PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Beucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beucher
vs
Man

178 cm
28
195 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
21
193 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Beucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Man!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beucher throws a shot to the body.
Beucher displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Man.
Beucher slaps away a takedown attempt from Man, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Beucher.
Beucher connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Beucher dips to his left and cracks Man with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man shoots in for a takedown but Beucher shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bobby Beucher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Man.

Beucher closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Beucher lands in his opponent's guard.

Man looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Beucher is stalling in the full guard.

Beucher stands up from Man's guard - Beucher perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beucher shoots in but no luck this time.
The Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Beucher shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Beucher was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Man tries to lock up and control but Beucher gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Man is wriggling around trying to escape.
Beucher avoids the attempt from Man to control.
Man gets back to half guard.

Man actively working from the bottom here.
Man is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man is staying active underneath Beucher, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beucher chips away with some ground and pound.

Man has his foot on Beucher's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Beucher works his way back into a safe position though.

Beucher got a little sloppy there for a moment and Man has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Beucher has managed to get both his arms back between Man's legs - danger averted.
Man looks gassed!
Beucher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Beucher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Beucher postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Beucher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Man has his foot on Beucher's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Beucher works his way back into a safe position though.
Beucher trying to control but Man is working from the bottom.

Man is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Beucher is aware though and is defending well.
Beucher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beucher thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beucher.

Man is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Beucher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Beucher scoring with punches to the head and body.
Beucher postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.
Man trying to keep a closed guard but Beucher is proving a slippery customer.

Man looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Man is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Man looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Beucher passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beucher seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Man does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Beucher lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beucher thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Man's head.
Beucher working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Beucher.
Beucher thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Beucher trying to pass the guard but Man defending well.
Beucher throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Beucher moves into full mount! Man won't be happy about that!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beucher connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Beucher lands a nice shot to the head.
Beucher landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Man shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beucher as he avoids it easily.
Man takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beucher ducks under a wild hook from Man.
Man fails with the takedown
enabling Beucher to counter with a crisp jab.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Beucher moves out of range easily.
Beucher drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Man right on the button. Man goes down! Beucher follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Beucher gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Beucher!