George Patton's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Patton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bresnar tries to avoid it but Patton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bresnar to the ground. Bresnar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Patton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bresnar.
Bresnar cracks Patton with an open hand slap.
Bresnar throws out a loose jab but Patton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patton tries to clinch but Bresnar moves out of range.
Patton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bresnar gets tackled into the cage by Patton. Patton maintains the clinch.
Bresnar taking a breather.
Patton has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bresnar after a bit of a struggle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patton keeps control of Bresnar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bresnar can't find room to land a body shot as Patton controls the action.
Patton throws a punch but it's blocked by Bresnar.
Patton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bresnar backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bresnar has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Patton after a bit of a struggle.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Bresnar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bresnar throws a looping overhand right but Patton ducks down to avoid it.
Bresnar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Patton.
Patton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lock Bresnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Patton.

Bresnar fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Patton to the ground. Bresnar is now in Patton's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bresnar postures up in Patton's guard and throws a big left but Patton blocks it.
Bresnar trying to control the position from guard on top but Patton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bresnar being controlled here momentarily.
Bresnar content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar trying to control but Patton is working from the bottom.
Patton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bresnar is one step ahead there.
Patton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bresnar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bresnar won't allow Patton to sweep him here.
Bresnar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
George Patton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar is working Patton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bresnar wants to control from the top but Patton keeps moving.
Patton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Patton keeping moving, preventing Bresnar from controlling successfully.
Bresnar looking to pass the guard.
Patton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bresnar is one step ahead there.
Lock Bresnar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bresnar sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bresnar throws a right hand that Patton ducks under and follows up with a left that Patton also avoids with ease.
Bresnar throws a nice looking combination but Patton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bresnar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Bresnar feints and as Patton raises his hands in defense, Bresnar changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bresnar showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Patton had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bresnar defends it easily.
Bresnar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bresnar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lock Bresnar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bresnar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lock Bresnar!
An out of breath and clearly excited Lock Bresnar thanked Underworld Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
George Patton spoke after the fight, saying 'I'd like to thank my opponent, and apologize to the fans.'.