PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Sun God Ra (ranked 4045 p4p, 397 weight class) and Jer Bear (ranked 2116 p4p, 228 weight class). Bear comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Good Times kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Sun God Ra
vs
Bear

189 cm
42
222 lbs
27 - 24 - 1

200 cm
38
275 lbs
23 - 28 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, The Sun God Ra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jer Bear!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ra fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bear looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ra throws a looping overhand right but Bear ducks down to avoid it.
Ra clobbers Bear with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Jer Bear has been cut.
Bear defending well as Ra loads up on a big left hand.

Ra forces Bear back against the cage and clinches.
Ra pushes off an throws an elbow but Bear leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bear in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear is trying to break free.

Bear escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ra throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ra.
Bear looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ra is fending him off so far but Bear persists. Nope, Ra circles away and we're back to standing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ra darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jab by Bear.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bear has closed the distance and engaged Ra in a clinch.
Bear misses with a punch to the body.
Bear on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ra misses with a knee strike.
Bear scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear managing to block the knees to the body from Ra.

Bear escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ra throws a hook to the side of Bear's head but Bear sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bear feints the counter takedown.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ra misses the jab.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Ra.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Ra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ra.
Ra misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Bear.

Ra clinches with his opponent.
Ra scores with a hook to the body.
Bear is trying to break the clinch but Ra is controlling him.
Ra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bear blocks it with crossed arms.

Bear breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bear moves in looking to clinch but Ra pushes him off.
Bear's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bear duly obliges.

It looks like The Sun God Ra has been cut.
We've been informed that Bear 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.
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!
Ra takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bear is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ra's half guard.
Ra regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bear throwing strikes from guard but Ra blocks nicely.
Bear wants to control from the top but Ra keeps moving.
Bear postures up.
Bear tries to free his leg and advance position but Ra is retaining full guard.
Ra keeping moving, preventing Bear from controlling successfully.
Ra working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bear.
Bear working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ra works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ra lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Bear has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bear has momentary wrist control but Ra slips an elbow through the middle.
Ra postures up.
Bear pulls Ra in close to his closed guard and prevents Ra from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ra is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bear is looking to sweep but instead, Ra has passed into half guard.
Bear is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bear manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bear avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bear wants to sweep here but Ra controlling him for the moment.
Bear is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bear is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Sun God Ra dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bear doesn't manage to clinch there - Ra circles away.
The Sun God Ra is winning the standup battle so far.
Bear closes the distance and clinches up with Ra, looking for a takedown. Bear pushes Ra against the cage but Ra circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bear lands with a kick to the temple. Ra shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bear keeps the fight on the outside.
Ra wants to clinch.
Ra shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jer Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bear fails to land with a series of punches.
Bear is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bear bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bear fails with the takedown.
Bear throws a series of strikes that have Ra backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ra closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bear wants to break free but Ra has control.
Still in the clinch, Ra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ra scores a nice knee to the body.
Bear wants to get back to striking at distance but Ra won't allow it.
Ra prevents a body shot from Bear.
Bear can't get the takedown.
The Sun God Ra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jer Bear.
Ra missing with knees to the body.
Ra prevents a body shot from Bear.
Bear takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ra misses with some punches.
Ra working Bear over with knees to the body.
Bear is breathing heavily.
Bear is trying to break the clinch but Ra has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bear's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ra lands a knee to the head.
Bear has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bear has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ra lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Jer Bear's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear blocks the elbow strike.
Bear is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The Sun God Ra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bear working hard to break the clinch.
Bear tries to break the clinch but Ra is controlling the position.
Bear dodges an elbow strike from Ra.
Bear misses with some punches.
Ra missing with knees to the body.
Bear working hard to break the clinch.

Bear breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ra jabs Bear right on the nose. Bear blinks but takes it well.

The cut above Jer Bear's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The Sun God Ra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Bear throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Bear moves into the clinch.
Ra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ra lands an elbow that stopped Bear in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ra.

Jer Bear's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ra.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). The Sun God Ra!
In his post fight interview, The Sun God Ra started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.