PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keast Beasty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alister The Demon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Demon has chosen Puritania as his entrance music. Alister The Demon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beasty
vs
The Demon

184 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Rusty Cage Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Keast Beasty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alister The Demon!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Demon throws a right and a left that Beasty avoids nicely.
Beasty throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and The Demon counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. The Demon connects with a nice short shot to Beasty's temple.

The Demon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The Demon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Demon trying to control from half guard but Beasty is working away.
The Demon misses with a head shot. Beasty uses the momentum to regain guard.
The Demon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beasty works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon trying to control the position from guard on top but Beasty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Demon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Demon prevents Beasty from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The Demon scores with the left hand. Beasty knows he should have avoided that one.
Beasty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Demon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch lands to the side of The Demon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Beasty misses with a combination

and The Demon counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Demon wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Beasty, who protects the arm well.
The Demon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

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

The Demon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no The Demon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Demon throwing strikes but Beasty manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The Demon manages to work his way to half guard, despite Beasty's best efforts.
The Demon works his way to full guard. Good work.
The Demon is trying to keep Beasty in close.
The Demon tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The Demon working for a triangle but Beasty defends it easily.
The Demon trying to keep a closed guard but Beasty is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alister The Demon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Beasty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Demon was well out of range. Poor timing from Beasty.
Beasty stuffs the takedown attempt from The Demon. The Demon gets slowly back to his feet.
Beasty cracks The Demon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beasty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Demon.
The Demon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beasty throws a right and a left that The Demon avoids nicely.
Beasty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beasty thows a body shot but no joy.
Beasty misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beasty scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Beasty ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Demon is breathing heavily.
Beasty throws a sloppy body shot
and The Demon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beasty throws a series of punches but The Demon moves out of range.
Beasty misses the body punch

and The Demon counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Beasty blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Demon.
The Demon is looking to stall here but Beasty recovers full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The Demon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Demon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Beasty avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beasty wants to stand but The Demon is controlling the position.
Beasty keeping moving, preventing The Demon from controlling successfully.
The Demon advances position into side control!
Beasty is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Demon goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Beasty has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for The Demon but great work by Beasty.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Demon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The Demon gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The Demon wants to improve his position but Beasty is controlling well.
The Demon is looking to get back to full guard here but Beasty has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Demon is desperately trying to improve his position but Beasty has a good base and remains in mount.
Beasty avoids the attempt from The Demon to control.
The Demon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The Demon regains half guard.
Beasty prevents The Demon from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keast Beasty dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The Demon shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Beasty is trying to defend but The Demon finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Beasty blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Demon.
The Demon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The Demon is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Beasty has hold of The Demon's hands but The Demon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The Demon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beasty is not content to let The Demon control the position.
Beasty is trying to stand.
The Demon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Demon stops Beasty from getting back to his feet.
The Demon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Demon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Beasty showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Demon.
Beasty just misses with a punch to the body.
Beasty misses with a hook. The Demon ducked under it nicely.

Beasty gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows The Demon to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The Demon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Beasty's head.
The Demon postures up in Beasty's guard and throws a big left but Beasty blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Demon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Beasty is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The Demon trying to control the position from guard on top but Beasty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The Demon is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Beasty is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Beasty has escaped and now he's on top!
The Demon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beasty won't allow The Demon to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Demon has a closed guard, preventing Beasty from standing up.
The Demon trying to control the position.
Beasty wants to stand but The Demon is controlling his posture from full guard.
Alister The Demon has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Demon tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alister The Demon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Demon has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight for Alister The Demon!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Alister The Demon!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Alister The Demon!

Alister The Demon wins by unanimous decision!