PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasputin Erasmus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erasmus has chosen Rasputin as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bear
vs
Erasmus

194 cm
22
240 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

201 cm
22
288 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernard Bear!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rasputin Erasmus!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erasmus tests Bear's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Erasmus just misses with a punch to the body.
Erasmus misses with a body shot.
Bear takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Erasmus misses with a body shot.
Bear shoots for a takedown but Erasmus saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bear on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Erasmus looks to land a left hand but Bear moved out of range nicely.
Bear takes one to the chin there.
Erasmus defending well as Bear loads up on a big left hand.
Bear dives in for a single leg takedown but Erasmus sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Erasmus with a jab.
We've been informed that Erasmus has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bear takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erasmus scores with a jab to the jaw.
Erasmus scores with a body shot.
Erasmus throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear avoids the body shot from Erasmus.
Erasmus jabs at Bear's body.
A swing and a miss from Erasmus.
Bear tries to counter with a takedown but Erasmus is quick to defend against it.
Erasmus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bear was well out of range. Poor timing from Erasmus.
Bear tries to counter with a takedown but Erasmus is quick to defend against it.
Erasmus scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bear doesn't seem bothered though.
Bear jabs at Erasmus's body.
Bear shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Erasmus as he jumps to the side.
A little jabbing left from Erasmus on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bernard Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Erasmus scores with the left hand. Bear knows he should have avoided that one.
Erasmus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bear.
The fighters circling - Bear throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bear looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Erasmus has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bear ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Erasmus sends Bear crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Erasmus is motioning to the referee to let Bear up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Bear is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bear tries to get into range but Erasmus steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Bear! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Erasmus scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rasputin Erasmus!
Rasputin Erasmus is the new heavyweight champion!