PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boone Straud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boby Beans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Straud
vs
Beans

181 cm
20
269 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

198 cm
19
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boone Straud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boby Beans!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beans avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beans tests Straud's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Boone Straud has been cut.
Straud swings for the body but Beans moves out of range.
Straud could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Straud misses with an uppercut. Beans saw that one coming.
Beans throws a hook but Straud avoids it easily.
Beans fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boone Straud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Straud closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Straud tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beans was well out of range. Poor timing from Straud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Straud was well out of range. Poor timing from Beans.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beans gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Straud.
A slow jab from Beans misses its intended target.
Beans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Straud on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Straud throws a hook but Beans avoids it easily.
Beans gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Straud.
Donk. Beans catches Straud right on the button with a cross.
Beans throws a hook but Straud avoids it easily.
A cross from Straud lands.
Straud steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beans.
Straud just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Straud.
Beans lands a jab to the nose.

Boone Straud's cut is getting worse.
Straud avoids the body shot from Beans.
Beans looks to score with a jab to the body but Straud is just out of range.
Straud fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Straud keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Straud fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Beans misses with a straight right.
Straud comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Straud cracks Beans with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Straud rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beans moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beans throws a big shot that misses.
Straud wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Straud bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Straud is looking to wear down Beans with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A swing and a miss from Straud.
Beans lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Straud ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beans moves away.
Beans throws a hook but Straud blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Straud is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Straud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beans.
A left and a right from Straud both land. Nice combination.
Straud throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beans.
Jab from Beans.

Boone Straud's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A combination from Beans does no damage.
No joy there for Straud, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Straud cracks a nice hook into Beans's ribs.
Beans takes one to the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Straud!
Beans looks to land a right hand but Straud moved out of range.
Straud fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beans manages to avoid it.
Beans might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Beans throws a looping overhand right but Straud ducks down to avoid it.
Beans scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Beans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Straud.
Beans connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Straud's hands.
Straud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beans.
Beans throws a jab when Straud was well out of range.
Beans misses with a hook. Straud ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beans lands a big right hand that sends Straud crashing to the mat! Beans stays standing though and waves Straud back to his feet!

Straud is rocked!

Jeez, Boone Straud's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Boone Straud's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Boby Beans!
A relieved looking Boby Beans thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.