PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butter Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ze Minotauro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minotauro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Buckethead - jump man kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Bean
vs
Minotauro

225 cm
42
289 lbs
45 - 25 - 0

185 cm
41
253 lbs
29 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Bad Man Clothing

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 45 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Butter Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ze Minotauro!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bean lands a really nice looking cross but Minotauro seems unphased.
Minotauro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bean.
Ze Minotauro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bean really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A jab lands there for Bean.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bean avoids the body shot from Minotauro.
Minotauro throws a lazy right hand but Bean sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Bean gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Minotauro manages to break the clinch.
Minotauro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bean.
Minotauro moves away from the strike by Bean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minotauro misses with an uppercut. Bean saw that one coming.
Bean lands with a nice body punch.
Bean has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Bean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Minotauro manages to avoid it.
Bean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bean tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Minotauro throws a sloppy head kick and Bean moves out of range easily.
Minotauro walks into a jab.
Minotauro works Bean's body with a nice hook.
Minotauro throws a right hand that misses
and Bean counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Minotauro throws a series of punches but Bean avoids them all with ease.
Minotauro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bean avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Minotauro lands a jab.
Minotauro misses with an uppercut.
Minotauro looks to score with a jab to the body but Bean is just out of range.
Bean misses with a combination
and Minotauro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Butter Bean has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Minotauro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Minotauro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bean momentarily.

Bean is rocked!
Minotauro throws an overhand right that lands on Bean's shoulder, as Bean tries to avoid the shot.
Minotauro moves out of range as Bean strikes.
Minotauro is looking to chop away at Bean's legs.
Bean showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Minotauro.
Bean takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Minotauro moves away from the strike by Bean.
Minotauro lands a jab to the head.
Oh Bean is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bean slips under a jab.
Bean seems to have got his legs back now.

Minotauro sends Bean crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Minotauro is motioning to the referee to let Bean up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Bean misses with a jab to the body
and Minotauro rattles Bean with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Bean tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Minotauro dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Bean stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ze Minotauro!
Our winner, Ze Minotauro, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.