PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Pound (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pound comes into a darkened arena with his song building. When I'm Gone - Eminem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bear
vs
Pound

182 cm
26
160 lbs
1 - 3 - 1

171 cm
19
162 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Pound!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear wants to clinch

so Pound counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pound is in close to Bear's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pound working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bear on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bear tries to get out of the position.
Pound won't allow Bear to get back to his feet.
Bear is wriggling around but Pound manages to pass to half guard.
Pound working over Bear with some ground and pound. Bear looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice strikes from Pound there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pound connects with a nice short shot to Bear's temple.
Pound works his way into full mount!
Pound has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bear is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Pound landing punches.
Pound lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

It looks like Antonio Bear has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bear is trying to stand.
Bear is breathing heavily.
Pound is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bear is trying to stand up.
Pound looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pound loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Bear scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Pound land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Pound stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Pound!
Our winner, Jay Pound, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.