PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Burt Bedlan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Demoss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demoss has chosen Here Comes The Boom as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Burt Bedlan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bedlan
vs
Demoss

193 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

200 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Burt Bedlan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Demoss!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demoss moves in looking to clinch but Bedlan pushes him off.
Demoss tries to clinch up but Bedlan circles away and keeps his distance.
Bedlan misses with a looping left.
Demoss moves in looking to clinch but Bedlan pushes him off.
Demoss moves in looking to clinch but Bedlan pushes him off.
Demoss tries to clinch there but Bedlan circles away.
Demoss tries to clinch there but Bedlan circles away.
Demoss is looking to clinch but Bedlan is avoiding it.
Burt Bedlan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demoss tries to clinch but Bedlan moves out of range.
Demoss moves out of range of the strikes.
Demoss tries to clinch up.
Demoss slips under a jab from Bedlan.
Demoss tries to bum rush Bedlan with a series of wild strikes but Bedlan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Demoss drives through and clinches with Bedlan against the cage.
Bedlan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bedlan tries to break the clinch but Demoss is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bedlan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Bedlan breaks the clinch.
Bedlan is breathing heavily.

Demoss forces Bedlan back against the cage and clinches.
Demoss is trying to break free.
Bedlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss looking to throw knees to the head but Bedlan is blocking nicely.
Demoss tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bedlan is trying to break free.
Bedlan has had enough of the clinch but Demoss keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demoss wants to break free but Bedlan has control.
Bedlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss tries to land knees in the clinch but Bedlan avoids the damage to the body.
Demoss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bedlan has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss looking to throw knees to the head but Bedlan is blocking nicely.
Bedlan has had enough of the clinch but Demoss keeps him there for the moment.
Bedlan wants to break free but Demoss has control.
Bedlan is trying to break the clinch but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bedlan has had enough of the clinch but Demoss keeps him there for the moment.

Demoss manages to break the clinch.
Bedlan waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Demoss.
Demoss avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bedlan avoids a punch combination nicely.

Demoss clinches up with Bedlan and pushes him back against the cage.
Bedlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.

Demoss manages to break the clinch.
Bedlan misses with an uppercut.
Demoss fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bedlan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice defenses there by Demoss.
Bedlan throws a hook to the side of Demoss's head but Demoss sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Demoss moves in looking to clinch but Bedlan pushes him off.
Demoss lands with a nice combination. Bedlan backs away looking to recover.
Demoss cracks the inside of Bedlan's front leg.
Bedlan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bedlan's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Demoss on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bedlan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Demoss moves away from the strike by Bedlan.
Demoss tries to clinch up but Bedlan circles away and keeps his distance.
Demoss wants to clinch up but Bedlan keeps it at a distance.
Demoss tries to clinch up.
Demoss avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Demoss moves in looking to clinch but Bedlan pushes him off.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bedlan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bedlan throws a jab when Demoss was well out of range.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bedlan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Demoss ducks under a wild hook from Bedlan.
Bedlan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bedlan missing with a left hand there. Demoss was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bedlan circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Bedlan misses its intended target.
Bedlan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demoss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Demoss looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bedlan throws the left hand but Demoss avoids the punch easily.
Demoss tries to clinch up.

Demoss gets a clinch.
Bedlan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bedlan wants to break free but Demoss has control.
Bedlan managing to block the knees to the body from Demoss.
Demoss keeps control of Bedlan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bedlan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Demoss tries a knee to the head but Bedlan blocks it.
Demoss landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Demoss has had enough of the clinch but Bedlan keeps him there for the moment.
Demoss keeps control of Bedlan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bedlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss keeps control of Bedlan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Demoss lands a knee to the body.
Demoss misses with a punch to the body.
Demoss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bedlan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Demoss throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bedlan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bedlan managing to block the knees to the body from Demoss.
Bedlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Demoss won't allow it.
Bedlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Demoss won't allow it.
Demoss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bedlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bedlan is trying to break free.
Bedlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Bedlan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Demoss lands an elbow inside that Bedlan shrugs off.
Bedlan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Bedlan breaks the clinch.
Demoss tries to clinch up.
Demoss defending well as Bedlan loads up on a big left hand.
Demoss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bedlan throws a looping overhand right but Demoss ducks down to avoid it.
Demoss throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bedlan.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bedlan throws a big shot that misses.
Demoss staying out of range there.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bedlan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demoss wants to clinch up but Bedlan keeps it at a distance.
Bedlan misses with a hook. Demoss ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Demoss dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bedlan throws a jab but it's blocked by Demoss.
Demoss avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Bedlan misses the target.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bedlan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demoss is looking to clinch but Bedlan is avoiding it.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bedlan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demoss throws a head kick that half lands.
Demoss tries to clinch up.
Demoss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bedlan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demoss.
Bedlan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Demoss moves in looking to clinch but Bedlan pushes him off.
Demoss moves out of range as Bedlan strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demoss misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bedlan keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bedlan looks to land a right hand but Demoss moved out of range.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bedlan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demoss misses with a double jab.
Bedlan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demoss bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Demoss fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demoss throws a right and a left that both miss.
Demoss tries to clinch but Bedlan moves out of range.
Demoss lands a high kick!
Bedlan keeps the fight on the outside.
Bedlan loads up on a big right hand but Demoss slips the punch.
Demoss tries to clinch there but Bedlan circles away.
Mike Demoss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bedlan throws a hook to the side of Demoss's head but Demoss sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Demoss throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bedlan.
Bedlan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bedlan misses with an uppercut.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bedlan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bedlan misses with a looping right.
Bedlan misses the jab.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch but Bedlan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Demoss fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demoss moves out of range as Bedlan strikes.
Demoss slips a jab from Bedlan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bedlan throws a jab but it's blocked by Demoss.
Demoss moves out of range of the strikes.
Bedlan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Demoss instigates a clinch.
Demoss scores with a knee to the head.
Bedlan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Demoss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bedlan is trying to break the clinch but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss is trying to break free.
Bedlan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Demoss misses with a knee to the head.
Bedlan tries to break the clinch but Demoss is controlling the position.
Demoss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bedlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bedlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Demoss won't allow it.
Bedlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.

