PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Hines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Beasley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Beasley will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hines
vs
Beasley

190 cm
18
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

194 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Hines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Beasley!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hines tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Beasley is able to avoid easily.
Beasley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Beasley throws a series of strikes that have Hines backpedaling.
Beasley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hines sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beasley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hines's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Beasley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hines scrambles back to his feet.
Beasley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hines misses with a series of wild punches.
Beasley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hines.
Hines grinds an elbow into Beasley's temple.
Hines is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Beasley's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hines scores with punches from side control.
Hines takes a little break here. Beasley wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Hines landing a few strikes.
Beasley is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hines asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beasley is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Beasley taking a bit of punishment here - Hines scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Hines's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Beasley is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hines cracks Beasley with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hines lands an elbow.
A lull in the action here.
Beasley is trying to get back to his feet.
Beasley takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hines controls the position.
Beasley should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hines creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Hines's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Beasley is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hines lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hines just content to control the position.
Beasley on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
You can see the frustration on Beasley's face as Hines controls the position.
Hines's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hines scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hines working the body and head with strikes.
Hines has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hines working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hines working the head and body with strikes.
Hines connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Beasley some visible discomfort.
Beasley taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Beasley tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chris Hines seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Hines.
Hines throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beasley moves out of range as Hines throws a body kick.
Hines is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beasley can do to turn this around?
Hines misses with a kick to the body.
Hines shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hines takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Beasley lands a slapping body shot.
Hines feints and then cracks Beasley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beasley down.
Hines takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hines throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Beasley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hines.
Beasley jabs at Hines's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hines lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big left from Hines misses.
Hines looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Beasley is fending him off so far but Hines persists. Nope, Beasley circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice straight punches there by Beasley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beasley.
Beasley lands with a right hand.
Hines shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hines closes the distance and clinches up with Beasley, looking for a takedown. Hines pushes Beasley against the cage but Beasley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hines scores with a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Beasley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beasley.
Beasley cracks a nice hook into Hines's ribs.
Hines on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hines lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beasley is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hines throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beasley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hines takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Beasley misses with a left hand

and Hines counters with a shoot takedown. Beasley fights it but they end up in guard.
Beasley wants to improve his position but instead Hines has moved into half guard.
Hines content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Beasley is in trouble now - Hines has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hines landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hines landing strikes from the mount and Beasley is in trouble!
Hines controlling the pace for now.
Hines looking to finish Beasley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Beasley!
Hines controlling from the full mount.
Hines is landing with some decent strikes but Beasley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

It looks like Ryan Beasley has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hines controlling from mount.
Hines with the ground and pound from mount.

That has opened up Ryan Beasley's cut even more.
BOOM! Hines connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hines putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

The cut above Ryan Beasley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryan Beasley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chris Hines!