PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Speedy Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meat Beater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atkins comes to the cage accompanied by big in japan. Meat Beater has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Atkins
vs
Beater

167 cm
26
150 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Speedy Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Meat Beater!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Atkins instigates a clinch.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beater blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Good body shot from Beater.
Atkins blocking some punches.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Atkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beater scores with a nice hook to the head.

Beater breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab from Beater misses.

Beater fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Atkins, pushing him back against the cage.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beater works on Atkins's body with a couple of short punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Beater breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atkins looks to clinch
and Beater counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Atkins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
Atkins on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Atkins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Beater counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beater swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Atkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beater bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Atkins's head backwards.
Beater throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Atkins closes the distance but Beater moves to the side
and Beater counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Atkins thinking.
Atkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beater.
Atkins is looking to clinch but Beater is avoiding it.
Atkins wants to clinch.
Atkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Beater connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Atkins tries to clinch up.
Atkins tries to clinch up
and Beater counters with a nice leg kick.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins tries to clinch up
and Atkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beater misses with a head kick.
Beater throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Atkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atkins is looking to clinch but Beater is avoiding it.
Atkins drops his hands momentarily and Beater takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Atkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beater.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beater looks to land a combination but Atkins avoids it well.
Atkins moves to clinch but Beater breaks away
and Beater counters with an outside leg kick.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins tries to clinch but Beater moves away
and Beater counters with a right hand to the body.
Beater throws a looping overhand right but Atkins ducks down to avoid it.
Beater keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Atkins tries to clinch
and Beater counters with a right hand to the body.
Atkins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Atkins is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Beater keeps it at a distance.
Atkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Beater counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Beater misses.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
Atkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beater clobbers Atkins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Beater misses.
Atkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Atkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Atkins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beater manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Atkins tries to clinch
and Beater finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Atkins wants to clinch
and Beater counters with a good low kick that Atkins was not able to check.

Atkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Beater controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beater lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beater lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beater creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beater.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beater's elbow.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Beater controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Atkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Beater.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Beater controls the action.
Beater scores with a shot to the side of Atkins's head.
Atkins looking to slow down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Beater scores with a nice short uppercut.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.

Beater breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atkins wants to clinch
enabling Beater to counter with a crisp jab.
Beater connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Beater just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meat Beater dominated that round.
That's time! Atkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A looping hook to the body misses from Beater. Atkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beater has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Atkins is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Beater circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beater misses with a hook. Atkins ducked under it nicely.
Beater circles away from the clinch attempt.
Speedy Atkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atkins tries to clinch but Beater moves away
and Beater counters with a nice low kick that buckles Atkins's knee momentarily.

Atkins drives through and clinches with Beater against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.
Beater avoiding damage as Atkins throws knees to the body.
Beater lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Beater.
A right hook to the body lands for Beater.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beater lands with a left to the head.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beater's elbow.

Beater manages to break the clinch.
Atkins wants to clinch.

Beater pushes Atkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Beater lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins throws an elbow but it misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Beater lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Beater.
Atkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Beater avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beater lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Beater avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Beater blocks a body shot from Atkins.
A body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins misses with the head strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Beater.
A short left from Beater.
Beater misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Beater.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beater stalling in the clinch but Atkins improves position.

Beater escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beater thumps Atkins with a low kick.
Beater stuns Atkins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Atkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beater.
Atkins looks to clinch
and Beater counters with a nice uppercut.
Atkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Beater circles away.
Beater avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins misses with a hook.
Atkins checks a low kick from Beater.
Atkins tries to clinch but Beater is having none of it.
Atkins cracks Beater with a good jab.
Beater wants to slow Atkins down by chopping away at his legs.
Atkins throws a series of punches but Beater avoids them all with ease.
Beater looks to throw the jab but Atkins is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins scores with the left hand. Beater knows he should have avoided that one.
Atkins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Beater connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Atkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Beater counters with a left to the body.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Beater keeps it at a distance.

Atkins clinches with his opponent.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Atkins.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atkins pushes Beater back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Beater tries to work over Atkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meat Beater seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Atkins looking to stall.
Beater has a couple of punches blocked by Atkins.
Beater tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beaters head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins trying to control the position but instead, Beater has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atkins into the cage.
Beater pushes Atkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beater.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beater stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beater throws a punch but it's blocked by Atkins.
Beater blocks an uppercut.
Beater lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Beater scores with a shoulder strike.
Atkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beater scores with a shot to the side of Atkins's head.

Beater pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meat Beater seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atkins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Beater counters with a series of strikes. Atkins will be more careful next time no doubt.
Atkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Beater circles away.
Beater pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Meat Beater will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Atkins tries to clinch but Beater moves away

and Beater counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beater.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Beater controls his hands.
Beater tries a body shot but Atkins blocks it.
Atkins misses with the head strike.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Beater controls his hands.
A short right from Beater on the inside.
Atkins missing with knees to the body.
Atkins is pushing Beater up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Beater lands a hook that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Beater lands a hook that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Beater controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Atkins.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beater working aggressively here.
Beater fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins misses with the head strike.
Beater lands a nice uppercut.
Atkins tries a body shot but Beater blocks it.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beater struggles to land a body shot inside as Atkins controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Beater has a couple of punches blocked by Atkins.
A short right from Beater on the inside.
Beater blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Beater works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Atkins stalling in the clinch.
Beater misses with the head strike.
Beater lands a right hand that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beater lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Atkins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beater working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beater breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Beater misses its intended target.
Atkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Beater keeps it at a distance.
Atkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beater connects with a leg kick. Atkins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Atkins tries to clinch but Beater moves away
and Beater makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Some wild striking there from Beater.
Beater throws out a powerful jab.
Beater misses with a wild combination.
Atkins ducks under a wild hook from Beater.
Speedy Atkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Atkins gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Beater breaks the clinch.
Atkins moves out of range as Beater strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beater has managed to clinch.
Atkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beater blocks it with crossed arms.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Beater controls the action.
Atkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Beater uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Beater scores with a shoulder strike.
Atkins has Beater pressed against the cage.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Beater scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beater lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beater working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Atkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beaters head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Beater.
Atkins lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beater swings wildly with an uppercut but Atkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beater misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beater prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beater backwards.
A short left from Beater.
Beater scores with a shot to the side of Atkins's head.
Beater blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beater fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Beater blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beater lands with a left to the head.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beater's elbow.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beater backwards.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beater avoids it.
Beater misses with a punch on the inside.
Speedy Atkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Meat Beater is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Atkins misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Meat Beater comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beater has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meat Beater!