PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bratt The Lion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Be (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Be has chosen I Ain't No Joke as his entrance music. Eric Be will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

The Lion
vs
Be

170 cm
26
175 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
177 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bratt The Lion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Be!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Lion has closed the distance and engaged Be in a clinch.
Be tries to pull guard but The Lion won't allow it.

Be manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Be is trying to control the position but The Lion postures up.
The Lion trying to control but Be is working from the bottom.
The Lion showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The Lion has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The Lion tries to free his leg and advance position but Be is retaining full guard.
The Lion tries to stand but Be is controlling from the bottom.
Be looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bratt The Lion wasn't doing enough on the ground.

The Lion moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lion unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Lion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Lion throws an elbow but misses.
The Lion gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Be drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Lion gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Lion looking to throw knees to the head but Be is blocking nicely.
The Lion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Lion could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The Lion throws a knee to the head but misses.
Be takes an elbow to the temple.
The Lion is pressed up against the cage. Be has hold of a leg and is looking to drag The Lion down to the mat. The Lion avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bratt The Lion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Be.

The Lion gets a clinch.
The Lion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Be has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Be is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Lion to keep the fight standing.
Be is trying to work for a single leg takedown but The Lion pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Lion gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Be.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Be wants a takedown but no success here.
Be takes an elbow to the temple.
The Lion throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Lion pushes off an throws an elbow but Be leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Lion lands an elbow that stopped Be in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Be looking for a takedown.
The Lion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Be blocks it with crossed arms.
Be takes an elbow to the temple.
The Lion gets underhooks to prevent Be's takedown attempt.
The Lion pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Be goes for a takedown attempt but The Lion pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

The Lion clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Be avoids the elbow strike from The Lion, against the cage.
Be wants a takedown but no success here.
The Lion is pressed up against the cage. Be has hold of a leg and is looking to drag The Lion down to the mat. The Lion avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

The Lion instigates a clinch.
The Lion lands a good knee to the midsection. Be won't want to take too many of those.
Be looks winded!
Be is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Lion gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Lion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Be has The Lion pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. The Lion manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The Lion lands an elbow inside.
The Lion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Lion tries a knee to the head but Be blocks it.
The Lion lands a good knee to the midsection. Be won't want to take too many of those.
The Lion scores with a shot to the side of Be's head.
Still in the clinch, The Lion scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Lion lands an elbow just above Be 's eye.
Be jumps guard but The Lion stands there with Be around his waist. Be gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The Lion lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Be tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Be is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but The Lion is defending well.
The Lion landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Lion gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Lion.
The Lion creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Lion landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Lion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Be backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Lion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Lion lands an elbow just above Be 's eye.
The Lion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Lion putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Be in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Lion pushes off an throws an elbow but Be leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Lion lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Lion utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bratt The Lion dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Be closes the distance and pushes The Lion back into the cage.
The Lion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Lion lands a left hand.
The Lion comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
The Lion lands a right hand.
The Lion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Be blocks it with crossed arms.
The Lion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Be backwards.
The Lion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Lion lands an elbow inside.
The Lion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Lion utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Be is trying to trip The Lion. He has hold of a leg but The Lion is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Be persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The Lion keeping moving, preventing Be from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lion trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Be postures up and lands a big shot to The Lion's brow.
The Lion is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Be keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The Lion's head.
Be tries to free his leg and advance position but The Lion is retaining full guard.
Be postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Be trying to control but The Lion is working from the bottom.
The Lion preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Be postures up and lands a big shot to The Lion's brow.
The Lion looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Be looking to sit in guard and control but The Lion gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Be lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for The Lion!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Be sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Be working his ground and pound in the gym.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Lion regains half guard.
Be seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Be drops an elbow to the side of The Lion's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Be in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. The Lion tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Be!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eric Be!
Post fight, Eric Be took to the microphone: 'But soon you start to suffer, the tune'll get rougher. When you start to stutter, that's when you had enough of - Biting it will make you choke, you can't provoke. You can't cope, you should have broke - Because I ain't no joke'.