PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Beaulac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Beaulac has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beaulac
vs
Mir

200 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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, Jon Beaulac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernard Mir!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir tries to clinch there but Beaulac circles away.

Beaulac moves into range and clinches up with Mir.
Mir can't break the clinch.
Beaulac avoiding damage.
Beaulac is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mir pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Beaulac manages to break the clinch.
Beaulac circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Beaulac counter with a right hand.
Mir wants to clinch but Beaulac slips to the side

and Beaulac counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mir has a couple of punches blocked by Beaulac.
Beaulac blocking some punches.

Beaulac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Beaulac fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mir, pushing him back against the cage.
Beaulac landing knees to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mir.
Mir can't break the clinch.
Mir unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaulac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Beaulac escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mir tries to clinch

and Beaulac moves into the clinch.

Beaulac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beaulac misses with a takedown attempt - Mir sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Beaulac lands a head kick that stumbles Mir and the fighters go to the mat.

Mir is rocked!
Beaulac has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mir is still in real trouble! Can Beaulac finish him?
Mir looking to control.
Mir manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Beaulac manages to get himself to full guard.
Mir seems to have recovered his senses.
Mir won't allow Beaulac to get back to his feet.
Beaulac keeping full guard, as Mir tries to pass.
Mir prevents Beaulac from getting back to his feet.
Beaulac is breathing heavily.
Mir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beaulac is keeping the position for now.
Beaulac knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mir on the ground.
Beaulac avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mir looking to pass the guard.
Beaulac keeping moving, preventing Mir from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Beaulac has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Beaulac takes the fight into the clinch.
Mir misses with some punches.

Beaulac manages to break the clinch.

Beaulac clinches up against the cage.

Beaulac breaks the clinch.
Beaulac will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Beaulac. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir tries to clinch

and Beaulac counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beaulac.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beaulac.

Beaulac manages to break the clinch.
Mir darts in trying to clinch
and Beaulac counters with a head kick.
Mir has a takedown stuffed.

Beaulac takes the fight into the clinch.
Beaulac wants to break free but Mir has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir wants to stall.

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mir tries to clinch

and Beaulac moves into the clinch.
Mir has Beaulac pushed against the cage.
Mir gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Beaulac.
Beaulac is looking to break free of the clinch but Mir has double underhooks.
Mir jumps guard but Beaulac stands there with Mir around his waist. Mir gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Mir - that landed with a thud.

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beaulac is looking to clinch.
Mir tries to clinch up
and Beaulac counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mir wants to clinch but Beaulac slips to the side
and Beaulac counters with a left and a right that stings Mir.
Mir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mir closes the distance but Beaulac moves to the side
and Beaulac counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mir is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mir shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mir showed some decent athleticism there.
Mir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Beaulac kicks off Mir and gets to his feet.
Mir fails in his attempt to clinch.

Beaulac moves into the clinch successfully.

Beaulac manages to break the clinch.

Beaulac closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mir's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from Beaulac.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mir wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beaulac has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mir avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Beaulac drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Beaulac softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Beaulac dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Beaulac gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beaulac landing knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mir.
Beaulac landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Beaulac tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Beaulac prevents a body shot from Mir.

Beaulac manages to break the clinch.
Mir throws a nice looking combination but Beaulac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mir closes the distance but Beaulac moves to the side
and Beaulac counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Beaulac circles away from the clinch attempt

and Beaulac counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beaulac.

Beaulac breaks the clinch.

Beaulac rushes Mir and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mir misses with a body punch.
Beaulac has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mir is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mir wants to get back to striking at distance but Beaulac won't allow it.

Beaulac escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mir is breathing heavily.
Mir misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Beaulac moves into the clinch successfully.
Beaulac connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mir's face.
Mir wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir wants to break free but Beaulac has control.
Mir working aggressively here.
Beaulac with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Beaulac has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mir avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Beaulac. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mir breaks from the clinch.

Beaulac rushes Mir and presses him up against the cage.
Beaulac looking to throw knees to the head but Mir is blocking nicely.

Mir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mir tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beaulac shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mir but Mir pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mir closes the distance looking to clinch

and Beaulac counters by clinching up.
Mir throws a head punch that misses.
Mir takes a knee right on the jaw!

Beaulac breaks the clinch.
Jon Beaulac is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mir tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Beaulac counters with a head kick.
Mir shoots in for a takedown but Beaulac shows good takedown defense.
Beaulac avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mir tries to clinch up but Beaulac circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice takedown defense from Mir. No joy for Beaulac on that attempt.
Mir wants to clinch up but Beaulac keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beaulac closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mir takes a knee right on the jaw!
Beaulac lands an elbow just above Mir 's eye.
Beaulac content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Beaulac manages to break the clinch.
Beaulac shoots in but no luck this time.
Beaulac gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Mir moves into the clinch.
Mir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Beaulac.
Beaulac can't get the takedown.
Beaulac lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Beaulac.
Mir takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mir can't get the takedown.

Beaulac manages to break the clinch.
Beaulac tries to clinch there but Mir circles away.
Beaulac tries to clinch up but Mir circles away and keeps his distance.
Mir tries for a takedown but Beaulac sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Beaulac lands with a kick to the temple. Mir shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beaulac fails with the takedown

and Mir moves into the clinch.
Mir is working for takedown but Beaulac is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulac is trying to break free.
Mir misses with a punch on the inside.
Beaulac with a knee to the head.
Beaulac's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Beaulac's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Mir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Mir with that takedown attempt.
Mir thows a body shot but no joy.

Beaulac clinches up with Mir and pushes him back against the cage.
Mir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mir looking for a takedown.

Beaulac breaks the clinch.

Beaulac gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Beaulac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beaulac changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mir tries to avoid it but Beaulac manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mir to the ground. Mir escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Beaulac looks for a takedown but Mir sprawls well.
Mir darts in trying to clinch

and Beaulac counters by moving into the clinch.
Beaulac unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mir lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaulac unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mir lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Mir breaks from the clinch.
Mir takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mir closes the distance but Beaulac moves to the side
and Beaulac counters with a flying knee that drops Mir! Beaulac dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Beaulac!