PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between el Don (ranked 21422 p4p, 4609 weight class) and Buddha Beads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buddha Beads has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Don
vs
Beads

200 cm
18
190
1 - 5 - 0

178 cm
25
201
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, el Don!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buddha Beads!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beads cracks Don with a big right hand and Don goes down!

Don is rocked!

It looks like el Don has been cut.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Don looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Beads looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Oh Don is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beads throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Don works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Beads is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beads throws a big right hand that misses.
Beads is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Don avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beads sitting in guard here, content to control.
Don really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Let's hope that Beads 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.
Beads stands and throws Don's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The referee asks Beads politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Beads prefers to stall for the moment though.
Beads advances nicely into full mount.
Beads content just to control the position here.
Beads is landing with some decent strikes but Don is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beads throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Don knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Beads on the ground.
Beads sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Beads has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Beads thowing shots but they're missing.
Beads landing strikes from the mount.
Beads is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Don goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Beads!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Buddha Beads!