PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Halpern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bear
vs
Halpern

185 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teddy Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Randy Halpern!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Halpern tries to keep at a distance but Bear has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bear pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bear lands a nice looking body kick.

Halpern gets caught flat footed, as Bear shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Halpern is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Bear dives into side control.

Halpern is looking to reverse the position.
Halpern misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Halpern tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Halpern can't do much from the bottom here.
Halpern is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halpern is still trying to improve position.

Bear stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Teddy Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halpern sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Bear closes the distance and clinches.
Bear lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Halpern lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Halpern looks winded!
Bear has Halpern pressed against the cage.
Bear scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Randy Halpern has been cut.
Bear with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bear manages to break the clinch.

Bear has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bear working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bear landing knees to the body.

Bear manages to break the clinch.

Bear has closed the distance and engaged Halpern in a clinch.
Bear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Bear breaks from the clinch.
Bear feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Halpern's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a nice leg kick that just misses Halpern's sensitive parts.
Crunch! Bear slams his shin into Halpern's torso.

Bear has managed to clinch.
Bear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bear breaks from the clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bear - that will leave a mark!

Bear moves into the clinch.
Bear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Bear manages to break the clinch.

Bear pushes Halpern up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bear escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bear has managed to clinch.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Randy Halpern's cut even more.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Bear.

Halpern is rocked!
Bear creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Halpern! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Bear.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teddy Bear!