PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Beach (ranked 947 p4p, 643 weight class) and Sparring John (ranked 129 p4p, 84 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Beach
vs
John

194 cm
40
215
33 - 30 - 0

194 cm
26
205
10 - 5 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Wrestler Wayfare

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 33 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sparring John!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beach looks to land a left hand but John moved out of range nicely.
John keeps the fight on the outside.
Beach tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Beach takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
John looks to throw the jab but Beach is out of range.
John throws a right hand that Beach ducks under and follows up with a left that Beach also avoids with ease.
John slips under a jab from Beach.
John uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beach.
John circles away from the clinch attempt
and John counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beach thinking.
John misses with a hook. Beach ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beach moves out of range as John strikes.
John swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
Beach tries to clinch but John moves away
and John counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sammy Beach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beach takes one on the button.
Beach has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Beach uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Beach misses.

Beach has managed to clinch.
John pushes Beach back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
John lands on the inside with an uppercut.
John misses with the head strike.
John lands a shoulder strike.
John misses with a hook to the ribs.

John's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beach throws a nice looking combination but John bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beach darts in trying to clinch
and John counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
John throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
John keeps the fight on the outside.
John is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Beach with a body shot.
John connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John circles away from the clinch attempt.
John swings for the body but Beach moves out of range.
Beach tries to clinch up but John circles away and keeps his distance.
John is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Beach gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like John was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beach lands with a hook. John tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch but John swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Beach back to the cage. John follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
John circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from John.
Beach tries to clinch up.
John is looking for the big counter here.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but John pushes him off.
John misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from John misses.
Beach tries to clinch up
and John counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Beach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from John.
John smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
John thuds a left hand into Beach's body.
Beach tries to clinch up.
John steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beach.
Beach throws a body punch but John moves out of range.
Beach wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from John! But no joy.
Beach on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Beach tries to clinch but fails miserably
and John counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Beach swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but John pushes him off.

Beach has closed the distance and engaged John in a clinch.

John manages to break the clinch.
John misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Beach tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
John feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Beachs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John circles away from the clinch attempt
and John counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beach takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A lazy left from John finds it's target.
John misses with a few strikes there.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but John paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. John catches Beach right on the button with a cross.
John throws a jab when Beach was well out of range.
John throws a hook but Beach avoids it easily.
John tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beach was well out of range. Poor timing from John.
John throws the left hand but Beach avoids the punch easily.
John swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
John avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
John is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Beach with a body shot.
John swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
John lands a head shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sparring John dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Beach tries to clinch but John is having none of it.
A countering left hand to the body from John misses.
John looks to land a combination. Beach sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but John pushes him off.
John clobbers Beach with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
John misses with a straight left.
Beach lands with a right hand.
John avoids the body shot from Beach.
John swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
John has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
John scores with a jab to the jaw.
John lands a lovely overhand right.
John with a nice cross.
Beach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John throws a hook but Beach avoids it easily.
John throws an overhand right that lands on Beach's shoulder, as Beach tries to avoid the shot.
John comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beach tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beach is looking to clinch but John is avoiding it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from John in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
John circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
John keeps the fight on the outside.
John connects with a body shot.
John swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
John has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Beach doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
John lands a body shot in the clinch.

John's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
John getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
John cracks Beach with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
John looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from John.
Beach wants to clinch but John slips to the side
and John counters with a straight right hand.
Beach looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beach misses with a wild combination.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up but John swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danga de danga de dang - John scores with a four punch combination!
John lands a jab to the head.
Beach tries to clinch
and John counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
John listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
John digs a good hook to Beach's body.
John punishes Beach's body with a nice straight punch.
John throws out a powerful jab.
John misses with a two punch combination.
John swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beach looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - John circles away.
John throws a series of punches but Beach avoids them all with ease.
Beach seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
John misses with a straight right.

Beach pushes John up against the cage in a clinch.
John swings wildly with an uppercut but Beach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beach pushes John back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Beach gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Beach lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Beach blocking some punches.
John tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beach working aggressively here.
John tries to break free but Beach pushes him back against the cage.

John breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beach slips under a jab from John.
Beach on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beach tries to clinch up.
Beach tries to clinch but John is having none of it.
Beach lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beach sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - John circles away.
John throws a body punch but Beach moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from John.
A swing and a miss from Beach.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but John paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beach misses with a two punch combination.
John lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Beach displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as John throws out the jab.
John moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Beach comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but John paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
John now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Beach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from John.
John looks to land a combination but Beach avoids it well.
A big right from John misses.
Beach tries to clinch but John moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sparring John showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

John swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Beach has closed the distance and engaged John in a clinch.
John throws a head punch that misses.
Beach misses with some punches.
Beach misses with a body punch.

John manages to break the clinch.
Beach tries to clinch but John moves out of range.
Beach is looking to clinch but John is avoiding it.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up but John swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beach wants to clinch up but John keeps it at a distance.
Beach is looking to clinch.
Beach takes one to the chin there.
Beach throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John misses with a wild body shot.
John thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beach scores with a jab to the jaw.
John cracks Beach with a right hand to the side of the head.
Beach takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beach tries to clinch up but John circles away and keeps his distance.
John throws a shot from downtown. Beach moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beach looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beach has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from John finds it's way round the side to connect with Beach's head.
John connects with a crisp jab.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but John pushes him off.
Beach is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and John releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Beach tries to clinch there but John circles away.
Despite the aggression on John's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Beach is looking to clinch but John is avoiding it.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but John paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beach throws a series of punches but John moves out of range.
John lands a nice shot that snaps Beach's head back.
John loads up on a big right hand but Beach slips the punch.
Sammy Beach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Beach closes the distance and pushes John back into the cage.
John prevents a body shot from Beach.
John lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beach backwards.
John lands a left hand.
John lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Beach.
A right hand to the body from John.
Sammy Beach has scored more points in the clinch so far.
John blocking some punches.
Beach takes a shot to the head.

John manages to break the clinch.
John swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
Beach displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as John throws out the jab.
Beach throws a looping overhand right but John ducks down to avoid it.
Beach wants to clinch
and Beach takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Beach looks to clinch
and John connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
John looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Beach wants to clinch
and John counters with a straight right hand.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up but John swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beach tries to clinch up
and John counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beach misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from John.
Beach works the jab nicely.
Beach wants to clinch
letting John counter with a right hand.
John bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beach's head.
A big left from John misses.
John throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beach tries to clinch but fails miserably
and John counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beach tries to clinch up
and John counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Beach swings away with a body shot that misses
letting John counter with a right hand.
John scores with a jab. Beach acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Beach slips under a jab.
Beach gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
John keeps the fight on the outside.
John swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
John cracks Beach with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
John dips to his left and cracks Beach with an uppercut!
John circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beach scores with a jab. John acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
John moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beach misses the shot to the body.
John swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sparring John comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got John winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sparring John!
Sparring John decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.