PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tavell Little (ranked 4817 p4p, 4869 weight class) and Wojtek The Soldier Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 494 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.

Little
vs
The Soldier Bear

196 cm
18
270
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
245
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tavell Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wojtek The Soldier Bear!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Soldier Bear gets the takedown into side control.

The Soldier Bear decides to stand back up.
Little connects with a jab.

The Soldier Bear closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Little did well to prevent The Soldier Bear getting side control.
The Soldier Bear stops Little from getting back to his feet.
The Soldier Bear working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Little trying to control but The Soldier Bear postures up.
The Soldier Bear not doing much here.
Little is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Soldier Bear is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Little is looking to control The Soldier Bear's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Little avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Soldier Bear controlling the pace.

The Soldier Bear escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The Soldier Bear is trying hard to land a takedown here. Little sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Little throws a body shot but no joy.
A cross from Little lands.
A low kick from Little is predictable there

and The Soldier Bear moves into the clinch.
The Soldier Bear misses with a short punch on the inside.

The Soldier Bear successfully pulls guard.
The Soldier Bear is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Little wants to get back to full guard but The Soldier Bear has passed into side control.
The Soldier Bear is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Little will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Soldier Bear decides to stand back up.
Little's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Little duly obliges.

Little gets caught napping as The Soldier Bear dives in and scores a takedown. Little manages to retain guard.
Little being controlled here, momentarily.
Let's hope that The Soldier Bear has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The Soldier Bear stopping the sweep attempt from Little.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Soldier Bear landing some decent shots from guard.
Little is trying to keep The Soldier Bear in close.
Little could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Little 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.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Soldier Bear works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wojtek The Soldier Bear dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Soldier Bear closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Little quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Soldier Bear perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The Soldier Bear thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for The Soldier Bear. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
The Soldier Bear with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The Soldier Bear prevents Little from improving his position.
The Soldier Bear controlling the action here.
Wojtek The Soldier Bear has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Little throws a hook to the side of The Soldier Bear's head but The Soldier Bear sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Little with a nice cross.
The Soldier Bear checks the leg kick.
Little tries to work over The Soldier Bear's front leg with a kick but The Soldier Bear checks it.
Little tries to score with a low kick but The Soldier Bear moves his leg out of the way.
Little smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The Soldier Bear goes for a double leg but Little avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Little continues to drive forward.
Little is looking to chop away at The Soldier Bear's legs.
Little wants to slow The Soldier Bear down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Good exchange - Little coming out on top.
Little connects with a body shot that sends The Soldier Bear's belly button to the back.
The Soldier Bear is breathing heavily.
Little tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Little misses with a wild body shot.
Little scores with a nice right hand.
The Soldier Bear has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Little finds it's way round the side to connect with The Soldier Bear's head.
Little throws a sloppy head kick and The Soldier Bear moves out of range easily.
Little lunges at The Soldier Bear with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Soldier Bear's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Soldier Bear is trying hard to land a takedown here. Little sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Little throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Little scores with a three punch combo!
Little tries to work over The Soldier Bear's front leg with a kick but The Soldier Bear checks it.
Little swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Soldier Bear.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little swings for the body but The Soldier Bear moves out of range.
The Soldier Bear lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Little lands with a nice combination. The Soldier Bear backs away looking to recover.
Little throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Soldier Bear will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tavell Little has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wojtek The Soldier Bear.
The Soldier Bear walks into a jab.
Little is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Soldier Bear can do to turn this around?
Little misses with the combination.
Little lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Little tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Soldier Bear tries to counter by closing the distance.
Little swinging wildly here.
Little scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Soldier Bear doesn't seem bothered though.
Little scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Soldier Bear looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Little closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Good shot there by Little.
Little thuds his right hand into The Soldier Bear's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Little lands with a cross.
Little misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Soldier Bear feints the counter takedown.
The Soldier Bear takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Little feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits The Soldier Bears jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Little scores with a shot to the body.
Little scores with a jab. The Soldier Bear acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tavell Little is winning the standup battle so far.
Little lands with a good body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tavell Little dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Little lands with a shot to the body.
The Soldier Bear takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tavell Little is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Little lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Soldier Bear circles away quickly and effectively.
The Soldier Bear throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Little's waist but Little gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Soldier Bear off to one side.
Little is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Little looks to land a body kick but The Soldier Bear moved away.
As Little backs off The Soldier Bear throws a huge counter combo but Little manages to avoid it all.
Some wild striking there from The Soldier Bear.

The Soldier Bear closes the distance and pushes Little back into the cage.

Little manages to break the clinch.
The Soldier Bear takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Soldier Bear in his tracks.
Little lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Soldier Bear backs up against the cage.

Little tries to sprawl but The Soldier Bear drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little gets full guard.
Little is looking to stand up but The Soldier Bear isn't so interested in that idea.
Little looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Soldier Bear is one step ahead there.
Little is working hard here to advance position.
Little is trying to keep The Soldier Bear in close.
The Soldier Bear won't allow Little to sweep him here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The Soldier Bear drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Little manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now The Soldier Bear has Little in his guard.

Little trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Little has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The Soldier Bear keeping moving, preventing Little from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Soldier Bear looking for a sweep. Not yet The Soldier Bear, not yet.
Little trying to control but The Soldier Bear is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Little displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Soldier Bear walks into a left hand.
The Soldier Bear takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab lands there for Little.
Little lands a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Little.
Little is looking to score with low kicks.
Despite the aggression on The Soldier Bear's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Little lands the left hand.
Little lands a nice hook to The Soldier Bear's body. The Soldier Bear takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tavell Little 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!
Little lands a jab.
Little is looking to chop away at The Soldier Bear's legs.
The Soldier Bear is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tavell Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Little closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Little is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The Soldier Bear avoids a punch combination nicely.
Little scores with a three punch combo!
The Soldier Bear shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Little lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tavell Little showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Little has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tavell Little!