PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Claude Bedemar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gee Damn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bedemar
vs
Damn

182 cm
21
165 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

175 cm
26
169 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Claude Bedemar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gee Damn!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bedemar was well out of range. Poor timing from Damn.
Bedemar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damn just misses with a punch to the body.
Bedemar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bedemar tries to clinch but Damn moves out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bedemar.
Bedemar throws a wild body kick that Damn sees coming a mile off.
Damn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damn tests Bedemar's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Damn bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
An elbow from Damn crashes against the mat.
Damn in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Damn prevents Bedemar from escaping the position.
Bedemar tries to bench press Damn off him but Damn keeps the position.
Damn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Damn creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bedemar sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Damn fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bedemar is trying to get back to his feet.
Damn content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Damn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bedemar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bedemar moves in looking to clinch but Damn pushes him off.
Damn looks to throw the jab but Bedemar is out of range.
Damn misses with a double jab.
Damn throws a body punch but Bedemar moves out of range.
Bedemar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bedemar, right into the meat.
The fighters circling - Damn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damn misses with an uppercut.

Bedemar gets a clinch.
Damn tries to circle away but Bedemar has him pinned against the cage.
Damn tries to circle away but Bedemar has him pinned against the cage.

Damn has hold of one of Bedemar's legs. Bedemar is fighting the takedown attempt but Damn gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bedemar is looking to stand up but Damn isn't so interested in that idea.
Damn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damn trying to control but Bedemar is working from the bottom.

Bedemar manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Damn misses with a low kick.
Damn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bedemar tries to clinch but Damn is having none of it.
Gee Damn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bedemar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bedemar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bedemar is looking to clinch but Damn is avoiding it.
Damn throws a series of punches but Bedemar moves out of range.
Damn throws a right hand that Bedemar ducks under and follows up with a left that Bedemar also avoids with ease.

Bedemar rushes Damn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Damn has had enough of the clinch but Bedemar keeps him there for the moment.
Bedemar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damn.
A right handed body shot lands from Damn.

Damn manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bedemar, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar throws a sloppy head kick and Damn moves out of range easily.
Damn thows a leg kick but Bedemar checks it
and Bedemar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Damn is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bedemar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Damn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Damn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Damn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Damn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Damn shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Damn throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bedemar tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Damn manages to move to mount!
Damn throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bedemar is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar is squirming around, avoiding Damn's attempts to control the action.
Bedemar is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Damn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bedemar?
Bedemar wants to hold on but Damn pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Damn raining down shots from the mount!
Damn throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bedemar holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Damn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Bedemar is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Damn cracks Bedemar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bedemar is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gee Damn dominated that round.
That's time! Bedemar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Damn misses with a looping right.
Damn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bedemar throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Some bone on bone action there as Damn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Bedemar moves into range and clinches up with Damn.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bedemar pushes off an throws an elbow but Damn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bedemar prevents a takedown attempt there.
Damn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Damn tries to score a body lock takedown but Bedemar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bedemar as Damn tries to tie him up.
Bedemar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Damn is breathing heavily.
Bedemar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damn is keeping busy.
Damn misses with a body punch.
Damn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bedemar blocks a body shot from Damn.
Bedemar is trying to maintain a safe position but Damn gets an underhook and turns Bedemar into the cage.
Bedemar lands a knee to the body.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but Damn blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damn avoids a wild elbow strike from Bedemar.
Bedemar landing knees to the body.
Bedemar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bedemar scores with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bedemar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bedemar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damn avoids it.
Nice elbow from Bedemar.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bedemar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Damn.
Claude Bedemar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gee Damn.
Bedemar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damn is defending well for now.

Damn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Damn takes a swing at Bedemar's ribcage but misses.
Damn throws a leg kick

and Bedemar moves into the clinch.
Bedemar misses with a knee strike.
Bedemar prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bedemar lands a knee to the body.
Bedemar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Damn's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bedemar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Damn's defenses.
Bedemar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damn blocks it with crossed arms.
Bedemar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bedemar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Damn's defenses.
Bedemar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damn.
Damn blocks an elbow strike from Bedemar.
Damn managing to block the knees to the body from Bedemar.

