PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brutus Beefcake (ranked 2724 p4p, 90 weight class) and Elly Barnard (ranked 2254 p4p, 73 weight class). Brutus Beefcake has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beefcake
vs
Barnard

192 cm
34
272 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

225 cm
24
268 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brutus Beefcake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elly Barnard!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barnard scores with a jab.
Beefcake throws a body kick that misses.
Beefcake takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Beefcake looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barnard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beefcake has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Beefcake slips a jab from Barnard.
Barnard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beefcake.
Sloppy strikes from Barnard. Those never looked like landing.
Barnard slips under a jab from Beefcake.
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!
Barnard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beefcake fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Barnard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Barnard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnard's corner calls for a 1-2. Barnard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barnard lands with a hook. Beefcake tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beefcake throws a wild body kick that Barnard sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beefcake tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnard lands a glancing blow to the side of Beefcake's head.
Beefcake fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beefcake takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Beefcake looks to land a body kick but Barnard moved away.
Nice jab there from Barnard.
Barnard lands with an uppercut that bounces Beefcake off the cage and back into range.
Barnard is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Beefcake had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Barnard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beefcake circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice uppercut there from Barnard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beefcake drops his hands momentarily and Barnard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
No joy there for Barnard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beefcake misses with a looping right.
Barnard misses with the combination.
Beefcake half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Elly Barnard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnard on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Barnard is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Barnard looks winded!

Barnard gets caught flat footed, as Beefcake shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Beefcake postures up in Barnard's guard and throws a big left but Barnard blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beefcake cracks Barnard with a solid left hand.
Beefcake scoring with some ground and pound.
Beefcake landing with the ground and pound.
Beefcake 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.
Beefcake content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Beefcake throws a big elbow that misses.
Beefcake landing with the ground and pound.
Barnard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beefcake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Beefcake landing some decent shots from guard.
Beefcake wants to control from the top but Barnard keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Barnard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Beefcake working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beefcake throwing strikes from guard but Barnard blocks nicely.
Barnard keeping moving, preventing Beefcake from controlling successfully.
Beefcake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Beefcake throwing strikes from guard but Barnard blocks nicely.
Barnard being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Beefcake in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

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.
Beefcake with a flurry of punches that miss.
Beefcake's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Barnard keeping full guard, as Beefcake tries to pass.
Barnard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beefcake trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beefcake is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Barnard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Beefcake is controlling him.
Beefcake trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beefcake lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elly Barnard dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Beefcake catches Barnard napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Barnard to the canvas!

Barnard is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!

It looks like Elly Barnard has been cut.
Beefcake postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Barnard covers up, he's hurt! Beefcake keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Beefcake and the ref steps in to end the fight! Beefcake can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brutus Beefcake!
Brutus Beefcake was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.