PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Bongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bear
vs
Bongo

180 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

197 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teddy Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Bongo!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear shoots for a double leg takedown but Bongo sprawls well. He's pushed Bear's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bongo tries to clinch up but Bear circles away and keeps his distance.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bongo paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bongo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bear sprawls well initially but Bongo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bear wants to control but Bongo passes into side.

Bongo stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Bongo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bongo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Bear bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bongo's guard.
Bongo keeping moving, preventing Bear from controlling successfully.
Bear pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bongo is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bear trying to control the position from guard on top but Bongo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bongo looks gassed!
Bongo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bongo wants to stand up but Bear is controlling him.
Bear wants to stand but Bongo is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bongo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bear is one step ahead there.
Bongo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bongo clinches up against the cage.
Bongo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Bongo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bear digs a good hook to Bongo's body.
Bear doesn't manage to clinch there - Bongo circles away.
Bear keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bear fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bear looks for a takedown but Bongo sprawls well.
Bear throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bongo lands a brutal head kick. Bear looks out on his feet and Bongo throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Jimmy Bongo!