Damn manages to break the clinch.
Damn misses with a low kick as Bedemar jumps back.
Bedemar tries to work over Damn's front leg with a kick but Damn checks it.
Damn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bedemar is out of range.
Damn catches Bedemar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bedemar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A swing and a miss from Damn.
Damn misses with a low kick.
Bedemar tries to close the distance and clinch but Damn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Damn thuds a left hand into Bedemar's body.
Bedemar lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bedemar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Damn connects with a nice looking jab.
Bedemar wants to land a leg kick but Damn is out of range.
Damn tries for a takedown but Bedemar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Damn throws a hook to the side of Bedemar's head but Bedemar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Damn looks to score with a jab to the body but Bedemar is just out of range.
Bedemar is looking to clinch but Damn is avoiding it.

Bedemar gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from Damn.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but Damn blocks with his arms.
Damn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees to the body from Bedemar.
Damn avoids a wild elbow strike from Bedemar.
Bedemar missing with knees to the body.
Damn is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bedemar looking to stall.
Damn lands a nice uppercut.
Bedemar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damn avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bedemar.
Bedemar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damn wants a takedown.
Bedemar looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Damn breaks the clinch.
Claude Bedemar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bedemar moves in looking to clinch but Damn pushes him off.
Claude Bedemar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damn catches Bedemar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Damn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bedemar can pounce on him.
Bedemar thumps Damn with a low kick.
Bedemar doesn't manage to clinch there - Damn circles away.
Bedemar scoring well with a low kick there.
Bedemar scores with a leg kick.
Damn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bedemar defends it nicely.
Bedemar feints and then cracks Damn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Damn down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bedemar thumps Damn with a low kick.
Bedemar thumps Damn with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claude Bedemar dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Damn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bedemar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bedemar throws and low kick but Damn moves out of range easily.
Bedemar is looking to clinch but Damn is avoiding it.
Damn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bedemar. That one must have hurt.
Damn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A telegraphed right hand from Damn misses the target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Damn, right into the meat.
Damn blocks a head kick by Bedemar.
Damn misses with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Damn blocks the low kick.
Nice body kick from Bedemar.
Damn throws a jab but it's blocked by Bedemar.
Bedemar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Damn. That did some damage!
Bedemar feints and then cracks Damn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Damn down.
Bedemar moves away from the strike by Damn.
Damn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Damn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bedemar's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damn just misses with a punch to the body.
Damn misses the jab.
Damn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Damn swats away the attempt to clinch by Bedemar.
Bedemar scoring well with a low kick there.
Damn throws a combination that misses
and Bedemar counters with a big head kick but Damn shrugs it off.
Damn throws a leg kick but Bedemar checks it.
Bedemar lands a high kick!
Damn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Damn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Bedemar rushes Damn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bedemar.
Bedemar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damn.
Bedemar landing knees to the body.
Damn managing to block the knees to the body from Bedemar.
Bedemar missing with knees to the body.
Bedemar taking a breather.
Bedemar crunches a lovely knee into Damn's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bedemar has Damn pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bedemar obliges.
Knees to the body from Bedemar.
Bedemar lands a nice elbow.
Bedemar lands a knee to the head.
Bedemar lands a knee to the body.
Bedemar avoiding damage.

Damn has Bedemar pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Damn pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bedemar tumbling to the mat - Damn dives into Bedemar's guard.

Bedemar is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Damn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bedemar missing with knees to the body.

Damn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Damn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bedemar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bedemar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Damn misses with a double jab.
Bedemar throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damn misses with a low kick as Bedemar jumps back.
Damn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bedemar moves away.
Bedemar ducks under a wild hook from Damn.
Damn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bedemar. Bedemar obviously looking to wear him down.
Bedemar misses with a kick to the body.
Bedemar tries to close the distance and clinch but Damn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Damn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bedemar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bedemar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Damn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bedemar can pounce on him.
Bedemar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Bedemar drives through and clinches with Damn against the cage.

Damn wants the takedown. Bedemar is fighting it off but Damn persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Bedemar's guard against the cage.

Bedemar uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Damn looks to land a left hand but Bedemar moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedemar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Bedemar.
Bedemar throws a front kick that sends Damn stumbling back into the cage.
Bedemar misses with a head kick.
Damn avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bedemar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bedemar tries a head kick but it misses.
Bedemar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damn thows a body shot but no joy.

Bedemar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Damn, pushing him back against the cage.
Damn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bedemar looking to throw knees to the head but Damn is blocking nicely.
Bedemar pushes off an throws an elbow but Damn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Damn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bedemar pulls his leg out and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bedemar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bedemar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Damn.

And that's the end of the fight!
Claude Bedemar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bedemar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claude Bedemar!