PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Beans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Snapfish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beans comes to the cage accompanied by When the Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Bobby Snapfish enters the cage!

Beans
vs
Snapfish

175 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Beans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Snapfish!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beans takes a swing at Snapfish's ribcage but misses.

Beans looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beans is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Beans trying to control but Snapfish is working from the bottom.
Beans sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Snapfish is trying to keep Beans in close.
Beans sitting in guard here, content to control.
Snapfish is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Snapfish keeping full guard, as Beans tries to pass.
Beans connects with a couple of short punches.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Snapfish swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snapfish tries to clinch there but Beans circles away.
Snapfish slips under a jab.
Snapfish with a lazy takedown attempt

and Beans counters with a single leg into guard. Snapfish didn't expect that.
Beans is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Beans stops Snapfish from standing up.
Snapfish is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Beans stays in close to Snapfish's body and controls the position.
Beans has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Snapfish looking for a sweep. Not yet Snapfish, not yet.
Snapfish trying to keep a closed guard but Beans is proving a slippery customer.
Beans postures up and lands a big shot to Snapfish's brow.
Beans has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Snapfish wants to stand but Beans is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beans is in close to Snapfish's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Beans pushing down on Snapfish's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Beans lands with a punch from half guard.
Snapfish has hold of Beans's hands but Beans slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Beans prevents Snapfish from improving his position.
Well, if Beans is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Beans working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Snapfish manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Beans works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Snapfish looks gassed!
Snapfish on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
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. Beans connects with a nice short shot to Snapfish's temple.
Beans winds up and cracks Snapfish with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beans content to control rather than advance.
Snapfish trying to hold on to Beans's head to control him but Beans postures up.
Snapfish keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Beans lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Snapfish trying to control from the bottom.
Beans stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Beans tries to pass the half guard into mount. Snapfish knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Beans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Snapfish keeps working.
Beans with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Beans wants to take a breather but Snapfish is having none of it.
Beans is taking a breather. Snapfish says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Snapfish is pressing down on Beans's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Beans trying to control but Snapfish is working from the bottom.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jack Beans just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Beans shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Beans showed some decent athleticism there.
Beans trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Beans dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Beans drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Beans scoring with punches from side control.
Snapfish wants to get back to his feet but Beans is dominant here and he's now got Snapfish's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beans scoring with strikes but Snapfish is staying in there.
Snapfish tries to hold on but Beans postures up.
Beans trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Beans with shots to the head and body - Snapfish looks very uncomfortable down there.
Beans avoids the attempt from Snapfish to control.
Snapfish is squirming around, avoiding Beans's attempts to control the action.
Beans takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beans is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Beans landing strikes from the mount.
Beans looking to finish Snapfish with some ground and pound. This is bad for Snapfish!
A nice elbow there by Beans.
Beans scoring with strikes but Snapfish is staying in there.
Beans in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Beans lands a heavy elbow.
Beans fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Snapfish can't escape the position.
Beans breaks from Snapfish's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Beans postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Snapfish looks a forlorn figure.
Snapfish is looking to get to half guard.
Beans dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Snapfish that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Beans unloading with bombs!
Beans connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Beans dominating with strikes here.
Beans controlling the pace for now.
BOOM! Beans connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Snapfish is in all sorts of trouble here.
Beans tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Beans lands a big elbow.
Snapfish is squirming around, avoiding Beans's attempts to control the action.
Beans lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Snapfish hang on?
Beans scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Snapfish?
Jack Beans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snapfish is wriggling around trying to escape.
Snapfish is breathing heavily.
Snapfish is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Beans sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Beans scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Snapfish?
Beans takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Beans is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Beans controlling the pace for now.
Snapfish is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Beans cracks Snapfish with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Snapfish is looking to get to half guard.
Beans looking to control and managing it successfully.
Snapfish in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Snapfish manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Beans sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Beans lands strikes from half guard.
Beans seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Beans is nestled in close to Snapfish, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Beans dominated that second round.
That's time! Beans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Snapfish drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Beans is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Snapfish is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Beans is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Snapfish working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Beans wants to control but Snapfish postures up.
Snapfish takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Snapfish wants to stand but Beans is controlling his arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beans manages to get back to half guard.
Beans striking from half guard on the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice defenses there by Snapfish.
Beans looks to score with a jab to the body but Snapfish is just out of range.
Snapfish uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beans.
Beans looks to score with a jab to the body but Snapfish is just out of range.
Beans throws a jab when Snapfish was well out of range.
Snapfish displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beans throws out the jab.
Snapfish misses with a takedown attempt - Beans sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Beans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snapfish.
A big left from Beans misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snapfish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beans swings for the body but Snapfish moves out of range.
Snapfish slips a straight right by Beans.
Snapfish is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Snapfish shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beans pinned against the cage. Beans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Snapfish throws a right and a left that Beans avoids nicely.
Snapfish shoots in but Beans avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jack Beans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Snapfish.
Snapfish tries for a takedown but Beans sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Beans drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Snapfish being controlled here, momentarily.
Beans stands and throws Snapfish's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Beans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Snapfish keeps working.
Beans taking a breather here.
Beans seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Snapfish for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snapfish is looking for a sweep.
Snapfish is letting Beans control him for a moment.
Snapfish is trying to improve his position.
Beans taking a breather here.
Beans trying to control the action but Snapfish is working from the bottom.
Beans in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Snapfish wants to control but Beans postures up.
Beans scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Snapfish to see if he's OK.
Snapfish is looking to regain half guard here but Beans keeps moving and retains side control.
Beans landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Beans is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Snapfish will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Snapfish wants to control but Beans postures up.
Beans working the ground and pound.
Beans is looking to take a break and control but Snapfish is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bobby Snapfish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Snapfish being controlled for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Beans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Beans has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Beans!