PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fartus Beckham (ranked 4635 p4p, 5091 weight class) and John Stamos (ranked 507 p4p, 526 weight class). John Stamos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beckham
vs
Stamos

185 cm
19
170
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
180
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fartus Beckham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Stamos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckham tries to clinch up.
Beckham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stamos paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Beckham closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Stamos pulls guard effortlessly.
Stamos trying to control the position.
Stamos has a closed guard, preventing Beckham from standing up.
Beckham wants to control from the top but Stamos keeps moving.
Beckham is looking to stand up but Stamos won't let him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beckham won't allow Stamos to sweep him here.
Stamos pulls Beckham in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beckham.
Beckham wants to stand but Stamos is controlling his posture from full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Beckham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stamos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Beckham throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Stamos was covering up waiting for the punch and Beckham finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Beckham looking to sit in guard and control but Stamos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Stamos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Beckham's head.
Stamos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stamos wants to control from the top but Beckham keeps moving.
Beckham throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stamos is one step ahead there.
Stamos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stamos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Stamos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stamos working some strikes from top position.
Beckham keeping moving, preventing Stamos from controlling successfully.
Stamos lands a couple of elbows.
Beckham is breathing heavily.
Beckham looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Stamos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stamos wants to control from the top but Beckham keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stamos connects with a couple of short punches.
Stamos with a nice head shot there.
Stamos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stamos stands up over Beckham, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stamos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stamos cracks Beckham with a solid left hand.
Stamos with a nice head shot there.
Beckham seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Beckham knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stamos on the ground.
Stamos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stamos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stamos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stamos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stamos lands a couple of digs.
Stamos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stamos wants to control from the top but Beckham keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stamos is in close to Beckham's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Stamos wants to control from the top but Beckham keeps moving.
Beckham being controlled here, momentarily.

Beckham throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stamos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stamos wants to control from the top but Beckham keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Stamos dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Stamos gets a takedown into half guard.
Stamos slows the pace down in half guard.
Stamos slips a nice elbow through Beckham's hands, connecting with Beckham's forehead.
John Stamos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stamos trying to control the action but Beckham is working from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stamos lands a nice short elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beckham has hold of Stamos's hands but Stamos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Beckham has hold of Stamos's hands but Stamos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stamos slows the pace down in half guard.
Stamos passes the guard and advances to mount!
Stamos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamos landing shots from mount.
Stamos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Beckham looks a forlorn figure.
Beckham tries to lock up and control but Stamos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Stamos is landing with some decent strikes but Beckham is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Beckham is rocked!
Stamos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Beckham is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stamos controlling from the full mount.
Beckham seems to have got his legs back now.
Stamos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stamos lands a big elbow - Beckham is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Beckham is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Stamos!