PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butter Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghoul Ghotha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butter Bean has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bean
vs
Ghotha

225 cm
48
289 lbs
55 - 35 - 0

207 cm
48
272 lbs
47 - 48 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 55 - 35 - 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 47 - 48 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ghoul Ghotha!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean misses with a combination

and Ghotha counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ghotha working the ground and pound but Bean is defending the strikes.
Bean stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Ghotha is looking to take a break and control but Bean is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bean on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bean has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghotha with the ground and pound but Bean regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Bean taking some punishment here, with Ghotha in his half guard.

It looks like Butter Bean has been cut.
Ghotha is keen to just control but Bean is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean is concentrating on defense, preventing Ghotha from advancing position.
Ghotha looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bean with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Butter Bean's cut is getting worse.
Ghotha slips a nice elbow through Bean's hands, connecting with Bean's forehead.

Butter Bean's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ghotha missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ghotha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ghotha slips a nice elbow through Bean's hands, connecting with Bean's forehead.
Bean has his hands clasped together around Ghotha's back. He's all about the action.
Ghotha perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bean is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ghotha is looking for a kimura here.
Bean is looking to get back to full guard here but Ghotha has managed to pass to side control instead.
Ghotha tries to advance to mount but Bean denies him.
Bean takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Jeez, Butter Bean's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Butter Bean's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ghoul Ghotha!
A very excited looking Ghoul Ghotha made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.