PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pekka Poro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bean
vs
Poro

190 cm
26
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

191 cm
26
240 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pekka Poro!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean cracks Poro with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poro. Bean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bean takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnny Bean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bean drops his hands momentarily and Poro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Poro ducks right into an uppercut from Bean.
Bean misses the jab.
Poro swings for the body but Bean moves out of range.
Poro walks into a left hand.
Poro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bean missing with a left hand there. Poro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Poro with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poro misses with a wild body shot.
Bean throws an overhand right that lands on Poro's shoulder, as Poro tries to avoid the shot.
Bean just misses with a punch to the body.
Bean doesn't manage to clinch there - Poro circles away.
Bean ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poro moves out of range as Bean strikes.
Poro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bean manages to avoid it.

Bean rushes Poro and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Poro.

Bean breaks the clinch.
Poro lands with a hook. Bean tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poro misses with a body shot.

Bean clinches.
Bean misses with a punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Poro.

Bean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poro looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Poro takes one to the side of the head.

Poro drives through and clinches with Bean against the cage.
Poro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bean working aggressively here.
Bean tries a body shot but Poro blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Bean fails to land.
Bean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poro taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Bean escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Bean misses.
Poro digs a good body shot into Bean's ribs.
Bean tries to clinch there but Poro circles away.
Poro walks into a left hand.
Poro scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bean avoids the body shot from Poro.
Bean loads up on a big right hand but Poro slips the punch.
Bean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poro.

Bean gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bean blocking some punches.
Poro tries a body shot but Bean blocks it.

Bean pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Poro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bean.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Poro digs a right hand underneath Bean's ribcage. Bean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Poro throws a punch but it's blocked by Bean.
Poro stalls.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bean.
Bean has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bean throws a head punch that misses.
Bean can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bean.
Bean tries to break free but Poro pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poro lands with a left to the head.
Bean tries to circle away but Poro has him pinned against the cage.
Poro swings wildly with an uppercut but Bean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poro avoiding damage.
Bean has a couple of punches blocked by Poro.
Bean struggles to land a body shot inside as Poro controls his hands.
Bean has a couple of punches blocked by Poro.

Bean breaks from the clinch.
Bean tries to clinch but Poro moves out of range.
Poro takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Poro is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bean rather than just go for the knockout.
Bean misses with a hook.

Poro rushes Bean and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Poro pushes Bean back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Poro takes a shot to the head.
Bean struggles to land a body shot inside as Poro controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean throws a head punch that misses.
Bean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bean presses Poro against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Bean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bean tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poro paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bean takes the fight into the clinch.
Poro blocks an uppercut.
Bean wants to break free but Poro has control.
Bean is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Poro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short left from Bean.
Poro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bean swings wildly with an uppercut but Poro uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poro.
Stalling in the clinch from Poro.
Poro lands an uppercut.
Poro tries to work over Bean's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Poro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bean lands a right hand that snaps the head of Poro backwards.
Bean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Bean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bean throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Poro on the side of the head.
Bean swinging wildly here.

Poro has managed to clinch.
Poro blocks an uppercut.
Poro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bean backwards.
Poro stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Poro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bean has a couple of punches blocked by Poro.
Poro stalls.
Bean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bean swings wildly with an uppercut but Poro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poro pushes Bean back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bean lands with a light punch inside.
Poro scores with a shoulder strike.
Bean can't break the clinch.

Bean escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bean is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Poro.

Poro rushes Bean and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Poro stalling.

Bean manages to break the clinch.
Bean wants to clinch
and Poro counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Bean lands an impressive looking overhand right. Poro doesn't seem phased though.
Poro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Poro throws a shot from downtown. Bean moves away and avoids it.
Poro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bean.
The fighters circle momentarily. Poro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Poro moves out of range as Bean strikes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Poro takes a swing at Bean's ribcage but misses.
Poro slips a straight right by Bean.
Bean keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bean tries to clinch there but Poro circles away.
Bean cracks Poro with a good jab.
Poro wants to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Poro.
Poro takes a swing at Bean's ribcage but misses.
Bean takes a swing at Poro's ribcage but misses.
Bean doesn't manage to clinch there - Poro circles away.
Poro misses with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Poro. Bean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A counter left hand to the body from Bean misses its target.

Poro clinches up with Bean and pushes him back against the cage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Poro gets through Bean's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bean tries a body shot but Poro blocks it.
Poro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bean tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Poro.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bean swings wildly with an uppercut but Poro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean can't find room to land a body shot as Poro controls the action.
Poro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bean misses with the head strike.
Bean lands a hook that snaps the head of Poro backwards.

Bean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Poro lands with an uppercut that bounces Bean off the cage and back into range.

Bean is rocked!
Bean throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poro.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Poro! But no joy.
Bean takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bean tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Poro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Poro slips a straight right by Bean.
Bean on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oh Bean is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Poro closes the distance and clinches.

Bean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Poro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bean misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bean seems to have got his legs back now.
Bean lands a shoulder strike.
Bean lands a hook to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Poro lands with a left to the head.
Poro is working Bean over against the cage.
Poro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poro blocks an uppercut.
Poro lands a left hand.
Bean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poro scores with a shoulder strike.
Poro misses with a punch to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Poro - that landed with a thud.
Bean is breathing heavily.
Poro lands a body shot.
Poro lands a nice shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Poro.
Poro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pekka Poro will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bean leaves his chin hanging out and Poro seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Bean crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pekka Poro!