Bedlan breaks the clinch.
Bedlan throws a hook but Demoss blocks it.
Bedlan scores with the left hand. Demoss knows he should have avoided that one.
Bedlan throws a hook but Demoss avoids it easily.
Demoss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bedlan misses with a straight right.
Demoss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bedlan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demoss uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bedlan.
Demoss is looking to clinch.
Demoss moves out of range of the strikes.
Demoss doesn't manage to clinch there - Bedlan circles away.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bedlan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bedlan misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Bedlan.
Demoss is looking to clinch but Bedlan is avoiding it.
Demoss looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bedlan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bedlan missing with a left hand there. Demoss was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bedlan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bedlan throws a jab when Demoss was well out of range.
Bedlan scores with a nice strike.
Demoss tries to clinch up but Bedlan circles away and keeps his distance.
Bedlan looks to land a left hand but Demoss moved out of range nicely.
Bedlan misses with an uppercut.
Demoss tries to clinch but Bedlan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bedlan throws a shot from downtown. Demoss moves away and avoids it.
Bedlan lands with a hook. Demoss tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bedlan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Demoss wants to clinch.
Demoss moves in looking to clinch but Bedlan pushes him off.

Demoss closes the distance and clinches.

Bedlan breaks from the clinch.
Demoss is looking to clinch but Bedlan is avoiding it.
Bedlan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Demoss tries to clinch up.
Demoss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demoss defending well as Bedlan loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Bedlan.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bedlan keeps the fight on the outside.

Demoss has Bedlan up against the cage in a clinch.
Demoss crunches a lovely knee into Bedlan's ribcage.
Bedlan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Demoss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bedlan loads up on a big right hand but Demoss slips the punch.
Demoss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demoss plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bedlan loads up on a big right hand but Demoss slips the punch.
Demoss tries to clinch but Bedlan is having none of it.
Demoss fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demoss ducks under a wild hook from Bedlan.
Demoss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bedlan misses with a looping left.
Bedlan throws a hook but Demoss avoids it easily.
Demoss tries to clinch but Bedlan is having none of it.
Bedlan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bedlan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demoss keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Demoss. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Demoss.
Bedlan throws a jab when Demoss was well out of range.
Demoss tries to clinch there but Bedlan circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Demoss, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Demoss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Demoss gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bedlan throws the left hand but Demoss avoids the punch easily.
Bedlan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Demoss lunges at Bedlan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bedlan's hand.
Demoss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bedlan looks to land a right hand but Demoss moved out of range.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bedlan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bedlan throws a jab but it's blocked by Demoss.
Bedlan throws an overhand right that lands on Demoss's shoulder, as Demoss tries to avoid the shot.
Bedlan waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Demoss.
Demoss wants to clinch.
Bedlan throws a looping overhand right but Demoss ducks down to avoid it.
Bedlan waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Demoss.

Demoss closes the distance and clinches.
Bedlan is trying to break the clinch but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bedlan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Demoss tries to break the clinch but Bedlan is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bedlan can't break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Demoss as the two fighters clinch.
Demoss connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bedlan's face.
Bedlan is trying to break free.
Bedlan can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Demoss.
Demoss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Demoss lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Bedlan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Demoss fails to land with a series of punches.
Demoss is looking to clinch but Bedlan is avoiding it.

Demoss takes the fight into the clinch.
Demoss landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Demoss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bedlan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Demoss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demoss looking to throw knees to the head but Bedlan is blocking nicely.
Bedlan avoids the elbow strike from Demoss, against the cage.
Bedlan is trying to break free.
Bedlan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Demoss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Demoss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bedlan loads up on a big right hand but Demoss slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demoss fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demoss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bedlan loads up on a big right hand but Demoss slips the punch.
Demoss tries to clinch up but Bedlan circles away and keeps his distance.
Demoss tries to clinch up.
Demoss moves away from the strike by Bedlan.
Demoss tries to clinch but Bedlan moves out of range.
Demoss slips under a jab from Bedlan.
Demoss wants to clinch up but Bedlan keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Bedlan misses the target.
Bedlan misses with a straight left.
Bedlan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bedlan swats away the attempt to clinch by Demoss.
Bedlan misses with a looping right.
Demoss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Demoss keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bedlan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Demoss has closed the distance and engaged Bedlan in a clinch.
Demoss scores with a hook to the body.
Demoss connects with a knee to the head.
Bedlan is trying to break free.
Demoss keeps control of Bedlan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Demoss throws an elbow but misses.
Demoss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bedlan's elbow.
Bedlan is trying to break the clinch but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Bedlan has had enough of the clinch but Demoss keeps him there for the moment.
Bedlan is trying to break the clinch but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Bedlan tries to break the clinch but Demoss is controlling the position.
Demoss can't break the clinch.
Bedlan wants to break free but Demoss has control.
Demoss misses with a knee to the head.
Demoss misses with a knee to the head.
Bedlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Demoss.
Demoss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bedlan is trying to break the clinch but Demoss has him pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bedlan has had enough of the clinch but Demoss keeps him there for the moment.
Bedlan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Demoss tries to land a knee to the head but Bedlan blocks with his arms.
Demoss with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burt Bedlan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demoss prevents Bedlan from breaking the clinch.
Demoss misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Demoss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Demoss 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Demoss!