PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hao Qiang (ranked 404 p4p, 776 weight class) and Peter Beardsley (ranked 30 p4p, 54 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Qiang
vs
Beardsley

200 cm
29
275
18 - 7 - 0

206 cm
36
284
25 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hao Qiang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Beardsley!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beardsley throws a body punch but Qiang moves out of range.
Qiang looks to score with a jab to the body but Beardsley is just out of range.
Beardsley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Hao Qiang has been cut.
Qiang connects with a right hand. Beardsley shakes it off.
Beardsley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Qiang lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Beardsley misses.
Beardsley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Qiang rushes Beardsley and presses him up against the cage.
Qiang lands a left hand.
Beardsley blocking some punches.
Beardsley tries to pull guard but Qiang forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Qiang misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Qiang scores with a hook to the body.
Qiang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beardsley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Qiang backwards.
Beardsley misses with some punches.
Beardsley working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qiang blocking some punches.
Qiang pushes Beardsley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Qiang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beardsley backwards.
Qiang misses with the head strike.
Qiang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Qiang.
Qiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beardsley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beardsley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Qiang smiles and moves away.
Beardsley defending well as Qiang loads up on a big left hand.
Qiang misses the jab.
Qiang throws a body shot but no joy.
Qiang throws a leg kick that is checked
and Beardsley counters with a stiff right hand.
Beardsley moves out of range of the strikes.
Beardsley moves in looking to clinch but Qiang pushes him off.
A counter left hand to the body from Qiang misses its target.
Qiang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Qiang misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qiang throws a body shot but no joy.
Qiang misses with a hook
and Beardsley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beardsley tries to clinch
and Beardsley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beardsley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beardsley moves out of range of the strikes.
Qiang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beardsley walks into a jab.
Qiang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Qiang takes one on the button.
A low kick from Qiang misses
and Beardsley counters with a left and a right that stings Qiang.
Qiang scores with a shot to the body.
Beardsley keeps the fight on the outside.
Beardsley throws out a counter right but Qiang avoids it with no problem.
Beardsley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Qiang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qiang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beardsley throws a predictable looking body shot
and Qiang counters with a stiff right hand.
Qiang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beardsley moves away.
Beardsley tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Beardsley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Beardsley ducks right into an uppercut from Qiang.
Qiang avoids the body shot from Beardsley.
Qiang throws a body punch but Beardsley moves out of range.
Qiang misses with a looping right.

Qiang closes the distance and pushes Beardsley back into the cage.
Qiang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Qiang fails to land.
Qiang lands a right hand.
Qiang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beardsley blocks an uppercut.
Qiang misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beardsley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Qiang or not.
Beardsley lands an uppercut.
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!
Beardsley jumps guard but Qiang turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hao Qiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Beardsley.
Beardsley misses with a punch on the inside.
Beardsley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Qiang has him pressed against the cage.
Qiang blocks a body shot from Beardsley.
Qiang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beardsley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beardsley has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Qiang seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Beardsley can turn it around.
Beardsley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Qiang lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Qiang.
Qiang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beardsley misses with a punch to the body.
Qiang misses with a body punch.
Qiang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Qiang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Beardsley drags the fight down to the ground.

Beardsley working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Qiang has passed into half guard!
Qiang wants to stand up but Beardsley is controlling the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hao Qiang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hao Qiang's cut.
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.

Qiang misses with a hook. Beardsley ducked under it nicely.
Beardsley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Beardsley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beardsley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Qiang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Qiang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Qiang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beardsley can do to turn this around?

Qiang closes the distance and clinches.
Qiang lands a nice uppercut.
Beardsley is trying to break free.
Qiang lands with a short shot to the head.
Beardsley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beardsley pushes Qiang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Qiang lands a hook that snaps the head of Beardsley backwards.
Qiang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beardsleys head.
Beardsley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Qiang backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Qiang misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beardsley.
Beardsley fails to pull guard.
Beardsley blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beardsley.
Qiang digs a right hand underneath Beardsley's ribcage. Beardsley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Beardsley is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beardsley blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Qiang.
Beardsley blocking some punches.
Qiang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Beardsley has had enough of the clinch but Qiang keeps him there for the moment.
Qiang swings wildly with an uppercut but Beardsley uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Qiang.
Beardsley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Qiang lands with a right to the head.
Qiang struggles to land a body shot inside as Beardsley controls his hands.
A short right from Qiang.
Beardsley can't find room to land a body shot as Qiang controls the action.
Beardsley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Qiang smiles and moves away.
Qiang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Qiang sets himself, and Beardsley steps forward looking for the clinch! Qiang avoids it this time.
Qiang scores with a nice head shot.
Qiang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beardsley manages to avoid it.
Qiang throws a leg kick but Beardsley sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beardsley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Qiang counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Qiang lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Peter Beardsley has been cut.
Hao Qiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Qiang swings for the body but Beardsley moves out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Qiang - that will leave a mark!
Qiang looks to score with a jab to the body but Beardsley is just out of range.
Qiang throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Qiang misses the target.
Qiang is looking to slow Beardsley down with leg kicks.
Qiang pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beardsley is out of range and Qiang settles back down.
Qiang thuds his right hand into Beardsley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Qiang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Qiang looks for the body kick but Beardsley saw that one coming.
Qiang cracks Beardsley with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Qiang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Qiang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hao Qiang is winning the standup battle so far.
Beardsley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Qiang crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Beardsley - the referee stops the clock and Qiang gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Beardsley. Qiang manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice body punch from Qiang.
Beardsley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beardsley throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Qiang counters with a straight right hand.
Qiang stuns Beardsley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Qiang scores with the left hand. Beardsley knows he should have avoided that one.
Qiang thuds his right hand into Beardsley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Qiang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Qiang lunges at Beardsley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Beardsley's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qiang throws a lazy right hand but Beardsley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Qiang connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beardsley momentarily.
Qiang dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beardsley takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice jab there from Qiang.
Qiang throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Beardsley on the side of the head.
Qiang lands with a right hand.
Nice cross by Qiang.
Peter Beardsley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Qiang looks to score with a jab to the body but Beardsley is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Qiang misses.
Beardsley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Qiang connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Beardsley is rocked!
Beardsley moves out of range as Qiang strikes.
Beardsley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hao Qiang dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Qiang looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Qiang backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Beardsley's temple! It sends Beardsley violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Qiang celebrates and the doctors try to help Beardsley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Hao Qiang!
Hao Qiang thanked the fans post fight for their support.