PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Pontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Killah Bee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pontes's entrance music is Samba de Janeiro. A fine choice. Bee comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wu Tang Killa Beez - Killa Beez kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pontes
vs
Bee

180 cm
29
199 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

175 cm
33
195 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Pontes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Killah Bee!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pontes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bee defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pontes.
Pontes blocks a jab.
Pontes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bee defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Pontes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pontes has a takedown stuffed.

Pontes clinches up against the cage.
Bee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bee is trying to break the clinch but Pontes is controlling him.
Pontes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bee wants to get back to striking at distance but Pontes won't allow it.
Bee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Bee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pontes shoots for a double leg takedown but Bee sprawls well. He's pushed Pontes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Bee misses.
Pontes shoots in but Bee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Some wild striking there from Bee.
Bee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bee.
Pontes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bee defends it nicely.
Bee slaps away a takedown attempt from Pontes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pontes fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bee misses with a double jab.
Pontes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bee as he jumps to the side.
Bee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pontes closes the distance and clinches up with Bee, looking for a takedown. Pontes pushes Bee against the cage but Bee circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pontes shoots in but Bee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pontes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice takedown defense from Bee. No joy for Pontes on that attempt.
Bee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pontes.

Pontes bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Pontes is trying to ground and pound but Bee uses the momentary lack of control by Pontes to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bee wants to get back to his feet.
Pontes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pontes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bee's head.
Bee is trying to stand up here but Pontes is controlling him well.

Pontes is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bee doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pontes.
Pontes throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bee to regain full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bee wants to stand up but Pontes is controlling him.
Pontes postures up and lands a big shot to Bee's brow.
Pontes advances position into side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pontes goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Bee has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Pontes but great work by Bee.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pontes wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Killah Bee will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pontes connects with a crisp jab.
Pontes fails with the takedown
enabling Bee to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A combination from Bee does no damage.
Bee throws a nice looking combination but Pontes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pontes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pontes misses with a takedown attempt - Bee sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pontes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bee is fending him off so far but Pontes persists. Nope, Bee circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Pontes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Bee as Pontes shoots in.
Bee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Bee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bee cracks Pontes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bee getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pontes is defended easily by Bee.
Pontes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bee displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pontes.
Killah Bee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bee looks to score with a jab to the body but Pontes is just out of range.
Bee clobbers Pontes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bee throws a looping overhand right but Pontes ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pontes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pontes has his takedown stuffed
and Bee counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pontes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pontes with a poor takedown
and Bee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pontes's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pontes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bee connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pontes scrambles back to his feet.

Pontes is rocked!
Bee misses with a series of wild punches.
Bee throws a monster overhand right that drops Pontes! Bee follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Killah Bee!
After winning the bout, Killah Bee thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.