PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willie Beamen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Rogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Beamen
vs
Rogan

181 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willie Beamen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Rogan!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beamen takes one to the chin there.
Rogan throws a body punch but Beamen moves out of range.
Beamen avoids the head kick by Rogan.
Beamen avoids the head kick by Rogan.
Beamen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rogan.

It looks like Joe Rogan has been cut.
Beamen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogan moves away.
Rogan moves out of range of the body kick from Beamen.
Beamen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Beamen wants it to stay on the feet.
Beamen throws a body punch but Rogan moves out of range.
Rogan stalks Beamen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Beamen's face. Beamen staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogan throws a body punch but Beamen moves out of range.

Beamen gets tackled into the cage by Rogan. Rogan maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rogan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beamen.
Rogan scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beamen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rogan's elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Beamen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rogan prevents a body shot from Beamen.
Beamen takes an elbow to the temple.
Beamen working aggressively here.
Rogan digs a right hand underneath Beamen's ribcage. Beamen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Beamen tries to throw a body punch but Rogan avoids it by throwing Beamen back against the cage.
Rogan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Beamen.
Beamen is breathing heavily.
Rogan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beamen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rogan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beamen backwards.
Beamen misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beamen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Rogan tightens his grip and picks Beamen up, before dumping him to the ground. Beamen manages to land in guard.
Rogan throws a big elbow that misses.
Rogan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rogan lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beamen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Rogan drops back looking for a leg! Beamen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Beamen manages to kick Rogan off! Rogan jumps back into Beamen's guard.
Rogan postures up and lands a big shot to Beamen's brow.
Rogan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beamen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rogan on the ground.
Beamen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rogan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rogan pushing down on Beamen's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beamen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rogan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Beamen is trying to get back to full guard.
Rogan is looking to take a break and control but Beamen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rogan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rogan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rogan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beamen defending well though.
Beamen taking some punishment here, with Rogan in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogan not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Beamen is defending against the submission attempts here by Rogan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rogan works his way into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Rogan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Rogan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rogan looking to score a takedown here. Beamen is defending well but Rogan drives through and ends up in Beamen's guard.
Rogan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rogan cracks Beamen with a solid left hand.
Rogan is looking to work some ground and pound but Beamen has wrist control.

Rogan drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Rogan seems to have locked his on tight now - Beamen screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Rogan, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Joe Rogan!
A very excited looking Joe Rogan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.