PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Beano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Gerrard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Big Beano looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Beano
vs
Gerrard

185 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

185 cm
21
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Big Beano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steven Gerrard!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gerrard drives through and clinches with Beano against the cage.
Beano drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gerrard pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gerrard stuffs the takedown.
Gerrard misses with a two punch combination.

Gerrard looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gerrard showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Beano thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gerrard is looking to stand up but Beano won't let him.
Beano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beano trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gerrard won't allow Beano to sweep him here.
Gerrard wants to control from the top but Beano keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beano with a poor takedown

and Gerrard counters with a shoot takedown. Beano fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Beano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beano is breathing heavily.
Gerrard seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Beano tries to strike from the bottom.
Beano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gerrard is one step ahead there.
Beano is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gerrard is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beano being controlled here, momentarily.
Gerrard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beano. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Beano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gerrard is one step ahead there.
Beano pulls Gerrard in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beano manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gerrard manages to get himself to full guard.

Gerrard is looking for a triangle but Beano pushes his legs off easily.
Gerrard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Beano is one step ahead there.
Beano working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

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.
Beano trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beano wants to pass the guard but Gerrard is keeping the position.
Beano with a nice head shot there.
Beano wants to pass the guard but Gerrard is keeping the position.
Beano is fighting to break Gerrard's control of his arms but Gerrard is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gerrard tries for a takedown but Beano circles away easily

and Beano counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Beano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Gerrard dominated that round.
That's time! Beano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Beano fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gerrard sprawls well initially but Beano persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Beano looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gerrard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gerrard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Beano has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Beano thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gerrard works his way to full guard. Good work.
Beano throwing strikes but missing.
Gerrard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beano advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerrard is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Beano is controlling him well.

Beano is trying to get an arm triangle but Gerrard is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Beano looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Beano wants to control but Gerrard is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gerrard is trying to control Beano's posture but Beano avoids it.
Beano wants to control but Gerrard is keeping him busy.
Beano misses with the ground and pound.
Beano trying to control the position but Gerrard is working away.
What's Gerrard going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Beano fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A head kick by Gerrard misses
and Beano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Beano scores with a leg kick.
Gerrard misses with a takedown

and Beano counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gerrard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gerrard throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Beano wants to control from the top but Gerrard keeps moving.
Big Beano overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Beano pushes down on Gerrard's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerrard taking some punishment here, with Beano in his half guard.
Beano not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gerrard tries to roll over but Beano keeps him under control.
Gerrard wants to control but Beano is keeping busy.
Gerrard tries to kick Beano off but Beano keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Beano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gerrard tries to roll over but Beano keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Beano dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Beano wants to clinch

and Gerrard decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Beano's guard.
Beano lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gerrard!
Gerrard tries to hold on but Beano pushes him away.
Gerrard is in all sorts of trouble here.
Beano landing strikes from the mount and Gerrard is in trouble!
Beano punishing his opponent with strikes.
Beano putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beano throws some wild stikes that Gerrard manages to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beano punching from mount but Gerrard doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Beano unloads with some shots from mount but Gerrard bucks and avoids them well.
Beano sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Beano misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gerrard avoids a series of strikes thrown by Beano.
Gerrard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Beano looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beano tries to control but Gerrard wriggling away.
Beano lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Beano fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gerrard is in a horrible position here. Beano smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Beano with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Beano.
Gerrard is squirming around, avoiding Beano's attempts to control the action.
A nice elbow there by Beano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beano prevents Gerrard from getting the reversal.
Beano postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gerrard looks a forlorn figure.
Beano tries to control but Gerrard wriggling away.
Beano lands with some strikes.

Beano jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gerrard manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Beano wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gerrard keeps working.

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.
Beano throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gerrard avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Beano.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A right-left combo lands from Gerrard.
Beano darts in trying to clinch

and Gerrard moves into the clinch.
Gerrard prevents the takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Gerrard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gerrard has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Big Beano!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Big Beano!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Big Beano!

Big Beano wins by unanimous decision!