PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Bera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grammy Married Sokojuice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bera's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Parasite :D . Sokojuice has chosen DEATH - Spirit Crusher as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Bera
vs
Married Sokojuice

180 cm
27
212 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

186 cm
26
236 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Steel Penn's Exchange Extravaganza

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Bera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grammy Married Sokojuice!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sokojuice fails to land with a series of punches.
Sokojuice misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sokojuice throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sokojuice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Sokojuice, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sokojuice misses with a combination

so Bera counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Sokojuice is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sokojuice really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bera. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bera tries to free his leg and advance position but Sokojuice is retaining full guard.
Bera is working hard here to advance position.
Bera works over Sokojuice with some ground and pound from guard.

Sokojuice is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bera is aware though and is defending well.
Bera passes into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bera works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bera tries to advance to mount but can't.

Bera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bera working the ground and pound.
Sokojuice is looking for a sweep.

Bera is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sokojuice has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bera lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sokojuice down.

Bera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sokojuice is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bera scoring with punches from side control.
Bera fails to land a wild elbow strike.
You can see the frustration on Sokojuice's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Bera thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sokojuice taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sokojuice tries to improve position but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sokojuice can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sokojuice takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sokojuice keeps working.
Bera working the ground and pound from side control.
Sokojuice tries to buck Bera off but Bera is having none of it.

Bera is trying to get an arm triangle but Sokojuice is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokojuice is trying to get back to his feet.
Sokojuice is trying to work for a sweep but Bera has mounted him!
Bera looking to finish Sokojuice with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sokojuice!
Bera in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bera has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sokojuice's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sokojuice working to try and regain half guard.

Bera looking to isolate an arm here. Sokojuice doesn't see it coming and as Bera extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Bera!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Bera!
Matt Bera retains his heavyweight title!
Matt Bera made sure to mention his sponsor, Valhalla Q160 Nutrition in his post fight interview.