PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liu Bei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ten Red Gym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bei comes to the cage accompanied by Hypnotic. Red Gym has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bei
vs
Red Gym

186 cm
30
198 lbs
19 - 14 - 1

190 cm
29
201 lbs
15 - 6 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Liu Bei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 4, fighting out of Helsinki, Ten Red Gym!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Red Gym slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Red Gym shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bei eats them both and turns towards Red Gym to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The fighters circling - Red Gym throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Red Gym listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bei is looking to clinch but Red Gym is avoiding it.
Bei slips a straight right by Red Gym.
Red Gym lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bei backs up against the cage.

Bei is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Red Gym keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bei. Red Gym does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liu Bei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bei gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Red Gym lands a body shot.
Red Gym blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Red Gym is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Red Gym lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Red Gym goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Red Gym tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bei misses with a hook from the clinch.

Red Gym breaks the clinch.
Bei goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bei is looking to clinch.
Red Gym waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bei.
A telegraphed right hand from Bei misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bei closes the distance and clinches.
Bei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bei has a couple of punches blocked by Red Gym.
Red Gym softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Red Gym lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bei or not.
Bei misses with a punch on the inside.
Red Gym misses with a punch to the body.
Red Gym swings wildly with an uppercut but Bei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Red Gym lands a nice uppercut.
Red Gym tries a body shot but Bei blocks it.
Red Gym blocks an elbow strike.
Bei misses with a punch on the inside.
Bei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Red Gym as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bei has had enough of the clinch but Red Gym keeps him there for the moment.
Bei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Red Gym misses with a body punch.

Red Gym manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Red Gym lands a left and a right that send Bei crashing to the mat, dazed. Red Gym thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Bei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Liu Bei has been cut.
Red Gym slips a jab and a cross from Bei.
Red Gym is looking to clinch.
Bei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Red Gym.
A punch combination from Red Gym misses.
Bei seems to have got his legs back now.
Red Gym stuffs the takedown.
A swing and a miss from Bei.
Bei looks to land a combination but Red Gym avoids it well.
Bei is breathing heavily.
Red Gym throws out a powerful jab.
Red Gym lands a lovely overhand right.
Red Gym throws an overhand right that drops Bei like a sack of potatoes! Red Gym dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ten Red Gym!
An out of breath Ten Red Gym thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.